Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles and other Vehicles.
JOSEPH PLATT 9 St. Paul Street Royton in the County of Lancaster
Mechanical Engineer and JAMES HERBERT SHEPHERD 46 Greenacres Road
Oldham in the County of Lancaster Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a pneumatic tyre composed of thin sheet metal, such as
fine steel or aluminium, or of steel or aluminium combined with indiarubber, canvas
hose, or similar material, with our arrangement we get a tyre that cannot be
punctured, and a larger air space for a given diameter of tyre than any other tyre,
it does not require any inner air tube, it will do either with or without one, it can
be made as light as any other tyre our arrangement prevents side slipping or
skidding.
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 shew the arrangement. a is the rim made of aluminium or
other metal, b is the metallic part of the tyre, the upper part of the tyre c which is
composed of strong rubber or canvas hose or similar material is secured to the
lower or metallic part to make a complete tyre and is also detachable the whole of
the inside space forming the air space or air chamber, the metallic part of the tyre
works into a portion of the rim, thereby making it an impossibility to puncture it,
the rubber or canvas part being wholly inside the rim cannot get damaged, d is a
lining of rubber, or elastic or other material to protect the upper part of the tyre
against the spoke heads, e is a ring of rubber fixed on the outer or running edge of
the tyre, the said ring having a series of angular rubber strips or strips of other
material as shewn in Fig. 3 the said strips are moulded with the rubber ring or
they can be put on separately, at any angle or curve thereby preventing side
slipping and skidding, these strips can be applied to any other tyre our tyre can be
made either of the shape shewn or of any other shape, and to suit any rim, the
tyre may have an outer or inner lining or both, of rubber so as to encase the
metallic part of the tyre.
Dated this 91st day of Anvil 1902
JOSEPH PLATT.
JAMES HERBERT SHEPHERD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles and other Vehicles.
JOSEPH PLATT 9 St. Paul Street Royton in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanical Engineer, and JAMES HERBERT SHEPHERD 46 Greenacres Road
Oldham in the County of Lancaster Pattern Maker 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 :-
This invention consists of a pneumatic tyre composed of sheet metal, such as
fine steel aluminium or other metal, combined with indiarubber, canvas hose, or
similar material. With our arrangement we get a tire that cannot be punctured,
It does
and a larger air space for a given diameter of tire than any other tire.
not require any inner air tube, it will do either with, or without one, it can be
made as light as any other tyre, our arrangement prevents side slipping or
skidding.

page_text: Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5 shew the arrangement.
Figs. 1, 2 and 5 are sections through the rim and tyre.
Fig. 4 an elevation of part of wheel.
a is the rim made of aluminium or other metal b is the metallic part of the tyre,
the upper part of the tyre c which is composed of strong rubber, canvas hose, or
similar material is secured to the lower or metallic part to make a complete tyre,
and is also detachable the whole of the inside space forming the air space or air
chamber, the metallic part of the tyre works into a portion of the rim, as shewn
thereby making it an impossibility to puncture it the rubber or canvas part being
wholly inside the rim cannot get damaged. d is a lining of rubber or elastic or
other material, to protest the upper part of tyre against the spoke heads. e is a
ring of rubber fixed on the outer or running edge of the tyre the said ring may
have a series of angular rubber strips or strips of other material as shewn in Fig. 3
the said strips are moulded with the rubber ring or they can be put on separately,
at any angle or curve, or (it will do without the said strips), thereby preventing side
slipping and skidding, our tyre can be made of the shapes shewn or of any other
shape and to suit any rim, the tyre 6 may have an outer or inner liuing, or both, of
rubber, canvas hose, or other material so as to encase the metallic part of the tyre,
or tyre and rim the upper edges of the metallic part of the tyre may have strips of
leather, rubber, or other material secured thereto as shewn at f Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
The metallic tyre connected with the upper or non metallic part of tyre inside
the rim, the part of the tyre outside the rim being metallic, as hereinbefore set
forth and more particularly described in drawings and Specification.
Dated this Nineteenth day of January 1894.
JOSEPH PLATT.
JAMES HERBERT SHEPHERD.