An Improved Rubber Tyring Machine for Carriage and other such Vehicle Wheels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 23rd May, 1899-Accepted, 20th July,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rubber Tyring Machine for Carriage and other such
Vehicle Wheels.
JOHN FRANCIS, 82, Copenhagen Street, Islington, London, N., Coach Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improved rubber tyring machine for putting rubber in carriage and other
such vehicle wheels in such a manner as not to injure edges of rubber and to
securely place same in channel of tyre and securing it in such a manner so as
not to become loose all the parts are interchangeable and are easily fitted up and
taken down if required as the above rubbering machine can be taken apart and
at any time any section or part can be replaced the machine can be fitted to any
post or upright frame with three bolts or coach screws it can also be used to put
in the rubber or other yielding material into grove or channel of tyre without
taking off the wheels of the vehicle the machine is so constructed that any size
wheel can be rubbered with the greatest ease and safety by any person and its
regulating parts are simple and yet a powerful action. It is constructed as
follows there is an iron plate about four feet long three inches wide and half an
inch thick on which there is fixed two small iron brackets about eighteen inches
apart between these two brackets there is a strong iron screw-which remains
stationary and which moves up and down two nuts or plates one of the nuts has
an open end which takes the end of a lever or handle to which lever is fitted a
movable tool which forces the rubber or other yielding material into the groove
or channel of tyre the second nut also moves up and down carrying on it two
plates or screws-which have in one end a small roller for tyer of wheel to rest
against when putting in the rubber or other yielding material these plates or
screw rollers in one end can be moved backwords and forwards to suite the dishing
of any wheels and by meanes of the screw which is worked with a small wheel on
top of machine the levers and tool can be moved up or down to suit the diameter
of any wheel or defect in the circle and both screws and levers can be made to
act at same time in putting in the rubber or other yielding material during the
time of putting in the rubber the wheel is resting on an axle or spindle which is
movable in order to suit height of wheel and size for, box, of wheel there can
be a bolt on one end to tighten wheel if required on the spindle when the wheel
is on the axel or spindle the rubber or other yielding material the end is placed
on the tyer of the wheel one edge is laid in the grove or channel of tyer-then
you bring down your levers and tool and press rubber into its place, there can
be also attatched to above mentioned machine a gas or other heating apparatus
to melt cement in grove or channels of tyer if required there is also a second or
grip lever attatched to principal lever and tool to insert rubber in grove if required
so as to have a a back pressure as well as a forward one and the rubber or other
yielding material can he pressed down into channel of tyre by side lever. The
side lever is hollowed out to fit on top of rubber and the hollow part of side lever
has a small roller in it to shape of rubber to press in rubber into channel of tyer
and attatched to before mentioned rubbering machine is attatched a stay or rest

page_text: on which is a roller shape of rubber on one end to guide and carry rubber into
channel of tyer during time of fixing in there is a spring at the top of before
mentioned machine which answers to lift up lever and tool up of rubber when
not being pressed into channel or tyer the before mentioned rubbering machine
when used to put the rubber into a wheel tyer with the wheel on the vehicle the
machine can be made to form its own setter or lift or can be attatched to any
other carriage lift or setter.
An Improved Rubber Tyring Machine for Carriage and other such
Vehicle Wheels.
I, JOHN FRANCIS, of 82, Copenhagen Street, Islington, London, N., Coach Maker,
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 relates to an improved rubber-tyring machine for inserting
rubber tyres into the fellies of carriage and other similar vehicle wheels, in such
a manner as not to injure the edges of the rubber tyres and to correctly place the
same in the channel of the metallic felly or rim, and securing the tyre therein,
so as not to become loose. The various parts of this improved machine are
interchangeable and are easily fitted together or taken apart.
The machine can be fitted to any post or upright frame by means of bolts or
coach-screws and it can operate upon the wheel without removing the latter from
the vehicle. Any size wheel can be rubbered and suitable adjusting devices are
provided.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention;-
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are front elevation, side elevation and plan view respectively
of the tyring machine.
Fig. 1 shows the lever H attached to end of plate el, Fig. 1.
Figures 4 and 5 are front and side views of the lifter.
Figures 6 and 7 are side and plan views of the hollow lever.
Figures 8 and 9 are enlarged side and end views of the pressing tool.
Figures 10, 11 and 12 are side, front and plan views of the gas heater apparatus
or gas-burner.
Figures 13, 14 and 15 are similar views of an electric heater.
Figure 16 is a modified form of wheel-supporting axle.
A back plate A preferably of metal is furnished with brackets & through which
is passed a screwed spindle B fitted with a hand-wheel L. By means of this
rotatable screw B two nuts CD can be raised or lowered; to one of these nuts D
is secured a fork to which is pivoted a hand or swinging lever E fitted with a
movable tool e which forces the rubber or other elastic material into the groove
or channel of the tyre. The other nut C also travels along the screw B and is
fitted with two plates c c provided with screws working in slots (see Figure 3)
and having at one end small rollers cell against which the tyre of the wheel
may rest when the rubber is being inserted. These plates c¹ c¹ with rollers ell ell
can be moved backwards and forwards to suit the dishing of any particular wheel
and by means of the screw B the lever or handle E and tool e can be moved up or
down to suit the diameter of any wheel or any defect in the circle of the wheel,
and both nuts C and D and lever E can be caused to act at the same time in

page_text: putting in the rubber or other yielding material. When the rubber is being
inserted, the wheel rests on an axle or spindle G, see Figure 2, which can be
secured in any one of the slots or holes in the plate A, to suit the size of the
wheel. A nut M is arranged to tighten the wheel on the nave-supporting axle G.
Any other suitable device, however, for supporting or clamping the wheel in
the machine, may be employed.
To any convenient portion of the machine is attached a stay or bracket fitted
with a guide roller of suitable shape and size, to guide and carry rubber from the
stock coil to the wheel; this bracket is not shown on the drawings but may be
of any ordinary construction. The wheel having been put on the axle, the end of
the rubber is placed on the tyre of the wheel and one edge laid in the groove or
channel; by pressing down the lever E the operator can press the rubber into its
proper position by means of the tool c.
A spring causes the lever E to return
to its normal position.
A second grip tool e", Figures 8 and 9, may be attached to the principal lever E,
so as to afford a back pressure as well as a forward one, but the action of lever E
remains as before.
The side lever H, Figures 6 and 7, which is curved to conform to the rubber
or other elastic tyre and which is provided with a small roller N shaped to the
tyre, for pressing the rubber well into the channel of the rim is attached to the
pivot or axis of one of the rollers cl, see Fig. 1. The operator forces the rubber
into the rim by means of lever E in his right hand, and holds the rubber alrealy
inserted in its place in position by means of lever H in his left hand. In the
event of a left-handed operator the guiding lever H might be suitably altered
and attached to the right-hand roller plate c¹ being then grasped in his right hand.
When it is desired to insert the rubber into the felly without removing the wheel
from the vehicle, the machine is arranged to act as or form its own lifter or
jack" the bed-plate A in this case may be suitably secured to a wrought-iron
jack, such as shown at K, Figures 4 and 5, receiving the plate in a socket at top
and there held by means of bolts or screws. The tail of plate A is shewn in dotted
lines on Figure 4, inserted into socket at top of the lifter or jack. Any other
type of lifter can, however, be employed in conjunction with my improved
machine.
Instead of using the spindle or axle G to support the wheels I may attach a
metal plate to the bolts shewn on the under portion of plate C, and clamp the
wheel rim between these plates.
To the machine may also be attached, as shewn on Figures 10 to 15, a heating
apparatus arranged with two swinging arms which are fitted with suitable burners
for gas, petroleum or electricity, as required. These arms i fitted with gas burners
and fitted with electrical heaters swing on universal joints and may be locked
by means of a bolt or pin passing through a double joint for removal purposes,
to suit any diameter wheel to be heated; the double joint rests on a spring placed
on a projecting slotted bracket to allow for horizontal adjustments. This bracket
also is made fast to a slotted back plate as shown at I on Figures 10, 11, 12 for
vertical adjustment. The above arms are heated internally by means of a suitable
burner, for melting cement for securing the rubber in its place within the rim.
They are of curved shape and of short segments so that within reasonable limits
they will fit the contours of wheels of various diameters.
The machine, as shown, is arranged to be worked by hand, but by suitable
connections, it could, of course, be worked by power,mechanical, hydraulical
or electrical.
The wire hoops or cores sometimes employed to hold the rubber tyres in place,
may be fused or welded together electrically in any well known manner. Or the
wires may be tightened by means of a socket screwed with right and left handed
threads, fitted upon the correspondingly fitted ends of the wires, at the junction
or meeting ends of the rubber tyre.

page_text: It is understood that instead of rubber, any of the other substitutes for rubber
can be employed with this machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
(1). A rubber-tyring machine, comprising a bed-plate fitted with means for
supporting or clamping the wheel, and with brackets supporting a vertical rotat-
able screw, upper and lower nuts travelling upon said screw and supporting
respectively a fork to which a hand-lever is pivoted, and a plate to which adjust-
able guide rollers are secured for pressing against the tyre of the wheel, the said
hand-lever being provided with a tool or tools for directing and forcing the elastic
tyre into its rim or felly and being held normally out of contact with the wheel
rim by means of a C or other spring, and a guiding lever fitted with a roller for
retaining the rubber in its rim, substantially as and for the purposes described.
(2). In a rubber tyring machine, an adjustable heating appliance provided with
swing arms
on universal joints, and furnished with gas burners or electrical
heating devices, secured to a slotted back-plate capable of attachment by bolts or
otherwise to the bed-plate of the tyring machine, substantially as and for the
purposes described and as illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.
(3). In a rubber tyring machine, the combination with an adjustable and
pivoted hand-lever E fitted with a back tool ell and forward tool c, of a guiding
lever H fitted with a roller N, substantially as and for the purposes described
and as illustrated upon the annexed drawings.
Dated this 20th day of May
322.
1or the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
Chartered l'atent Agents,
60, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.
or the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
Chartered l'atent Agents,
60, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC.