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against the cover 16, the said cover is rig-
idly secured to the felly section 4, thereby
imparting a neat and symmetrical appear-
ance to the felly sections 4.
5 The complete improved tire, after be-
ing assembled and secured, is prevented
from moving -or creeping circumferentially
around the periphery of the. felly 1 by the
engagement of the flange 6 with the slot 9
10 and, also, by the engagement of the stein 7
with the aperture 10. Any lateral move-
ment of the improved tire section 5 with
respect to the felly 1, is obviated by the
engagement of the side walls of the longi-
ai tudinal slot 8 with the stem 7. Since the
tire sections 5 overlap their flanged termi-
nals 6, as indicated at 14, the flanges 6 are
securely. held within the slots 9 against ra-
dial movement.
20 It is obvious'from the foregoing that this
improved tire may be accurately adjusted
from time to time after its application to a
wheel, to thereby compensate for any
shrinkage that may occur in the wheel, and
25 since this tire is applied in its cold or un-
expanded condition, a tire much lighter
than the usual construction may be advan-
tageously employed.
Having thus described my invention,
30 what is claimed as new is:
1. A vehicle wheel including a felly; sep-
arate tire sections having longitudinal slots
formed. therein; radial flanges extending
from the said sections and into the felly;
35 threaded stems extending obliquely from
the said sections and adapted to extend
through the longitudinal slots and through
the said felly; nuts screwed upon the stems
and adapted to secure the said tire sections
40 upon the felly; closures adapted to conceal
the said nuts; and means for securing the
closures to the felly.
2. A vehicle wheel having portions of its
felly cut away for the reception of diamet-
45 rically opposed felly sections, said felly sec-
tions having radial slots extending there-
into; interlocking arcuate tire sections hav-ing longitudinal slots formed adjacent one
end thereof; radial flanges extending from
the slotted ends of the said arcuate tire sec- 50
tions and adapted to engage the said radial
slots; and means for adjustably securing
the said interlocking tire sections upon the
felly of the wheel, said means also adapted
to engage the said longitudinal slots. 55
3. A vehicle wheel having portions of its
felly cut away for the reception of opposed
felly sections, said felly sections having ra-
dial slots and oblique apertures formed
therein; transverse shoulders formed on the 60
said felly sections; separate tire sections
having longitudinal slots; radial flanges ex-
tending from the tire sections and adapted
to project into the said radial slots; thread-
ed stems extending from the said tire sec- 65
tions and adapted to extend through the
said longitudinal slots and oblique aper-
tures; nuts screwed upon the said stems and
adapted to operably engage the said shoul-
ders to secure the tire sections to the felly 70
of the wheel; and means for concealing
the said nuts.
4. A vehicle wheel including opposed
felly sections having recesses formed there-
in. and oblique apertures extending there- 75
through; separate tire sections; threaded
stems projecting from the tire sections and
adapted to extend through the oblique aper-
tures and into the said recesses; nuts
screwed upon the said stems and adapted to 80
secure the tire sections to the felly sections;
closures for the said recesses; eye bolts ex-
tending through the closures and engaging
the threaded stems; and nuts screwed upon
the eye bolts and adapted to secure the said 85
closures to the felly sections.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing
as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa-
ture in the presence of two witnesses.
CICERO HAMILTON LA CROIX.
Witnesses:
R. L. CARLILE,
C. IH. LA Cnoix, Jr.Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C."I2
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La Croix, Cicero Hamilton. Wheel., patent, April 25, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859148/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.