Improvements in or connected with Elastic Tyres.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Elastic Tyres.
We, BEN COCKIN of 27 Springfield Terrace, Somerset Road, Mold Green,
Engine Packing Manufacturer and GEORGE EDWARD STRINGER of 92 New
North Road, Colliery Proprietor, both of Huddersfield in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to construct elastie tyres in such a manner that the
wheels to which such tyres are applied are more efficient, and less liable to become
disabled than the pneumatic or inflated tyres at present in use.
According to our invention we construct the tyre of a number of wire strands,
woven, plaited or otherwise connected together in such a manner as to form a tube
of a resilient nature. The strands of wire may suitably be plaited in two sets
running transversely to each other, each set being formed of any suitable number
of wires, and longitudinal strands of wire or other suitable material may be
interwoven with the cross wires for the purpose of strengthening or equalizing the
tube.
The tube thus formed is placed circumferentially on the felloe of the wheel, and
a casing or covering is attached.
By the employment of tyres constructed as above described, great resiliency is
obtained, whilst at the same time the danger of the tyre becoming disabled through
being punctured is entirely obviated, as the elasticity of the tyre is contained in
the wire and not in the air within the tube. .
It should be understood that the above tyre may be used alone or in combination
with an air inflated tyre.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1893.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Elastic Tyres.
We, BEN COCKIN, of 27 Springfield Terrace, Somerset Road, Mold Green,
Engine Packing Manufacturer, and GEORGE EDWARD STRINGER, of 92 New
North Road, Colliery Proprietor, both of Huddersfield in the County of York,
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:-
Elasticity in a pneumatic tyre is supplied by means of an air tube within the
tyre, which air tube is inflated under pressure, but it has been found in practice
that the said air tube is liable to collapse by becoming punctured, thereby rendering
the tyre useless immediately. Now the object of our invention is to construct
elastic tyres for wheels in such a manner that the said tyres are not thus rendered
useless, are more efficient. when in use, and less liable to become disabled than the
pneumatic or inflated tyres as at present constructed.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood we will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer
to like parts in all the figures.

page_text: Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation of a tyre constructed in accordance with
our invention, Figures 2, 3, and 4 are detail views.
According to our invention we dispense with the air tube usually employed, and
provide a tube A of a resilient nature for imparting the required elasticity to the
tyre, which tube A is composed of wire strands, woven, plaited, or otherwise
connected together. The strands of wire forming the resilient tube A may suitably
be plaited in two sets running transversely to each other, each set being formed of
any required number of wires, which wires are tempered in accordance with the
required amount of elasticity to be imparted to the tyre. The tube A thus formed
is placed circumferentially on the rim B of the wheel within an ordinary casing or
covering C, which casing may be placed within the rim B as shown at Figs. 1 and 3,
or it may span the rim as shown at Fig. 4, and the said tube A may be held in
position upon the rim B' by means of a circumferential strand D as shown at
Fig. 3.
Longitudinal strands E of wire or other suitable material may be interwoven.
with the cross strands as shown at Fig. 2, for the purpose of strengthening or
equalizing the strain on the tube A. In order to prevent the tube A expanding
too far outward when under pressure we may employ any suitable number of cross
strands F as shown at Fig. 3.
By the employment of tyres constructed as above described, great resiliency is
obtained, whilst at the same time the danger of such tyre becoming disabled
through being punctured is entirely obviated, as the elasticity of the tyre is
entirely due to the tube A, and not to the air within the tube.
Although we have described the tube A as taking the place of the air tube
usually employed in clastic tyres, yet we would have it understood that the said
wire tube A may when desired be employed in combination with an air inflated or
pneumatic tube G, for forming the tyre, as shown at Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is—
1. A. tempered woven wire tube A, in combination with a suitable outer casing
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination of the tube A, rim B, casing C, and circumferential
strand D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The employment of the longitudinal strands E, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
4. The employment of the cross strands F, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
5. The combination of the tube A, rim B, casing C, and pneumatic tube G
.substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 20th day of Sontember 1894
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicants.