Ballasted vehicle tires
First Claim
1. A BALLASTED PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE COMPRISING A RESILIENT VEHICLE TIRE HAVING AN ANNULAR SEALED CHAMBER INFLATABLE WITH GAS UNDER PRESSURE, A PARTICLE BALLAST ESSENTIALLY COMPLETELY FILLING SAID CHAMBER WHILE AT REST, A GAS MAINTAINED IN SAID CHAMBER UNDER PRESSURE TO INFLATE THE TIRE, SAID BALLAST COMPRISING FREELY FLOWING SMALL PARTICLES WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETELY DRY AND ESSENTIALLY NON-PACKING, AND A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF A CUSHION, MATERIAL MIXED THROUGH SAID BALLAST TO RETAIN THE ESSENTIAL PNEUMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TIRE, SAID CUSHION MATERIAL BEING EXPANDED AND CONTAINING OCCLUDED GAS, SAID CUSHION MATERIAL BEING RESILIENT AND CAPABLE OF CHANGING ITS SPECIFIC VOLUME UNDER LOAD PRESSURE AND TO RESTORE TO ESSENTIALLY ORIGINAL VOLUME ON RELEASE OF THE PRESSURE SO AS TO PROVIDE FLEXING OF THE TIRE UNDER LOAD PRESSURES.
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1. A BALLASTED PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE COMPRISING A RESILIENT VEHICLE TIRE HAVING AN ANNULAR SEALED CHAMBER INFLATABLE WITH GAS UNDER PRESSURE, A PARTICLE BALLAST ESSENTIALLY COMPLETELY FILLING SAID CHAMBER WHILE AT REST, A GAS MAINTAINED IN SAID CHAMBER UNDER PRESSURE TO INFLATE THE TIRE, SAID BALLAST COMPRISING FREELY FLOWING SMALL PARTICLES WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETELY DRY AND ESSENTIALLY NON-PACKING, AND A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF A CUSHION, MATERIAL MIXED THROUGH SAID BALLAST TO RETAIN THE ESSENTIAL PNEUMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TIRE, SAID CUSHION MATERIAL BEING EXPANDED AND CONTAINING OCCLUDED GAS, SAID CUSHION MATERIAL BEING RESILIENT AND CAPABLE OF CHANGING ITS SPECIFIC VOLUME UNDER LOAD PRESSURE AND TO RESTORE TO ESSENTIALLY ORIGINAL VOLUME ON RELEASE OF THE PRESSURE SO AS TO PROVIDE FLEXING OF THE TIRE UNDER LOAD PRESSURES.
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