T. OSAKI.

FLY WHEEL,
APPUCATION FILED 05mm. 1916.
Patented July 31, 1917.
1,235,153.

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 UNITED STATES PATENT .ornicn
TAKAZO OSAKI, or osAirA, JAPAN.
FLY-WHEEL.

1,235,153. Speci?cation of Letters Patent. Patented July 31, 1917,

Application ?led December 13, 1916: Serial Nb. 136.713, '

To all whom 2'23 may concern . needed, thus savingvmuch labor. and expend
Be it known that I, TAKAZO OSAKI, a viture by making'it unnecessary to' carry v
subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing such heavy materials about.' In an ordi
at 9 Minami-dori G-chome, Itachibori, Nishi nary cast iron ?y wheel, the rim and arms
ku, Osaka, Japan, have invented certain do not cool uniformly after casting and
new and useful. Improvements in Fly there occur unexpected initial - stresses
lVheels, of which the following is a speci? among the molecules of the rim, and so a
cation. ' ' ' high-speed cast iron ?y: wheel sometimes
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My invention relates to improvements in bursts on account of the'tension caused by

10 ?y wheels with rims or fellies formed of centrifugal force while running. _VVith, the
cement-concrete reinforced by concentric reinforced concrete ?y wheel of my inven 65
steel rings inclosed therein; and-,the ob]ect tion, cement, sand, gravel, and :steel, tre.
_of my invention is to obtain safe, reliable treated at an atmospheric temperature in
?y wheels considerably cheaper and easier. making the rim, and the wheel is used after 1
15 I attain this'ob]ect by the construction the cement hardens. or sets, an'd'so there oc
and arrangement~1llustrated in the accom curs nov initial or internal stress during the 70'
panying drawing,-showing an exam le of process of imaking, thus insuring safety.
fly wheels made in accordance. with my in Viewed from the point of strength of ma
vent1on,,1n wh1ch ' terials, the ?y wheel of this invention is,
Figure 1 1s a front elevation of the entire most rational as can be inferred from these-i
_wheel, and Fig. 2lis a cross section of the facts': Castiron, hitherto used as a material 75
same. . in making ?y wheels, is a kind of metal
Similar letters refer to similar parts having little tensile strength, moreover,
throughout the two views. there occur abnormal stresses among its
25 In constructing the fly Wheel of my in molecules after casting, and so itmust be
vention, I make the body of the wheel, considered most unsuitable as a tension .80
consisting of the hub or nave B, tlie arms member. On the contrary steel is well
A, the rim It, and the pegs P cast out ra known as~the best material for tension mem
dially on the outside of the rim R; I then bers, having the greatest tensile strength.
arrange several pieces of steelv rods concen In my.invention right materials are used
trically with the body of the wheel 'at a at the right places to imparttensile strength
properv distance from the rim R, with said to the rim'by means of steel rods and to_ '
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body as center; provide a round mold impart proper weight with cement concrete
around said body, and ?ll cement concrete as described above. '
35 in the space between the mold and the rim; I claim: ' . - _ -

after the concrete sets I remove said mold ..1. A ?y wheel having a. rim of cement 90
and ?nally ?nish the ?ywheel by polishing concrete inclosing steel rods concentrically
the surface of said cement concrete. The arranged around in the body of the vwheel. -
cement concrete C is securely attached to 2. In a ?y wheel, a body,'a concrete rim
the rim R by means of the pegs P. _ formed on said body, andpegs mounted on
The main essentials of an ordinary ?y said body'in spaced relation extending into 95
wheel used with enginesv are the weightof the concrete. . 4
the rim and its tensile strength against cen 3. In a ?y wheel, a body,- a co'nereterim,
trifugal force occurring therein. My in and pegs formed integral with and extend- -'
45 vention-supplies these essentials by impart ing outwardly from said body into the con
ing weight with concrete which is cheaper crete. * I 100 '
than cast iron and by imparting tensile '4. A ?y wheel comprising a rim and, a
strength with strong steel rods, which ren body, said rim consisting of reinforced con
ders'it possible to make efficient ?y wheels crete cast into and around the body; and
50 considerably cheaper and easier than ordi- ' said body having pegs'formed on the out
nary ?y wheels made of cast iron, by utiliz-. ~side extending into the concrete.
ing the characteristics of these two ma In testimony whereof I a?ix my signa
terilvi'la. My invention renders it possible to ture here below. '
make the rim at the actual spot where it is ' .TAKAZO _

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