Wheel safety lock
OwnerRobert Stevensinventor
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Abstract
In a dead axle wheel assembly having a hub and bearings mounted on a threaded spindle and held there by lock nuts to rotatably support a vehicle wheel, a safety lock comprising a sleeve, closed at an outer end and open at an inner end, the sleeve of a size, when in position secured to the spindle, to sit on and cover the outer end of the spindle with the sleeve's inner end spaced from it the lock nuts, and a device associated with the closed end of the sleeve to secure the sleeve to the other end of the spindle, whereby, when in position on the spindle, the inner end of the sleeve is located to obstruct the lock nuts, if they become loosened, to keep them from disassociating from the spindle. This safety lock provides a simple but effective construction for maintaining the integrity of a dead axle wheel assembly.
Claims7
In a dead axle wheel assembly having a hub and bearings mounted on a threaded spindle and held there by lock nuts to rotatably support a vehicle wheel about the axis of said spindle, a safety lock comprising:
- a) a sleeve, closed at an outer end and open at an inner end, the sleeve of a size, when in position secured to the spindle, to sit on and cover the outer end of the spindle with the sleeve's inner end spaced from the lock nuts and
- b) fastener means separate from the threads formed on said spindle and having axes offset from said spindle axis and associated with the closed end of the sleeve to secure the sleeve to the outer end of the spindle,
- whereby, when in position on the spindle, the inner end of the sleeve is located to obstruct the lock nuts, if they become loosened, to keep them from disassociating from the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.