of WHEELS USED upon Roads
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Pugh Allen, of West Bromwich, in the
County of Stafford, for the Invention of
WHEELS USED upon Roads."
"AN IMPROVED TYRE FOR
Scaled the 8th June 1875, and dated the 14th December 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Pugh Allen
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th-December 1874.
I, THOMAS PUGH ALLEN, of West Bromwich, in the County of
Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED TYRE FOR WHEELS USED UPON ROADS," to be as follows, that is to
say :-
.
This Invention consists of forming upon the sides of the tyres of
wheels, whether of a bevelled, half-round, or any other section, pro-
jections of a square, diamond, or other suitable form, so as to present an
uneven surface. When the wheel in travelling round comes in contact
with any uneven surface upon the face of the road, the projections upon

page_text: the sides of the tyre bearing against such obstacle cause the wheel to be
lifted over it instead of being turned upon one side, as is usually the case
in an ordinary wheel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Pugh Allen in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th June 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
PUGH ALLEN, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Ironmaster,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give. and grant unto me, the said Thomas Pugh Allen, Her
special license that I, the said Thomas Pugh Allen, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas Pugh
Allen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED TYRE FOR WHEELS USED UPON ROADS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Pugh Allen, my
exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Pugh Allen, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists of forming upon the sides of the tyres of

page_text: wheels, whether of a bevelled, half-round, or any other section, pro-
jections of a square, diamond, or other suitable form, so as to present an
uneven surface. When the wheel in travelling round comes in contact
with any uneven surface upon the face of the road, the projections upon
the sides of the tyre bearing against such obstacle cause the wheel to be
lifted over it instead of being turned upon one side, as is usually the
case in an ordinary wheel.
Referring to the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 is a section, Fig. 2 a
side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan of a portion of a tyre having bevelled
sides or edges, and upon it are also formed the projections (a), which
may be square, diamond, or other suitable shape, so as to present an
irregular surface. When the wheel in travelling round comes in
contact with any uneven surface upon the face of the road, the pro-
jections (a) upon the sides or edges of the tyre bearing against such
obstacle cause the wheel to be lifted over it instead of being turned upon
one side, as is usually the case with an ordinary wheel.
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim,
without limiting myself to these precise details, forming projections
upon the sides or edges of tyres of wheels, for the purpose and in manner
as herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Pugh Allen have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of June, One thousand
eight hundred and soventy-five.
THOMAS PUGH ALLEN. (L.S.)