Abstract: A hub assembly includes a retainer housing, a retaining member, a biasing element, and an occlusion. The retainer housing includes a wheel mounting sleeve and a pin sleeve. The wheel mounting sleeve includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle. The pin sleeve has a first end and a second end. The pin sleeve includes a conduit between the first end and the second end. The first end is in fluid communication with the axle bore. The retaining member and the biasing element are in the conduit. The retaining member is configured to engage a groove in an axle. The biasing element is configured to bias the retaining member towards the axle bore. The occlusion is proximate to the second end of the pin sleeve. The occlusion is configured to inhibit the retaining member from exiting the conduit at least prior to coupling the hub assembly to a wheel.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel and an airless tire configured to present some performance characteristics of a pneumatic tire. The wheel includes a pair of radially outermost axially spaced rim portions, each rim portion including a transversely flat outer surface extending at least partially around the circumference of the wheel. The tire is mounted on the wheel such that the tire engages the outer surfaces of the rim portions of the wheel. A central portion of the tire is configured to flex inwardly between the rim portions of the wheel in response to ground engaging pressure, thus minimizing ground penetration and soil disturbance during use.

Abstract: Wheels and methods of making wheels are disclosed including an inner portion and a tread mechanically coupled to the inner portion. The tread may be mechanically coupled to the inner portion on an inside and an outside of the wheel. The inner portion may include a rim including a plurality of apertures. The inner portion may be high density polyethylene and the tread may be thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cast polyurethane elastomers of high resilience, clarity, and attractive abrasion resistance derived from polyurethane systems comprising a customized selection of polycaprolactone polyol incorporated into the isocyanate and/or isocyanate-reactive composition.

Abstract: The invention concerns a vehicle wheel, comprising a rim (1) of a plastics material and at least one adapter (5) for fastening the rim (1) to a wheel mounting (3), the at least one adapter (5) having at least one protuberance (9) which engages in a recess (11) in the rim (1), or, if multiple adapters (5) are used, at least one adapter (5) is formed such that it engages in a recess (11) of the rim over its full surface area, the adapter (5) being arranged in such a way that, after assembly of the rim (1) on the wheel mounting (3), the adapter (5) is positioned between the rim (1) and the wheel mounting (3), or the adapter (5) being arranged in such a way that the rim (1) is positioned between the wheel mounting (3) and the adapter (5), so that the adapter (5) lies on the outside of the rim (1) after assembly.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a wheel and a hub assembly. The hub assembly includes a retainer housing, retaining member, biasing element, and restraining element. The retainer housing includes a wheel mounting sleeve and pin sleeve. The wheel mounting sleeve includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle and configured to be inserted within a sleeve bore of the wheel. The pin sleeve includes a first end fluidly communicating with the sleeve bore, a second end, and a conduit therebetween. The retaining member, disposed within the conduit, is configured to operatively engage an axle groove and includes a lip wider than a first end shoulder to prevent the retaining member from exiting the first end. The biasing element, disposed within the conduit, is configured to bias the retaining member towards the axle bore. The restraining element is configured to prevent the retaining member from exiting the second end.

Abstract: Wheels and methods of making wheels are disclosed including an inner portion and a tread mechanically coupled to the inner portion. The tread may be mechanically coupled to the inner portion on an inside and an outside of the wheel. The inner portion may include a rim including a plurality of apertures. The inner portion may be high density polyethylene and the tread may be thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed at least to a plastic wheel, methods of making a plastic wheel and a waste receptacle. The wheel has a wheel body and a hub. The hub has an outer wall, an inner wall and a central bore orientated along an axis that the hub extends along. The outer wall of the hub has been compressed inwardly toward the inner wall, providing greater structural support for the hub.

Abstract: In one embodiment a drive wheel comprises a hub, a wheel portion, at least one bearing and at least one spacer. In this embodiment the wheel portion is positioned about the outer surface of the hub. The outer surface of the hub comprises an engagement member, and the wheel portion comprises an engagement recess configured to receive the engagement member. The at least one bearing is positioned within the interior cavity of the hub, and the at least one spacer is positioned within the interior cavity of the hub adjacent to the at least one bearing. In another embodiment, a drive wheel comprises a wheel portion, a hub, first and second bearings and a spacer. In this embodiment, at least a portion of the first end of the hub and at least a portion of the second end of the hub are crimped inward.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved rotary drain cleaning machine having an improved support structure that prevents walking of the machine when in use. The machine is supported upon two rear mounted wheels and a forward pedestal.

Abstract: A wheel, in particular for mobile apparatus such as carriages or the like, comprising: a central hub defining an annular external surface; a tread, associated to the external surface of the hub; and anchoring means extending from the annular external surface in order to constrain the tread to the hub; the anchoring means comprise at least a groove for housing at least a first portion of the tread.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved rotary drain cleaning machine having an improved support structure that prevents walking of the machine when in use. The machine is supported upon two rear mounted wheels and a forward pedestal.

Abstract: Wheels and methods of making wheels are disclosed including an inner portion and a tread mechanically coupled to the inner portion. The tread may be mechanically coupled to the inner portion on an inside and an outside of the wheel. The inner portion may include a rim including a plurality of apertures. The inner portion may be high density polyethylene and the tread may be thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a wheel and a hub assembly. The hub assembly includes a retainer housing, retaining member, biasing element, and restraining element. The retainer housing includes a wheel mounting sleeve and pin sleeve. The wheel mounting sleeve includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle and configured to be inserted within a sleeve bore of the wheel. The pin sleeve includes a first end fluidly communicating with the sleeve bore, a second end, and a conduit therebetween. The retaining member, disposed within the conduit, is configured to operatively engage an axle groove and includes a lip wider than a first end shoulder to prevent the retaining member from exiting the first end. The biasing element, disposed within the conduit, is configured to bias the retaining member towards the axle bore. The restraining element is configured to prevent the retaining member from exiting the second end.

Abstract: A single piece blow-moulded plastics wheel 1 for a trash cart 6 comprises an inner hub part 2, an outer rolling part 3, and spoke parts 4. The hub part 2 has a bore 5 extending therethrough. A spacer section 8 projects outwardly from one side of the hub part 2 and a recess 15 on the opposite side. The spacer section 8 of one wheel is engageable in the recess 15 of another similar wheel for stacking the wheels during transportation and storage.

Abstract: A wheel when viewed from the outside having the general appearance of a wheel with a tread pattern. The wheel comprising a hub having a central bore dimensioned and configured to receive an axle, a web extending radially from the hub, and an annular rim encircling the web, the rim including a plurality of deep recesses extending in a transverse direction from an inner surface to an outer surface of the rim, each deep recess having a depth substantially equal to a width of the rim. The wheel further includes a plurality of shallow recesses each having a depth less than the deep recesses.

Abstract: A molded product includes a receiving member in a body. A coupling component such as a female screw component is embedded in the receiving member. A connecting piece is formed continuous to the body and the receiving member based on integral molding. The connecting piece extends to the receiving member from the body inside a bore formed in the body. The connecting piece may form a single flat plate in the molded product, so that a general cutting device can be utilized to cut through the connecting piece in a facilitated manner. The receiving member can be removed from the body without any difficulty. The receiving member can be separated from the body.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a central hub region and a rim coaxial with the central hub region. The rim is configured to receive a motor vehicle tire and includes an exposed annular surface visible when the tire is received on the rim. A middle region extends from the central hub region toward the rim and joins the central hub region and the rim. The wheel additionally includes a cover member configured to attach to the exposed annular surface of the rim. The cover member is configured to substantially conform to a shape of the exposed annular surface of the rim and to substantially continue a contour of the tire when the tire is received on the rim.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for vacuum forming a wheel from a urethane material that includes a mold having a wheel shaped cavity therein that can be empty, or can contain a wheel core. The mold receives a cover fitted in sealing engagement over the mold top and a cylindrical canister is fitted through the center of which cover and the mold center, which canister is open at a top end to receive a pour of mixed urethane material passed therein and which canister includes a needle valve located in its lower end that exhausts into one end of the mold cavity.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a housing and at least one running roller operatively connected to the housing. The roller has a hub, a running ring, a wall connecting the running ring and the hub. The wall has two side surfaces and a curved cross-section between the running ring and the hub. The roller has at least one reinforcing rib extending at least from one of the two side surfaces of the wall and being in contact with neither the hub nor the running ring in a non-loaded state of the running roller. The roller forms an elastic caster with a nave and a bearing race. The nave and the bearing race are connected to another by an S or Z-shaped curved wall. Ribs are provided for reinforcing the wall or the nave.

Abstract: A one-piece wheel hub of a bicycle wheel made from layered structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material. The wheel hub is preferably formed by applying layers of the fiber based material to an expandable core to form a tubular body. The tubular body may be cured, during which time the core expands, by applying radial pressure to the tubular body.

Abstract: Wheel assemblies for motor vehicles that include structural components made from at least partially transparent materials. The wheels include a metallic outer rim configured for mounting conventional tires. The outer rim is joined to a centrally arranged structural component which is at least partly transparent. The center component can be made from hi9gh strength polycarbonate material. The outer rim can be of multi-piece or single piece construction. Mounting adapters can be attached to the wheel assemblies. The mounting adapters can be provided in varying thicknesses and mounting hole patterns to allow the wheels to fit a variety of different vehicle configurations. The wheels can include mounting assemblies including wheel bearings and brake rotor mounts to allow the wheel to be fitted to motorcycles.

Abstract: A molded plastic wheel includes a seamless annular body that is integrally molded from a first material exhibiting a first density and includes a hollow hub having an axle bore and hollow spokes that radially extend from the hub to a hollow box defined by planar first and second side wall surfaces, which extend from the spokes substantially orthogonal to a tread surface that lies parallel to the axle bore. Cavities of the hub, the spokes, and the box communicate with each other. A tread piece having a channel shape with first and second side pieces projects substantially orthogonal to a connecting tread band. The tread piece is separately molded from a second material exhibiting a second density different from the first material. The tread piece is stretch fitted over the box such that the tread band overlies the tread surface and the side pieces abut the side wall surfaces.

Abstract: A stroller wheel structure includes a wheel frame and a stroller wheel coaxially mounted thereto. The wheel frame includes a hub body for rotatably mounting to a stroller and a ring shaped rim body, which is coaxially mounted to the hub body, having a first side, an opposed second side, and a plurality of transverse through slots spacedly provided on the rim body to communicate the first side with the second side. The stroller wheel includes a solid core wheel body having a ring shaped coaxially mounted on the rim body, two spaced apart sidewalls radially extended from inner circumferential edges of the wheel body to cover the first and second sides of the rim body respectively, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs integrally extended between the sidewalls through the transverse through slots of the rim body respectively, so as to substantially mount the stroller wheel around the wheel frame.

Abstract: A blow-molded wheel including an axle retainer assembly. The retainer assembly (31) includes a housing (42) having transverse sleeves that support an axle (14) and a spring biased retainer pin (10) that mounts to an annular groove (12) at the axle. The housing is supported in a cavity formed into a wheel spoke (18) and a bore of a wheel hub and is retarined upon the shrinkage of the plastic around the housing. An aperture of the pin sleeve facilitates retraction of the pin and release of the wheel from the axle.

Abstract: A one-piece wheel hub of a bicycle wheel made from layered structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material. The wheel hub is preferably formed by applying layers of the fiber based material to an expandable core to form a tubular body. The tubular body may be cured, during which time the core expands, by applying radial pressure to the tubular body.

Abstract: Described is a bicycle wheel (10) wherein the metal rim (12) is formed by a hollow-chambered rim (22) with an external flange (28) and an internal flange (26), by which a peripherally extending hollow rim chamber (35) is defined. The external flange (28) is provided with holes (34). The distal ends (38) of the spokes are integrally connected through the holes (34) in the external flange (28) to a spoke anchoring body (45) which extends peripherally in the hollow rim chamber (35) and which comprises the injection molding material of the spoke body (16).

Abstract: A stroller wheel structure includes a wheel frame and a stroller wheel coaxially mounted thereto. The wheel frame includes a hub body for rotatably mounting to a stroller and a ring shaped rim body, which is coaxially mounted to the hub body, having a first side, an opposed second side, and a plurality of transverse through slots spacedly provided on the rim body to communicate the first side with the second side. The stroller wheel includes a solid core wheel body having a ring shaped coaxially mounted on the rim body, two spaced apart sidewalls radially extended from inner circumferential edges of the wheel body to cover the first and second sides of the rim body respectively, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs integrally extended between the sidewalls through the transverse through slots of the rim body respectively, so as to substantially mount the stroller wheel around the wheel frame.

Abstract: A molded plastic wheel includes a seamless annular body that is integrally molded from a first material exhibiting a first density and includes a hollow hub having an axle bore and hollow spokes that radially extend from the hub to a hollow box defined by planar first and second side wall surfaces, which extend from the spokes substantially orthogonal to a tread surface that lies parallel to the axle bore. Cavities of the hub, the spokes, and the box communicate with each other. A tread piece having a channel shape with first and second side pieces projects substantially orthogonal to a connecting tread band. The tread piece is separately molded from a second material exhibiting a second density different from the first material. The tread piece is stretch fitted over the box such that the tread band overlies the tread surface and the side pieces abut the side wall surfaces.

Abstract: A blow-molded wheel including an axle retainer assembly. The retainer assembly (31) includes a housing (42) having transverse sleeves that support an axle (14) and a spring biased retainer pin (10) that mounts to an annular groove (12) at the axle. The housing is supported in a cavity formed into a wheel spoke (18) and a bore of a wheel hub and is retarined upon the shrinkage of the plastic around the housing. An aperture of the pin sleeve facilitates retraction of the pin and release of the wheel from the axle.

Abstract: A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then molding a tread around the hub. No assembly of individual elements into the wheel is necessary.

Abstract: A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two butt-out bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then molding a tread around the hub. No assembly of individual elements into the wheel is necessary.

Abstract: A wheel for small vehicles and similar applications is provided, the wheel having a molded hub concentric about its axis, said hub having a single, precision bushing journaled within the hub concentric about said axis. Two thread guards sandwich the wheel, the guards having shanks which meet in the middle of the bushing and affix the guards to the wheel by friction. The guards may have a variety of axle channel diameters for various applications for the same wheel. The guards include wheel cover shields on their distal extremes which widen the effective diameter of the enclosed bushing and protect it from contamination.

Abstract: A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then molding a tread around the hub. No assembly of individual elements into the wheel is necessary.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a wheel and a hub assembly. The hub assembly includes a retainer housing, retaining member, biasing element, and restraining element. The retainer housing includes a wheel mounting sleeve and pin sleeve. The wheel mounting sleeve includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle and configured to be inserted within a sleeve bore of the wheel. The pin sleeve includes a first end fluidly communicating with the sleeve bore, a second end, and a conduit therebetween. The retaining member, disposed within the conduit, is configured to operatively engage an axle groove and includes a lip wider than a first end shoulder to prevent the retaining member from exiting the first end. The biasing element, disposed within the conduit, is configured to bias the retaining member towards the axle bore. The restraining element is configured to prevent the retaining member from exiting the second end.