Improvements in Wheels and Wheel Tyres.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1893-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
Improvements in Wheels and Wheel Tyres.
I RICHARD GEORGE BENNETT of 9 Kelmscott Road, Wandsworth Common,
London S.W. Accountant, 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 :-
I take a ring rings or band of steel iron or other suitable metal or wood or other
suitable substances, the said ring rings or band may be sectionally round or flat
like a cart wheel tyre, square, vertical, three sides of a hollow square, or curved
inwards as in the annexed sectional drawing Fig. 3, or of any suitable shape or size
or width or thickness, more than one band may be used, the said ring rings or
band may be endless or may have two ends fastened or not together, or may be
built up of segments of a circle, I firmly unite the ring rings or band to an elastic
or flexible and elastic medium or tyre, the medium or tyre may be made of india-
rubber, or canvass and india-rubber or other suitable material, or it may be a hollow
elastic or air cell elastic tyre or it may be a solid elastic tyre as in the sectional
drawing Fig. 4. of the same kind and similar to tyres used for cycles, the ring
rings or band and elastic or flexible and elastic material may be firmly united by
vulcanizing and fixing them to the canvass by bolts or studs or any suitable way,
and so form a combination tyre.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1, S, is the ring rings or band and E the elastic or
flexible and elastic material.
I do not confine myself to any particular way of uniting the ring rings or band
to the elastic or flexible and elastic material, the combination tyre S. E. is fixed
and firmly united into the rim of the wheel at R, or if I build up a wheel I begin
at axle A, put the spokes through the rim and screw them into the axle A, unite
firmly the elastic or flexible and elastic E into the rim R, I next unite firmly
the ring rings or band et cetra, S, to E, by working with the usual cycle spokes and
rims I get a tension and suspension wheel and tyre, but I do not confine myself to
cycle wheels only, and I do not use springs, the wheels are free from suction as
shown by the Fig. 1 at G, in contrast to the present mode of building wheels with
elastic tyres at Fig. 2 G. I make an improved pneumatic air or gas tyre by firmly
uniting the aforesaid ring rings band et cetra, to the pneumatic air or gas tyre,
outside, inside, or between the walls of the tyre as in the annexed drawing
Fig 1, S. the air tyre at E. The said ring rings or band may be in one circular
form, or in segments of a circle united or not united, and roughed, corrugated or
perforated or not.
The tyre may be of any size and dimensions and in one or more parts. The ring
rings or band et cetera protect and support the pneumatic tyre and prevent suction
see drawing Fig. 1. S, E at G, I apply this tyre to wheels with or without spokes
see drawing Fig. 5B, and for disc wheels.
Or I make a pneumatic tyre air or gas wheel in the usual way, leaving a flange
or hem so that the ring rings band et cetera may be fixed each side of the flange, or
a ring of metal et cetera may be passed through the hem, with the two ends of the
ring open and then fastened see Fig. 5 flange or hem at H. half section, and 5B side
elevation H.
The ring rings band et cetra may be roughed or not, or covered with leather or
other suitable material. I pump the air or gas into the tyre in the usual manner.
The hollow rubber or air cell rubber or solid rubber or other elastic material
tyre, may be used without the aforesaid ring, rings, or band, if the said tyre is
tightly covered with canvass in one or more layers, or canvass and rubber, the
canvass can be put on helical or spiral, and rubber or suitable material used to

page_text: cover, if the said tyre is endless the canvas must be divided at one part to allow of
the tyre being stretched on to the rim R, or the tyre made so that this can be done,
unless a flat rim is used on which to fix the tyre with bolts or studs.
air cell rubber tyre under compression by canvass C1 to C 2.
Fig. 6 showes
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
(1) A new and improved tyre made by the addition of a ring rings or
band of metal wood et cetera, round and in combination with the elastic or flexible
and elastic portion of the tyre, substantially as set forth and indicated or any
mere variation from or modification of the same as applicable for cycle wheels,
other wheels, with or without the ordinary spokes and rims.
(2) A new and improved wheel made in the usual way, but with the addition
of an elastic or flexible and elastic material united to the rim of the wheel,
and a ring rings or band united to the elastic or flexible and elastic material, and
without the use of springs, substantially as set forth and indicated or any mere
variation from or modification of the same as applicable for cycles, cabs, carriages,
vehicles propelled by steam, electric, or other motive power.
(3) A new and improved pneumatic air or gas tyre made by the addition of
a ring rings or band of metal wood et cetra, round and in combination with the
pneumatic air or gas portion of the tyre, substantially as set forth and indicated
or any mere variation from or modification of the same as applicable for cycle
wheels, other wheels, with or without the ordinary spokes and rims.
(4) A new elastic tyre made of india rubber or other elastic material enclosed
in non-strechable canvass whole or divided accross, to have two ends to the
canvass, so that the hollow, air cell or solid rubber tyre can be stretched on
the rim R and so used or covered with rubber, and without the cover S, or the
rubber tyre may be covered with canvass on its two sides, or canvas on one side,
or canvas on the side the tyre fits the ring or cover of the tyre S, substantially
as set forth and indicated or any mere variation from or modification of the
same as applicable to cycle wheels and other wheels. Fig. 6 C1 to C 2, the
canvass can be put on helical or not.
(5) A new and improved pneumatic air or gas tyre made in the usual way
leaving a flange of one inch more or less of the walls around and along the
outer side of the tyre between the ground, to which flange the ring rings baud
et cetra are fixed, the said flange having a hem or not, through which a ring
with two ends may be passed and fastened substantially as set forth and indicated
or any mere variation from or modification of the same as applicable_to_cycle
wheels, other wheels with or without the ordinary spokes and rims. H, Fig. 5
sectional, H Fig. 5B side elevation.
(6) The right to fix stcel iron and other metals wood and other substances to
elastic tyres made of india-rubber and similar products and manufactures, whether
such elastic tyres are on or off cycle or other wheels when springs are not used
to fix together or unite such tyres and wheels, made substantially as set forth
and indicated or any mere variation from or modification of the same.
(7) The right to cover rings bands of metal, wood or other substances with
leather or other suitable material when such rings bands et cetera are used as
hereinbefore described, and to rough corrugate or perforate the metal, wood et cetera
for the purposes substantially set forth and indicated or any variation from or
modification of the same applicable to tyres elastic or elastic and flexible,
and wheels.
Dated this Wifteenth dex of 1000