An Improved Wear Resisting Fabric for the Manufacture of Elastic Wheel Tyres, Boot Soles, and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
An Improved Wear Resisting Fabric for the Manufacture of Elastic
Wheel Tyres, Boot Soles, and other Articles.
I, ALBERT LAMBERT CUDEY, of Brosville par Evreux (Eure), France, Inventor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new product adapted for many uses and more especially
for making wheel tyres boot soles,, etc., and consisting of a card fillet embedded
5 in elastic material as hereinafter described.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1
represents a cross section and Figure 2 a longitudinal section of my improved
elastic band applied as a tyre to a wheel having a wood rim. Figure 3 is a cross
section shewing the band applied as a cover for a pneumatic tyre.
Referring to Figure 1 of the drawing, a is the wood rim encircled by a metal
hoop 6 upon which is superposed a band of indiarubber c and upon this another
metal hoop d. Around the hoop d is applied an endless band e of leather or other
suitable material set with card teeth embedded in the indiarubber y forming
the tread of the tyre. The elastic tyre thus formed is fixed to the rim a by means
of bolts h or other suitable means.
It will be seen that the elasticity of the wheel is obtained by the interposition
of the card surface embedded in the indiarubber and by the metal hoops so that
wear will be considerably reduced whilst the elasticity of the tyre will be preserved.
In Figure the cover which encloses the air chamber k has cemented or
otherwise applied to it a band of rubber g thinned off at its edges and lined
on its interior with a band of rubber faced cloth m. In the rubber band
embedded an endless band e preferably of ramie cloth set with card teeth f the
y is
whole forming a protective tread, the cover of the elastic tyre thus constructed
being attached to the wheel rim a in any suitable manner.
The endless card fillet may also be embedded in the cover itself, provided that
a sufficient thickness of indiarubber be interposed between the card fillet and the
air chamber k to prevent the latter being punctured by the card teeth, the advan-
tage of this construction being that the cover has no additional bands cemented
on to it and is therefore more durable.
As in the former case the presence of the card fillet embedded in the india-
rubber cover of a tyre, wear will be considerably reduced without prejudice to the
elasticity of the tyre. The card teeth may be either bent, straight, or curved, or
be made of various forms and when embedded in any suitable elastic material
may be backed by any suitable fabric or material.
The elastic tyres above described are suitable for the wheels of all kinds of road
vehicles and velocipedes and the same material may be used for making boot
oles, etc.
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page_text: An Improved Wear Resisting Fabric for the Manufacture of Elastic
Wheel Tyres, Boot Soles, and other Articles.
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I, ALBERT LAMBERT CUDEY, of Brosville par Evreux (Eure), France, Inventor,
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:-
1. I
My invention relates to a new product adapted for many uses and more especially
for making wheel tyres boot soles, and other articles, and consisting of a card
fillet embedded in elastic material as hereafter described.
The invention is illustrated in the drawing accompanying my Provisional Speci-
fication in which Figure 1 represents a cross section and Figure 2 a longitudinal
section of my improved elastic band applied as a tyre to a wheel having a wood
rim. Figure 3 is a cross section shewing the band applied as a cover for a
pneumatic tyre.
J
Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings a is the wood rim encircled by a metal
hoop upon which is superposed a band of indiarubber c and-upon this another
metal hoop d. Around the hoop d is applied an endless band e of leather or other
suitable material set with card teeth f embedded in the indiarubber g-forming
the tread of the tyre. The elastic tyre thus formed is fixed to the rim a by means
of bolts or other suitable means.
It will be seen that the elasticity of the wheel is obtained by the interposition
of the card surface embedded in the indiarubber and by the metal hoops so that
wear will be considerably reduced whilst the elasticity of the tyre will be preserved.
In. Figure 3 the cover which encloses the air chamber has cemented or
otherwise applied to it a band of rubber 9 thinned off at its edges and lined
on its interior with a band of rubber faced cloth m. In the rubber band g is
embeddded an endless band e preferably of ramie cloth set with card teeth f, the
whole forming a protective tread, the cover of the elastic tyre thus constructed
being attached to the wheel rim a in any suitable manner.
The endless card fillet may also be embedded in the cover itself, provided that
a sufficient thickness of indiarubber be interposed between the card fillet and the
air chamberk to prevent the latter being punctured by the card teeth; the advan-
tage of this construction being that the cover has no additional bands cemented
on to it and is therefore more durable.
As in the former case by the presence of the card fillet embedded in the india-
rubber cover of a tyre, wear will be considerably reduced without prejudice to the
elasticity of the tyre. The card teeth may be either bent, straight, or curved, or
be, made of various forms and when embedded in any suitable elastic material
may be backed by any suitable fabric or material.
The elastic tyres above described are suitable for the wheels of all kinds of road
vehicles and velocipedes and the same material may be used for making-boot
soles, etc.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. As a new article of manufacture a card fillet having the card teeth embedded
in elastic. material to form a material suitable for the tread of an elastic wheel tyre,
or for making boot soles, and other articles, substantially as specified.
2. An elastic tyre for wheels formed of a card fillet in combination with a cover-

page_text: ing mass of indiarubber in which the card fillet and teeth are embedded substan-
tially as specified.
3. An elastic tyre for wheels formed of a card fillet in combination with a
covering mass of indiarubber in which the card fillet and teeth are embedded,
and with backing strips of metal and indiarubber substantially as specified.
4. A cover for a pneumatic tyre whereof the tread portion is formed of a cover-
ing strip of indiarubber having a card fillet embedded therein substantially as
specified.
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T. 1898
Date VILLS
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.