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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
GUY YANTIS, Q8 YANTIS, TEXAS.
TIRE.1,104,599.
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 21, 1914.
Application filed September 12, 1913. Serial No. 789,534.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Guy YANTIS, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Yantis, in.
the county of Wood and State of Texas,
5 have invented new and useful Improve-
ments in Tires, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to vehicle tires, the
object in view being to provide a special
10 form of puncture-proof armor which will
occupy a minimum space and which will'
readily accommodate itself to the flexure
of the outer case and inner tube of the tire
the said protective armor being composed as
15 a whole of metal of any suitable gage.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention consists in the construction,
combination and arrangement of parts, as
will hereinafter be more fully described,
20 illustrated and claimed. .
In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1
is a cross section through a tire and wheel
rim embodying the present invention and
showing the protective armor in place. Fig.
25 2 is a cross section on an enlarged scale
through the tire protector. Fig. 3 is a simi-
lar view taken at another point. Fig. 4
is. an outer face or plan view of a section of
the protector. Fig. 5 is an inner plan view
30 or face view of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail
plan view of one of the sections of the pro-
tector before it is folded, illustrating the
folds by dotted. lines. Fig. 7 is a similar
view of one of the overlapping or adjacent
35 sections spread out and indicating the folds
by dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a detail view of
one of the connecting links.or loops.
Referring. to the drawings 1 ,designates a
wheel rim or fell which is ordinarily con-
40 nected directly to the outer 'ends of the
wheel spokes. This rim or felly, in carry-
ina out the present invention, is made of
suitable thickness or depth from its inner
to its outer face as illustrated in Fig. 1 and
45 is formed in its outer face with a.relatively
large cavity or gutter 2 which when the tire
is applied to the rim, forms a portion of
the air space and receives the inner portion-
(approximately one half) of the inner tube.
56 indicated at 3, which tube contains the com-
pressed air which holds the tire in an in-
flated condition.
4 designates the outer case or shoe which
is made smaller'or of less transverse dimen-
55 sions than the ordinary pneumatic outercase or shoe now in common use, the said
outer case 4 being provided with adjoining
flanges 5 by means of which the opposite
sides or longitudinal edges of the outer case
may be fastened securely by any desired 60
means to the rim or felly 1.
In connection with the inner tube 3 and
the outer case 4 I use a protector or pro-
tective armor indicated generally by the ref-
erence character A. This protector or 65
armor is preferably interposed between the
inner tube and the outer case as indicated in
Fig. 1 and is constructed in the following
manner.
6 designates parallel stringers formed of 70,
sheet metal of any suitable gage and width,
the said stringers extending entirely around
the sides or longitudinal edges of the. pro-
tector. Each of said stringers is formed
along its inner edge with knuckles or eyes 75
7 to which the sheet metal sections of the
armor are connected as shown.-
The body of the protector is made up of
alternate and overlapping transversely ex-
tending series of plates or strips of sheet 80
metal, the strips or plates of one series are of
uniform width as indicated at B, each of the
sections or plates being folded along the
parallel lines 6 into overlapping relation as
shown and being provided with slots 8 ex- 85
tending longitudinally of the protector as
a. whole to receive connecting links 9 by
means of which the plates of one series are
connected to the plates of the adjoining se-
ries so as to allow for the necessary longitu- 90
dinal movement and sliding of one series
upon the other thereby allowmg for the nec-
essary flexibility or expansion and contrac-
tion of the tire both longitudinally and
transversely. The alternate series of plates 95
are formed as indicated at C, each of the
plates being cut away at the corners to form
inwardly extending relatively narrow tabs
10 which overlap each other, certain of the
tabs being provided with holes 11 adapted loo
to receive the links 9 above referred to, for.
the purpose set forth. The plates'of each
transverse row or series are connected by
links- or loops 12 which extend through the .
bights or folds at the adjacent or contiguous 105
edges of the plates thereby providing for a
pivotal action between the plates of .each
series.
By the construction just .described, the.
platv (e s0 c hut a sin ie thickness where no
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Yantis, Guy. Tire, patent, July 21, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857708/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.