Velocipedes, Carriages, and like Vehicles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 26th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
Velocipedes, Carriages, and like Vehicles.
I JOHN KEMP STARLEY of the Meteor Works Coventry in the county of Warwick
Velocipede Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of elastic tyres suitable for the wheels of
velocipedes carriages and like vehicles and bas for its object the further improvement
of a class of tyre for which I have previously applied for Letters Patent.
Such tyres had a strip of canvas or other suitable material vulcanized or otherwise
firmly secured on their inner sides and were formed with a groove in the elastic
substance through which a wire bedding on the canvas or like strip was passed, thus
binding the tyre to the wheel, the wire passing round the tyre and its ends being
secured by locknuts or equivalent devices.
My present invention is designed to further improve such type of tyre secured by a
wire round the rim of the wheel.
I employ an outer face of soft rubber or other like material vulcanized or affixed to
a vulcanite ebonite or like hard backing through which a hole (or holes) is made for
the wire (or wires) to pass going round through the tyre.
To assist the bending of the tyre to the contour of the rim of the wheel without
heating the vulcanite ebonite or like material I notch or serrate such on its under side
whereby I can easily bend the tyre to the contour of the rim.
The vulcanite, ebonite or like substance can of course if desired be heated to
expedite the process.
For a large wheel it might have a plain under surface and be heated.
In some cases I may pass the wires in grooves on each side of the hard portion of
the tyre in place of going through the same.
I am aware that tyres with an elastic ground surface and a vulcanite or ebonite or
ike rigid surface to abut on the rim and be cemented thereto is not original
with me.
Dated this 26th day of April 1887
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Velocipedes, Carriages, and like Vehicles.
I JOHN KEMP STARLEY of the Meteor Works Coventry in the county of Warwick
Velocipede 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 relates to the construction of elastic tyres suitable for the wheels of
velocipedes carriages and like vehicles and has for its object the further improvement
of a class of tyre for which I have previously applied for Letters Patent
No. 13511 1884. Such tyres had a strip of canvas or other suitable material
vulcanized or otherwise firmly secured on their inner sides and were formed with a
groove or channel in the elastic substance through which a wire bedding on the canvas
or like strip was passed thus binding the tyre to the wheel, the wire passing round
the tyre and its ends being secured by locknuts or equivalent devices.
My present invention is designed to further improve such type of tyre secured by a
wire round the rim of the wheel.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings and to the figures and letters of
reference marked thereon. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a tyre constructed
according to my invention and Fig. 2 a transverse section of the tyre on line a-b of
Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a transverso section on line c-d.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a modification of the tyre and securing device.
Fig. 5 is a transverse section of this tyre on the line of Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 is a
transverse section of the tyre on the line g-h of Fig. 4.
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of a further modification and Fig. 8 is a transverse
section of the same on line j.
The rims or felloes are not shown in the transverse sections.
I employ an outer face A of soft rubber or other like material vulcanized or affixed
to a vulcanite ebonite or like hard backing B through which a hole (or holes) is made
for the wire (or wires) (to pass going round through the tyre. As in Figure 1 to 3
the wire (or wires C) passes through the soft portion of the tyre or as in Figures 4
to 6 the wire (or wires) may pass partly through the hard and soft portions of
the tyre.
Or I may pass the wire (or wires) wholly through the hard portion of the tyre as
in Figures 7 and 8.
The wire ends are shewn secured in Figure 1 precisely as in my former Patent. In
Figure 4 the wire ends are oppositely threaded and fit a nut or sleeve E having
opposite threads. By turning the nut or sleeve the wires are tightened. This can be
done by a thin pair of pliers as there is sufficient space left, and when the coupling
has drawn the wires almost tight a thinner pair of pliers can be used. There is not
much difficulty in doing this as the divided soft portions of the tyre as at F will spring

page_text: together after the pliers are withdrawn and give way when the pliers aro again
inserted.
To assist the bending of the tyre to the contour of the rim without heating the
vulcanite ebonite or like material B I prefer to notch or serrate such on its under side
whereby I can easily bend the tyre to the contour of the rim. This is shown as at D.
The vulcanite ebonito or like material can of course if desired be heated to expedite
the process.
For a large tyre it could have a plain under surface and be heated to bend it round
the rim.
In some cases I may pass the wires in grooves on each side of the hard portions of
the tyre in place of going through the same. I am aware that tyres with an elastic
ground surface and a vulcanite or ebonite or like rigid surface to abut on the rim and
be cemented thereto is not original with me and I do not claim such.
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. The manufacture and use of wheel tyres, having an elastic ground surface and a
rigid rim-fitting surface, formed with holes channels or grooves in either the elastic
portion, the rigid portion or in both, whereby securing wires can be passed through
such holes channels or grooves and be suitably secured to bind the said compound
tyre to the rim of the wheel, substantially as described.
2. In a wheel tyre formed with an elastic ground surface and a rigid rim-fitting
surface as hereinbefore described, 1 claim notching or serrating the rigid rim-fitting
surface from its underside so as to facilitate the bending of the tyre to the rim of the
wheel substantially as described.
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