Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres,
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres,
I, JAMES JELLEY, of 27, Malva Road, Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey,.
Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for connecting together the ends.
of the wires or bands used for attaching the covers of pneumatic tyres to wheel
rims, and it consists essentially of a plate pivotted or otherwise fixed to one end
of the wire or band and having its bottom edge turned up to form a clip socket.
into which the other end of the wire or band is sprung, the said end of the wire
or band being provided with an adjustable stop or its equivalent adapted to
engage with the end of the clip plate and so determine the length of the wire-
or band.
The end of the wire or band having the adjustable stop is preferably shaped to
form a handle whereby it may be easily manipulated, and when the adjustable stop.
is screwed on to the wire or band it is preferably provided with a tongue adapted
to engage with the clip socket carried by the other end of the wire or band, to
prevent it working loose and varying the adjustment.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
I, JAMES JELLEY, of 27 Malva Road, Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey,
Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manuer the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved device for connecting together the ends.
of the wires or bands used for attaching the covers of pneumatic tyres to wheel.
rims, and comprises a plate pivotted or otherwise fixed to one end of the wire or
band and having its bottom edge turned up to form a clip socket into which the
other end of the wire or band is sprung, the said end of the wire or band being
provided with an adjustable stop or its equivalent adapted to engage with the end.
of the clip plate and so determine the length of the wire or band.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved device, detached from the tyre.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a pneumatic tyre fitted with the
improved device, part of the rim and outer cover being broken away in order to
show the ends of the wires as connected by the said device.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
To one end A¹ of a retaining wire A of a pneumatic tyre is attached in a suitable
manner a plate B, one edge of which B¹ is turned up to form a "clip socket."

page_text: The other end A2 of the retaining wire A has a screw thread cut upon it which
engages with an internal screw thread in a stop A³ which in the example illustrated
takes the form of a cylindrical piece. A portion of the stop is broken away in
the view shown in Fig. 1 in order to allow the internal thread and the screwed
end of the wire A' engaging with it, to be seen. This stop A3 bears against the
end of the clip socket B' when the end A² of the wire A is slipped into it. The end
of the wire carrying the stop may readily be disengaged from the clip socket,
when by rotating the stop the length of the wire may be reduced whereby when
the stop and clip socket are once more in engagement the wire is caused to more
tightly grip the rim.
The piece A³ may be slightly flattened on opposite sides as at A* to enable a
small part of it to enter the clip B', by which means the stop A³ is prevented
from turning and becoming unscrewed.
Short rods or wires CC₁ are preferably attached respectively to the plate B
and stop A in such a manner as to facilitate drawing the ends of the wire A
together before the end A2 is slipped into the clip B₁, the rod C¹ also forming a
convenient means for screwing up the stop A³, other devices may however equally
well be employed.
The wires A may lie in the ordinary pockets at the edges of the tyre cover D,
the ends A' A' emerging through suitable openings D' D' either on the inside of
the cover or between it and the rim E.
If preferred the stop A³ may be rigidly secured to or may form part of the
end A2 of the wire A. The plate B may similarly be either pivotted to the
end A' of the wire or may be brazed soldered or otherwise rigidly fastened
thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is ;-
1. A retaining wire for pneumatic tyres having a stop at one end and a clip
socket at the other, the stop being adapted to engage with or be disengaged from
the clip socket substantially as described.
2. A retaining wire for pneumatic tyres having an adjustable stop at one end
and a clip socket at the other, the stop being adapted to engage with and be
disengaged from the clip socket and be held against rotation thereby.
3. The combination with the retaining wire of a pneumatic tyre of an internally
screw threaded stop such as A³, a clip socket such as B B¹ and rods such as C C¹
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this day 4th November 1895.