IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PERAMBULATOR WHEELS."
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Cooke of the City of Manchester, Perambulator
Manufacturer, for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF PERAMBULATOR WHEELS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Cooke at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th May 1882.
THOMAS COOKE of the City of Manchester, Perambulator Manufacturer,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PERAMBULATOR WHEELS,"
The improvements relate to the manufacture of wheels for perambulators, and
consist in a peculiar method of constructing such wheels with india-rubber tyres.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements I construct a wooden wheel
having only a light wooden rim or tyre.-Around this rim or tyre, I fix by any
suitable means a rim or ring of wrought iron or any other suitable metal, which
rim or ring is rolled or formed with a groove all round the same, for the purpose of
carrying an india-rubber tyre.-The india-rubber tyre aforesaid is then firmly
fastened in the groove, with cement or by any other suitable means, and the wheel
is finished in the ordinary manner.-Various forms of metal rims or rings may be
used and prepared with such shaped grooves as may be desirable, so as to carry
india-rubber tyres of varying shaped sections.
Likewise various methods of attaching the metal rim or ring to the wooden tyres
and the india rubber to the metal rim or ring may be used without departing from
the peculiar nature of the Invention, which mainly consists in the combination of
grooved iron or other metal rims or rings with wooden wheels for the purpose of
carrying india-rubber tyres on wheels for perambulators.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Cooke in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd November 1882.
THOMAS COOKE of the City of Manchester, Perambulator Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PERAMBULATOR WHEELS."
The improvements relate to the manufacture of wheels for perambulators, and
consist in a peculiar method of constructing such wheels with india-rubber tyres.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements, I construct in the first place a
wooden wheel, having only a light wooden rim or tyre.
Around this wooden rim or tyre, I fix by any suitable means, such as shrinking
on, or with pegs, nails, or screws, or combinations thereof, a rim or ring of wrought
iron, or any other suitable metal; which rim or ring is rolled or otherwise formed
with a groove all round the outer surface of the same, for the purpose of carrying
an india rubber tyre. The india rubber tyre aforesaid, is then firmly fastened in
the groove with cement, or by any other suitable means, and the wheel is finished
in the ordinary manner.
Various forms of metal rims or rings may be used, and prepared with such
shaped grooves, as may be desirable, so as to carry india rubber tyres of varying
shaped sections, as for instance round, oval, flat, oblong or square. Likewise
various methods of attaching the metal rim or ring to the wooden tyre, and also
the india rubber to the metal rim or ring, may be employed.
Having now described my improvements, and means I adopt in carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood, that I do not confine myself to the
precise details shewn and described, as variations may be made, without departing
from the peculiar character of the invention. But what I do claim is :-
The application of grooved iron,-
,--or other metal rims or rings, to wheels composed
of wood, for the purpose of attaching india rubber tyres thereto, for perambulators,
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I the said Thomas Cooke, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this second day of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
Witness
G. F. GADD.
Assistant Consulting Engineer
64 Barton Arcade
Manchester.
THOMAS COOKE (L.S.)