MANUFACTURE OF NON-EXPANSIVE TYPE DEFORMABLE WHEEL

摘要

A noninflatable wheel is manufactured by fabricating a subassembly including a radially deformable tread of constant peripheral length and formed of a pair of inner and outer superimposed bands joined by cementing or vulcanization, the inner band advantageously consisting of side-by-side plates mutually hinged by imbedment in rubber, and cable loops having outer bands anchored to the inner bands and extending radially inwardly to inner ends. The subassembly is assembled to a concentric hub having peripherally rigidly formed peripherally spaced hooks which are nonresiliently directly connected to the cable looped inner ends. The hub may include a pair of relatively rotatable discs having the hooks peripherally located thereon and being mutually alternating, the relative angular adjustment of the discs controlling the cable tension.