Improvements in Elastic Tires for Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Elastic Tires for Velocipedes and other
Road Vehicles.
I, THOMAS FERNELEY WILEY, of Rawdon, near Leeds, in the County of York,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in elastic tires for velocipedes and other
road vehicles and its object is to provide a light and resilient tire.
For this purpose I prefer to use a flat rim or felloe and I secure to this in any
convenient manner a number of short radial projections of india-rubber. An
annular band or bands of thin metal, wire, canvas or other non-elastic material is.
tightly passed round the said projections so as to more or less compress them and
A similar number of radial
at the same time bridge over the spaces between them.
india-rubber projections are also mounted or secured on the outer periphery of said.
annular band arranged midway between the projections above mentioned and a
second annular band or bands of non-elastic material is or are passed round these..
An outer
The outer annular band may be somewhat narrower than the inner one.
tire of india-rubber or other suitable material may be secured on this latter annular
band arranged in a similar manner or it may be first surrounded by one or more
series of projections and an annular band or bands.
The said projections may be entirely separate or they may be formed on or
secured to continuous bands of india-rubber, canvas, or other suitable material.
Or the whole tire may be formed in one piece with the non-elastic annular bands:
introduced at any convenient stage of the manufacture.
The sides of the openings formed by the said projections and annular bands may
be enclosed by india-rubber or other suitable material.
Instead of forming the herein mentioned radial projections of india-rubber they
may be formed of other suitable material of an elastic or springy nature.
Dated this 7th dex of February 1893.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Elastic Tires for Velocipedes and other
Road Vehicles.
I, THOMAS FERNELEY WILEY, of Rawdon, near Leeds, in the County of York,
Gentleman, 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 relates to improvements in elastic tires for velocipedes and other
road vehicles and its object is to provide a light and resilient tire.
For this purpose I prefer to use a flat rim or felloe and I secure to this in any
convenient manner a number of short radial projections of india-rubber. An
annular band or bands of thin metal, wire, canvas or other non-elastic material is
tightly passed round the said projections so as to more or less compress them and
A similar number of radial
at the same time bridge over the spaces between them.
india-rubber projections are also mounted or secured on the outer periphery of said
annular band arranged midway between the projections above mentioned and a
second annular band or bands of non-elastic material is or are passed round these.
The outer annular band may be somewhat narrower than the inner one.
An outer
tire of india-rubber or other suitable material may be secured on this latter annular

page_text: band arranged in a similar manner or it may be first surrounded by one or more
series of projections and an annular band or bands.
The said projections may be entirely separate or they may be formed on or
secured to continuous bands of india-rubber, canvas, or other suitable material.
Or the whole tire may be formed in one piece with the non-elastic annular bands
introduced at any convenient stage of the manufacture.
The sides of the openings formed by the said projections and annular bands may
be enclosed by india-rubber or other suitable material.
. Instead of forming the herein mentioned radial projections of india-rubber they
may be formed of other suitable material of a sufficiently elastic or springy nature.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of
this Specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a side view of a portion of a wheel constructed in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2, represents a diametrical section of such a wheel in which the hub and
spokes are omitted.
Figure 3, is a view of a detail hereinafter referred to.
The flat rim or felloe A is made sufficiently strong to stand the strain of the
spokes B and remain circular. A metal rim is shown in the drawing but it is
obvious that wooden rims or rims of other suitable material may be used. The
radial india-rubber projections C are secured to the rim A in any convenient
manner and the flexible annular band D of non-elastic material is tightly secured
around them. A similar number of projections C¹ are secured around the outer
periphery of D midway between the projections C and a second annular band D¹ of
non-elastic but flexible material tightly secured around them. An outer india-
rubber tire E is represented as secured to the external periphery of D¹ but it is
obvious that any other form of outer tire may be used.
To secure the projection C and C¹ in position they may be attached to strips of
canvas or other suitable material adapted to be secured to the annular bands or said
projections may be directly secured to the said annular bands.
In case the said annular bands are formed of thin flexible wire, a number of
parallel strands of wire are employed and they may be enclosed in a sheath of canvas
or other material.
The sides of the tire constructed in the above described manner may be closed in
by a canvas india-rubber or other suitable covering. Figure 3, represents a section
on a larger scale of the rim of a wheel thus covered in. The covering material
represented by the thick line F may be arranged to completely surround the tire
before the outer tire E is secured thereto. The edges of the covering are arranged
to overlap at the back and be connected together and to the back of A. And the
interior of the front of the covering may be cemented to D' and the india-rubber
tire E secured outside.
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 :
1. An elastic tire for velocipedes and other road vehicles having a rigid rim and
two or more concentric flexible bands separated from each other and from the rim
by two or more series of india-rubber or other elastic projections, the projections in
one series being arranged midway between the projections of the series adjoining,
substantially as herein shown and described.
2. An elastic tire such as that embodied in the above claim having the sides
enclosed by a suitable material F, arranged substantially as herein shown and
described.
Dated this 6th day of November 1893
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.