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Month in the Patent Office

Month in the Patent Office 130 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERIN G May, 1930 A Selection from Important Aircraft and Aero Engin e Specifications Recently Published No . 324,409. Internal-combustion en­ No . 324,633. Internal-combustion en­ The shaft may be actuated by the pilot through gines . Ricardo, H. R., 21, Suffolk Street, Pall gines . Royce, F . H., Nightingale Road, Derby. a link p1 and arm p and is connected to the Mall, London. Oct. 27, 1928, No. 31, 249. Oct. 23, 1928, No. 30, 641 . [Classes 7 (iii) and main throttle l [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (vi).] 135.] throug h an arm q and links q1, Four-stroke-cycle engines; valve gear.—In an q2. The tube may engine having two rows of cylinders with b e rotate d to parallel crank-shafts and with common com­ diminis h the bustion chambers between the rows, each petrol supply and connected with a cylinder of each row, the intensify th e heat­ inlet and exhaust valve of each combustion ing without inter­ chamber are actuated by a single cam on a fering with the shaft between the cylinder rows. Fig. 1 shows throttle , and the inclined cylinders D, E arranged in connection throttl e may be closed without interfering with with crank-shafts B, C and communicating th e petrol supply or the heating device, but with a combustion chamber H which is nearly on opening out the throttle, the petrol supply spherical. The inlet and exhaust valves J1, K1 and heating device are restored to normal. are actuated by a cam L2 through rockers M1, push rods N, and rockers N1. The push rods Frenc h Air Merger s N of two consecutive cylinders of a row are At the instance of the Air Minister, the exist­ arranged in a single tubular housing in the ing French commercial air lines are being cylinder block. The cam-shaft is driven by reorganised into three main groups under State gearing O . . O4. supervision. The first group will tak e over most of the routes hitherto operated by th e Air Union Valves.—The period of opening of the inlet and will control services to Belgium, Holland valve is made less than the exhaust valve, Germany, Poland, Constantinople and Baghdad; although both actuated by the same cam, by th e second group will run the services to London masking the seating of the inlet valve as shown and also those to Marseilles and Tunis, Athens, a t J2, Fig. 3. The exhaust valve seating K2 Damascus, Egypt and Indo-China formerly is recessed to the same depth, but is conical run by the Air-Asie Compagnie; the third throughout, as shown in Fig. 4. group will deal with the Aéro-Postale (Late- coère) services t o North and West Africa, Spain and South America, and to Madagascar. Apparently in connection with the above schemes, the constructional firms are also being Spray carburettors; vaporisers, external.—The grouped into "combines," in which each com­ supply of heat to the induction pipe or car­ ponent will, however, retain its identity and burettor, particularly in aeronautical engines independence. The formation of the "Société for purposes of altitude control, is increased or Générale Aéronautique" (S.G.A.) is announced reduced simultaneously with a diminution or t o include the Lorraine (absorbing Hanriot), increase respectively of the ratio of liquid fuel Société d'Aviation Bordelaise (Nieuport-Delage t o air. The heating medium described is the an d Dyle et Bacalan), S.E.C.M. (Amiot and cylinder-jacket water, but exhaust gases may Latham ) and C.A.M.S. firms. A fusion of the also be used. In Fig. 2, which shows a portion Bréguet, Potez, Lioré et Olivier, Hispano-Suiza of one side of a twelve-cylinder aero-engine, a and Renault concerns has also taken place, with carburettor b supplies the cylinders through th e title "Groupement Aéronautique Indus- a jacketed induction pipe c. Cooling water trielle " (G.A.I.). This seems to leave the from the radiator enters the circulating pump following principal firms to form possibly a third d and is delivered through conduits d1, d2 to group : Bernard, Blériot, Caudron, Farman, th e jackets a, and thence through conduits d3, F.B.A., Latecoère, Mureaux, Gnome et Rhône d4 back to the radiator. The water for the and Salmson. carburetto r and induction pipe passes through conduits e, the jackets, a control valve g, a cored passage in the carburettor and conduit e1 to the pump. The valve g, Fig. 4, is of barrel typo and rotates within a casing l, the valve being cut away to leave a control por­ tion g1 in the form of a wing or blade. The spindle rotates in bushes g5 and has a splined end to receive a sleeve g11 to which the actuat­ ing lever h is clamped. A cap g7 at the other end encloses a spring g9, which presses the valve against a cork washer g6. An aluminium washer is provided at g8. A control shaft i, Figs. 5, 6, is mounted in brackets i1, and has * These abstracts of complete specifications of a tube j fitting loosely over it and connected Patents recently published are specially compiled by permission of H.M. Stationery Office, from t o it by some form of one-way device. The abridgments appearing in the Patent Journal. main throttle is shown at l, and the valves for Printed copies of the full specifications can be controlling the mixture strength at k. The obtained from the Patent Office, 25, Southampton tub e j may be actuated by the pilot through Buildings, London, W.2, price one shilling each. a link m1 and arm m, and is connected to the Except where otherwise stated, the specification valves k through an arm n and linkage n1 . . n5 is unaccompanied by drawings if none is repro­ and to the valve 2 by an arm o and link o1. duced. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology , Volume 2 (5): 1 – May 1, 1930
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130 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERIN G May, 1930 A Selection from Important Aircraft and Aero Engin e Specifications Recently Published No . 324,409. Internal-combustion en­ No . 324,633. Internal-combustion en­ The shaft may be actuated by the pilot through gines . Ricardo, H. R., 21, Suffolk Street, Pall gines . Royce, F . H., Nightingale Road, Derby. a link p1 and arm p and is connected to the Mall, London. Oct. 27, 1928, No. 31, 249. Oct. 23, 1928, No. 30, 641 . [Classes 7 (iii) and main throttle l [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (vi).] 135.] throug h an arm q and links q1, Four-stroke-cycle engines; valve gear.—In an q2. The tube may engine having two rows of cylinders with b e rotate d to parallel crank-shafts and with common com­ diminis h the bustion chambers between the rows, each petrol supply and connected with a cylinder of each row, the intensify th e heat­ inlet and exhaust valve of each combustion ing without inter­ chamber are actuated by a single cam on a fering with the shaft between the cylinder rows. Fig. 1 shows throttle , and the inclined cylinders D, E arranged in connection throttl e may be closed without interfering with with crank-shafts B, C and communicating th e petrol supply or the heating device, but with a combustion chamber H which is nearly on opening out the throttle, the petrol supply spherical. The inlet and exhaust valves J1, K1 and heating device are restored to normal. are actuated by a cam L2 through rockers M1, push rods N, and rockers N1. The push rods Frenc h Air Merger s N of two consecutive cylinders of a row are At the instance of the Air Minister, the exist­ arranged in a single tubular housing in the ing French commercial air lines are being cylinder block. The cam-shaft is driven by reorganised into three main groups under State gearing O . . O4. supervision. The first group will tak e over most of the routes hitherto operated by th e Air Union Valves.—The period of opening of the inlet and will control services to Belgium, Holland valve is made less than the exhaust valve, Germany, Poland, Constantinople and Baghdad; although both actuated by the same cam, by th e second group will run the services to London masking the seating of the inlet valve as shown and also those to Marseilles and Tunis, Athens, a t J2, Fig. 3. The exhaust valve seating K2 Damascus, Egypt and Indo-China formerly is recessed to the same depth, but is conical run by the Air-Asie Compagnie; the third throughout, as shown in Fig. 4. group will deal with the Aéro-Postale (Late- coère) services t o North and West Africa, Spain and South America, and to Madagascar. Apparently in connection with the above schemes, the constructional firms are also being Spray carburettors; vaporisers, external.—The grouped into "combines," in which each com­ supply of heat to the induction pipe or car­ ponent will, however, retain its identity and burettor, particularly in aeronautical engines independence. The formation of the "Société for purposes of altitude control, is increased or Générale Aéronautique" (S.G.A.) is announced reduced simultaneously with a diminution or t o include the Lorraine (absorbing Hanriot), increase respectively of the ratio of liquid fuel Société d'Aviation Bordelaise (Nieuport-Delage t o air. The heating medium described is the an d Dyle et Bacalan), S.E.C.M. (Amiot and cylinder-jacket water, but exhaust gases may Latham ) and C.A.M.S. firms. A fusion of the also be used. In Fig. 2, which shows a portion Bréguet, Potez, Lioré et Olivier, Hispano-Suiza of one side of a twelve-cylinder aero-engine, a and Renault concerns has also taken place, with carburettor b supplies the cylinders through th e title "Groupement Aéronautique Indus- a jacketed induction pipe c. Cooling water trielle " (G.A.I.). This seems to leave the from the radiator enters the circulating pump following principal firms to form possibly a third d and is delivered through conduits d1, d2 to group : Bernard, Blériot, Caudron, Farman, th e jackets a, and thence through conduits d3, F.B.A., Latecoère, Mureaux, Gnome et Rhône d4 back to the radiator. The water for the and Salmson. carburetto r and induction pipe passes through conduits e, the jackets, a control valve g, a cored passage in the carburettor and conduit e1 to the pump. The valve g, Fig. 4, is of barrel typo and rotates within a casing l, the valve being cut away to leave a control por­ tion g1 in the form of a wing or blade. The spindle rotates in bushes g5 and has a splined end to receive a sleeve g11 to which the actuat­ ing lever h is clamped. A cap g7 at the other end encloses a spring g9, which presses the valve against a cork washer g6. An aluminium washer is provided at g8. A control shaft i, Figs. 5, 6, is mounted in brackets i1, and has * These abstracts of complete specifications of a tube j fitting loosely over it and connected Patents recently published are specially compiled by permission of H.M. Stationery Office, from t o it by some form of one-way device. The abridgments appearing in the Patent Journal. main throttle is shown at l, and the valves for Printed copies of the full specifications can be controlling the mixture strength at k. The obtained from the Patent Office, 25, Southampton tub e j may be actuated by the pilot through Buildings, London, W.2, price one shilling each. a link m1 and arm m, and is connected to the Except where otherwise stated, the specification valves k through an arm n and linkage n1 . . n5 is unaccompanied by drawings if none is repro­ and to the valve 2 by an arm o and link o1. duced.

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