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5th July 1957, Page 76
5th July 1957
Page 76
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An Outstanding Brake

A CCORDING to patent No. 775,052, Pt brake fade, particularly in large vehicles, is becoming more and more of a problem in design. This is even true, the patentees state, of......

A Robust Heater Plug

H EATER plugs as used in oil engines are normally of the filament type, and are rather fragile in consequence. A more robust plug forms the subject of patent No. 773,899:......

Hard Seats For Valves

A METHOD of forging valve blanks rA _So as to give them a zone of hard metal in the sealing area, forms the subject of patent No. 773,695. The patentee is Alfred Teves......

An Adjustable Seat 'the Comfort Of Heavy-vehicle Drivers...

considered in patent No. 774,708 which shows a seat adjustable in three directions to receive a driver of any build. (Leyland Motors Ltd., Suffolk House, Laurence Pountney Hill.......

Automatic Advance For Injection Pumps

A N automatic advance for incorporation in the drive to an injection pump is shown in patent No. 775,214. (L, Grisel and H. Trousson, 28 Rue Saussure, Paris.) It is claimed that......

'a Modified Valve Guide

A MODIFIED form of valve guide is I -1 revealed in patent No. 774,619 (Daimler-Benz A.G., Stuttgart-Untertiirkheim, Germany). It is intended to prevent oil from escaping via the......

Drum-cum-disc Brakes

A BRAKING system aimed at pro viding the greatest possible swept rotor area forms the .' , subject of patent No. 775,237. It is claimed that the use of the large area keeps......

Forged Crankshafts Datent No. 777,151 Discloses A

method of forging crankshafts such that the throws, instead Of being positioned Iy twisting, are finish-forged in the final angular position they will occupy. (Schloemann A.G.,......