Improvements in Tyres for Carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept.,
1897
St
02rd lune 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tyres for Carriages and other Vehicles.
I, JAMES PICKLES, of Laurel Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, in the County of
York, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object, the construction of tyres suitable for carriages
no liability of the elasticity of
and other vehicles, in such a manner that, there
the tyre being destroyed by puncturing, and to so arrange the cushion and tyre
that, the vibrations caused by the wheels passing over rough and irregular road
surfaces, are minimised to such an extent that, the occupants of the carriage or
other vehicle ride with greater comfort than is the case when the tyres are formed
in the ordinary manner.
In carrying out my object, the felloes or rim of the wheel may be of wood as
hitherto, and secured thereto is a metal rim with flanges projecting outward away
from the centre of the wheel, so as to form a recess around the circumference into
which I insert and secure one or more layers of cork, or layers of cork and india
rubber or other suitable flexible material in a manner so as to form a cushion,
and cover the same with a rim of vulcanised india rubber, by which means any
concussion on the tyre of the rotating wheel caused by the rough surface of the
road, is reduced by the elastic cushion and flexible covering of the felloes or rim
of the wheel; thus minimising the shocks otherwise imparted to the vehicle when
the tyres are formed of hard material in the manner as hitherto.
• Contember 1897
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
Improvements in Tyres for Carriages and other Vehicles.
I, JAMES PICKLES, of Laurel Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, in the County of
York, Machine Maker, 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;-
This invention has for its object, the construction of tyres suitable for carriages
and other vehicles in such a manner that, there is no liability of the elasticity of
the tyre being destroyed by puncturing and to so arrange the cushion and tyre
that, the vibrations caused by the wheels passing over rough and irregular
surfaces are minimised to such an extent that, the occupants of the carriage or

page_text: other vehicle ride with greater comfort than is the case when the tyres are formed
in the ordinary manner.
In describing my invention in detail, reference is made to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of the
rim of a wheel to which my improvement is attached, and
Fig. 2 is a transverse section through same drawn to a larger scale.
In carrying out my object the felloes or rim A of the wheel may be of wood or
other material as hitherto, and secured thereto in any convenient manner is a
metal rim B with flanges C projecting outwards, that is to say, projecting from the
centre of the wheel, so as to form a recess or cavity around the entire circum-
ference of the wheel.
In this recess or cavity I insert one or more layers or blocks of cork D or other
light soft and elastic material made in suitable lengths, the combined lengths
extending around the circumference of the metal rim B. The layers or blocks of
cork or the like are covered with a rim or tyre E of vulcanized india rubber
recessed for the reception of the blocks of cork or the like flexible material D,
the rim or tyre E being held in position by the flanges C inclined inwards some-
what as shown, so as to grip and retain in the required position the said rim
or tyre.
By forming tyres around the circumference of wheels in which cork or other
light soft elastic material is inserted in the manner described, a cushion is obtained
which, in a great measure absorbs the concussions given to the tyre E of the
rotating wheel on passing over the rough and irregular surface of roads, thus by
the introduction of the cushion D the vibrations otherwise imparted to the wheel
and vehicle are less than is the case when the tyres are formed solid of hard
vulcanized india rubber in the manner as hitherto. The insertion of the cork
or other light soft elastic material D in the tyre E reduces the weight of same
and what is known as a solid tyre of hard india rubber is obtained free from
destruction by puncture, and one in which greater flexibility or elasticity is
obtained than is the case when the tyre is made solid in the manner as hitherto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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The combination with a metal rim B of a cushion of cork or like elastic
material inserted in a covering E of india rubber forming the rim or tyre of
the wheel, all arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein-
before set forth and illustrated by the drawings.
11.
1000
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent, Sunbridge Chambers, Bradford.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent, Sunbridge Chambers, Bradford.