An Improvement relating to Resilient Tyres of Cycles and other Light Running Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th May, 1897-Accepted, 19th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement relating to Resilient Tyres of Cycles and other
Light Running Vehicles.
J, JOHN GEORGE GLOVER of the Firm Messrs. Thomas Glover & Co., Limited,
of 214 to 222 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, County of London, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, constructing a yielding or resilient tyre from a
series of segmental shaped brushes which when attached by their backs or stocks
within the rim of a wheel offer all the advantages of an inflated tube tyre without
requiring inflation, or the carrying of an inflating pump.
It obviates punctures, it runs silently, is clean in travelling, it prevents side slip,.
and bas a positive bite with a cushion like action on any kind of road.
The brush portion to run upon and be in contact with the road may be of
bristles, of passiva, or other fibre or metallio bristles drawn into or otherwise
secured in the bucks or stocks which are of curved form to suit the circumference
of a wheels rim, and a cover can be stretched over the exposed or road contact
ends of the brush proper but they are preferably without a cover and of such
length and closeness of tufts as to resist undue compression in order that the
circumferential, surface can be maintained in uniform condition and not be affected
by 'the pressure of a brake when applied or by the load carried.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John George Glover.
An Improvement relating to Resilient Tyres of Cycles and other
Light Running Vehicles.
I, JOHN GEORGE GLOVER, of the Firm Messrs. Thomas Glover & Co. Limited
of 214 to 222 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, County of London, Engineer, 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
atatement :-
This invention has for object, constructing a yielding or resilient tyre from a
series of segmental shaped brushes which when attached by their backs or stocks
within the rim of a wheel offer all the advantages of an inflated tube tyre without
requiring inflation or the carrying of an inflating pump.
It obviates punctures, it runs silently, is clean in travelling, it prevents side slip,
and has a positive bite with a cushion like action on any kind of road.
The brush portion to run upon and be in contact with the road may be of bristles

page_text: of passiva, or other fibre or metallic bristles drawn into or otherwise secured in the
backs or stocks which are of flat or of curved form to suit the circumference of a
wheels rim, and a cover can if so desired be stretched over the exposed or road
contact ends of the brush proper but they are proferably without a cover and of
such length and closeness of tufts as to resist undue compression in order that the
circumferential surface can be maintained in uniform condition and not be affected
by the pressure of a brake when applied, or by the load carried.
The annexed drawings show two examples of my invention as a wheel tyre
composed at Figure 1 of bristles A of any kind in a backing, say, of wood, or it
may be of rubber compound or other material B simply in short lengths or sections
screwed into the rim C, the hollow D in the rim allowing the backing or stock B
to yield centrally and circumferentially to reduce concussion mostly when the hairs
or bristles A are worn down or have become clogged should no cover be provided
for the tyre.
The example shown at Figure 1 gives a broad tread to the tyre but by curving
the rim C and by using leather as the backing B the curvature leans the two sides
of the bristles to a narrow tread as at Figure 2.
A tyre of the kind shown on the drawings and of hairs, bristles, metallic pins,
or other material is soft and supple in all directions yet from the closeness of the
tufts possess sufficient stiffness to prevent crushing. The trend is almost silent
in running and the material is not affected by heat or dampness from climatio
action, it has a firm grip on the ground, is not liable to slip, advantages not present
or obtainable from pnoumatic tyres.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction of tyres of cycles and other light running vehicles from a
combination of hair or bristles of any kind secured in tuft like order to a backing
of any material and held within or to a rim of a wheel as a tread or tyre thereto,
as set forth and substantially as shown in the annexed drawings.
The 10th day of May 1997
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John George Glover.