Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres for the Wheels of
Vehicles.
I, GEORGE MEYER, of No. 870, Lexington Avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan,
in the City of New York, in the County and State of New York, United States
of America, Carriage Builder, 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:―
The invention relates to improvements in rubber-tired wheels, and consists,
first, in a novel interior securing band for the rubber tire, and, second, in a novel
construction of metal rim to be applied upon the felly of the wheel to receive the
rubber tire enclosing the said securing band.
It is well known that among the chief objections to rubber tires for wheels
is the fact that the interior securing band, as heretofore constructed, cuts into
the rubber of the tire, and that the metal rim applied upon the felly of the
wheel has been of such construction that, when the wheel is in use, it also cuts
into the rubber of the tire. The object of my invention is to provide an interior
securing band and a metal rim which will not cut into the rubber tire, whereby
the wheel possessing the rubber tire is rendered more durable, useful and lasting.
The first part of my invention relates to the interior securing band for the
rubber tire, and this part of the invention consists in forming the interior band
of metal provided at its opposite edges with flanges which turn toward the rim
of the wheel and merge into the lower surface of the web of the band, the corner
edges of the band being rounded, and said band being of great durability and
avoiding any tendency to cut the rubber of the tire when the wheel is in use.
The second part of my invention consists of a metal rim to be applied to the
felly of the wheel and to receive the rubber tire, and the rim made according to
my invention is formed with outwardly flaring edge flanges presenting rounded
surfaces and adapted to properly receive the rubber tire and permit the com-
pression of the same, when in use, without injury to the tire.
The exact nature of my invention will be fully understood from the detailed
description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, in which:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wheel having a tire constructed in accordance
with and embodying my invention;
Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, of a
portion of same, the section being on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 3; and
Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through a portion of same on the dotted
line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
In the drawings A designates the wheel which, with the exception of the fea-
tures embracing my invention, is of usual or suitable construction. Upon the
felly B of the wheel is secured the metal rim C to receive the rubber tire I)
containing the interior securing band E. The form and construction shown of
the rim and band E constitute the invention sought to be protected hereby.
The interior securing band E is of metal and comprises the web portion having