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At their confronting edges the plates 22-23
are reduced and overlapped, as shown at 26.
Projecting at .suitable intervals from the
members -22--23 and relatively near their
5 confronting edges are lugs 27-28 arranged
in pairs and adapted to receive locking
plates 29 having recesses 30 in their oppo-'
site edges, the recessed portions being de-
signed to receive the lugs 27-28 and thus
10 lock the members 22-23 firmly in close re-
lation. The springs 18 will operate to dis-
tend the sections 12-13 normally to a
greater distance than the interior. diameter
of the casing 10, hence it is necessary to'com-
15 press the-casing around the members 12-13,
and any suitable means may' be employed
to accomplish this result. By this means it
'will be obvious that a strong .and durable
and. yieldable interior structure is produced
.0 which may be disposed within a tire casing
and as a substitute for the ordinary inflat-
able inner tube, and. accomplishes precisely
the same results as the pneumatic tire with-
out danger of injury by puncturing or the
25 like. The tire thus constructed will yield to
pressure when the load is applied in pre-
cisely the same manner as the pneumatic-
tire, the parts yielding sufficiently to prevent
cramping or displacement.
30 The tire thus constructed may be applied
to the ordinary clencher rim of a wheel in
the -'ordinary manner, without material
structural changes.
Therim of the improved wheel is formed
35 of a main or body portion 31 secured to the
felly as by shrinking thereon and having
an- outturned edge 32. to bear over the por,-
tion 24 of the member 22. A plurality of
clip devices .33 bear against the felly at the
40 side opposite the rolled edge 32 of tie rim
and are extended to bear over the outturned
portion 25 of the meniber 23 and secured to
the felly 34 by bolts 35. The bottoms of the
recesses 30 of the locking members 29 are
45 preferably beveled, and the lugs bent to-
ward . each other after the locking mem-
bers are in place, as illustrated in Fig. 5, to
hold' the locking members.
Having thus described the. invention,
50 what is claimed as new is
1. In a vehicle tire, a plurality of outerand inner sections conforming to and adapt-
ed to closely engage the inner face of a tire
casing and entirely inclosed thereby, the
longitudinal edges of the sections. being 55
spaced apart, a plurality .of yieldable de-
vices bearing against the inner,faces of the
sections at their longitudinal centers, and
coupling devices connectedto the inner faces
of the sections and spaced inwvardly from 60
the edges of the same, said coupling'devices
operating to limit the outward movement, of
the outer sections.
2. In a vehicle tire, a plurality, of outer
and inner sections conforming to and adapt- 65
ed to closely engage the inner face of 'the
tire casing and entirely inclosed thereby, the
'longitudinal edges of the sections being
spaced apart, a plurality of yieldable de-
vices bearing against the inner faces of the 70
sections at -their longitudinal centers, eyes
attached to the inner faces of said sections
and spaced inwardly from their edges, and
links connected respectively to said eyes.
3. In a vehicle tire, a plurality of outer 75
and inner sections conforming to and adapt-
ed to closely engage the inner face of a tire
casing and entirely inclosed thereby, the lon-
gitudinal edges of the 'sections being spaced
apart, a plurality of yieldable devices bear- 80
ing against the inner,.faces of the sections at
their longitudinal centers, and coupling de-
vices connected to said sections and spaced
inwardly from the edges of and disposed en-
tirely within the same. . 85
4. The combination with a wheel includ-
ing the rim and .tire casing, of a plurality
of outer and inner rigid sections conform-
ing to and closely engaging the inner face
of the casing and the exposed portion of the 90
rim and entirely inclosed thereby, the longi-
tudinal edges of the sections being spaced
apart, and a plurality of coupling devices
connected to the inner faces of the sections.
and spaced inwardly' from their edges, said, 95
coupling devices operating to limit the out-
ward movement of.the outer sections.
In testimony whereof, we affix our signa-
tures.EDWARD W. RUSSEY.
HENRY J. COYLE.
JAMES R. COYLE.[L.s.]
[L. s.]
[L.s.]
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Russey, Edward W.; Coyle, Henry J. & Coyle, James R. Vehicle Tire, patent, February 13, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857751/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.