US958053A - Tire-protector. - Google Patents

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J. WILMES.

ATIRE PROTECTOR. APPLIOATION PLED SBF120) 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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Application led September 20, 1909. Serial No. 518,588.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, JOHN WrLMns, a citi zen. of the United States, residing at Maquelreta, in thecounty of Jackson and State oi' lowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements inTire-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art ing drawings, and to the letters and figures view of of reference marks thereon, which :term a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in protecting devices vfor tires and consists of a simple and eliicient device made up of sections and adapted to be held by means of a cable to the rim of a wheel and over the tire.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts 'which will be hereinafter fully described and then specically dened in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accom@ panying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a wheel. showing. my 'protecting plates applied thereto. F ig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2--2 of `Fig. l. Fig. 3 is adetail. perspective one meeting end. Fig. l is a similar view of the meeting end of an adjacent section, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing a yielding mechanism for the cable.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the rim ci a wheel and B, B the sections of the prou tectin device which are substantially semi cylin rical and have outwardly turned ianging ends D which are apertured as at D for the reception of the tie wires E which v pass therethrough and each of said tie wires has an eye E fior thereception of a cable H. Each ci said sections, as shown clearly in Fig. i of the drawings, is provided with ribs K and a central longitudinal rib N provided for the purpose of preventing the wheel from skidding, and the mectin ends oi two of the sections, as shown` in ige; 3

and i of the drawings, are provided one with the integral lugs U and the ends of the adjacent section with the sockets Q, which lugs are adapted to telescope within said `sockets in the manner shown in Fig. loof the drawings and adapted to hold together the two sections thus joined. There arejtwo ot said cables H, one upon either side of the rim andv adapted to engage the eyes in the manner shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

A. tension device, consisting of a shell J closed at one end and' provided with an aperture J, is adapted to contain a coiled Spring I bearing between one end of saidV shell and the head P of the rod P which hasl an eye P2 engaged by the cable. A stirrup-shaped strap S is fastened in apertures in the walls oi' said shell and to which an end of the cable is attached as Shown. A turn buckle, designated by letter `-G, is mounted between two end sections of the cable whereby the tension of the cable may.

be regulated.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, it will be seen that each of the sections is provided with a notch or groove L in which are the tie wires C which, when adjusted in'place, wouldpbe protected from unnecessary wear by the projecting rib N.

When the sections are adjusted together in the manner shown and the tie wires applied, the cables are strung through the eyes in the ends of the tiewires and the ends drawn tightly against the surface of the tires, as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thns thoroughly protecting the same and adording means for the wheel.

What I claim to be new is z A protecting device for tires comprising a series of coneaved segmental plates having longitudinal langes at the edges thereof which are apertured, the outer surface of each of said plates having a centrally disposed rib with recesses` therein, sockets.

formed `apen the outer surface of each plate adjacent'to its end, lugs upon the adjacent end of the plate and. projecting beyond its preventing skidding of end, said sockets or one plate adapted sto 109 receive the lug upon an adjacent \p1ate, bail- In testimony whereof I hereunto ax `my shaped Wires engaging the recesses in said signature in the presence of two witnesses. rib and passing through the apertures in JOHN WILMES said flanges and having eyes at their ends, a.

" cable passing through said eyes and adapted Witnesses:

to hold the plate together and over a tire, as M. MAHONY, shown and described. E. E. PANGBORN.

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