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plates of said casing and said body portion.
and bearing plates.
3. A wheel comprising a body portion,
clutch means carried by said body portion,
5 a casing inclosing said body portion, said
clutch means engaging said casing to cause
the casing to rotate with said body portion,
bearing plates fitting against said clutch
means and extending along the outer faces
10 of the side plates of said casing, and anti-
friction means positioned between the side
plates of said casing and said body portion
and bearing plates.
4. A wheel comprising a body portion,
15 a clutch plate secured to each side of said
body portion, the clutch plates being sub--
stantially star-shaped and provided with a
relatively small number of engaging arms,
the side faces of said body portion being
20 provided with bearing races arranged in a
circular! course between the arms of said
clutch plate, an inflatable tire carried by
said body portion, a casing inclosing said
.tire and including a rim and side plates ex-
25 tending along the sides of said body por-
tion and provided with openings conform-
ing to the contour of said clutch plates, the
side plates - being provided with bearing
races in their inner faces registering withthe bearing races of said body portion and 30
the bearing races in their outer faces posi-
tioned in circular tracks inclosing the open-
ings through which said clutch plates ex-
tend, bearing plates secured to said clutch
plates and extending in overlapping relation 35
to the side plates of said casing and having
their inner faces provided with bearing
races registering with the bearing races in
the outer faces of the side plates of said
casing, bearing balls positioned in said 40
races, and a ground engaging tire carried
by the rim of said casing.
5. A wheel comprising a body portion,
clutches carried by said body portion and
provided with arms, a casing enclosing said 4&
body portion and including side plates hav-
ing their central portions cut to conform to
the contour of said clutches, and plates fit-
ting against said clutches and extending
along the outer faces of the side plates of 50
said casing.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
EPHRAIM E. BERRY.
Witnesses:
W. H. FRANCIS,
E. T. GAss.ma
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Berry, Ephraim E. Wheel, patent, November 23, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858678/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.