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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
LYCURGUS ANDERSON, OF LAKE CREEK, TEXAS.
VEHICLE-WHEEL.1,096,817.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 19, 1914.
Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,464.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LYcuncus ANDERSON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Lake Creek, in the county of Delta and State
5 of Texas, have invented new and useful Im-
provements in Vehicle-Wheels, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
vehicle wheels of that general type which
10 embodies a flexible tread and radially ar-
ranged springs for absorbing shocks and
cushioning the yielding action of the parts
of said tread.
The invention proposes a construction
15 which is essentially an improvement upon
the construction shown in my prior Patent
No. 1,058,518, of April 8, 1913.
The objects of the invention are to sim-
plify the construction, to improve the oper-
20 ation, and to augment the strength and di-
rability of a wheel of the general character
above stated and disclosed in my said prior
patent.
An embodiment of the invention is dis-
25 closed in the accompanying drawings,
wherein-
Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a wheel,
partly in side elevation, and partly in longi-
tudinal section, showing the features of the
30 present invention; Fig. 2 is a detail cross
sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of
the tread blocks, the other tread blocks being
similar in construction.
35 Similar characters of reference designate
corresponding parts throughout the several
views.
The improved wheel comprehends a flexi-
ble tread designated generally by the nu-
40 meral 1, and made up of hingedly connect-
ed tread blocks 2. The blocks 2 are of simi-
lar construction, and the hinge connection
between the same comprise transverse pins
3 and interfitting knuckles and ears 4 and
45 5 respectively, through which the pins 3
pass. Each tread block 2 is provided at
one end with a knuckle 4 and at its opposite
end with a pair of spaced ears 5, and the
knuckle of one tread block fits between the
50 ears of an adjoining tread block, the hinge
joint being completed by the pin 3. As in
the construction shown in my prior patent,
the blocks 2 are individually yieldable and
their yielding movements are suitably cush-
55 ioned. The cushioning means comprises a
plurality of radially disposed elements (,similar to spokes, and which may conven-
iently be referred to as spokes, which ele-
ments are made in telescopically related sec-
tions. The telescoping sections of the spokes so
6 are shown at Go and G', the sections G" being
of cylindrical form and being fixed rela-
tively to the hub of the wheel, and the sec-
tions Gb being axially movable in and with
relation to the sections GR. The sections G65
are preferably made as parts of a casting
(or it might be a two-part stamping) which
includes an annular reinforcing band 7 con-
centric to the hub and which is attached to
the main spokes 8 of the wheel, the spokes 8 70
extending in the usual manner from the hub
and having their outer ends fitted and se-
cured in sockets 9 which are provided at the
inner ends of the cylinders Ga, with which
the spokes S aline. Each section G has a 75
base shoulder 10, and each radially movable
section Gt has a cylindrical shank 1t of sub-
stantially less diameter than the cylinder Ga,
and which projects through an opening in
the base of the cylinder, by virtue of which 80
opening the shoulder 10 is provided. Each
movable section Gb includes an enlarged head
12 which is formed with an inwardly di-
rected annular flange 13, concentricaly sur-
rounding the shank 11 and closely fitting the 85
cylinder Ga. The shank 11 and the flange 13
define an annular recess 14, the base of which
is opposed to the shoulder 10, and like said
shoulder, provides a bearing for an expan-
sive coil spring 15, one end of which bears 90
against the shoulder 10, and the other end
of which bears against the base of the recess
14. The shank 11 of each of member G is
provided near its inner end with a longitudi-
nal slot 16, coincident with a diameter of 95
said shank, and through which passes a
transverse retaining pin 17. The retaining
pin 17 has its ends secured in annular ex-
tensions provided at the inner ends of the
cylinders G1, these extensions, in the case 100
of certain of said cylinders, consisting of the
sockets 9 previously referred to, and in the
cases of the remaining cylinders, consisting
of annular flanges 18, somewhat similar to
said sockets, but neither as deep nor as thick. 105
To promote the appearance of the wheel, as
well as to substantially exclude dust, the
extensions 18 are provided with dome-like
caps 19, which, at their apices, are formed
with small apertures 20, which relieve pres- 110
sure and vacuum during the radial move-
ments of the shanks 11. The spokes 8 may
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Anderson, Lycurgus. Vehicle-Wheel., patent, May 19, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859825/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.