Abstract: The invention relates to a brake booster comprising a casing (10) and a flexible diaphragm (12) which sealingly divides the interior of the casing into a front chamber (16) and a rear chamber (18). According to the invention, it possesses at least one passage which extends sealingly through it from one face of the casing to the opposite face. The invention is utilized for the braking of motor vehicles.

Abstract: A pneumatic booster has a housing which includes a forward shell and a rearward shell, and a diaphragm which is installed inside the housing and secured at the outer peripheral portion thereof to the housing. The diaphragm has a bead formed on the outer peripheral portion thereof. The rearward shell has a bead retaining portion which has a bead retaining groove that opens radially outward. The forward shell has an outer peripheral portion. The bead is received into the bead retaining groove across one edge portion of the bead retaining groove and clamped between the groove and the outer peripheral portion of the forward shell. The dimensions of the bead and the bead retaining portion are set so that the inner diameter of the bead is greater than the outer diameter of the edge portion of the bead retaining groove. Thus, the rearward shell and the diaphragm can be assembled together without the need to bend the diaphragm in advance, and the assembly process is correspondingly facilitated.

Abstract: A pressure vessel contains a flexible separator comprising three layers, an outer layer, an inner layer and an intermediate layer which is at least partly impermeable to gases. The intermediate layer comprises a metal film. A particular application of the pressure vessel is to braking circuits.

Abstract: A fluid flow control valve has a diaphragm for sealing against a valve seat. The diaphragm includes a bleed hole for passing fluid from one side of the diaphragm to the other. A debris arrestor comprising a one-piece flexible tag is inserted into the bleed hole by deforming the tag to pass therethrough. The tag after insertion expands to retain itself in the bleed hole.

Abstract: A brake servo booster has a housing (1) divided into two chambers (A, B) by a movable partition (5) which includes a diaphragm (6). A protective boot (14) for a support member (11) extending through the housing is connected to the diaphragm by a carrier member (16) engaged by adjacent portions (14A, 6A) of the boot and diaphragm in a manner which avoids direct contact between these portions and facilitates assembly of the booster.

Abstract: A microgravity dispenser system including a carbonator, metering device and cup filler for dispensing a still or carbonated beverage in the microgravity conditions of outer space.

Abstract: A diaphragm for a diaphragm-actuated fluid-transfer control device, which comprises a flexible, substantially non-stretchable diaphragm body of a substantially circular outline surrounded and delimited by a beaded rim, the body having a substantially dish-like, bi-stable shape invertible from the first stable state, in which a first body surface is convex and a second body surface, concave, to the second stable state, in which the first body surface is rendered concave and the second body surface, convex. The device further comprises at least one substantially rigid, elongated arm fixedly embedded in the diaphragm to a depth exceeding the radial width of the beaded rim, the free end of which arm projects beyond the beaded rim. There is also described a diaphragm-actuated fluid transfer control device including the diaphragm.

Abstract: A diaphragm piston assembly in which an annular ring member is provided, preferably at the outer clamping periphery of the diaphragm between the underside of the diaphragm and body, to exert a force on the diaphragm in the direction of the cover that clamps the diaphragm to the body, thereby encouraging the diaphragm convolution to assume a disposition in a preferred direction corresponding to the direction in which the convolution is predisposed by the inherent "spring effect" of the diaphragm.

Abstract: Floating the diaphragm portion of a diaphragm sensor in the pressurizing fluid frees the diaphragm from exterior housing forces, and makes overall manufacture and replacement inexpensive. A diaphragm can be protected from exterior stress by interspersing a channel between the diaphragm edge and the closure and support structure of an enclosing housing. By extending the channel and incorporating an adequate seal, the diaphragm structure may be made replaceable. The replaceable diaphragm further allows use of a smaller amount of costly materials, and makes repair less costly.

Abstract: A diaphragm-clamping arrangement, in which a spring washer having a frusto-conical shape is employed between the outer periphery of the diaphragm and one of the plate members between which the diaphragm is secured. In the free state of the spring washer, the spring washer height is greater than the space between the diaphragm and one plate member so that, when the plate members are joined together, the spring washer is compressed to thereby exert a clamping force on the diaphragm. The diaphragm-clamping point can be provided by either the inner or outer periphery of the spring washer, depending upon whether the frusto-conical shape is concave or convex. By forming an annular recess in the plate member with which the spring is engageable, proper location of the spring washer is facilitated during assembly, and subsequently maintained during clamping.

Abstract: A floating seal fluidic device is disclosed comprised of a housing, a connector which has a nozzle extending through the housing and which forms a clearance with the housing, a diaphragm stretched around the circumference of the connector and having a bead which lies within the clearance wherein the connector, the housing and the bead are so dimensioned that, without fluid being supplied to the nozzle, the bead within the clearance is floating and that, with fluid being supplied to the nozzle, the bead is forced into the clearance between the connector and the housing to provide the seal.

Abstract: A fluid operated diaphragm assembly having a pair of diaphragm members each provided with annular inner and outer peripheral portions separated from each other by an annular fluted portion. A ring member is disposed between the outer peripheral portions of the diaphragm members and is secured respectively thereto whereby a chamber is defined between the diaphragm members inboard of the ring member. The diaphragm members each has a natural tendency to maintain its respective inner and outer peripheral portions coplanar with each other whereby the inner peripheral portions are normally spaced from each other a distance that is approximately the same dimension as the thickness of the ring member.

Abstract: A mechanism for moving a slidable load carrier to and fro along a trailer includes a hydraulic double-acting servomotor having a piston rod which selectively engages with one or other of two sets of oppositely directed lugs, in the form of ratchet teeth, carried by a channel member fixed to the underside of the load carrier. The hydraulic servomotor is pivotally mounted on the trailer. The sets of ratchet teeth engaged are selected, for movement in either a forward direction or backward direction, by adjusting the angle of inclination of the hydraulic servomotor in a vertical plane. The hydraulic servomotor is controlled by a pneumatic servomotor coupled through a horizontally extending operating rod. The pneumatic control servomotor has a diaphragm disposed in a vertical plane in a casing which is provided at the bottom with a drain valve for removing water condensed within the interior.

Abstract: The present invention relates to constant stroke reciprocating piston pump with mechanically driven diaphragm coupler, including combination of adjustable pressure control means and priming valve for handling abrasive liquids such as paint, and texture.

Abstract: A control device having a condition responsive movable part and an electrical switch to be operated by that part, mechanical latch means operatively interconnecting the part to the switch to latch the switch in one operating position thereof when the condition is on one side of a certain value and to unlatch the switch so as to be in another operating position when the condition is on the other side of the certain value. The mechanical latch means includes reset means for resetting and latching the switch back to the one operating position thereof only when the condition is on the one side of the certain value thereof.