A New or Improved Device for Adjusting Pneumatic Tyres upon the Wheels of Cycles, and for Containing the Materials for Repairing such Cycles when necessary.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Adjusting Pneumatic Tyres upon
the Wheels of Cycles, and for Containing the Materials for
Repairing such Cycles when necessary.
I, ETIENNE PLACIDE LOUIS MARIE VERDOT, of 17 Boulevard Rochechouart
Paris in the Republic of France, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows :-
My invention consists of a small portable instrument intended for the use of
cyclists, who, by its means can replace pneumatic tyres upon wheels, and at the
same time have always accessible means for repairing any damage, which may be
accidentally caused to such tyres or the coveis.
The invention consists of a stem or handle of suitable shape, having at its
extremity a hook-shaped projection by which a pneumatic tyre can be guided into
its place. The handle is hollow, its outer end being provided with a screwed cap
or cover, whilst inside the handle can be stored the materials required for the
necessary repairs, such as a tube of cement, washers, discs, and the like.
The improved apparatus may be of any suitable material and shape.
Dated this 18th day of December 1894.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Adjusting Pneumatic Tyres upon
the Wheels of Cycles, and for Containing the Materials for
Repairing such Cycles when necessary.
I, ETIENNE PLACIDE LOUIS MARIE VERDOT, of 17, Boulevard Rochechouart,
Paris, in the Republic of France Mechanician, 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, and accompanying
drawing, that is to say :-
My invention consists of a small portable instrument intended for the use of
cyclists, who, by its means can replace pneumatic tyres upon wheels, and at the
same time have always accessible, means for repairing any damage which may
accidentally be caused to such tyres or the covers.
In the accompanying drawing, which is in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 is a vertical section through the instrument, the cap being unscrewed;
Figure 2 is a front view of the lower part which is used for replacing the tyre;
Figure a similar view, shewing a somewhat different inodification;
Figure 4 is a transverse section through Figures 1 and 3 ; and
Figure 5 is a side view of the hook shewn in Figure 3.
The invention consists of a stem or handle A of suitable shape, having at its
extremity a hook-shaped projection B, by which a pneumatic tyre can be

page_text: guided into its place.
This book may be of any desired shape, as illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 5. The handle A is hollow at c so that inside it can be stored
the materials required for the repaire of the tyre, such as a tube of cement, C,
indiarubber washers D, discs and linen or other fabric E, and the like.
The other part or the case A is screwed at F, to receive a cap G, which may
have screwed into it a stopper G¹ having a knob H, a space J being left in which
may be stored talc which is useful in repairing a pneumatic tyre.
The improved apparatus may be of wood or any other suitable material and
shape, and it may be made to hold any desired accessories.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved instrument, the lower part of which forms a hook to facilitate
the repair and refitting of pneumatic tyres.
2. The space formed in the said instrument, to hold the accessories necessary for
the repair of pneumatic tyres.
3. In combination with the said hollow instrument, the cover forming a cap and
screwed inside to receive a screwed stopper so as to form a receptacle in the cap,
for holding talc or other substance used in the repair of pneumatic tyres, al
substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.