US Patent: 98,331 - Improvement in machines for the manufacture of spoked wheels


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US Patent: 98,331

Improvement in machines for the manufacture of spoked wheels

Patentee:

E. A. Archibald (exact or similar names) - Methuen, MA

USPTO Classifications:

144/119.1, 144/130, 144/150, 144/278.1

Tool Categories:

trade specific : wheelwright

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

William M. Rogers

Thomas G. Grassie

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Dec. 28, 1869

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American Artisan article on this invention

Description:

The 1871-07-19 American Artisan had a front-page article on this invention; "Archibald's System of Wheel Manufacturing". "Circulars containing full information, with certificates from well-known manufacturers of all kinds of vehicles, will be furnished on application to the inventor."

In 1871 the inventor established "E. A. Archibald", later the Archibald Wheel Company, to manufacture his patent wheels, which have an iron hub, oak spokes and fellies. During construction The wheels are radially compressed with a pressure of 10 to 100 tons during manufacture, using the mechanism described in this patent. Archibald had several other patents, e.g., 106,449 and 122,349.