Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic Tyres for the Wheels of Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic Tyres for the
Wheels of Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
CHARLES JAMES TAYLOR 35 Coley Terrace. Reading in the County of
Berkshire 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:-
A tyre of the pneumatic type fitted to the rim of a cycle or other road carriage
by two wires which can be quickly adjusted so that the tyre can speedily be
repaired in case of puncture.
1. Rim which is slightly hollow and turned up at the edges.
2. The quick method of fastening both wires to the rim.
3. The clip or cover which forms a shield or cover for one wire and an adjust-
ment for the other.
4. In having both the wires pass through the rim at the same place.
My invention is designed to provide an elastic or other tyre for velocipede and
other road vehicles of the now well known pneumatic type and one that shall be
free from the many disadvantages attached thereto for instance it is difficult to
attach or detach from the felloe or rim of a cycle a tyre that is solutioned or glued
on when the tyre is punctured.
Now by my invention I seek to provide an elastic or other pneumatic tyre
that may be free from these objections & in carrying it into practice I form a tyre
as follows.
I first take a thin strip of cork or card board or any other light material about
one quarter of an inch narrower than the rim and place it upon the heads of the
spokes leaving a channel at each side of the rim to form a seating for the two
wires which hold the tyre in position round the rim, place the ends of the wire that
are turned up at the ends to right angles through the hole in the rim & turn the
ends over so as to face the centre of the rim, then screw on adjusting block or
shield which will then hold them in position, then place in position the inner tube
or air chamber slightly inflate the same then draw over the loose side of the
canvas covering which carries the wires then place the headed end of the quick
adjustment wire in the slot to receive the same then take the screwed end of the
wire & place it through the slot in the rim & into the adjustment block or shield
and then screw on the nipples or locking nuts when the tyre will be secured to
the rim. then take the outside rubber casing and solution it on to the canvas then
place the overlapping sides underneath the canvas which with the canvas form
doubly strong seating for the wires.
The accompanying sheet of drawings to which I now refer with the figures &
letters will illustrate my tyre.
Figure 1. gives a cross section of the tyre A. is the rim, B. is the strip of cork,
C. is the air chamber, D. shows one of the wires, E. shows the prepared canvas
with piping down each side to take the wires, F. is the outer covering of rubber,
G. shows how the rim is turned up at the edges.
Figure 2. gives us a view of the rim A. forms underneath showing the adjust-
ment block or shield H and also showing method of fastening wire I. & J.
Figure 3. is a side view of the tyre showing the adjustment block H. in position,
N is the locking nut or nipple of the fastening quick adjusting wire J.
Figure 4. 5. 6. 7. are diffent views of the adjusting block, Fig. 4. is the side
showing the wire J. in position. Fig. 5. shows the wire 1. in position, Fig. 6. gives
cross section of rim showing the bolt & nut which keeps adjusting block in
position, Fig. 7. is a top view of the adjusting block.

page_text: Having now given the figures all their respective numbers I will now proceed to
give a lettered description of the tyre & the way it is to be applied to velocipedes
or other road carriages.
I first take the thin strip of cork B. Fig. 1. and place it in the rim as shown
Fig. 1. then take canvas covering E Fig. 1. insert the wire I. Fig. 2. and place the
end through the hole L. Fig. 2. then screw on the adjustment block H. Fig. 3.to
Fig. 7 then take the air chamber C. Fig. 1. and place it on the top of the layer of
cork B. Fig. 1. then pull the canvas covering E Fig. 1. over the air chamber C.
Fig. 1, then place the head of the wire J. Fig. 2. in the slot M. Fig. 2. then pass
the screwed end of the wire J. Fig. 2. through the slot M. Fig. 2. & through the
adjustment block H. Fig. 3, when the nipple N Fig. 4 secures it in place, then
put on the outside rubber casing F Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I claim is
CLAIMS.
That in having a slightly radious rim turned up to right angles at the edges gives
great strength & rigidity to the wheel also it answers a double purpose for
keeping the wire in the proper position.
The quick method of fastening both of the wires to the rim.
The clip or cover which forms a shield & holder for one wire also an adjustment
for the other, it forms a preventative to keep the weather from getting inside
the holes in the rim.
In having both wires to pass through the rim at the same place so that you
may get at the adjustment quicker to repr. tyre in case of puncture.
Dated this 25th day of August 1892.
CHARLES JAMES TAYLOR.