An Improved Rim and Tyre for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rim and Tyre for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
SIMPSON SHEPPARD Sculptor 10 Alphonsus Avenue Drumcondra and JAMES
RISPIN. Merchant: 20. Leinster Road Rathmines both in the City and County of
Dublin Ireland.do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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We make a metal hollow rim in two equal halves each half is flanged We put
the two halves together We drill holes through the flanges We put through the
holes in the, flanges suitable bolts and nuts That makes fast together the two half
rims The wire spokes are made fast to the rim The flange of the rim is between
the spokes The cover of the tyre is endless We make of calico or rubber webbing
a tube
We fill this with cork wood cut fine We flatten the tube filled with cork
We bring the two ends of the tube filled with cork wood and make them fast
together in an endless band We make an endless rubber tube We insert into the
endless rubber tube a small rubber tube that passes through a hole made in the
rim for it Through this small tube the endless rubber tube is filled with air We
make fast to the end of the tube that is through the hole in the rim a suitable valve
to let the air in or out as required We put the endless tube or band filled with
cork wood into the rubber cover We put the endless rubber tube that is to be
filled with air into the rubber cover We bring the edges of the rubber cover
together The tube or band filled with cork wood is between the cover and air tube
We take out the bolts that passes through the holes in the flanges of the rim
take the cover with the cork band and air tube that is in the cover We bring the
edges of the cover together and put it on the rim with the edges of the cover
between the flanges of the rim We pass the bolts through the flanges and rubber
cover screw up tight to hold cover and flanges together.
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23rd day of November 1892.
We
SIMPSON SHEPPARD.
JAMES RISPIN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rim and Tyre for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
SIMPSON SHEPPARD Sculptor 10 Alphonsus Avenue Drumcondra and JAMES
RISPIN 20 Leinster Road Rathmines both in the City and County of Dublin 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:
To make our invention more clearly understood we illustrate in the accom-
panying drawings Fig. 1 is the flanged rim Fig. 2 is the rim air tube cork band
and rubber cover We make a metal hollow rim of any required shape in two equal
halves each half is flanged A A. in Fig. 1 is the rim F is the set screws to make
fast the two halves of rim together B. B is the spokes made fast to the rim A. A.
The flange H is between the spokes B. B. Fig. 2 describes the rim air tube cork
band and rubber cover A A the rim C the air tube D the cork band E the
rubber cover F the set screws that passes through the holes in the flange H The
cover E is an endless band of rubber We put the endless band of cork in the
endless band of rubber We put the air tube in the endless rubber cover We
take the endless rubber cover with the cork band and air tube in it We bring the
edges of the rubber cover together with the cork band and air tube in it We put
them on the rim We put the edges of cover between the flanges of the rim We
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page_text: put the set screws through the holes in the flange of rim Tighten the set screws
to keep cover cork band and air tube in their places.
Having now particularly described the nature of our invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim
1st is the flanged hollow rim of any required shape for holding cover and cork
band and air tube on bicycles and other vehicles.
2nd for the cork band that goes between the cover and air tube.
SIMPSON SHEPPARD.
JAMES RISPIN.