Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
I, JOHN MORLEY, of 75 Woodland Street, Dalston, County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means of securing metal tyres ou rubber tyres of
vehicle wheels.
According to the present system of constructing rubber tyred wheels, the rubber
runs upon the ground, and from the varying forms of paving employed, the rubber
becomes cut, and from the injurious action of animal urine upon the rubber in
conjunction with the disturbance of the molecules, or particles of the rubber due.
to the varying weights or loads carried by the wheels, produce a disintegration of
the rubber, and leave the tread very uneven and of a jagged character.
Now the object of my invention is to cover such a rubber tyre with a metal
one, which I fix in place by harpoon, or barbed like stemmed spikes, or rivets
passed into the rubber to hold the outer metal tyre thereon.
The outer tyre of malleable, or other metal may be as a ring, or in segments,
and shaped to fit the contour of the worn rubber tyre.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Morley.
I, JOHN MORLEY, of 75 Woodland Street, Dalston, County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to means of securing metal tyres on rubber tyres of vehicle
wlieels.
According to the present system of constructing rubber tyred wheels, the rubber
runs upon the ground, and from the-varying forms of paving employed the rubber
becomes cut, and from the injurious action of animal urine upon the rubber in con-
junction with the disturbance of the molecules or particles of the rubber due to
the varying weights or loads carried by the wheels, produce a disintegration of the
rubber and leave the tread very uneven and of a jagged character.
Now the object of my invention is to cover such a rubber tyre with a metal one
which I fix in place by harpoon or barbed like stemmed spikes, or rivets, or screws
passed through the rubber and into the inner tyre or felloe to hold the outer metal
tyre thereon.
The outer tyre of malleable or other metal may be as a ring, or in segments,
and shaped to fit the contour of the worn rubber tyre.
My invention is clearly shown by the example in the annexed drawings in which
A is the wooden felloe of a wheel having an ordinary iron tyre B, over which is
secured the rubber tyre C, and having my metal tyre D for protecting the rubber
secured to same by a barbed spike E (see Figure 1) passed through it, the rubber C,
tyre B, and into the wooden felloe A. The tyre D is recessed where the head of

page_text: the spike, Figure 1, or screw, Figure 2, is so that it has free movement about the
heads F of the spikes or screws as to obtain all the benefits of the resiliency of the
rubber tyre.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of a portion of the rim of a wheel, and in which
I show my metal tyre as having hollows G for containing the heads F of the spikes
or screws E, said hollows being closed by a plate H to prevent entry of dirt.
My invention is applicable to all wheels having rubber tyres, whether the tyres
be worn, or not.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of. this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvement connected with wheels of vehicles hereinbefore set forth.
2. In wheels for vehicles, the employment of segments of metal as a protector for
a rubber tyre, whether worn or not, and providing such segments with recessed
portions, or hollows for the heads of the fastening devices to lodge in order that the
resiliency of the rubber tyre is not interfered with, as described and substantially as
shown by the annexed drawings.
The 27+ doof A 1004
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Morley.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Morley.