Improvements in or relating to Tyres and Rims for Cycle and other Vehicle Wheels.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tyres and Rims for Cycle and other
Vehicle Wheels.
I, HUGH FAULKNER, of Rockleigh, London Road, Leicester, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to tyres and rims for cycle and other vehicle wheels
and is designed with a view of providing ready and easy means of securing the
tyre and rim together.
According to this invention the outer edges of the jacket or envelope of a
pneumatic tyre are placed against the rim of the wheel which is of suitable section
and the said jacket and rim are connected together by a series of clips of suitable
construction.
A convenient form of clip consists of a plate provided with teeth, projections or
equivalents, at preferably a right angle thereto adapted to pass through and be
clinched against the tyre and also provided with one or more elongations or
extensions, capable of being bent and turned over to engage the wheel rim.
Tyres other than pneumatic may be provided with flaps or wings which may be
secured to the wheel rim by clips in a similar manner to that herein before described.
An alternative arrangement may consist of interposing the edges or wings of the
tyre between the wheel rim and a plate or plates perforated to pass over screwed
studs thereon and capable of being tightened in position by nuts and washers or
equivalent means.
Dated this 15th day of December 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tyres and Rims for Cycle and other
Vehicle Wheels.
1, HUGH FAULKNER of Rockleigh, London Road, Leicester, Manufacturer 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 has reference to tyres and rims for cycle and other vehicle wheels
and is designed with a view of providing ready and easy means of securing the tyre
and rim together.
According to this invention the outer edges of the jacket or envelope of a
pneumatic tyre are placed against the rim of the wheel, which is of suitable section,
and the said jacket and rim are connected together by a series of clips of suitable
construction.
or
A convenient form of clip consists of a plate provided with teeth, projections or
equivalents, at preferably a right angle thereto, adapted to pass through and be
clinched against the tyre and also provided with one or more elongations
extensions, capable of being bent and turned over to engage the wheel rim.
Tyres other than pneumatic may be provided with flaps or wings which may be
secured to the wheel rim by clips in a similar manner to that hereinbefore described..
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a section of a pneumatic tyre consisting of a separate air tube, and an

page_text: outer covering, the latter being secured to the wheel rim by spring clips according
to this invention.
Figure 2 is a section of a single tube pneumatic tyre, having flaps which are
attached to the wheel rim by the spring clips before mentioned.
Figure 3 is a section of an outer covering of a pneumatic tyre provided along its
edges with spring clips for attaching same to the wheel rim.
Figure 4 is a view of one form of spring clip laid out flat, and
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the said spring clip, before attaching to the
tyre.
Figure 5 is a face view of a clip with its teeth clinched as when connected to
a tyre.
Figure 6 is a view of a modified form of spring clip.
In Figure 1, A is the air tube and B the outer covering of the well known form
of pneumatic tyre and C is the wheel rim which is preferably of the section shown.
To connect the tyre to the wheel rim C the outer covering B of the former is
provided along its edges with a series of spring clips D which hook on or grip the
upturned edges of the wheel rim as shown."
A convenient form of clip is indicated in Figures 4 and 5.
In Figure 4 the clip is illustrated in a flat form, subsequently however the teeth
or prongs D¹ are bent at a right angle thereto as in Fig. 5, and these are forced
through the edges of the outer covering B of a pneumatic tyre and clinched as in
Figs. 1 and 3, or through the edges of the flaps B¹ of a single tube pneumatic tyre
as seen in Fig. 2.
The prolongation or opposite end D2 of the clip is then bent over in the manner
shown in the perspective view Fig. 5, and this extension pressed over the upturned
edge of the wheel rim as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.
The spring clips instead of being connected to the tyre by teeth or projections D¹
clinched against the same, may be attached thereto by eyelets E as in Fig. 6, or by
any other suitable means. It should be understood that I do not confine myself to
the use of any specific kind of spring clip for the purpose herein before referred to,
although the clip illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, is a most convenient form and readily
applied, neither is the invention limited to the use of a wheel rim of the particular
section shown as it is obvious that many forms of rims are applicable for the purpose.
Tyres, other than pneumatic, provided with flaps or wings may be employed in
connection with the spring clips.
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 use or employment of spring clips for connecting tyres to wheel rims
substantially as described.
2. The combination of a tyre provided with flaps or side wings, a wheel rim with
upturned edges, and a series of clips for attaching the said tyre to the said wheel
rim substantially as described.
3. An outer covering of a pneumatic tyre provided along its edges with a series
of spring clips substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of September 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.