Improvements in or relating to Cycle or analogous Tires.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cycle or analogous Tires.
We, ALEXANDER CRAWFORD Machinist of 38 Alice Street and Alfred
ELTRINGHAM, Accountant of 52 Marine Approach both in South Shields in the
County of Durham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to cycle or analogous
tires.
To effect our purpose we propose to construct or manufacture the tire of plaited
or woven steel or other suitable wire or fabric so that the tire shall be stiff enough
to serve the required purpose without necessarily inflating it in the usual way.
There may be provided on the tire constructed as described a suitable trod of
rubber leather or other suitable material or materials.
Such a tire is designed to be resilient and to provide the requisite strength and
durability without the risks attending ordinary tires of the pneumatic type.
The tire may be held or secured in the rim by means of an endless wire within
the woven tire or the wire may be outside and made adjustable by means of
screwing or other equivalent tightening or slackening gear in the ordinary
manner.
If desired, though it is not anticipated such will be necessary au ordinary
inflation tube may be inserted within the tire and used combinedly in the ordinary
way.
The tire rim may be diagonally or otherwise jointed and flanged to facilitate
the adjustment or the removal of the tire so that the rim may be capable of
adjustment for the purposes stated.
The ends of the tire may be secured to each other by plaiting splicing or sewing
so as to secure continuity in its structure.
CA: 1905
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3 St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.
We, ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, Machinist, of 38 Alice Street and ALFRED
ELTRINGHAM, Accountant of 52 Marine Approach both in South Shields in the
County of Durham, 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 has reference to improvements in or relating to cycle or analogous
tires.
To effect our purpose we propose to construct or manufacture the tire of plaited
or woven steel or other suitable wire or fabric so that the tire shall be stiff enough
to serve the required purpose without inflating it in the usual way.

page_text: There may be provided on the tire constructed as described a suitable trod of
rubber leather or other suitable material or materials.
Such a tire is designed to be resilient and to provide the requisite strength and
durability without the risks attending ordinary tires of the pneumatic type.
The tire may be held or additionally secured in the rim by means of an endless
wire interwoven within the woven tire.
The tire rim may be diagonally or otherwise jointed and flanged to facilitate the
adjustment or the removal of the tire so that the rim may be capable of adjustment
for the purposes stated.
The ends of the tire may be secured to each other by plaiting splicing or sewing
so as to ensure continuity in its structure.
We will fully describe our invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1 shows a side sectional elevational view and Figure 2 a
cross-sectional view of a tire constructed in accordance with our invention, Figure 3
being an underside plan view showing the mode adopted for jointing the rim as
hereinafter described and in the following description like marks of reference
designate like parts.
Referring to the drawings the tire T is constructed of woven or plaited steel or
other suitable wire in the form of a complete hoop adapted to encircle and lie in
the rim R.
Such a hoop will be strong enough to bear the rider's weight and will be as
resilient as a tire of the pneumatic type.
The wire forming the plaited tire may be of circular section though any other
section or gauge of wire suitable to the purposes may be employed.
A tire thus constructed is capable of a certain amount of stretching and
contraction and this is utilised in combination with the jointed rim in effecting
the adjustment of the tire on or in the rim. The tire is fitted in the ordinary
manner with a suitable trod or covering C which if desirable may be extended
completely round the tire so as to lie in the rim.
An endless wire hoop or ring H may be interwoven within the tire as shown to
assist in holding the tire in its position in the rim.
By withdrawing the bolts B the joint J of the rim can be loosened or freed so
that one end of the rim may be slid over the other to a certain extent to reduce
its diameter to enable the tire to be slipped or sprung into position and then the
rim ends can be forced back into their circular position and the bolts readjusted
when the tire and rim will form one stiff circular structure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is.
1. Constructing cycle or analogous tires of and in the form of continuous woven
or plaited steel or other suitable wire hoops and providing such a tire with a
suitable working trod thereon substantially as herein set forth.
2. The provision in combination with a tire constructed as herein described and
claimed in the preceding claiming clause of an endless wire hoop or ring adapted
to hold the tire in the rim substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 11th day of January. 1896.
A. CRA WHALL CHAPMAN,
3 St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.