Wheel assembly
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1. An improved wheel assembly:
- a tubeless and airless tire member having a central continuous circular belt and two outer continuous circular belts substantially equidistantly spaced from said central continuous circular belt, a plurality of upper and lower reverse inclined Z-shaped supporting rods connected to each continuous circular belt to form a supporting mesh network, a wire gauze enclosing said supporting mesh network, an elastic outer layer enclosing said wire gauze to define a contour of said tire member, and a transverse axial opening extending through said tire member;
a hub member having a cylindrical casing adapted to be received by said transverse opening of said tire member, said cylindrical casing having an axial bore, a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections extending outwardly from an outer end of said casing, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures formed in said outer end of said casing and concentric with said projections for receiving bolts of a wheel axle; and
,an annular cap member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures adapted to receive respective projections of said hub member, and a central opening through which said bolts of said wheel axle extend.
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Abstract
The improved wheel assembly includes a hub member having a cylindrical casing with an axial bore adapted to receive the end of a wheel axle, and a plurality of threaded bolts which threadably engage conventional lug nuts; a tubeless, airless tire member having three continuous supporting belts, a plurality of reverse inclined Z-shaped supporting rods connected to each other and to each supporting belt, and a transverse central opening adapted to receive the hub; and an annular cap member adapted to engage the outer periphery of the central opening of the tire member and to receive the bolts of the hub member.
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3 Claims
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1. An improved wheel assembly:
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a tubeless and airless tire member having a central continuous circular belt and two outer continuous circular belts substantially equidistantly spaced from said central continuous circular belt, a plurality of upper and lower reverse inclined Z-shaped supporting rods connected to each continuous circular belt to form a supporting mesh network, a wire gauze enclosing said supporting mesh network, an elastic outer layer enclosing said wire gauze to define a contour of said tire member, and a transverse axial opening extending through said tire member; a hub member having a cylindrical casing adapted to be received by said transverse opening of said tire member, said cylindrical casing having an axial bore, a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections extending outwardly from an outer end of said casing, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures formed in said outer end of said casing and concentric with said projections for receiving bolts of a wheel axle; and
,an annular cap member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures adapted to receive respective projections of said hub member, and a central opening through which said bolts of said wheel axle extend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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