Invention Of Rubber Tyres

Dunlop withdrew in 1896.

Invention of rubber tyres. The invention of vulcanised rubber by charles goodyear had huge ramifications on the manufacture of goods. Vulcanization refers to the process of heating rubber in the presence of sulphur an accelerator and an activator at 140 160 degrees celsius. Robert william thomson 1822 1873 invented the actual first vulcanized rubber pneumatic inflatable tire. He sold his rights to the pneumatic tyres to a company he formed with the president of the irish cyclists association harvey du cros for a small cash sum and a small shareholding in their pneumatic tyre business.

It was durable moldable and it paved the way for the first rubber tyres. Familiar with making rubber devices he re invented pneumatic tyres for his child s tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing. The invention of vulcanized rubber the first invention that played a major role in the development of tyres was vulcanized rubber. Tyres or tires were invented by john dunlop.

When he invented rubber tires in 1888 to cushion the ride of his son s tricycle he called them tyres. Thomson patented his pneumatic tire in 1845 and while his invention worked well but it was too costly to catch on. Perhaps to differentiate them from the leather tires already being made and marketed not very successfully by a man named robert thompson. But more probably just because he was from scotland and they like to spell things with a y.

Charles goodyear discovered vulcanised rubber in 1839 by adding sulphur making it elastic and strong enough to be used as cushion tyres for cycles. It was in 1845 that pneumatic or air filled tyres were invented and patented by robert william thomson a scottish inventor. Robert thompson patents the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre.