Spoked wheel and method of making same

Details Spoked wheel and method of making same Spoked wheel and method of making same

1974-07-30

1976-03-09

Reeves, Robert B.

Land vehicles: wheels and axles

Wheel

Compression wheel

301104, 2915902, 416230, 301 37SA, B60B 106

Patent

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039428397

ABSTRACT:
A spoked wheel and method of making same including a peripheral rim, a central hub and a plurality of spokes interconnecting the hub and rim in which the hub is provided with spaced flanges interconnected by a tubular spindle and the spokes are in the form of wire members extending between the rim and the respective flanges. The wire spokes are of fixed, non-adjustable length and are tensioned simultaneously and equally by expanding the distance between the hub flanges with the spindle being inserted therebetween in order to maintain the flanges spaced apart. Airfoil blades may be mounted on the outer portion of certain of the spokes to enable utility of the wheel as a wind turbine, fan, propeller on a hovercraft or the like.

REFERENCES:
patent: 689371 (1901-12-01), Stutsman
patent: 2855179 (1958-10-01), Brown
patent: 3606474 (1971-09-01), Meiklejohn

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