Improvements in the Tyres for Wheels of Vehicles."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 4th Dec.,
1897
"Improvements in the Tyres for Wheels of Vehicles."
I, ADOLPHE SEIGLE, of 9 Place des Vernes, Paris, in the Republic of France, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object tyres for wheels of all kinds of vehicles and
consists in the combination of a jointed metallic tyre and of an elastic packing of
rubber formed of two or more pneumatic tubes or hose pipes communicating with
each other.
The tyre is placed round the rim of the wheel and is kept in place by means of
rods fixed to the metallic tyre which penetrate into corresponding holes formed in the
rim of the wheel.
When the wheel is in motion these rods move to and fro in these holes and
maintain the tyre and the rubber packing in place.
The tyre consists of two distinct parts-1. The metallic tyre properly so called,
formed by linking together narrow strips of metal or other resisting material-
2. The rubber packing composed of two or more tubes or hose pipes.
The parts of the metallic tyre are jointed together by means of pins rivetted over
each side of the tyre and arranged parallel to the axis of motion of the wheel.
The rubber packing consists of tubes or hose pipes connected together at the outer
side in such a manner as to form a continuous bearing surface or bed to receive the
metallic tyre.
The pneumatic tyres may communicate with each other by passages at suitable
distances apart.
Isolated pneumatic tubes may be used in place of tubes connected together.
Dated this 28th day of January 1897.
"Improvements in the Tyres for Wheels of Vehicles."
I, ADOLPHE SEIGLE, of 9 Place des Vernes, Paris, in the Republic of France, 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 has for its object tyres for wheels of all kinds of vehicles and
consists in the combination of a jointed metallic tyre and of an elastic packing of

page_text: rubber formed of two or more pneumatic tubes or hose pipes communicating with
each other.
The tyre is placed round the rim of the wheel and is kept in place by means of rods
fixed to the metallic tyre which penetrate into corresponding holes formed in the rim
of the wheel.
When the wheel is in motion these rods move to and fro in these holes and
maintain the tyre and the rubber packing in place.
Or the metallic tyre instead of being kept in place by means of rods may be
composed of hollow or solid metallic strips, connected together by means of an elastic
metallic ribbon upon which they are strung.
The tyre thus formed constitutes a sort of chain which is placed upon a metallic
or canvas strip or the like applied directly upon the pneumatic tyre.
This intermediate strip has for its object to prevent deterioration of the rubber
tyre by the rubbing of the jointed metallic tyre caused by the movement of the
wheel.
Figure 1 is a transverse section, on the line x x of Figure 2, of a wheel rim
provided with a tyre constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the jointed tyre.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of a portion of the metallic tyre according to a
modification.
Figure 5 is an end view of one of the links.
The tyre consists of two distinct parts-1. The metallic tyre properly so called,
formed by linking together narrow strips of metal or other resisting material.
2. The rubber packing composed of two or more tubes or hose pipes.
In Figures 1, 2 and 3 a is a metallic tyre the narrow strips 6 of which are jointed
together by means of pins c rivetted over each side of the tyre and arranged
parallel to the axis of motion of the wheel.
d is the rubber packing and as shown in the drawing consists of three tubes or
hose pipes e connected together at the outer side in such a manner as to form a
continuous bearing surface or bed to receive the jointed metallic tyre a.
The pneumatic tyres e may communicate with each other by passages f formed at
suitable distances apart. Passages are also formed in the bearing surface in which
pass rods or blades g which serve to maintain the tyre upon the rim h by entering
into the cavities i formed in the said rim.
Isolated pneumatic tubes may be used in place of tubes connected together.
In Figures 4 and 5 a are strips the two ends of which as shewn by the drawing are
not of the same shape, one end being concave and the other convex in such a manner
that two strips interlock with each other.
They have an opening b in the centre in the direction of their length through which
passes the metallic ribbon c which keeps them together..
These strips may be if desired hollowed out at d as shown in the drawing in order
to lighten them. e¹ is a metallic ribbon intermediate between the pneumatic tyre
and the metallic tyre as above stated, it prevents wear of the rubber due to the friction
of the jointed tyre.
This tyre is fixed to the wheel in any suitable manner.
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 without limiting
myself to the details of carrying out this invention which may be varied what I
claim is:-
1. A supple and resisting wheel tyre formed of metallic strips suitably connected
together and forming a protecting covering for the pneumatic tyre or tyres.
2. A wheel tyre consisting in the combination of an outer metallic tyre formed of
strips jointed together and of a rubber packing formed of two or more pneumatic tubes
which may or may not communicate with each other by passages, the said metallic
tyre being provided with rods which pass through the rubber and are free to move in

page_text: cavities formed in the rim of the wheel by means of which they are maintained upon
the said rim substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
3. An outer metallic tyre for wheels of vehicles formed of hollowed or solid metallic
strips, pierced in the direction of their length and threaded upon a metallic ribbon
which holds them together, one end of the said strips being concave and the other
convex in order that they may be held together and jointed one to the other.
4. The combination with these metallic tyres of an intermediate metallic strip
placed between the said metallic tyre and the rubber pneumatic tyre which strip
serves to prevent wear of the rubber due to the friction of the metallic tyre.
Dated this 28th day of October 1897.
CARPMAEL & Co.
Agents for the Applicant.