Improvements in Tyres for Cabs and other Vehicles and in' Means for Attaching the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Applicatión, 3rd Mar., 1893.
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tyres for Cabs and other Vehicles and in' Means
for Attaching the same.
I, JOHN EDWARD BUCKINGHAM, of 32, Heaton Road, Peckham Rye,
London, S.E. Coachman, do hereby declare the nature of this said invention to be
as follows
This invention relates to improvements in tyres for cabs and other vehicles,
used to lessen the vibration when passing over ordinary roads and allow them to
run more freely, and in the means for attaching such tyres to the rims of the .
wheels..
Around the ordinary metal rim I place a strip of stout leather, extending fully
round the wheel, and of slightly less width than the rim. This strip is tightly
fixed by means of an iron tyre made in sections, and furnished with bolts which
project through the rim and are tightened from the under side, by means of nuts
or otherwise. The tyre may be tapped and the bolts screwed in from the under-
side, if desired.
The tyre proper, to be fitted onto this arrangement, I make of rubber, with
canvas for purposes of attachment.
The rubber tyre is furnished with two strips of canvas the full length of the
tyre, imbedded in the rubber, but projecting from it for a slight distance. The
two strips projecting may be made from one strip of canvas if desired, both edges..
projecting, the rubber thus being divided into two parts, one above and one beneath.
or within the canvas strip.
In attaching the tyre, the canvas strips are bent outwards and laid over the:
leather on each side. A narrow strip of leather is then placed around this at each
side covering the strips of canvas.
To fix the tyre a number of small spikes or nails, such as those used in the soles
of boots are employed and placed through the leather strips the canvas and into
..the lower leather, the ends in most cases flattening against the iron rim, thus forming.
small rivets connecting the parts.
The whole body of the rubber tyre is thus on the outside of the rim and can be
worn right down to the rim, thus utilising all the rubber.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Tyres for Cabs and other Vehicles and in Means
for Attaching the same..
1 JOHN EDWARD BUCKINGHAM of 32 Heaton Road Peckham Ryc,-
London S.E. Coachman, 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 :-
:
This invention relates to improvements in rubber tyres for cabs and other
vehicles, used to lessen the vibration in running; and in means for attaching such
tyres to the rims of the wheels. I employ as a means of attachment. a stout.
leather band or strip extending fully around the wheel, and of slightly less width
than the rim, fixed firmly to the latter by an outer tyre of iron bolted to the rim:

page_text: or felloe. The indiarubber tyre is placed on outside this, and is furnished with
two strips of canvas imbedded in it and projecting for a suitable distance along its
whole length. These strips, which may have a layer of indiarubber on them, are
fixed to the leather at the sides by suitable means such as stitching or small nails
or spikes.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a cross section of one arrangement and Fig. 2 a similar view of a
slightly modified method of fixing.
The rim or felloe A of the wheel is furnished with the ordinary iron tyre B, on
the outside of which the band or strip C of stout leather is placed. Around this
again is placed the iron band or tyre D, preferably made in sections and fixed to
the wheel by the bolts d passing through the leather, inner tyre and rim, and fixed
by screwing into the band D or by means of nuts, being fastened from the under
or inner side of the rim.
The rubber tyre E on the outside is preferably, as shown, of square form, in
order to obtain as much wearing material as possible and to afford a better hold
for the canvas strips e which are deeply imbedded in it, projecting on each side to
a suitable distance. The strips may, as shown in Fig. 2, be formed from one piece
of canvas, separating the rubber into two parts, but the form shown in Fig. 1 is
preferred.
According to the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1 the canvas strips furnished
with a thick layer of indiarubber, are bent outwards over the leather strip C the
central part completely covering the iron band D, and fastened to the leather at c
by stitching, as in boots and shoes, firmly and closely along its whole length.
Instead of stitching, in Fig. 2 is illustrated a modified arrangement in which small
nails or spikes c' are used to fix the tyre to the leather. In this case a narrow
strip of leather F is preferably employed at each side on top of the canvas, and
the spikes are driven through this and the canvas into C, the ends in most cases
flattening against the inner tyre B, thus forming small rivets connecting the parts.
Tyres of this description can be attached to any existing wheel.
The only
alteration required being a number of holes, through which the bolts d can be
passed.
The tyre and fittings are also preferably made and put on in sections, so that
should any one be injured, it can be readily replaced, without necessitating the
renewal of the whole tyre.
The whole body of the rubber is on the outside of the iron and other parts, so
that it can be worn right away, none of it being wasted, as in ordinary rubber
tyres for such vehicles."
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) In a means for attaching rubber tyres to wheels, the combination of two
canvas strips imbedded in the rubber, and projecting to a suitable distance, and a
leather band firmly clasped around the rim by an iron band or tyre, fixed by means
of bolts passing through the rim, the canvas being firmly attached to the leather,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(2) In a means for attaching rubber tyres to wheels, the combination of a
leather band C on the outside of the rim, an iron band or tyre D, with screw bolt d
screwing into the band and passing through the rim and leather being fastened
from the underside, fixing the leather band, and a rubber tyre E with canvas
strips e, bent outwards over the leather and fastened firmly thereto, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(3) In a means for attaching rubber tyres to wheels, the combination of a
leather band C and an iron band or tyre D with bolts d, with rubber tyre E

page_text: having projecting canvas strips e, and narrow leather strips F placed over the
canvas, the upper leather and the canvas being fixed to the band C by means of
nails or spikes substantially as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.