Spoke Socket for Vehicle Wheels.
Description:
Patent for a new and improved spoke-socket for wheels. This design consists in "a felly-joint and spoke-socket, consisting of the U-shaped plate . . . of the contrivance having at its ends flanges or plates provided at their side edges with lips or supplementary flanges clamping or hugging the tire . . . [and] the wedge having a slot inserted between said fellies" (lines 54-68).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Miller, Thomas S.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department