Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic or Inflated Tyres.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left. 2nd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic or Inflated Tyres.
I, BENJAMIN BLUNDSTONE of Devonshire Street Ardwick Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Manager of Indiarubber Works, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to pneumatic or inflated tyres such as are used for the
wheels of velocipedes and other vehicles and carriages, and its object is to provide
means for effectively securing the tyres to or removing them from the rims of the
wheels in a more convenient manner than at present.
According to these improvements, I secure the tyre to the wheel by means of
one or more strips of a comparatively rigid material such as sheet metal, com-
pressed paper, celluvert, celluloid, ebonite, or other similar and suitable material.
The strip or each strip is placed or arranged within that part of the tyre which is
next to the rim to which it may be secured by any suitable means such for
example as a screw and nut, the screw being' secured to the strip and passing
through the tyre and the rim. In the event of more than one screw or other means
for connecting the strip to the rim being required in connection with a single
strip, one or more of them may consist simply of a pin or stud which will prevent.
the lateral movement of the tyre upon the rim.
Dated this 1st day of June A.D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic or Inflated Tyres:
I, BENJAMIN BLUNDSTONE, of Devonshire Street, Ardwick, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Manager of Indiarubber Works, 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 pneumatic or inflated tyres such as are used for the
wheels of velocipedes and other vehicles and carriages, and its object is to provide
means for effectively securing the tyres to the rims of the wheels and for removing
them therefrom more conveniently than at present.
According to these improvements, the tyre is secured to the wheel rim by means
of a binder which is placed or arranged in that part of the tyre next to the rim,
to or upon which it is secured by suitable means such as a screw or nut.
I will more particularly describe ny said invention with reference to the
accompanying drawings in the various figures of which similar parts are denoted
by similar letters of reference.
In these drawings, A. is a part of the rim of the wheel; B a part of the inner
or air containing tube; C a part of the tread of the tyre; and D a part of the
binder by means of which the tyre is secured to the rim.
As indicated by Figure 1, the binder consists of a strip D which may be
constructed of sheet metal, compressed paper, celluvert, celluloid, or other similar
and suitable material. It is arranged between the air tube and the canvas
pocket E.
In Figure 2 the binder D is in a similar position to that represented by Figure 1,
but is secured in place by means of a strip of canvas F cemented or stitched

page_text: Figures 3 and 4 resemble Figures 1 and 2 in all respects except in the form of
the binder which in these cases consists of cords or wires equivalent to the strips
indicated in the former figures.
A further modification is represented by Figure 5 where the binder is secured
to the pocket E by means of strips G G sewn or cemented thereon. In this case
the binder is represented as consisting of three cords or wires arranged parallel
with each other.,
The binder may be secured to or upon the rim so as to hold the tyre in place
by various means, of which two are illustrated by Figures 6 and 7.
As in Figure 6, the returned parts H. may be attached to the ends of the binder,
or if the binder be of a suitable material, they may be formed upon the ends of
the binder itself. These returned parts are caused to project through a hole in
the rim outside which they may be connected by means of the bolt, and nut I. If
it is objected to have any projection from the rim, the method of connection
represented by Figure 7 may be employed. In this arrangement, a right and left
handed screw JJ are secured to the opposite ends of the binder, or if the binder
should consist of a single wire, the screw threads may be formed upon the ends of
the binder itself. These ends are connected together by means of the corre
sponding screwed coupling nut K, which may be returned as required through a
hole formed in the rim by means of a tommy fitting into tommy holes formed in
the nut, or by means of a key or spanner fitting upon a suitably squared or
hexagon part.
Other known and convenient means for securing the binder in a suitable manner
may be employed, for example, a screw may be secured at right angles to cach
end of the binder and be passed through a hole in the rim outside which it is
secured by a nut. Pins or studs may be substituted for one or more of such
screws if desired, but I prefer to employ in all cases the means for connection
illustrated by Figures 6 and 7.
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. As a means for securing pneumatic tyres upon their rims, binders constructed
and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. A binder for securing pneumatic tyres upon their rims in such a manner that
they may be readily removed when required, constructed and arranged substantially
as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of March A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.