Improvements in or connected with Resilient Tyres.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 25th June 1897-Accented 31st July
1907
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Resilient Tyres.
We, CHARLES GORDON PICKING of 2 Byron Villas, Engineer, and DAVID BARCLAY,
of 5 Byron Villas, Bounds Green, Middlesex, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, the construction of a Tyre for Road Vehicles,
Motor Cars, Cycles and the like from a strip of steel or other suitable material
with ribs at regular or irregular intervals from near the centre to the edges, the
strip of steel being of the same thickness throughout or tapering to the edges.
Such a strip when rolled into tubular or barrel form in its length and then into
hoop shape with the ribs looking towards the inner periphery constitute a Tyre
possessing great resiliency, the centre portion serving as the tread.
The extreme ends of the ribs may nearly meet for location in a rim or felloe,
or they can be sprung or passed into slots in or near the side edges of a rim and
be so held that they can move inwardly to "give" and slightly flatten as the
tread bears on the ground and then rebound to its normal condition.
Our improved Tyre holds itself in the rim and is preferably and for cleanliness
covered by a flexible cover but a hoop or exterior Tyre may be fitted.
Dated this 28th day of September 190
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Charles Gordon Picking and David Barclay.
We, CHARLES GORDON PICKING of 2 Byron Villas, Engineer, and DAVID BARCLAY,
of 5 Byron Villas, Bounds Green, Middlesex, Ironmonger, 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 for object, the construction of a Tyre for Road Vehicles,
Motor Cars, Cycles, and the like from a strip of steel, or other suitable material
with ribs or tongues at regular or irregular intervals from near the centre to the
edges, the strip of steel being of the same thickness throughout or tapering to the
edges.
Such a strip when rolled into tubular or barrel form in its length and then into
hoop shape with the ribs or tongues looking towards the inner periphery constitute
a Tyre possessing great resiliency, the centre portion serving as the tread.
The extreme ends of the ribs or tongues may nearly meet for location in a rim
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page_text: or felloe, or they can be sprung or passed into slots in or near the side edges of a
rim and be so held that they can move inwardly to "give" and slightly flatten
as the tread bears on the ground and then rebound to its normal condition.
The annexed drawings shows our invention. Figure 1 is a portion of a flat
steel strip cut or stamped along the two side edges to form ribs or tongues A, A,
these being in alternate order from the central part B, so that when rolled up to
approach one another, as at Figure 2, they can if so desired be caused to engage
or lodge between each other with plenty of space for play, but we prefer that they
be rolled un to the extent represented at Figure 2, in which case the tips of the
ribs, tongues, or prongs A, A, can be passed into slots to prevent any kind of
slewing action to which the Tyre may be subjected from rough usage when such a
Tyre is fitted on or within the rim of a wheel.
Our improved Tyre holds itself in the rim and is preferably and for cleanliness
covered by a flexible cover but a hoop or exterior Tyre may be fitted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
As a resilent Tyre for a wheel, a rolled in ribbed or tongued strip of steel, each
tongue having a free end and alternately arranged from opposite side edges,
substantially as shown on the annexed drawings.
The 25th day of June 1897.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Charles Gordon Picking and David Barclay.