Year: 1896

page_text: I, CHARLES THOMAS HAWKE BENNETT, of 6 Allerton Road, Stoke Newington,.
County of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for object building up a cycle tyre from a combination of a
rim, a perforated band, and flanged cups or semispheres.
To carry my invention into practice, I prepare a flat or slightly curved
rim and a similarly shaped band which may be in segments to fit the rim.
circumferentially.
The band is perforated at intervals for the reception of the bulbous parts of
semispheres or other shaped bulbs which have flanges for being pinched between
the rim and band, the bulbous portions projecting for bearing on the road in.
succession during the travel.
The semispheres may be solid or hollow blown out or otherwise and of any
kind of material suitable for the purpose, such as moulded rubber, or rubber and.
canvas.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Charles Thomas Hawke Bennett..
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I, CHARLES THOMAS HAWKE BENNETT, of 6 Allerton Road, Stoke Nowington,
County of London, Engineer, 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 object, building up a cycle tyre from a combination of a.
rim, a perforated band and flanged cups or semi-spheres.
To carry my invention into practice, I preparo a flat or slightly curved rim A,.
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the annexed drawings, and a plain or similarly shaped
band B which may be in segments to fit the rim A circumferentially.
The band B is preferably perforated at intervals for the reception of the
bulbous parts of semi-spheres or other shaped bulbs C which have flanges D for
being pinched between the rim A and band B, the bulbous portions C projecting
for bearing on the road in succession during the travel.
The semi-spheres C may be solid or hollow, blown out or otherwise and of any
kind of material suitable for the purpose such as moulded rubber, or rubber and.
Canvas.

page_text: The band B may be provided with intervening lumps E, as in dotted linos,
Figure 4, these being so shaped that they fill up and occupy most of the spaces
between the bulbs C to prevent the retention of mud which might otherwise
accumulate there while travelling.
At Figure 1, I have shown an open base of cup bulb so that the air in the cup
may be confined and so make a cushion tyre. from separate bulbs, I first wrap a
ribbon of mineralized rubber F, Figures 1 and 4, as a base around the rim A in
the hollow and let the inverted cup shaped bulbs C sit on by their flanges D in
order that when the bands B are secured, each bulb becomes a resilient and
rebounding cushion, but if it be desired that tho semi bulbs be inflated like
tennis balls, the base G the flange D; and the bulb C can be in one piece, as seen
at Figures 2 and 3.
As a protection against puuctures, I may, enclose a dished disc H in the head of
each.bulb C, and such a disc may be of perforated metal, or of wirework, but plain
metal is preferred, or if desired a dished disc H can be on the outside of the open
based bulb, as at Figure 5, and this can be secured by a washer I and the pin of
the washer be rivetted thereon, this would give a metallic surface like a button to
bear on the ground and entirely obviate risk of punoture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I-
claim is :-
A cycle tyre composed of semi bulbous bodies C with flange D located and
pressed on rim A by band B, as and for the purpose set forth and substantially as
shown on the annexed drawings.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Charles Thomas Hawke Bounett.