From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Description of an invention for a disc cover for the spoked wheel of an automobile.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\3\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 23th September 1938 guessed | |
| three in number equally spaced apart which are sweated or rivetted to the inside of the disc H and are formed of a single band of sheet metal shaped so as to clip one of the spokes. A known form of valve connection shown at K is provided to the tyre valve shown at K¹, the connection consisting of a tube housing a wire which abuts against the valve stem. Small annular curvatures are formed in the surface of the disc shown at L and L¹ for the purpose of ornament. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is : 1. A disc cover for the spoked wheel of an automobile comprising a disc consisting of a shallow dished or cone shaped member having a central hole through which the end of the hub is adapted to pass and a rim adapted to rest against the rim of the wheel and the nut which se- cures the hub shell on to the hub bearing against the disc and causing the same to be 4 | ||