GB412742   Allan Riley & Harry Rush May 2, 1933 Securing sheet material in position

Securing coverings in position. RILEY, A., and RUSH, H., c/o Midland Motor Body Co., Ltd., Widdrington Road, Coventry. , No. 12745. [Class 142 (iv).] A covering of sheet material for floors or walls such as motor vehicle floors or running boards or side walls, is detachably secured in position by being inserted in a resilient U- shaped fillet 12 which is secured round the edges of a part to be covered, against a substantially rigid backing member 14, such as a flanged metal strip. The gap between the fillet flanges is at some part less than the thickness of the sheet. A rubber fillet may be used, and it may have a tail flange 13, engaged by one flange 15 of the angle strip 14, whereby it is clamped in position. The two jaw parts of the fillet may be serrated. The floor may be covered first with a layer of felt 17 and after the rubber lamination or other covering 18 cut to the shape of the part to be covered has been initially positioned by means of press buttons, &c., the upper edge of the flange 19 is pulled back for insertion of the covering 18. The fillet may be secured in position by wooden bars or by other means described. It may be originally of tubular form and may have a resilient tail flange to lie against a door and make a draught proof seal. Worldwide applications 1933 GB Application GB1274533A events 1933-05-02 Application filed by Allan Riley, Harry Rush 1933-05-02 Priority to GB1274533A 1934-07-05 Publication of GB412742A

GB420433   Percy Riley  May 3, 1933  Suspension means for motor-vehicles

Vehicle suspensions; springs combined with screw mechanism. RILEY, P., c /o Riley Engine Co., Aldbourne Road, Coventry. , Nos. 12894 and 12722. [Classes 108 (ii) and 108 (iii)] In a suspension system for road vehicles a road wheel is mounted on a fixed or pivoted part of a substantially horizontal crank [12] which is rotatable about a transverse horizontal axis and has a screw-threaded or equivalent connection about this axis with a non-rotatable member or nut [20] which is slidably mounted in a supporting casing [17] for the crank for movement against resilient means forming the spring suspension. As shown in Fig. 1, the spindle [13] of the crank is provided with helically arranged keys [19] engaging corresponding slots in the nut [20], forked projections on which engage flanged bushes [22] slidable on bars [23] parallel to the spindle [13]. Rotation of the crank due to upward movement of the road wheel relatively to the frame, causes axial movement of the nut [20] against the compression and torsion of one or more springs [24] acting thereon and, when necessary, against the compression of additional springs [26] coaxial with the bars [23]. A recoil spring [27 is compressed on opposite rotation of the crank. In a modification, the spindle has a quick-thread engagement with the nut while projections on the nut engage grooves in the casing [17]. In another construction, Fig. 5, a second crank [34] is provided beneath the crank [12] and may be connected with its casing [33] similarly to the crank [12] to provide part of the spring suspension or alternatively may act as a shock-absorber. The cranks carry pins [35] supporting a member [36] forming a steering support for the stubaxle [37]. In a modification, the second crank is replaced by a hinged arm serving to take the brake reaction. In a further modification (not shown), the two cranks or the crank and arm support the stub-axle through ball-and-socket means which serve to take both the steering and springing movements. As shown in Fig. 7, the casing [17] is pivotally mounted on an axis [15] for steering purposes, the stub-axle [37] being integral with the crank [12], a lower arm [40] as described above taking the brake reaction. The invention is also shown applied to a driven, steering road wheel. Worldwide applications 1933 GB 1934 DE FR US Application GB1289433A events 1933-05-03 Application filed by Percy Riley 1933-05-03 Priority to GB1289433A 1934-12-03 Publication of GB420433A

GB423454   Percy Riley  Oct. 12, 1933, Transmission and change-speed mechanism

Controlling change speed gearing. RILEY, P., c/o Riley Engine Co., Aldbourne Road, Coventry.  No. 28190. [Class 80 (ii)] Transmission mechanism suitable for motor vehicles comprises a pedal-controlled main friction clutch [12], Fig. 1, and a change-speed gear in two portions A and B, the portion B remote from the clutch being an " easy-change " device connected so as to be actuated mechanically by the clutch pedal [30]. The change-speed gearing shown has three pairs of constant-mesh gears and yields four speeds corresponding to the changes two and two of four clutches, [19], [20], and a coupled pair [23]. In the form shown, the easy-change character is derived from the two clutches [23] being frictional. In a form shown in Fig. 1, of Specification 423,455, the easy change character is derived from a tail or isolating oneway clutch [46]. The clutches [19, [20], Fig. 1, of the portion A are operated in unison by integral forks [41], Fig. 2, sliding on a fixed guide which also supports a fork [40] operating the clutch pair [23]. The forks [41] are connected so as to be shifted completely by moving a hand lever [39] in the plane of Fig. 2. The fork [40] is moved from the pedal [30] after a selector movement of the hand lever [39] in the plane of Fig. 3. The pedal [30] is geared to a pair of opposite cranks [34] connected to slide two bars [35] in opposite directions. When the pedal [30 is in the depressed position of Fig. 2, two notches [36] in the bars [35] are in line. The lever [39] can then be moved in the plane of Fig. 3 to bring a stem [37] into engagement with one or other of the notches [36]. On release of the pedal [30], the stem [37] is carried one way or the other according to which rod [35] is engaged. The fork [40] and clutch pair [23] are thus moved one way or the other on release of the pedal according to the selective setting of the lever [39. Specification 405,429 also is referred to. Worldwide applications 1933 GB Application GB28190/33A events 1933-10-12 Application filed by Percy Riley 1933-10-12 Priority to GB28190/33A 1935-02-01 Publication of GB423454A

GB423455   Percy Riley Oct. 12, 1933,  Change-speed mechanism. .

Controlling change speed gearing. RILEY, P., c/o Riley Engine Co., Aldbourne Road, Coventry. Oct. 12, 1933, No. 28191. [Class 80 (ii)] Transmission mechanism suitable for motor vehicles comprises a preselector control for a change-speed gear having two portions A and B, Fig. 1, in series, one of these portions being an " easy-change " device. The preselection is effected by movements of a hand-lever [24], Fig. 3, in perpendicular directions thereby stressing springs, and the selected changes are effected by depressing and releasing a pedal [35] which may be the main clutch pedal. The change-speed gearing shown in Fig. 1 has three pairs of constant-mesh gears and yields four speeds corresponding to the changes two and two of four dog clutches [11], [12] and a coupled pair [40]. The easy-change character is derived from a tail or isolating one-way clutch [46]. The easy-change character of a form of gearing shown in Fig. 1 of Specification 423,454 is derived from the frictional character of the clutch pair [23]. The clutches [11], [12], Fig. 1, are brought into action by being moved right singly by separate forks [13], [14], Fig. 5. The pair [40] is moved two ways by a single fork [39], Fig. 4. The forks [13], [14] are pressed right of Fig. 3 by separate springs [15] and each fork has an arm [21] and pin [16]. In the neutral position shown, the pins [16] are pressed by the springs [15 into locking notches [18 in a transversely movable selector bar [17] connected through a lever [29], rod [27], two springs [23] and a cylinder [26] to a rectangular arm [25] on the lever [24]. The fork [39 is connected through a stem [3], Fig. 4, and two springs [38] to the heel of the lever [24. The pedal [35] is geared to a pair of opposite cranks [3], Fig. 3, connected to slide two bars [19, [30 in opposite directions. In the released position shown, two notches [36] in the bars [19], [30] are out of line so that the stem [37] cannot be moved into either. To select a speed change, the lever [24] is moved, say, clockwise of both Figs. 3 and 4. The cylinder [26] rises and stresses a spring [23] which tends to depress the selector bar [17]. A spring [38] is stressed which thrusts the stem [37 against the bar [30]. To effect the change, the pedal [35] is depressed and released. The depression causes two shoulders [ 20] on the left-moved bar [19] to lift the pins [16] out of their lock notches [18] so that the selector bar [17] shoots down to bring a slot [22] opposite the upper pin [16]. At the same time, the stem [3]7 slips into the notch [36] in the bar [30]. Release of the pedal causes the pin [16] of the fork [14] to slip into its slot [22] so that that fork is operatively moved by its spring [15] to engage the clutch [12] while the other clutch [1] is held out by the lower pin [16] engaging the face of the selector bar. At the same time, the left moving bar [30] carries the stem [37] and fork [39] with it to clutch the gear [41] to the driven shaft [47]. The selector bar [17] has a lower slot [22] for the pin [16] of the other fork [13]. Worldwide applications 1933 GB Application GB28191/33A events 1933-10-12 Application filed by Percy Riley 1933-10-12 Priority to GB28191/33A 1935-02-01 Publication of GB423455A

GB433896 Allan Riley  & Reginals Hallwood April 26, 1934, Ventilators

Ventilation for vehicles. RILEY, A., and HALLWOOD, R., c/o Midland Motor Body Co., Widdrington Road, Coventry.  No. 12593. [Class 137] A ventilator for use on a motor vehicle and constructed to open either towards or away from the direction of motion, comprises a rocking plate 15 having semi-cylindrical surfaces [16], [16] on its edges resting in gutters [14], [14b] formed in a panel [12]. The plate is held in contact with either bearing surface [14], [14b] by two pairs of springs [18a], [18b] and is moved by rotation of a spindle [22] on which is a nut [21] attached to a bracket [20] extending inwardly from the plate [15]. According to the direction of rotation of the spindle, the plate [15] is raised either at one end or the other against the action of one of the springs the other spring tending to retain one of the surfaces [16], [16] against its bearing surface [14] or [14b]. In a modification, the actuating handle is secured to the plate and is guided by a pin engaged in a V-shaped slot. Worldwide applications 1934 GB Application GB1259334A events 1934-04-26 Application filed by REGINALD HALLWOOD 1934-04-26 Priority to GB1259334A 1935-08-22 Publication of GB433896A

 GB435331 Allan Riley  + Reginald Hallwood   May 4, 1934  Fasteners

. fastenings. RILEY, A., and HALLWOOD, R., c/o Midland Motor Body Co., Widdrington Road, Coventry. May 4, 1934, No. 13505. [Class 44] A catch [15] held on a non-circular portion [17] of a stem [16] by a nut [18] engages under a flange 20 by rotation of the stem in a sleeve mounting 12 secured to the lid, and is tightened to prevent rattle &c. by axial movement of the stem effected by a nut [21] threaded on the outer end of the sleeve [12]. The nut engages a shoulder on the operating knob [19] of the spindle. The spindle is axially biassed to release position by a compression spring [14] housed in a recess in sleeve [12] and bearing against catch [15]. The catch may be locked in fastening position by a revolving barrel [22] housed in the knob 19 and serving, when rotated by key, to shoot a bolt, not shown, into a recess [23] in sleeve [12]. Worldwide applications 1934 GB Application GB1350534A events 1934-05-04 Application filed by REGINALD HALLWOOD 1934-05-04 Priority to GB1350534A 1935-09-19 Publication of GB435331A

GB435497  May 26, 1934 Percy Riley  Transmission and change-speed mechanism

Variable-speed gearing. RILEY, P., Castle Works, Aldbourne Road, Coventry. , No. 15738. [Class 80 (ii)] Relates to gearing having coaxial driving and driven shafts, a layshaft parallel thereto and three constantly-meshed gear pairs of which some of the gears are free, two double-acting clutching systems being provided to give four forward speeds, a clutch of each system being engaged for each speed, one of the systems being arranged beyond the end of the layshaft. According to the invention, the other clutching system is arranged between two of the constantly meshed gears and comprises two dog clutches. Driven, intermediate and driving shafts [12], [14], [16] are coaxial and spigotally connected, a short parallel layshaft being provided at [17]. The layshaft has two fast gears [18], [19]  and a free gear [2], permanently in mesh with a gear [21] fast on the driving shaft. The gear [18] is permanently in mesh with a gear [22] fast on the intermediate shaft [14] and can be locked to the free gear [20] by a dog clutch sleeve [23]. The gear [22] can be clutched to the driving shaft by a dog clutch sleeve [24]. The other fast gear [19] on the layshaft is permanently in mesh with a gear [25] free on the intermediate shaft. This gear is formed with a sleeve [26] carrying fast thereon the hub [27] of a clutch member [28] which carries dog clutch teeth [29]. A similar clutch member [30] is fast on the intermediate shaft [14]. Surrounding these two clutch members is a double-acting clutch member splined at [32 to the driven shaft. This member comprises a sleeve [33] with striking collars [34, grooves 35 to coact with balls [36] to locate the member and flanges [37], [38] bolted together with the interposition of a plain ring [39]. In these flanged portions are sets of dog teeth [40, [41 adapted to engage the teeth [29], [31]. The outer or female clutch members [42], [43] are formed as rings having lugs [44] lying in slots in the flanges [37], [38]. Through each of these lugs passes a bolt [46] having a shoulder [47 engaging a lug of the member [42], a compression spring [48] being interposed between the lug of the'other member [43] and the head [49] of the bolt, the head sliding in a part [50]. First speed is by way of[ 21], [20], [18], [19], [25, [28], [29], [40] and [12], the intermediate shaft [14] rotating idly. For second speed clutch [24] is used and the drive is by way of [21], [24], [22], [18] and then as for first speed. For third speed and direct drive, the dog teeth [31, [41 are engaged, the drives being respectively through dog clutches [23] and [24]. The sleeve [33] is preferably connected with the main clutch and the members [42], [43] are applied by the ring [39] under the pressure of the springs [48]. In a modified form of clutch, the synchronizing friction members are arranged outside the dog tooth members [40], [41]. In each gearchanging operation, the clutch sleeves [23], [24] are engaged, whilst the associated members are isolated from the drive. Specifications 423,454 and 423,455 are referred to. Worldwide applications 1934 GB Application GB1573834A events 1934-05-26 Application filed by Percy Riley 1934-05-26 Priority to GB1573834A 1935-09-23 Publication of GB435497A

GB441925   Percy Riley  June 29, 1934  Transmission and change-speed mechanism

Variable-speed gearing. RILEY, P., c/o Riley Engine Co., Ltd., Aldbourne Road, Coventry.  Nos. 19229 and 22084. [Class 80 (ii)] A variable - speed gear has coaxial driving and driven shafts [14], [15], a parallel layshaft 26], three constant-mesh gear pairs [22], [24]; [18], [27]; [23], [25], of which some of the gears are free ; and two clutching systems [19], [20 to obtain four forward speeds. The clutching systems are arranged on opposite sides of the gear pairs, which are substantially adjacent one another. In the form shown, an intermediate shaft [13 carries the gear [18] and the gears [22], [23] are mounted on loose sleeves [16], [17]. The driving shaft [14] may be connected to the shaft [13] or sleeve [16] by the clutch [19], and the driven shaft [15] to the shaft [13] or sleeve [17] by the clutch [20]. The gear [24] may be connected to the layshaft [26] by an overrunning clutch, or by a toothed clutch [21a], Fig. 2, which is disengaged for certain speeds. Control is effected by a slidable and rotatable rod [43] moved by a lever operating in the usual gate. During speed changing, the clutch [19] is disengaged by depressing the clutch pedal [28], which through a rod [29] tilts a lever [31] which lifts a pair of levers [33a], [33b], which thus lift valves [34a, [34b to the position shown, in which both sides of the clutch-operating piston [38] are connected to exhaust and the presser plate[ 64] is held by the springs [63], [65] in its disengaged position. When the rod [43] is in its intermediate neutral position, the toothed plate [41] prevents both of the valves from falling, but when the control lever is moved fore or aft in the gate, the consequent endwise movement of the rod [43] acts by means of the inclined projection [53] and pins [54 to tilt the plate [41] and permit one of the valves to drop when the pedal [28] is released, thus admitting pressure oil to one side or the other of the piston [38], thus clutching the driving shaft [14] to the sleeve [16] through the clutch plates [67] or to the shaft [13] through the plates [79]. Endwise movement of the rod [43] also rotates through a rack [43c] and pinion [44], a cam [69] engaging a pivoted lever [70] which controls the movements of the clutch [21a]. The rocking of the lever [43] between each gear change causes the arm [43a] to move the pinion up or down as seen in Fig. 4, thus operating a valve [6] through a bell-crank [45] so as to admit pressure oil to one side or other of a piston [51] which controls the clutch [20. Extreme rocking of the rod [43] brings clutch teeth [89] into engagement with a disc [91], which, on the ensuing endwise movement of the lever [43, is rotated to slide the reversing train 92 into engagement with the gears [23], [24]. The clutch [20], and in some cases the clutch [19], is a positive clutch with synchronizing friction means. Specification 435,497 is referred to. Specifications 423,454 and 423,455 also are referred to in the first Provisional Specification. According to the second Provisional Specification, the clutching system [20] may be replaced by a double hydraulic clutch of the kind described in Specification 405,429, a ring with opposed cam faces being secured in a cage fast on the driven shaft and a pair of blocks carrying pistons being splined to the sleeve [17] and intermediate shaft [13]. The supply of oil is controlled by a slide valve [c] connected by a bell-crank to the gear lever so as to be affected only by the lateral movement of the lever. The clutching system [19] is replaced by a piston fixed to the driving shaft and carrying projections by which it drives an axially movable cylinder whose outer faces coact with friction discs carried by the sleeve [16] and shaft [13]. Reverse drive is preferably introduced by means of a sliding gear operated hydraulically. Worldwide applications 1934 GB Application GB1922934A events 1934-06-29 Application filed by Percy Riley 1934-06-29 Priority to GB1922934A 1936-01-29 Publication of GB441925A

GB449077   Percy Riley  Nov. 19, 1934,  Hydraulic-actuating means, for use on a motor-vehicle

Friction clutches; variable-speed gearing. RILEY, P., Castle Works, Aldbourne Road, Coventry. No. 33216. [Class 80 (ii)] [See also Group XXVI] In a motor vehicle, the main clutch, or a clutch or brake by which a gear train is adapted to be brought into operation, is actuated by pressure oil from the engine lubricating system acting on a piston [20] mounted in a cylinder formed concentrically in the engine flywheel [16. A flexible diaphragm [25] has its outer periphery secured to the cylinder and its inner periphery secured to the rod [24] of the piston [20], oil leaking from the cylinder and collecting between the latter and the diaphragm being returned to the engine sump through passages [43], [44] in the flywheel. As shown, a pair of clutches [12] and [13] are adapted to be selectively operated so as to connect either a shaft [14] or a sleeve [15] to the engine shaft [17, a presser plate [32] common to the two clutches being actuated through springs by pins [28] secured to arms [27] connected to the rod [24]. The clutches are arranged in a drum [29] secured to the flywheel. Pressure oil is adapted to bo supplied selectively to one side or the other of the piston [20], so as to cause engagement of the appropriate clutch, through a pair of plunger valves [39] and [40] which control communication between an inlet [55] and passages [37], [38] leading to the two sides of the piston through passages in the shaft bearing [36], the shaft [17], and the piston, the arrangement being such that when one passage [37] or [38] is open to the inlet [55], the other is open to a chamber [49] communicating with the sump. The valves [39], [40] are controlled as described in Specification 441,925. A spring-loaded accumulator or an auxiliary pump may be provided so that the clutches may be operated when the engine is not running. Worldwide applications 1934 GB Application GB33216/34A events 1934-11-19 Application filed by Percy Riley 1934-11-19 Priority to GB33216/34A 1936-06-19 Publication of GB449077A

GB449637   Riley (Coventry) Ltd & Harry Rush May 2, 1935, Brake mechanism 

Locking levers. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., RILEY, S., and RUSH, H., Riley Works, Durbar Avenue, Lockhurst Lane, Coventry.  No. 13082. [Class 80 (iii)] [See also Group XXXIV] A locking device for a brake-operating lever comprises a single pivoted pawl adapted for lateral rocking movement to coact with the staggered teeth of a plurality of ratchets. The hand lever [10] is carried by an arm [17] secured to a sleeve [18] mounted on the pivot [19], the sleeve [18] being coupled to the arm [20]. A pair of stationary ratchets [11], [12] disposed on either side of the arm [17] have staggered teeth which are engaged alternately by a pawl [13] mounted on a pivot [13a] with freedom for lateral movement. The pawl can be disengaged against the action of springs [14] by the rod [15]. Worldwide applications 1935 GB Application GB1308235A events 1935-05-02 Application filed by RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1935-05-02 Priority to GB1308235A 1936-07-01 Publication of GB449637A

GB450394  Harry Rush & Riley (Coventry) Ltd Jan. 1, 1936, Brake mechanism

Locking levers. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., RILEY, S., and RUSH, H., Riley Works, Durbar Avenue, Lockhurst Lane, Coventry. Jan. 1, 1936, No. 13026. Divided out of 449,637. [Class 80 (iii)] [See also Group XXXIV] A locking device for a brake operating lever comprises a plurality of pawls which extend different amounts to engage in succession with the teeth of a stationary ratchet, the pawls being spring-pressed to engage the teeth and being disengaged by a spring-pressed latch. Two pawls [12], 13] pivoted on the hand lever [9] at [14] extend different amounts to engage a ratchet [11] under the influence of spring plungers [15]. The pawls are disengaged by a push latch [19] spring-pressed at [20] and guided in a stop-pin [22]. The latch [19] and plungers [15] are arranged in cut-away parts of the lever [9]. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB1302636A events 1936-01-01 Application filed by RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1936-01-01 Priority to GB1302636A 1936-07-16 Publication of GB450394A

GB457633   Riley (Coventry) Ltd March 16, 1936  Improvements relating to metal panels for use in motor-vehicles

Sound insulators. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., and HEWITT, F. T., Durbar Avenue, Lockhurst Lane, Coventry. , No. 7823. [Class 64 (ii)] Drumming of metal panels of motor vehicles, such as a door, is prevented by adhesively securing to the inner face of the panel, a sheet of corrugated paper or cardboard material [12,] forming longitudinal air passages in proximity to the panel. Ingress of air to the passages is prevented by closing the ends as at 1[3]. Two or more layers of material may be used with or without flat sheets of paper or cardboard interposed between or surrounding the corrugated sheets. The sheets may be sprayed with cellulose, painted or waterproofed. Specification 12888/04, [Class 96], is referred to. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB782336A events 1936-03-16 Application filed by FRANK THOMAS HEWITT, RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1936-03-16 Priority to GB782336A 1936-12-02 Publication of GB457633A

GB459084   Riley (Coventry) Ltd & Stanley Riley Dec. 27, 1935,  Propellor shafts for motor-vehicles

Shafts. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., and RILEY, S., Riley Works, Durbar Avenue, Coventry.  No. 35833. [Class 80 (ii)] In motor vehicle propeller shafts of the kind in which the shaft proper [11] yields under torque and is prevented from bending by a rigid outer tube [12], which rotates with it, the shaft is made circular in cross section and of relatively small diameter for the torque to be transmitted and has a sliding connection at [14] with the tube. A bearing [20] at the other end and an intermediate bearing [22] are provided. The tube may be in sections and the bearing blocks may be located at the ends of the sections. Specification 2818/12, [Class 80 (ii)], is referred to. Worldwide applications 1935 GB Application GB3583335A events 1935-12-27 Application filed by RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1935-12-27 Priority to GB3583335A 1937-01-01 Publication of GB459084A

GB459905   Stanley Riley & Riley (Coventry) Ltd  Oct. 8, 1935,  Mudguards.

RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., RILEY, S., and PLAYER, A. C., Riley Works, Durbar Avenue, Lockhurst Lane, Coventry. No. 27749. [Class 136 (i)]- In a motor vehicle having a substantially vertical, movable, bonnet side panel [15], and a mudguard [11] which extends high up thereon, the mudguard [11] is cut away at [16] adjacent to the panel, and is completed by a laterally-extending wing part [18] integral with or secured to the panel [15], and shaped to conform with the mudguard curves, whereby access to the engine and adjacent parts is facilitated. A movable plate [20] extends from the underside of the mudguard [11] to the adjacent chassis longitudinal [21]. In a modification, the wing part [18], instead of being on the panel [15], is integral with or attached to the movable plate [20]. Rubber &c. packing may be employed to prevent rattle at the joints. Worldwide applications 1935 GB Application GB2774935A events 1935-10-08 Application filed by ARTHUR CLARKE PLAYER, RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1935-10-08 Priority to GB2774935A 1937-01-18 Publication of GB459905A

GB464712   Jan. 17, 1936,  Percy Riley  Valve-operating mechanism for internal-combustion engines 

Valve gear. RILEY, P. No. 1542. [Class 7 (vi)] Valves [13] are actuated by cam bars [19] connected to slides [17] reciprocated by crank or other rotary means [15], the cam bars being formed with surfaces 20 bearing against adjustable abutments [21], and cam surfaces [22] engaging arms [23] of rockers connected to the valves. A spring [28] arranged between the arms [23] closes the valves. In modifications, double arms [23] engaging cam bars with double cam portions give a positive opening and closing of the valves. The abutments [21] may be as described in Specification 465,006. A single cam shaft may be used to actuate the valves at both sides of the engine. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB154236A events 1936-01-17 Application filed by Percy Riley 1936-01-17 Priority to GB154236A 1937-04-23 Publication of GB464712A

1937 GB465006  Jan. 17, 1936, Percy Riley  Hydraulic clack-adjusting means for use for example with valve operating mechanism

Valve gear. RILEY, P.  No. 1541. [Class 7 (vi)] A hydraulic device for taking up slack or clearance comprises a plunger [17] sliding in a cylinder [16] which is supplied at [20] with hydraulic pressure, such as from the lubricating-pump, the supply being controlled by a valve [19] connected by a lever [25] to the device moving over the abutment, for example a sliding cam bar [12]. A leakage at [21] is controlled by a valve [22], or by a groove [22a] in the valve [19]. A cam surface [27] on the bar [12] actuates a valve [15] through a spring-pressed rocker [14]. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB154136A events 1936-01-17 Application filed by Percy Riley 1936-01-17 Priority to GB154136A 1937-04-29 Publication of GB465006A

GB467640   Allan Riley & R.Hallwood  Dec. 19, 1935,  Improvements relating to windows and wind-screens for motor-cars

Vehicle bodies. RILEY, A., and HALLWOOD, R.  No. 35200. [Class 108 (i)] [Also in Group X] The body of a closed motor vehicle is provided at the side with pillar [16] extending from the waist of the vehicle to the roof, against which the side door abuts, and spaced from the front windscreen to accommodate a fixed or sliding side window [12], separate from the windscreen. The forward edge of the window may engage in a channel [13] attached to the side of the windscreen, or it may abut against the rear surface of the windscreen. In a modification, for a sliding window, the forward edge of the window is integral with a roof-engaging pillar, a dowel or like member at the top of which engages with the underface of the roof when the window is closed. Worldwide applications 1935 GB Application GB3520035A events 1935-12-19 Application filed by REGINALD HALLWOOD 1935-12-19 Priority to GB3520035A 1937-06-21 Publication of GB467640A

GB468647   Riley (Coventry) Ltd &AWK von der Becke    Feb. 7, 1936,  Liquid-cooled internal-combustion engines

Cylinders. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., and BECKE, A. W. K. VON DER. Feb. 7, 1936, No. 3768. [Class 7 (ii)] A partition [17] extends along the water space of a cylinder head, in which the exhaust and inlet passages [16], [14] are on opposite sides, and cooling water enters at [19] on the exhaust side, and flows round the ends of the partition before it leaves at [20]. The only communication with the water in the cylinder barrel jackets is by ports [22]. The combustion chambers are hemispherical and have sparking-plug sockets [18]. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB376836A events 1936-02-07 Application filed by ADOLF WILLIAM KARL VON DER BEC, RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1936-02-07 Priority to GB376836A 1937-07-09 Publication of GB468647A

GB471823   Riley (Coventry) Ltd & Stanley Riley March 28, 1936, Vehicle suspensions

Vehicle spring-suspensions; vibration-dampers. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., and RILEY, S. No. 9257. [Classes 108 (ii) and 108 (iii)] A vehicle front suspension in which the road wheel is connected for up- and - down movement about a single transverse axis which is either rearward or preferably forward of the wheel axis, comprises a transverse spring for supporting the chassis from the wheel, the spring being mounted to flex in a plane tangential to the arc of the circle in which the axis moves. At each side of the chassis [14] a trailing arm [11] is pivoted about a single transverse axis [28] arranged above the chassis and in the horizontal plane of the centre [17] of mass of the power unit. The arm [11] has integral therewith a spindle [12] which is journalled in a tube [13], the tubes on either side being rigidly connected by a further tube [16]. A friction damper [31] is arranged between flanges [32], [33] on the arm [11] and tube [13] respectively. The other end of the arm is provided with coaxial eyes [18] in which is journalled a bracket [19] coaxial with the road wheel and having an arm [23] at right angles, to the extremity of which is shackled a transverse spring [24] clamped a t[25] to the frame member [26]. The spring is arranged to flex tangentially to the arc of oscillation of the wheel axis and is constructed to take the brake torque reaction. In place of the transverse spring an arm may be pivoted to the frame and to the arm [23] and resiliently connected to the frame through a helical spring. Fig. 5 shows friction discs [36 splined on the ends of the spindles [12] and pressed together by springs [37]. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB925736A events 1936-03-28 Application filed by RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1936-03-28 Priority to GB925736A 1937-09-13 Publication of GB471823A

GB471824   Riley (Coventry) Ltd & Stanley Riley  March 28, 1936,   Motor-vehicle suspensions

Vehicle spring-suspensions. RILEY (COVENTRY), Ltd., and RILEY, S. No. 9258. [Class 108 (ii)] A motor vehicle is provided with front and rear spring-suspensions in which the frame is suspended from the front wheels about a pivoted transverse axis which is above the frame and in or near the horizontal plane through the centre of mass of the power unit while the rear end of the frame is also suspended from the rear wheels, connected by a back axle casing, at places in or near the same horizontal plane. The front suspension is that described in Specification 471,823 while the rear suspension comprises longitudinal laminated springs [16] shackled to a bracket [17] on the rear axle [14] and carried by blocks [15] secured to the chassis [11] in such a position that in the unstressed state the spring lies in the same horizontal plane as the transverse axis [18] of the front trailing arms [ 20]. Specification 391,727 also is referred to. Worldwide applications 1936 GB Application GB925836A events 1936-03-28 Application filed by RILEY COVENTRY Ltd 1936-03-28 Priority to GB925836A 1937-09-13 Publication of GB471824A

GB488172A  PERCY RILEY, Jan. 27, 1938, Suspension means for motor-vehicles .

Vehicle spring-suspensions.  No. 2588. [Class 108 (ii)] In a spring-suspension for a motor vehicle of the kind such as is described in Specification 420,433, in which each wheel [11] is carried by a substantially horizontal crank [14] having a screw-threaded or equivalent connection with a non-rotatable member [23] that is slidable axially against resilient means [ 27], the crank [14 is also connected with a torsion spring [28] surrounding the spring [27], so that both springs [27], [28] act together to resist movement of the road wheel. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the cranks [14] with their shafts [17] are supported at the opposite ends of a transverse casing [20], and the inner ends of the shafts [17] are engaged with a rotatable element [25], which serves both as an abutment for the inner spring [27] and also as the means for stressing the torsion spring [28], the other end of which is held by a stationary sleeve [19]. Preferably an additional torsion spring [30] is coupled to the two abutments [25] so as to function as an anti-roll device. In a modification, Fig. 4, the horizontal cranks [35] are associated with a pair of swinging semiaxles [31] and are journalled in casings [36] for rotation about longitudinal axes. Rotation of the shafts of the cranks [35] is resisted by the spring combination as in the construction of Fig. 1, while the ends of the shafts remote from the cranks are provided with cross-arms [38, the diametrically opposed ends of which are cross-connected by resilient telescopic links [39 forming a stabilizing device. Worldwide applications 1938 GB Application GB258838A events 1938-01-27 Application filed by Percy Riley 1938-01-27 Priority to GB258838A 1938-07-01 Publication of GB488172A

 GB496831  15-09-1937 Percy Riley  Military and like motor vehicles

Priority to GB2503837A 1938-12-07 Publication of GB496831A Military and like motor vehicles . Vehicle spring- suspensions. RILEY, P. Sept. 15, 1937, No. 25038. [Class 108 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXI] In a vehicle having all the wheels steered, driven, and independently sprung, the swinging half-axles [25] are connected to a central frame member [11 by means of spring cylinders [26] of the kind described in Specifications 420,433 and 488,172. The cylinders [26] are secured to the frame by channel or other members [27]. Extending into each cylinder is a spindle acting through screw-and-nut mechanism on compression springs, the spindle having a crank-arm 28 connected to the adjacent half-axle by a bracket [29. Worldwide applications 1937 GB Application GB2503837A events 1937-09-15 Application filed by Percy Riley 1937-09-15 Priority to GB2503837A 1938-12-07 Publication of GB496831A