US Patent: 549,646
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| Adjustable Boxing for Vehicle Wheels
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Patentee:
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| William J. Lapworth (exact or similar names) - Beatrice, Gage County, NE |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jul. 06, 1895 |
| Granted: |
Nov. 12, 1895 |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
| My invention relates to the improvement over the old non-adjustable box; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide an adjustable boxing that will at all times be as firm as a solid box; second, one that will keep the wheel firm and true and have a much longer life than the solid box; third, one that can be adjusted by any person.
In a boxing for a vehicle wheel, the combination, with the box A provided with a conical portion at one end, a screw-threaded chamber at the other end, and a cylindrical middle portion provided with keys; of two half bearings B B' for the axle, provided with conical ends and a cylindrical middle portion having slots engaging with the said keys, removable liners m interposed between the said half bearings, and a nut screwed into the said chamber and provided with a conical portion encircling one end of the said half bearings, and operating when screwed up to tighten the said half bearings upon the said liners, thereby forming a substantially solid cylindrical bearing for the axle.
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