US Patent: 335,904 - Traction Wheel


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US Patent: 335,904

Traction Wheel

Patentee:

Joseph Elder (exact or similar names) - Peoria, Peoria County, IL

USPTO Classifications:

301/48

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : steam apparatus : steam traction engines : traction engine wheels

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jul. 24, 1885
Granted:	Feb. 09, 1886

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Description:

Abstract:

This invention relates to that class of traction-wheels, which are provided with blades or teeth movable outward and inward through the periphery for the purpose of engaging the soil to prevent the slipping of the wheel.

Claim:

n a traction-wheel, a frame or wheel proper, in combination with a nonrotating eccentric having peripheral lips or flanges and rigid radial sliding blades mounted in the wheel and having their inner ends engaged directly with and arranged to travel around the periphery of the eccentric, as described io and shown, whereby the blades are moved positively inward and outward by the direct action of the eccentric.