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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES DEAMESS BOWLEY, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WHEEL FOR BICYCLES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,850, dated February 8, 1898.
Application filed May 10, 1897. Serial1No, 635,858. (No model)To all whom it mcay concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES DEAMESS Bow-
LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Houston, in the county of Harris and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Wheels for Bicycles and
Similar Vehicles, of which the following is a
full and complete specification, such as will
enable those skilled in the art to which it ap-
to pertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to wheels for bicycles
and similar vehicles, and particularly to the
tires thereof; and the object of the invention
is to provide an improved tire for this pur-
15 pose which is adapted to take the place of a
pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar
manner.
The invention is fully disclosed in the fol-
lowing specification, of which the accompany-
2o ing drawings form a part, in which--
Figure 1 is a side view of a bicycle-wheel
constructed according to my invention, part
of the construction being shown in section;
Fig. 2, a cross-section of my improved tire
25 and the rim of the wheel; and Figs. 3 and 4
are longitudinal sections of details of the con-
struction, Fig. 3 being on an enlarged scale.
In the drawings forming part of this speci-
fication the separate parts of my improve-
30 ment are designated by the same numerals of
reference in each of the views, and in said
drawings I have shown an ordinary bicycle-
wheel provided with a rim 5, to which the
spokes 6 are secured in the usual or any pre-
35 ferred manner, said rim being preferably pro-
vided with bores or passages 7, as shown in
Fig. 2, through which the spokes are inserted
or with which said spokes are connected.
The rim 5 is preferably of the form in cross-
40 section shown in Fig. 2, the inner side there-
of being convex and the outer side substan-
tially flat, and formed in each edge of the
outer sides of said rim is an annular groove 8,
in each of which is secured a metal ring 9.
45 These metal rings 9 are partially shown in
Fig. 4 on a much smaller scale than in Fig. 2,
and the ends thereof are connected by means
of a sleeve 10, which is open at one end and
closed at the other, and the interior of which
50 is screw-threaded. One end of the rod or
wire of which these rings 9 are composed is
connected with the tubular sleeve or casing10, as shown at 11, and the opposite end is
provided with a casing 12, which is secured
thereto and which is adapted to be screwed 55
into the sleeve or easing 10, and said casing
12 is provided with a cylindrical head 13, in
which is formed a plurality of holes or open-
ings 14.
The rings 9, when connected with the rim 6o
5 of the wheel, are stationary, and the said
rim is provided where the couplings shown
in Fig. 4 are made with pins 15, which are
arranged adjacent to the heads 13, and a suit-
able tool may be inserted through these open- 65
ings, so as to turn said head 13 and with it the
casing 12, and thus the rings 9 may be tight-
ened in the grooves 8.
My improved tire is shown at 16 and is com-
posed of rubber, rubber and canvas, or other 70
suitable material, and said tire is open
throughout its length on the inner side there-
of, and in practice the edges of the sides of
the tire are passed beneath the rings 9, as
shown at 17 in Fig. 2, and are securely grasped 75
and held in place and in connection with the
rim 5 by said rings 9, and the outer or bear-
ing portion of the tire is provided with a rein-
forcing-strip 18, which may be composed of
spring-steel, wood, or any suitable material, 8o
wood being preferred, and the ends of this
strip are connected as shown in Fig. 3, one
of said ends being provided with a socket 19
and the other with an extension 20, which is
adapted to enter said socket, and formed on 85
the inner surfaces of the adjacent ends are
inwardly-directed lugs or projections 21,
through which is passed a shaft 22, the ends of
which are provided with oppositely-directed
screw-threads, and said shaft is provided cen- 9o
trally with a hub 23, which is provided with
radial holes or openings 24, and the rim 5 of
the wheel is provided opposite the point where
this connection is made with a large opening
25, through which a suitable tool or instru- 95
ment may be passed for operating the shaft
22, so as to tighten or loosen the strip 18,
when desired.
The reinforcing-strip 18 is mounted on the
inner side of the bearing-surface of the tire zoo
and is held in place by transverse strips 26,
which are formed integrally with said tire
and formed on or secured to the outer por-
tion of the rim 5. Between the rings 9 are
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Bowley, James Deamess. Wheel For Bicycles., patent, February 8, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514768/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.