Improvements in or relating to Cork Tyres for the Wheels of Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
Improvements in or relating to Cork Tyres for the Wheels of
Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
YOUNG BARTIMEUS WATSON, the Gardener at Sella Park, Calderbridge,
Cumberland, England, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The said cork tyre arrangement consists of solid circles of corks, each circle
is a quarter of an inch thick, these circles of corks, can be made to suit any.
sise of wheel rims, and can be made thicker or thiner acording to what the
cork tyre has to carry, and there is a steel band which is put through the center
of a great number of these circles of corks, as many as will make a tyre for
one wheel, and the two ends of the steel band is coupled together by a screw
arrangement, this consist of the cork tyre, and steel band and screw arrangement.
It is covered with india rubber covers which can easily be made to suit this
cork tyre.
Dated this 20th Ja
100
Improvements in or relating to Cork Tyres for the Wheels of
Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
YOUNG BARTIMEUS WATSON, Gardener at Sella Park, Calderbridge, Cumber-
land, England, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in. what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement: -
The said cork tyre for cycle and other wheels, consist of solid circles or
discs of corks, they may be cut a quarter of an inch thick for heavy wheels,
and an eighth of an inch thick for light wheels, and one inch and a half
diameter, a cover can easily be made for this tyre, a steel band is put through
a great number of them, as many as will make a tyre, the band is three eighths
of an inch broad, and nineteenth of an inch thick, and the two ends are fastened
together by screw arangement.
Cork tyres, the invention consist of a series of solid circles of corks, with an
oval slot cut through the centre of each, just large enough to allow the steel
band to pass through, the circles of corks can be cut to any size, but the size
most suitable for velosiped wheels, may be one inch and a half diameter, by

page_text: a quarter thick for strong cycles, and light cycle wheels, may be an eighth of
an inch thick, the steel band that is put through the oval slots which is cut in
the circles or discs of corks, is about three eighth of an inch broad, and about
nineteenth of an inch thick, the length of the steel band for cycle and other
wheels, will have to be cut to suit each wheel, as they are not all one size, but
the band may be made to fit each wheel, by the following ways, that is put as
many circles or discs of corks on to the steel band, as will make a tyre, then put
it on the rim of the wheel firmly round, then cut the band just long enough,
so as to allow the two ends to meet, now rivet the bolt bracket on one end of
the steel band, now push on the corks, up to within about half an inch of the
end, now put the screw bolt through the hole that is in the bracket, now screw
on the screw nut, and then put the tyre on the rim, of the wheel, again, and
pull it firmly all round the wheel, now pull on the other end of the band on
the flat part of screw bolt, and put two marks, where the two revet holes have
to be, now rivet the band end on the flat part of the screw bolt, put on more
circles or discs of corks up to within half an inch of the screw bolt end, now
tie on a piece of thick string, round the screw bolt, to keep the corks from
slipping off, now put on the cover, on the rim of the wheel, all the way round.
now thrust the tyre under the cover on to the rim of the wheel, little by little,
all the way round the rim of the wheel, after the tyre is so put on, put in now
the end of the screw bolt, through the hole in the bracket, and screw on the
screw nut a little and take of the string which has been tied round the screw
bolt, now thrust in the edges of the cover all the way round the rim, on each
side of the wheel, up to within about six inches on each side of the screw
arangements, now screw up the nut quite tight, and fill up the space that is
left in between the screws, with one or two more corks, with a piece cut out at
one side, of a circle of cork, to form it like two legs wide enough, to span over
the wide part left, these leg pieces may be thicker than the others, now thrust
in the cover that has been left, a full half inch under the tyre, a tooth brush
handle may be used for thrusting in the edges of the covers, or any such like
articles.
The full length of the screw bolt may be made three inches, but at one end,
three quarters of an inch is made flat and thin, with two small holes made in
it, at about half an inch apart, for the steel band to be fastened to by two small
rivets, the other end has a two inch screw threads, for a small screw nut, the
nut is about a quarter of an inch thick, and about three eighths of an inch
diameter, a side wrench may be used for to screw on the nut with.
The full length of the long part of the bracket may be one inch and a half,
and as broad as the steel band, quite thin, and tapering, with two small holes,
made in it, at about half an inch apart, for the end of the steel band to be
fastened to by two small rivets, the other end of the bracket may turn down a
little and the short part of the bracket end may turn straight up, making it
a bend or drop at the corner of the bracket, in the long part, and a hole may
be made near the upper end, of the up turn part, for the screw bolt end to be
put through, so as to run flush with the upper side of the steel band, which
passes through the centre of the corks, through the oval slots, the oval slots
which are cut in centre of the corks, may be three eighths of an inch, by a
quarter of an inch, the bent part or drop of the bracket, forms a place or recess
for the screw nut to turn in easily, the bend and short part of the bracket, may
be a quarter of an inch thick, and as broad as the steel band, and all the parts
may be made larger or stronger, for heavy wheels.
The said cork tyre for cycle and other wheels, consisting of solid circles or
discs of corks, they may be cut a quarter of an inch thick for light wheels, and
one inch and a half diameter, a cover can easily be made for this tyre, a steel
band is put through a great number of them, as many as will make a tyre, the
band is three eighth of an inch broad, by nineteenth of an inch thick, and the
two ends are fastened together by screw arrangement.

page_text: DISCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
1 Sheet, No. 1, Fig. 1, a is the leg piece which span over the screw nut, i,
Fig. 2, c is one of the discs, b is the oval slot. Fig. 3, d, d, are the discs upon
the steel band in a loose form, e c, e c, are the four revets, f f, is the steel
band, is the bracket, h, is the screw bolt which is put through the hole in the
bracket and a screw nut at the end, Fig. 4, J shows the cover on the cork tyre.
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:--
The said cork tyre for cycle and other wheels, consisting of solid circles of
corks, they may be cut a quarter of an inch thick for heavy wheels, and an
eighth of an inch thick for light wheels, and one inch and a half diameter,
a cover can easily be made for this tyre, a steel band is put through a great
number of them, as many as will make a tyre, the band is three eighths of an
inch broad, by nineteenth of an inch thick, and the two ends are fastened
together by screw arangement.