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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE MILLEN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO
LOUIS BERGSTROM, OF SAME PLACE.
WHEEL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,112, dated June 7, 1898.
[Application filed July 3, 1897. Serial No. 643,403, (No model)To aU.whomn t may concern.
Be it known that I, GEORGE MILLEN, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at San An-
tonio, in the county of Bexar and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Wheel,
of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to wheels, particu-
larly to the manner of connecting the ends of
the fellies and the spokes, and is especially
wo designed for use on wheels in which the spokes
are so connected to the hub that they can be
forced radially outward to tighten the rim
against the tire in order to avoid the neces-
sity of shrinking the tire. When the spokes
15 are forced outwardly, the circumference of
the rim is necessarily increased, and to per-
mit this increase in the circumference it is
necessary that the several fellies shall spread
apart or separate at their opposing ends.
20 The object of the invention is to provide a
clip adapted to be firmly secured to the outer
end of the spoke and to support the opposing
ends of adjacent fellies insuch manner that
the said ends may be free to spread apart with-
25 out in any manner weakening the joint.
With this and other objects in view the in-
vention consists of the several details of con-
struction and combination of parts herein-
after fully described, and particularly pointed
30 out in the claims. . -
In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of
a portion of a wheel embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view, the tire being removed,
showing the clip and the end of adjacent fel-
35 lies being supported therein. Fig. 3 is a ver-
tical transverse section on the line x x of Fig.
2. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section on
the line y y of Fig. 2, the tire being also shown
in this figure. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of
40 the clip detached. - Fig. 6 is a perspective view
of an end of the felly-section.
Similar reference-numerals indicate similar
parts in the several figures.
The spokes are indicated by 1, and the fel-
45 lies by 2.
3 indicates the tire, and 4 the clip. The clip
is provided with a socket 5 to receive the re-
duced end 6 of the spoke. Around this socketon the outer face of the clip a flange or shoul-
der is foi-med corresponding in outline with 5o
the outline of the body of the spoke, and this
shoulder is adapted to engage the outer sur-
face of the spoke to form an additional bear-
ing for the latter.
8 indicates horizontally - disposed flanges 55
which extend from opposite sides of the socket
and are concavo-convex in cross - section in
order to correspond with the shape of the un-
der face of the fellies, and these flanges are
to receive and support the opposing ends of 6o
adjacent fellies. Each flange is provided with
an elongated opening 9, the purpose of which
will be referred to hereinafter.
-10 indicates vertically-extending ears on
opposite sides of the socket, and these ears 65
are adapted to engage the opposite sides of
the ends of the adjacent fellies, which are
supported-on the flanges 8.
11 indicates a vertical plate extending dia-
metrically across the socket 5, midway be- 70
tween the ears 10 and parallel therewith.
This plate extends down within the socket
and is provided at its lower end with a knife-
edge, thereby forming a wedge 12, which will
enter the end of the spoke when the latter is 75
driven into the socket and expand the said
end to hold the spoke securely in the socket.
The ears 10 and plate 11 are provided with
transverse alining openings (indicated by 13)
for the reception of a - bolt 14, -which bolt So
serves to strengthen the clip and to hold the
ears 10'frmly to the sides of the fellies.
- The ends of the fellies are each provided
with a'vertical slot 15, extending longitudi-
nally of the felly and of such length that when 85
the ends of two adjacent fellies abut within
the clip-the inner end of the slot will be in
vertical alinement with the outer end of the
elongated opening 9 in the flange 8 which is
directly below it. The plate 11 will seat in 90
the said slots 15, and the end of each felly is
provided with a semicircular groove 16 to re-
ceive half of the bolt 14 in order to permit
the opposing ends of adjacent fellies to abut
against each other. The ends of-the fellies 95
are also each provided with a semicircular
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Millen, George. Wheel., patent, June 7, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509029/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.