An Improved Tyre for the Wheels of Cycles and other suitable Road Vehicles, and Means for Holding same in Position.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Jan.. 1896-Accepted, 22nd Feb.,
1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tyre for the Wheels of Cycles and other suitable
Road Vehicles, and Means for Holding same in Position.
We FRED WARD EXLEY of 18 Becton Street, Holderness Road, Engine
Driver, and WALTER JAMES FLEMING of 62 Hedon Road, Joiner, both in Hull
in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
The object of our invention is to construct a tyre for the wheels of cycles or
the like which will not wholly collapse if punctured in simply one or two places,
but can be ridden without the entire or even a large portion of it collapsing, and
also can be easily repaired without any expensive outfit.
We construct our tyre entirely of rubber or the like balls, arranged around the
rim of the wheel of the cycle or the like, or instead of balls we may employ
hollow rubber or composition blocks of oblong section, the rim being bent over in
such a manner that it grips the balls or oblong sections of rubber when they are
pressed within such rim, thus entirely preventing them from slipping out, and not
requiring any outer cover to keep them in position.
This construction of tyre is inexpensive and can be repaired with ease, as it is
only required of the rider to take one or two balls with him, as in case any of the
balls get punctured, they can be removed at once and others immediately pressed
into the rim in their place, where they are held tightly in position. The rim is so
arranged that when the balls are pressed in position, the said balls are so tight
and the outer surface so firm that they do not give, or slip on one side but offer a
solid surface and great resisting power as they come, in contact with the ground
when the wheel is revolving.
This construction of tyre allows of easy access to the spokes for repairing
purposes.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.
An Improved Tyre for the Wheels of Cycles and other suitable
Road Vehicles, and Means for Holding same in Position.
We FRED WARD EXLEY of 18 Beeton Street Holderness Road Engine Driver
and WALTER JAMES FLEMING of 62 Hedon Road, Joiner both in Hull in the
County of York, 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 :-
The object of our invention is to construct a tyre for the wheels of cycles and
the like which will not wholly collapse if punctured in simply one or two places,

page_text: but can be ridden without the entire or even a large portion of it collapsing, and
can also be easily repaired without any expensive outfit.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. shows view of a bicycle with our improved rim and balls applied.
Fig. 2. shows view of half of a cycle or the like wheel with our improved rim
and balls applied.
Fig. 3. shows sectional view of rim and one ball.
Figs. 4 and 5 show modifications of method of attaching the balls to the rim,
Fig. 4 showing rim with lug or flange on inside and projection on ball for
gripping same, and Fig. 5, showing rim with holes through it and ball with a pin
at either side to pass through the said holes.
Fig. 6. shows different shapes of rim for gripping the balls.
We construct our tyre entirely of rubber or the like balls A arranged around
the rim B of the wheel of the cycle C or the like, or instead of balls we may
employ hollow rubber or composition blocks of oblong or other section, the rim B
being bent over in such a manner as to form a flange or projection inside the rim
which grips the balls A or oblong or the like sections of rubber when they are
pressed within such rim B, thus entirely preventing them from slipping out and
not requiring any outer cover to keep them in position.
This construction of tyre is inexpensive and can be repaired with ease, as it is
only required of the rider to take one or two balls A or the like with him, as in
case any of the balls A or the like get punctured they can be removed at once and
others immediately pressed into the rim B in their place where they are held
tightly in position.
The rim is so arranged that when the balls are pressed into position the said
balls are so tightly held by the flange inside the rim, and the outer surface so firm
that it does not give or slip on one side but offers a solid surface and great
resisting power as it comes in contact with the ground when the wheel is
revolving.
This construction of tyre allows of easy access to the spokes for repairing
purposes, and is almost non slipping, it assists in hill climbing each ball or the like
appearing to force the wheel forward, and at the same time it is also almost non-
splashing when riding over muddy roads.
As modifications we may employ a rim B with a flange or a lug D brazed or
otherwise attached to the inside, the ball or other section of rubber or the like A
may have a projection E on it which engages with the lug or the like D on the
inside of the rim B, see Fig. 4; or the rim B may have holes F formed in it the
ball or the like A being provided with pins G to pass through these holes, when
placing the balls in position the pins are passed through the holes and the balls
pressed into its place where it is held secure, any section of rim may be employed
if it holds or grips firmly the balls or rubber or composition sections forming
the tyre.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. For the purpose of retaining balls or pieces of rubber or composition of any
suitable section within and around the rims of the wheels of cycles or the like,
the employment of a rim having an indented, turned, or reduced part running
around it to form a clip whereby such balls or the like are attached to the rim
without the employment of an outer retaining cover in the manner and for the
purposes substantially as shown and described.
2. In cycle or the like wheels, forming a lug or lugs on the inside of the rim,
and also on the side of the balls, for the attachment of balls to the rims of the
wheels of cycles or the like in the manner and for the purposes as shown and
described.

page_text: 3. Forming holes through the sides of the rims of cycle wheels or the like,.
and fitting pins on the sides of the balls or the like to engage with the said
holes in the manner and for the purposes as shown and described.
Dated this Twentieth day of January 1896.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,.
Patent Agent for the Applicants.