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`Application Date: Maroh 1, 1928. No. 6518 / 28.
`Oomplete Left: Sept. 18, 1928.
`Complete Accepted: June 4, 1929.
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`313,023
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`PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
`Improvements in or relating to Air Cushions or the like.
`In one way of carrying out this inven-
`\.Ve, THE .A.voN INDIA RUllBER COMPANY
`tion as applied for example to a rubber 25
`0£ Melksham, Wiltshire,
`LIMITED,
`cushion, the outer wall of the cushion is
`England, a Company incorporated under
`made 0£
`e:x.tendable
`the Laws 0£ Great Britain and Northern
`inextendable or
`material, for example, canvas or linen,
`5 Ireland, and WILLIAM JOHN HARRIS, of
`lined rubber or solid rubber.
`Waverley, Spa Road, Melksham, Wilt-
`The interior of the cushion is divided 30
`shire, England, a; "British Subject, do
`into compartments by cross members of
`hereby declare the nature 0£ this inven-
`canvas or linen suita!bly coated to render
`tion to ibe as follows :-
`it impervious . to air.
`The canvas, or
`10 This in~ention relates to air cushions or
`linen, in some cases is provided with
`the like such as for example air mattresses
`and jts object is to provide improvements
`numerous small holes to allow the passage 35
`of air there through. In other cases it is
`therein.
`provided with ip..sertions of canvas or linen
`In accordance with this invention the
`or rubber permeable to air.
`15 air cushion or tb.e ~Tike is divided into a
`'l'he partitions may be attached to the
`plurality of compartments by individual
`partitions which are, some -0i: all of them,
`cover by webs comprising several layers of 40
`material.
`provided with means to allow of the slow
`passage of air through the partition. The
`Dated this 29th day o!' February, 1928.
`20 means may comprise small holes in the
`MEWBURN, ELLIS & Co.,
`fabric 0£ the partition or insertions of a
`70-72, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. 2,
`material permeable to air, as for example,
`Chartered Patent Agents.
`rubber, canvas or linen.
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`COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
`Improvements in or relating to Air Cushions or the. like.
`of a material permeable to air, as, for
`We, THE .A.voN INDIA RuBBER CoMPANl'.
`example, perforated rubber, canvas, or
`·of Melksham, Wiltshire,
`LIMITEn,
`linen.
`England, a Company incorporated under
`'l'he accompanying drawings illustrate
`45 the Laws of Great Britain and Northern
`va.rious forms of device made in accord- 70
`Ireland, and WILLIAM ;f oHN HARRIS, of
`ance with this invention, as applied for
`Waverley, Spa Road, Melksham, Wilt-
`example to a ruJbber air cushion.
`shire, England/ a British Subject, do
`is a perspective view of' one
`Fig. 1
`hereby declare the nature of this iD;ven-
`form.
`50 tion and in what manner the same is to
`Fig. 2 is a perspective view of another 75
`be performed,'to be particularly described
`form.
`and ascertained in and by the follow.ing
`Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the
`statement :-
`form illustrated in Fig. 2.
`The invention relates to air cushions or
`Fig. 4 shows a method of joining top
`55 like pneumatic upholstery of the kind or
`and bottom.
`into. a
`type subdivided by partition.a
`Fig. 5 shows a method of constructing
`piurality 0£ compartments . m which
`the partition.
`means is provided to permit of slow
`Fig. 6 shows another method of con-
`passage of air from one compartment to
`structing the partition.
`'60 another.
`In the drawing the outer wall a, b, of 85
`In accordance with this invention the
`the cushion is made of inextendable or
`air cushion or the like pneumatic up-
`rubber
`extensible material, made of
`holstery is provided with numerous closely
`proofed canvas or rubber sheet.
`set small holes in the fabric of the par-
`The interior of the cushion is divided
`65 titions or with insertions in the partitions
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`, into co:qi.partments o by cross members or
`The control of the air through these
`partith:ins t1 of canvas or linen suitably holes f or the canvas, prevents a sudden
`coated to
`render 'it impervious to air displacement which would cause
`the
`except by perforation and is
`inflated , cushion to roll under pressure.
`!S through a rubber or canvas and rubber · We are aware of Patent Specification 30
`tube e1 with inlet valve e2 fixed therein. No. 245,881, and make no claim to what
`The canvas
`or linen is provided with· is therein described or claimed but having
`numerous small holes to allow the p~s- now particularly described and ascertained
`sage of air there-throu·gh: · --
`· the· nature of our said invention and in
`In. the modified form illustrated in Fig. what manner the same is to be performed, 35
`6 the can-vas or linen is provided with we declare ihat what we clain:Us :-
`insertions g of canvas or linen permea!ble
`1. An air cushion or the liFe pneumatic
`:to-air:
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`·ttpholstery 0£ the type described having
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`The partition~ may :be attached to the n:ume1•ous closely set small holes in the
`1.5 novel' by webs .comp:r.ising se-v:e1·al layers fab1·ic 0£ the partitions or insertions there.. 40
`o.£ r.uhber.;. canvas .or linen, h! i, j.
`in of a mateJ:ial permeable to air as, for
`. The "Cushions are applicable to chairs, example, perforated
`rubber,
`canvas,
`seats, and uph0clstl:lry .generally, and par-
`linen, st'lbstantially as descl'ibed.
`iiriu1arly 'for :ns& tm motor 'Vehfoles.
`2. Air
`cushions
`-substantially
`as
`20 .. The pa:ctitions .. d i;i,re for the purpose 0£ -described ancl illusttated, with reference 45
`maintaining the shap.e -01: the cushion, and
`to the accompanying drawings.
`b~ing• pierced with small h-0les f, or
`Dated thi_s 16th day of February, 1929.
`having insertions· of canvas permeable to
`MEWBURN, ELLIS & Co.,
`· · air, permit a slow passage of air from one 70-·72, Chancery Lane, London, W.D. 2,
`25 compartment to another.
`Chartered Patent Agents.
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`Redhill: Prihtt!d fot His Majesty's Stationery Ofiice. by. Love & Malcomson, Ltd,,_1929 ..
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`313,023 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
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