Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1897--Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other
Vehicles.
I, GEORGE WILSON of Thirteen Victoria Street in the City of Westminster
Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
My invention has reference to pneumatic tyres for cycles, motor cars and other
vehicles, and its object is to provide a resilient puncture proof pneumatic tyre.
In constructing the tyre I employ one or more flexible strips of woven, knitted,
or platted metal wire of any section, or thin narrow metal bands embedded longi-
tudinally, transversely, or diagonally, in the material of the outer tube. The
metal-work I place between the internal and external tubes in one or more
thicknesses for the whole length of the circumference and of such width as to
cover the tread of tyre when deflected with the load. 1 also line the inside of the
outer tube or cover with the flexible woven material or imbed it in one or more
layers in the substance of which the outer tyres are composed, thereby preventing
the cutting or puncturing of the internal tube.
In the case of the longitudinal bands I line the inside of the tyre with strips
of metal, preferably of steel, placed alongside each other but with a small space
between them, above these bands I imbed in the material of the outer tyre other
similar bands just over the spaces of the first row, thus protecting the joint and
the internal tubo. The strips or bands of metal may be fixed to canvas and middle
with the tyres themselves.
These improvements are applicable to all pneumatic tyres.
1711
1004
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other
Vehicles.
I, GEORGE WILSON, of 13 Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, Civil
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 statement:-
My invention has reference to pneumatic tyres for cycles, motor cars and other
vehicles, and its object is to provide a resilient puncture-proof pneumatic tyre.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,

page_text: Fig. 1 is a section; and Figure 2 is an elevation, with parts broken away,
of a tyre according to this invention.
1 is an outer cover or tube of india rubber, having embedded in it thin narrow
metal strips or bands 2, preferably of steel, arranged side by side but with spaces
between them; the strips or bands are arranged longitudinally of the tube so as,
when the tube ends are joined to form a tyre to resemble a series of circum-
ferential rings. The cover 1 is lined with a similar row of metal bands 3, the
bands 2 and 3 being so arranged that the bands of each row come opposite the
spaces between the bands of the other row. 4 is the canvas lining to the outer
casing and 5 is the inner air tube. As will be seen the strips or bands are arranged
so as to extend the full width of the tread of the tyre. The strips or bands 2 and 3,
which may be of knitted, wovon or pluited wire or of sheet metal, may if desired,
be fixed to canvas and then embedded in and attached to the inside of the outer
cover respectively. The outer cover is preferably in the form of a complete
tube but it may be divided along the side opposite the tread and be provided
with means for attaching it to the wheel rim.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A pneumatic tyre cover or tube having rows of metal strips or bands longi-
tudinally arranged with spaces between so that the bands of each row come opposite
the spaces in the other row, substantially as described.
2. A pneumatic tyre comprising an inner air tube and an outer cover or tube
having rows of metal strips or bands arranged as referred to in the preceding
claim, the outer of said rows being embedded in the material of the outer tube
and the other row being attached to its inuer surface, substantially as described
and shown.