Improvements in Detachable Non-slipping Devices for Pneumatic Tyres for Self-propelled Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Detachable Non-slipping Devices for Pneumatic
Tyres for Self-propelled Vehicles.
I, EDWARD JOEL PENNINGTON of The Hotel Metropole, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to detachable non-slipping devices which may be placed
upon or removed from the pneumatic tyres of self-propelled vehicles, so that when
the state of the roads render it necessary these could be readily applied and
removed when not further required.
The attachment may consist of a band suitably shaped to the tyre, roughened.or
provided with special excrescences for the purpose of taking a secure hold upon the
road. The backing or main portion of the band may be formed of suitable material
such as canvas, leather intercalated or woven strips or the like, preferably formed to
the shape of the tyre upon which they are to be placed, and applied by deflating the
tyre and then blowing it up inside the non-slipping band. Where it is required to
have projecting pieces of metal or other material upon the tread or the band, these
may be inserted from the inside of the band and secured in any convenient manner.
In some cases the intercalated leather strips would afford sufficient hold without the
employment of other means and in these cases a simple band could be made by
employing two unstretchable strips for the edges and connecting these across by the
leather strips.
1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
$
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Detachable Non-slipping Devices for Pneumatic
Tyres for Self-propelled Vehicles.
I, EDWARD JOEL PENNINGTON, formerly of The Hotel Metropole in the County
of Middlesex, now of The Motor Mills Coventry, in the County of Warwick,
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 detachable non-slipping devices which may be placed
upon or removed from the pneumatic tyres of self-propelled vehicles, so that when
the state of the roads render it necessary these could be readily applied and
removed when not 'further required.
The attachment may consist of a band suitably shaped to the tyre roughened or
provided with special excrescences for the purpose of taking a secure hold upon the
road. The backing or main portion of the band may be formed of suitable material

page_text: such as canvas, leather intercalated or woven strips or the like, preferably formed to
the shape of the tyre upon which they are to be placed, and applied by deflating the
tyre and then blowing it up inside the non-slipping band. Where it is required to
have projecting pieces of metal or other material upon the tread or the band, these
may be inserted from the inside of the band and secured in any convenient manner.
In some cases the intercalated leather strips would afford sufficient hold without the
employment of other means and in these cases a simple band could be made by
employing two unstretchable strips for the edges and connecting these across by the
leather strips.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan of a portion of the non-slipping device applied to a tyre.
Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a modification.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A strip of leather of suitable length is perforated, cut, or made up so as to form a
band having a lath like appearance comprising longitudinal side pieces A and trans-
verse portions A¹. The band may be formed of one piece or made up by attaching
transverse strips A' to narrow strips constituting the side pieces. The whole is made
into an endless ring curved so as to cause it to fit, closely upon the tread of the tyre
cover B when the tyre is inflated.
It is obvious that the shape and arrangement of the transverse pieces is capable of
considerable variation, but that shown in the accompanying drawings has been found
to constitute an effective non-slipping band which may be readily attached to or
detached from a pneumatic tyre and is particularly applicable for self-propelled
vehicles.
In the construction shown in Figure 4 the transverse portions A' are made broader
and carry metal studs or projections C rivetted or otherwise attached to them.
A canvas backing D is in this case preferably employed to prevent chafing of the
tyre cover by the studs which pass through the leather A'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A leather attachment for a pneumatic tyre bearing a sunk or raised pattern for
the purpose of preventing slipping.
2. The combination with a pneumatic tyre of a non-slipping detachable leather
band such as A A' substantially as described.
3. The detachable band substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated
in Figures 1, 2 and 3 or Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of April 1897.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.