Improvements in or relating to Cushion or Noiseless Tyres for the Wheels of Road Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cushion or Noiseless Tyres for the
Wheels of Road Vehicles.
I, CHARLES REUBEN CLOAKE, of 125 Great Portland Street, London, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In carrying out this invention an ordinary vehicle wheel with a wooden felloe
has secured over the latter au iron tyre or other metal rim in the usual or any
suitable manner and such rim having at its edges outwardly extending flanges
which are advantageously arranged' at such an angle as to form an open channel
or groove with sides sloping outwardly from each other.
On the outside of this metal tyre or rim I may advantageously form same
rounded or curved (i.e. somewhat semi-circular in cross-section each side) to thus
form a kind of smooth and rounded bead all round each side of the wheel.
The cushion tyre or noiseless tyre (which may be of a peculiar shape in cross-
section) is fitted and held within said metal channel and is constructed as
follows:-
Instead of forming the cushion tyre of one continuous length or piece of india-
rubber or the like mounted in the metal tyre or rim as aforesaid either with or
without the addition of wire or wires therein as heretofore now according to my
present invention I cut or form such shaped rubber into a number of sections
or narrow strips each provided with a hole or holes for the wires or equivalent if
used to pass therethrough (advantageously two holes for two wires) and then I
form a number of sections or strips of leather or other suitable material (other
than rubber), advantageously of corresponding shape and size or thereabouts either
all of the same thickness or otherwise (and either of the same or different thick-
ness or thicknesses of the rubber section) and provided with a hole or holes
therethrough similar to the rubber,
I then thread these sections onto the said wire or wires or equivalent alternating
the rubber and leather sections all round until a sufficient quantity have been
placed in position on the wire or wires (advantageously considerably more in
length than the total length of the circumference of the completed tyre) and I
then tightly compress these sections together endwise (or same may be previously
compressed either singly or in blocks) and then the ends of the wires are joined
or secured in any suitable manner and my cushion or elastic tyre is now completed
and ready and may be inserted by any suitable known means or in any suitable
manner in the aforesaid metal tyre or rim or I may thus form cushion or elastic
tyres of alternate layers of rubber and other material laid together (so that the
edges thereof are radial of the wheel as aforesaid) and secured in any suitable
manner to any suitable section or construction of metal tyres or rims
other than the aforesaid open section for instance I may use dovetail
as
undercut metal tyres such the well-known type at present in
480 on the wheels of hansom cabs and carriages with rubber tyres
the sections or pieces of rubber and leather or other material being formed
or

page_text: of any suitable shape for use with such metal tyres and I may arrange or mount
and secure these sections alternately all round in the metal rim or tyre in any
suitable manner for instance one side or edge of the metal rim or tyre may be
left flat or not turned up into the finished form so that the ring of alternate rubber
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and leather, etc., sections as above described or otherwise suitably formed may
be readily slipped or placed over the metal tyre on the rim of the wheel and then
the said edge or flange is forced towards the opposite flange or side (for instance
by rolling same in any suitable apparatus) until same lias reached the proper
position to form a dovetail or other desired channelled metal tyre so as to grip
and hold therein the aforesaid elastic tyre.
Dated this 24th day of December 1896.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings," Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Cushion or Noiseless Tyres for the
Wheels of Road Vehicles.
I, CHARLES REUBEN CLOAKE, of 125 Great Portland Street, London, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
he performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In carrying out this invention an ordinary vehicle wheel with a wooden felloe
has secured over the latter an iron tyre or other metal rim in the usual or any
suitable manner and such rim having at its edges outwardly extending flanges
which are advantageously arranged at such an angle as to form an open channel'
or groove with sides sloping outwardly from each other.
On the outside of this metal tyre or rim I may advantageously form same
rounded or curved (i.e. somewhat semi-circular in cross section each side) to thus
form a kind of smooth and rounded bead all round each side of the wheel.
The cushion tyre or noiseless tyre (which may be of peculiar shape in cross-
section) is fitted and held within said metal channel and is constructed as
follows:-
Instead of forming the cushion tyre of one continuous length or piece of india-
rubber or the like mounted in the metal tyre or rim as aforesaid either with or
without the addition of wire or wires therein as heretofore now according to my
present invention I out or form such shaped rubber into a number of sections
or narrow strips each provided with a hole or holes for the wires or equivalent if
used to pass therethrough (advantageously two holes for two wires) and then I
form a number of sections or strips of leather or other suitable material (other
than rubber) advantageously of corresponding shape and size or thereabouts either
all of the same thickness or otherwise (and either of the same or different thick-
ness or thicknesses of the rubber section) and provided with a hole or holes
therethrough similar to the rubber:
I then thread these sections onto the said wire or wires or equivalent alternating
the rubber and leather sections all round until a sufficient quantity have been
placed in position on the wire or wires (advantageously considerably more in
length than the total length of the circumference of the completed tyre) and I
then tightly compress these sections together endwise i.e. circumferentially

page_text: of the wheel (or same may be previously compressed either singly or
in blocks) and then the ends of the wires are joined or secured in
any suitable manner and my cushion or elastic tyre is now completed
and ready and may be inserted by any suitable known means or in any suitable
manner in the aforesaid metal tyre or rim or I may thus form cushion or elastic
tyres of alternate layers of rubber and other material laid together (so that the
edges thereof are radial of the wheel as aforesaid) and secured in any suitable
manner to any suitable section or construction of metal tyres or rims
other than the aforesaid open section for instance I may use dovetail
or undercut metal tyres such as the well-known
the well-known type at present in
use on the wheels of hansom cabs and carriages with rubber tyres
the sections or pieces of rubber and leather or other material being forined
of any suitable shape for use with such metal tyres and I may arrange or niount
and secure these sections alternately all round in the metal rim or tyre in any
suitable manner for instance one side or edge of the metal rim or tvre may be
left flat or not turned up into the finished form so that the ring of alternate rubber
and leather, etc., sections as above described or otherwise suitably formed may
be readily slipped or placed over the metal tyre on the rim of the wheel and then
the said edge or flange is forced towards the opposite flange or side (for instance
by rolling same in any suitable apparatus) until same has reached the proper
position to form a dovetail or other desired channelled metal tyre so as to grip
and hold therein the aforesaid elastic tvre.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a view of a wheel with elastic tyre-partly in section-constructed
of alternate strips of rubber and leather according to my present invention.
Fig. 2 is a local longitudinal sectional view on an enlarged scale-taken
through such tyre.
Fig. 3 is a cross section view on an enlarged scale of an elastic tyre, metal
rim and felloe with one side of the metal rim left flat or not turned up and
the elastic tyre placed in position in the rim in readiness for said rim to be..
turned up.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3 with both sides turned up and forming i
open channel i.e. wider at the top than at the base of said channel...
Figs. 5 and 6 are corresponding views respectively of Figs. 3 and 4 only in
this case the channel or metal rim is of undercut or dovetail form in cross section
instead of open-mouthed as in Figs. 3 and 4.
Fig. 7 illustrates a suitable machine for forcing up the one side of the metal
rim (so as to coincide with the other side) after the elastic or cushion tyre has
been placed in position on the wheel.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2-A A are the rubber sections and B B-are the leather
sections alternating therewith and threaded on the wires C and advantageously
compressed thereon as herein before described.
D'is the metal rim arranged or secured on the felloe E or otherwise suitably
mounted in any desired manner.
D' is the side of the metal rim which is left flat or not turned up (as shown in
Figs. 3 and 5) until the elastic or cushion tyre (such as X as shown in Figs. 3
to 6) has been placed in position as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.
This side D is now forced into position to correspond with the opposite side D'
(for instance by a machine such as shown in Fig. 7 as hereinafetr described) so
that the metal rim or channel D is thus completed as shown in Figs. 4 and 6
respectively.
Referring now to Fig. 7-the hub Z of the, wheel to be fitted with tyres according.
to my present invention is placed upon an adjustable vertical pin or stud Y that
is the latter is adjustable towards or away from the wheel or roller W on which
one side of the felloe and rim rests and is supported while the other side D' of
said rim is forced inwards by means of the driven wheel O fixed on the shaft or
axle P and revolved by the knuckle or universal joint R on the driving shaft 8

page_text: driven by the band wheel T (ór otherwise suitably driven) this said shaft S
driving the adjustable wheel O and the shaft V driving the anvil or supported
wheel W being advantageously geared and driven together at the same speed by
means of the gear wheels U mounted on said shafts respectively.
The aforesaid adjustable wheel O is adjusted up and down that is towards and
away from the aforesaid wheel W by means of the end of this shaft P' being
journalled in the adjustable bearing Q pivotted or swivelled or both to the screw M
which screws through the fixed frame N. said screw being operated by the hand
wheel or any other suitable means whereby the said adjustable wheel O as it
is revolved. (by the shafts S and P through the universal joint R) is forced against
the side of the rim D and thus turns same inwards into the desired position
after the elastic tyre X has been first placed on the rim.
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. Elastic cushion or noiseless tyres for the wheels of road vehicles-con-
structed of a series of sections or pieces of elastic material such as rubber alternated
with noiseless material such as leather these alternating sections being arranged
radially to the axis of the wheel and threaded on a band or wires and secured in
position on the rim of the wheel in any suitable manner substantially as and for
the purposes herein before described.
2. The herein-described method of mounting elastic or noiseless tyres on the
metal rims of wheels for road vehicles which consists in (1) forming the metal
rim with one side thereof not turned in so as to permit a complete ring to be
slipped over said side () constructing tlie said elastic or noiseless tyre with an
inextensible band or wires therein and joining up the ends of the latter (3) placing
same in position on the metal rim before the 2nd side of said rim is turned in to
form a channel and (4) thereafter turning in the said 2nd side into its final
position so as to form a channel or trough in cross. section thereby firmly securing
the elastic or cushion tyre substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein before set forth.
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