An Improved Method of and Means for Repairing Single Tube or other Pneumatic Tyres.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Repairing Single Tube or
other Pneumatic Tyres.
I, HARRY HEATON, the younger, Managing Director of the Firm of Capon,
Heaton and Company Limited, of Lifford Mills, Kings Norton, in the County of
Worcester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved method of and device for repairing single
tube pneumatic tyres, and my object is to repair punctured tyres more effectively
than hitherto while avoiding the necessity which exists in some methods of forming
a regular hole after puncture, before repair.
My invention comprises, a method of pushing through rings, loops of continuous
cord of rubber or other suitable material into the interior of the tyre through the
puncture and so filling up the puncture; and a device for pushing through the said
rubber rings, or loops.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a piece of wire shaped at the one
end in a convenient manner for pushing by the fingers or hand and having at the
other end a slit or slot in the end. Sometimes I provide a crosspiece, fastened
across the wire in an intermediate position between the handle end and the slit end.
When I use a rubber ring preferably of square section, formed of cord of small
diameter or section, I insert the cord in the slit, at the end and pass the other end
of the ring over the crosspiece. I then push the slit end of the wire through the
puncture into the interior of the pneumatic tyre, and so carry in the rubber ring.
I now unfasten the said rubber ring from the crosspiece and withdraw the wire,
leaving the rubber in the puncture. I arrange my slit at the end of the wire of
sufficient depth to allow me to insert a number of rubber rings or loops and so I
am enabled to fill up a puncture even when of large dimensions.
Before inserting the rubber, by means of my slit wire, 1 dip it into or cover it
with repairing solution, and I may also inject solution into the puncture.
By this arrangement I form a plug within the puncture firmly united to the walls
of the pneumatic tyre by means of solution. I trim off the projecting portion of
the plug from the outside of the tyre but leave the loops projecting within
the tyre.
In some cases I dispense with the crosspiece on the slit wire and hold the rubber,
cord, or rings by the fingers, pressing against the wire.
Dated this 12th day of January 1894.
MARKS & CLERK,
16, Southampton Buildings, London,
W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
10, Moutampton S
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Repairing Single Tube or
other Pneumatic Tyres.
I, HARRY HEATON, the younger, Managing Director of the Firm of Capon,
Heaton and Company Limited, of Lifford Mills, Kings Norton, in the County of
Worcester, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved method of and device for repairing single

page_text: tube pneumatic tyres, and my object is to repair punctured tyres more effectively
than hitherto while avoiding the necessity which exists in some methods of forming
a regular bole after puncture before repair.
My invention comprises, a method of pushing through rings, loops of continuous
cord of rubber or other suitable material into the interior of the tyre through the
puncture and so filling up the puncture; and a device for pushing through the said
rubber rings or loops.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is an edge elevation of my slit wire device for inserting the repairing
rubber.
Figure 2 shows the slit wire with its loop handle and cross bar, and the rubber
loops in position.
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of a rubber loop.
Figure 4 is a diagram showing the process of pushing in the rubber to repair the
puncture.
Figure 5 shows the rubber inserted in the puncture and the wire withdrawn, and
Figure 6 shows the repair completed and the rubber bands cut off.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a piece of wire A shaped at the
one end in a convenient manner for pushing by the fingers or hand so as to form
for example a loop or ring A' and having at the other end a slit or slot A*. Some-
times I provide a cross piece A² fastened across the wire in an intermediate position
between the handle end A' and the slit end A. When I use a rubber ring
preferably of square section formed of cord of small diameter or section such as
Figure 3, I insert the cord B in the slit A' at the end and pass the other end of
the ring over the crosspiece A³. I then push the slit end A' of the wire A through
the puncture into the interior of the pneumatic tyre D Figure 4, and so carry
in the rubber ring. 1 now unfasten the said rubber ring from the crosspiece and
withdraw the wire, leaving the rubber in the puncture. I arrange my slit at the
end of the wire of sufficient depth to allow me to insert a number of rubber rings or
loops and so I am enabled to fill up a puncture even when of large dimensions.
Figure 4 shows a number of such rubber loops on the inserting wire and about
to be pushed through into the interior of the tyre.
In Figure 5 the rubber loops have been left in the puncture and the wire A
removed, and in Figure 6 the repair has been completed by cutting off the
extraneous rubber from the outside.
Before inserting the rubber, by means of my slit wire I sometimes dip it into or
cover it with repairing solution, and I may also inject solution into the puncture.
By this arrangement I form a plug within the puncture firmly united to the walls
of the pneumatic tyre by means of solution. I trim off the projecting portion of
the plug from the outside of the tyre but leave the loops projecting within
the tyre.
I find that in most cases an excellent repair can be made as described even
without using solution; the expansion of the rubber within the puncture produces
an air tight repair.
In some cases I dispense with the crosspiece on the slit wire and hold the rubber,
cord, or rings by the fingers, pressing against the wire.
Sometimes also I use short lengths of rubber cord not formed in loops, but held
on the crosspiece A' by the fingers or by twisting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The method of repairing a pneumatic tyre by pushing a loop or loops of
rubber cord through the puncture with or without solution and cutting off flush
outside the tyre leaving the inner ends projecting within the tyre substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. The device for pushing through rubber cord or cords consisting of a wire

page_text: with a slit or slot in the end with or without a crosspiece and handle as herein-
before described.
3. The method of repairing pneumatic tyres together with the device employed
for repairing as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated thin 10th Jan of Antahan 1904
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.