Tubeless tire with puncture sealing device

Claim 1

A TUBELESS PNEUMATIC TIRE, COMPRISING A RUBBER AND FABRIC REINFORCED VOLUANIZED CASING HAVING A TREAD PORTION AND OPPOSITE SIDEWALLS TERMINATING IN SPACED ANNULAR BEADS, SAID CASING HAVING A LINER OF AIR-IMPERVIOUS VULCANIZABLE ELASTIC MATERIAL INTEGRALLY VULCANIZED TO THE INNER SURFACE PORTIONS THEREOF FROM BEAD TO BEAD, AND AN ANNULAR MEMBER OF RELATIVELY THIN AIR-IMPERVIOUS VULCANIZABLE ELASTIC MATERIAL INTEGRALLY VULCANIZED TO THE SHAPE OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CASING AND INTEGRALLY BONDED AT MARGINAL PORTIONS THEREOF TO THE OPPOSITE SAID SIDEWALLS THROUGH SAID LINER, PERIPHERALLY AROUND THE SAME INTERMEDIATE THE TREAD PORTION AND THE RESPECTIVE SAID BEADS, SAID MEMBER BETWEEN THE MARGINAL PORTIONS THEREOF BEING NON-ADHESIVE AND UNATTACHED TO THE CASING BUT FITTING SNUGLY AGAINST AND CONFORMING TO THE CORRESPONDING INNER SURFACE OF SAID TREAD PORTION, THE UNATTACHED PORTION OF THE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID MARGINAL PORTIONS NORMALLY BEING IN SMOOTH UNTENSIONED CONDITION OF THE ELASTIC MATERIAL OF THE SAME, WHEREBY A PUNCTURE MADE IN THE ELASTIC MEMBER BY AN OBJECT PIERCED THROUGH THE INFLATED CASING WILL BE SEALED BY THE INHERENT TENDENCY OF THE VULCANIZED ELASTIC MATERIAL OF THE MEMBER TO RESUME SAID NORMAL UNTENSIONED CONDITION.