Year: 1897

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY MOORE, 3, Gordon Road, Stoke Newington, Schoolmaster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in elastic wheels, the object being to pro-
vide a substitute for wheels having pneumatic tyres, my improved wheel possessing
greater resiliency and affording the rider greater ease besides relieving him of
anxiety as to puncture. Although applicable to wheels for any vehicles, it is more
particularly intended for cycle wheels.
In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following
manner. I construct the wheels with a rim of flat spring metal. Within this
rim are a number of (preferably four) smaller rings of similar character to the rim,
and these rings are rivetted or otherwise connected to the rim and to each other
and further attached to an axle ring. The rim may be covered with a rubber or
cther tyre. The chain driving gear is of the usual kind.
Dated this 15th day of July 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
I, WILLIAM HENRY MOORE, 3, Gordon Road, Stoke Newington, Schoolmaster,
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:
My invention relates to improvements in elastic wheels, the object being to pro-
vide a substitute for wheels having pneumatic tyres, my improved wheel possessing
greater resiliency and affording the rider greater case, besides relieving him of
anxiety as to puncture. The wheel is applicable to any vehicle, but is more
particularly intended for cycles. In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed
in or in about the following manner, making reference to the accompanying draw-
ing which represents a side view of a wheel made in accordance with my invention.
I construct the wheels with a rim a of flat spring metal, preferably carriage spring
material. Within the rim a are a number preferably six, smaller rings b of
similar character to the rim a, and these rings are rivetted or otherwise attached to
the rim a and to each other. The rings 6 are also either attached to an inner
ring arranged to carry the axle, or to a disc c having openings d therein for light-
ness, and through the centre of c is passed the axle, for which provision may be

page_text: made by ball or other bearings. The rim a may be covered with a rubber or
other tyre e.
The driving gear for the wheel when used on cycles, may be of
any suitable kind.
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: -
Elastic wheels for cycles and other vehicles, the said wheels consisting essentially
of an outer rim of spring like metal, covered or not with a rubber or other tyre,
within which rim are a number of smaller rings of similar spring like metal,
attached to the rim and to each other, the said smaller rings being also attached
to a central ring or disc to which is attached the axle or through which the axle is
passed, provision in the latter case being made for supporting the axle in ball or
other bearings, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of December 1897
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.