A STORY OF TYRE MAN

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First of all, I have a question all of you.

DO YOU KNOW HIM ?

He is invented tyre that we used today. His name is John Boyd Dunlop.

Here,  I will introduce a bit about him.

Ø  John B. Dunlop was born in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Ø  After completing his studies, Dunlop practiced as a veterinary surgeon first in Edinburgh, Scotland, and then in Belfast, Ireland.

Do you guys ever thought how he got the idea of starting the tyres that we use nowadays?

 His first idea was in 1887. Dunlop was watching his young son riding his tricycle on solid rubber tyres over cobbled ground. Then he noticed that his little boy was not going very fast and did not seem very comfortable. Dunlop started tried experimenting with make some improvements to the tricycle's solid rubber tires. He cut up an old garden hose, made it into a tube, pumped it up with air, and fitted it to the rear wheels of his son's tricycle.

      In 1888, Dunlop tested and patented his pneumatic tire in Great Britain, and secured a U.S. patent in 1890. An Irish industrialist named W. H. Du Cros became interested in Dunlop's invention after a cyclist won a Belfast race with his pneumatic-tired bicycle. Du Cros organized a company with Dunlop, which became the Dunlop Rubber Company, eventually a worldwide concern.

      Dunlop did not profit from his invention. He sold his patent and interest in the company to Du Cros in 1896 and retired to Dublin, where his only business activity until his death there in 1921 was an interest in a drapery firm.

       After its introduction in 1888, Dunlop's pneumatic tires became standard equipment for bicycles since they so well absorbed the direct road shock that bicyclists experienced. The same year as Dunlop's patent, the first automobile was produced by Karl Benz of Mannheim, Germany. The availability of Dunlop's new tires led to experiments by others to produce a thicker-tread tire for motor vehicles, and in 1895 Michelin's first auto mobile tire appeared. With the growing popularity of the automobile after 1900, the demand for increasing durable rubber compounds for both bicycles and autos became enormous. Dunlop's invention gave increase to two major industries.

         Now , Dunlop is the world's leading tire brands with a various of products that have been scraped palms on the highway millions around the world. In the decade of the '80s, Dunlop managed to dominate the market in Germany, Britain, France, and the United States. That was the beginning of the rapid development of Dunlop, particularly in the areas of technology development, production capacity, and global marketing network all over the world. John Boyd Dunlop died October 23, 1921, due to illness.    

           It is clear that John Boyd Dunlop is a true observant. He invented tyre that we use until now. Through experiments, research and development (RnD), he managed to create a practical tire products that are beneficial to the automotive world.