US228761A - Sand-band - Google Patents

Description

,P. M. HURTLE.

Sand-Band.

No. 228,761. Patented June 15,1880.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DOWAGIAO, MICHIGAN.

SAN D-BA'N D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'No. 228,761, dated June 15,1880,

Application filed November 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDRIC M. HURTLE, of Dowagiao, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sand-Bands, for protecting vehicle-axles from sand and dirt, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of an axle provided with a sand-band embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3, a like repthe band or protector; and Fig. 4 is an end view of the sand-band proper.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates chiefly to the means employed to secure the sand-band proper to the axle removably.

It also consists in the construction and combination of the several parts constituting the band or protector, substantially as hereinafter set forth.

A represents the axle,B the hub, and O the box. These parts may be made and arranged together'in the usual manner.

D is an .annular disk applied rigidly to the inner end 'of the hub, and E and F are flanges projecting laterally from the edges of the said disk. The interior flange, E, is flaring, being larger at its outer end than at its base, as shown, and projects much farther from the hub than does the flange F, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I deem it preferable, but not absolutely essential, to bevel off the inner face of theflange F, as shown, thus making the said face parallel, or nearly parallel, to the outer face or perimeter of the flange E.

G is the sand-band proper. This part consists of a broad flaring ring or band, made largest at the end toward the hub, as shown.

H is an interiorrim or flange in the smaller end of the band G, and I I are notches cut into the said flange. J is a cap or head, made in twin parts a a, and having a small flange or projection, at, extending from itsouter edge. b b are offsets or lugs extending from the inner edge of the said cap or head. The lugs b I) are of such a size as to pass freely through the notches I I, and the adjacent edges of the parts a a are cut to fit the iron portion of the axle, which is square or polygonal near the inner end of the hub, where the said cap is to be applied. K is a wedge for tightening the parts a a upon the axle, if necessary.

The band G is applied in the following manner: Before the hub is applied I slip the said band over the spindle of the axle to a position near the wooden part of the axle, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, the smaller end of the,

said band being toward the said wooden part, and the iron part of the axle being there square or polygonal, as before stated. I then arrange the parts a a about the square portion of the axle, and pass the cap or head formed by them into the smaller end of the band G, turning the latter until the lugs b I) enter the notches I I, and then giving the said band another or further turn until the said lugs engage the inner face of the flange H. The flangeH will then be engaged on its outer face or surface by the flange a, and the part J is thus coupled to the band G removably, as is indicated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. To fasten these parts securely in their places upon the axle I drive the wedge K firmly between the axle and the parts a a, as represented in Fig. 2. vThehub may now be applied, when, as will be perceived by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, the band G will extend between the flanges E and F.

It will now be perceived from the foregoing description, and from reference to drawings, that any sand passing the edge of the band G willfall upon the flange E, and that this flange, by being flaring, as shown and described, will prevent the sand falling upon it from reaching the axle, for as that flange rotates with the hub the sand will gravitate toward the hub and be carried down or underneath the axle, and then fall upon the inner face of the band G, and as the inner face of the said band also flares outwardly the sand will gravitate toward its free edge and fall out, it being understood that the sand will pass out through any space large enough for it to enter. The flange F will prevent mud from passing below the band Gr, but is only essential for that purpose. The axle will not only thus be effectually protected from sand and mud, but all the parts employed for that purpose may be made, applied, and removed with facility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the flaring hub-flange E, the flaring sand-band G, and the removable head J, made in separate twin parts, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the annular hub-disk D, having thereon the interior outwardly-flaring flange, E, and the exterior flange, F, the broad outwardly-flaring axle-band G, adapted, substantially as shown and described, to extend between the flanges E and F, and the removable head J, consisting of separate twin parts, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

FREDRIG M. HURTLE.

Witnesses DANIEL SMITH, EDWARD F. HOWE.

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