Abstract: A valve for dispensing a liquid such as soap or hand lotion, from a fluid dispenser. A valve body for mounting in the fluid dispenser and having a valve chamber with a rolling diaphragm carried in the body dividing the chamber into a piston section and a fluid flow section. A piston is slidingly positioned in the piston section and a flow restrictor is slidingly positioned in the fluid flow section, with a spring in the fluid flow section urging the restrictor into engagement with the diaphragm for moving the piston to the out position. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are provided in the fluid flow section so that an inward movement of the piston dispenses fluid and an outward or return motion of the piston draws a new charge of fluid into the valve.

Abstract: A pair of shells which form a booster are coupled together by an improved structure. One of either the inner periphery of the opening of the first shell or the outer periphery of the second shell is formed with a projection which projects radially toward the other shell and which is received in a recess formed therein. The engagement between the projection and the recess positively prevents a relative rotation between the shells, and thus avoids the sole reliance upon the resilience of a diaphragm held therebetween, as has been required in the prior art construction. A high accuracy in shaping the shells is thereby not required, facilitating the quality control and allowing a reduction in the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A servomotor device which includes a power piston and a diaphragm having an inner bead and which is disposed within a housing so as to divide the same into a constant pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber, the power piston including a hub having a first shoulder faced toward the variable chamber and a second shoulder faced toward the constant pressure chamber, a pressure plate which includes the power piston engaged with the hub and having an inner sleeve portion engageable with the first shoulder so as to prevent movement of the pressure plate toward the constant pressure chamber with respect to hub, a detent portion unitarily formed on the pressure plate and engageable with the second shoulder so as to prevent movement of pressure plate toward the variable pressure chamber with respect to the hub, and a groove formed in the hub for hermetically retaining the inner bead of diaphragm therein.

Abstract: A small-sized pump comprising a common valve chamber, a plural number of pump chambers respectively arranged round the common valve chamber and each having a diaphragm, a drive member provided in the inclined state and serving to move the diaphragms upward and downward, and a tubular supporting member extending obliquely downward from the central portion of the drive member, the small-sized pump being arranged to make the end of the tubular supporting member perform circular motion and to thereby drive the drive member so as to move the diaphragms upward and downward so that respective pump chambers perform pumping actions with a predetermined time lag, the small-sized pump being thereby arranged to have high pumping efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved cassette for use in an intravenous infusion pump. The cassette of the present invention includes a cassette body which is capable of being removably secured within a volumetric pump. The cassette body has a volumetric chamber of predetermined volume which is placed in communication with an inlet and an outlet. The volumetric cassette includes an inlet corridor through which fluid may flow into the cassette. The inlet corridor in turn flows into a central corridor which leads directly to the volumetric chamber. The cassette also includes an outlet corridor which is also in communication with the central corridor and, in turn, the volumetric chamber. Fluid will, therefore, exit the volumetric chamber through the outlet corridor by way of the central corridor. The outlet corridor is then connected to the patient infusion line. The cassette of the present invention also includes a plunger which reciprocates within the interior of the volumetric chamber.

Abstract: A first shell in a booster enclosure is substantially cup-shaped, and a second shell is substantially plate-shaped and has an annular groove which opens radially outward. The second shell is fitted inside the first shell. The inner surface of the annular groove and the inner circumference of the first shell clamp an outer circumferential beaded part of a diaphragm. The second shell is prevented from disengagement from the first shell by engaging pawls formed on the first shell. A reinforcing cylindrical or conical portion is formed at the part of the second shell which is brought into contact with the engaging pawls of the first shell. This reinforcing portion improves the rigidity of this part and prevents the deformation of the second shell by the engaging pawls.

Abstract: A rotary actuator for a damper shaft controls the angular position of the damper shaft in accordance with variations in fluid pressure inside of the actuator. The actuator includes a housing, a flexible diaphragm within the housing separating it into a fluid-tight compartment and a second compartment open to the atmosphere. The fluid-tight compartment is provided with a fluid pressure receving port open to a control source of variable pressure. The piston and piston rod are slidably mounted in the second compartment in contact with the diaphragm. The piston rod includes a longitudinally extending rack, and a crank arm rotatably mounted in the housing has a gear segment in meshing relationship with the rack. The actuator shaft to be controlled extends through the housing and is mounted in the crank arm to support the rotary actuator, and the rotary actuator is clipped to an air conditioning duct to prevent it from rotating on the damper actuator shaft axis.

Abstract: A hydraulic fluid system including a master cylinder (30) moved by a clutch pedal (34) for pressurizing a remotely located slave cylinder (50). The slave cylinder and master cylinder each including a rolling diaphragm (104, 176). The slave cylinder further including a cup-shaped piston (134) for isolating its rolling diaphragm from the rotation of a throw-out bearing (66) which is moved by the diaphragm.

Abstract: A piston pump having a flexible rolling membrane which seals the piston from the cylinder wherein the piston is designed to include an upper portion which is spaced inwardly from the cylinder wall so as to form a cavity which communicates through channels and seals carried by the lower portion of the piston in such a manner that the lower portion of the flexible membrane is depressed between the upper portion of the piston face and the cylinder walls during an intake stroke as the cavity is subjected to a decreased pressure and which decreased pressure is removed from the membrane during a discharge stroke of the piston. In the preferred embodiment, the membrane is secured to the upper surface of the piston by a cup-shaped element which protects the membrane from materials within the cylinder.

Abstract: Pressure fluid control valves include modular body structures made up of a plurality of end to end connected body parts which are preferably finish fabricated by injection molding of thermoplastic. An axially movable closure member is supported in coaxial bores formed in the assembled body parts and is characterized by a cylindrical plug engageable with opposed conical seat surfaces on adjacent body parts or spaced apart closure disks engageable with respective seat surfaces on a common body part to form a fluid-tight seal between inlet and exhaust ports and a working fluid transfer port, respectively. The closure plug or disks are molded of relatively soft plastic such as polyurethane and the closure plug may be molded directly on the closure member shaft. The shaft is supported by a differential area flexible rolling diaphragm or resilient sealed piston pilot actuator at one end and a mechanical actuator such as coil spring or other types of mechanism at the opposite end.

Abstract: In a diaphragm pump with a diaphragm in the form of a rolling diaphragm that separates a delivery chamber from a fluid-filled pressure chamber and that with its peripheral edge is firmly clamped between a casing body and pump cover, and with an oscillating hydraulic piston which is displaceable in a bore of the casing body between the pressure chamber and a hydraulic reservoir, so as to actuate the diaphragm, the rolling diaphragm rolls alternatingly up an outer roll-off cylinder formed by the wall of the pressure chamber and off an inner roll-off cylinder formed by the peripheral surface of a support piston for the rolling diaphragm that is axially displaceable in the pressure chamber, the front surface of which support piston is connected with the corresponding surface section of the rolling diaphragm.

Abstract: A pneumatic gun having an improved firing valve is disclosed wherein the firing valve is sealingly secured to the housing of the gun by a pair of rolling diaphragm seals. On the underside of the firing valve, there is a deflector having a downwardly curled outer edge operative to direct air flow into the top of the cylinder upon opening of the firing valve. The firing valve is so configured that exposure of multiple differential areas of the valve to a common high pressure results in the valve being biased toward a sealed position relative to the cylinder of the gun while in the unfired position.

Abstract: A shell connecting structure as used in a brake booster for holding a peripheral bead of a diaphragm between a front and a rear shell in a hermetically sealed manner. The front and the rear shell are connected together at a location radially outward of a power piston to thereby reduce an axial size of the shells while simultaneously minimizing a radial size of the connecting portion and hence the shells.

Abstract: A diaphragm particularly for rolling-diaphragm type fluid pressure motors. The invention provides greatly improved service life of the motor, particularly under adverse condition in which conventional diaphragms fail quickly.

Abstract: A diaphragm (32) for a servomotor which separates the interior of first (12) and second (14) shells into first (18) and second (20) chambers. The diaphragm (32) has an external bead (30) with first rib (31) having first (40) and second (42) sealing surfaces and an annular projection (46) extending therefrom which engages the rear shell (14) or divider (15) to guide the first (40) and second (42) sealing surfaces into contact with corresponding surfaces on the first (12) and second (14) shells. When the first (12) shell is connected to the second (14) shell, the projection (46) is compressed into the first rib (31) while a portion (33, 35) of the first rib (31) expands into cavities (37, 39) on both sides of the annular projection (46) to develop internal resiliency that uniformly acts on the first (40) and second (42) sealing surfaces. The diaphragm (32) has an internal bead (34) with a second rib (56) that snaps into a groove (36) on the hub (38) located in the servomotor.

Abstract: A vacuum operated brake power booster including a retaining member for securing the edge bead of a moveable wall diaphragm of the booster to the booster control valve is disclosed. The booster includes a casing subdivided into two chambers by a moveable wall having a diaphragm which has an internal edge bead disposed in an annular groove in the control valve housing of the booster. An annular retention ring surrounds the bead of the diaphragm to the outside of the bead and radially retains the edge bead within the control valve housing groove.

Abstract: A device for measuring the volume of a gas comprises a cylinder and a piston movably mounted in the cylinder. A first membrane sealingly connects the piston with the inner wall of the cylinder. The cylinder, the piston and the first membrane determine a measuring space in which a measuring conduit for the gas to be measured debouches. A second membrane also sealingly connects the piston with the cylinder inner wall. The first and second membranes determine an intermediate space in which an underpressure is generated during operation.

Abstract: A vacuum operated actuator is provided with a centering mechanism that operates with a single spring to normally locate the output in a mid-position and also return same from both an extended position and a retracted position. The centering mechanism also includes a connector that may be changed to adjust the output for connection with the device to be actuated without changing the centering and return operation.

Abstract: A fluid operated pump comprising a housing including first and second cylinders. First and second pistons are rigidly fixed to each other and situated in their respective cylinders, the cylinders alternately receiving pressurized fluid for operating the pump. The pump includes novel valving means and novel seals.

Abstract: A resilient diaphragm using a single non-circular rolling convolution to seal pressure around a pistonlike body. The outer wall of the convolution and the perimeter of the diaphragm have the shape of a racetrack, i.e., of a rectangle with two semicircles added. The rectangle part may be made of sheet metal but at least the curved part of the convolution within the semicircles must be of elastomer material such as a rubber coated fabric. The shape of the inner wall may include some additional curvature so that the two walls can have equal lengths. Production of this diaphragm does not require a full-sized curing mold. When it is used in place of a piston in a Stirling engine, a thermal barrier may be needed to protect the elastomer part from the heat and a configuration is preferred in which the reciprocating diaphragm and an array of slender-column displacing elements form a compact package on opposite sides of a cylindrical wall.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension strut incorporating an airspring around a hydraulic shock absorber is disclosed. The airspring design and orientation relative to the shock absorber axis creates a side acting force which counteracts the bending torque acting on the strut during operation in a vehicle and prevents binding of the shock absorber piston. The horizontal acting side load can be achieved by using an airspring piston eccentrically mounted on the shock absorber. Alternatively the airspring may be mounted offset and/or at an angle to the shock absorber axis. The flexible membrane of the airspring may also be cut in a plane oblique to the shock axis and mounted on the airspring piston to form asymmetric rolling lobes about the circumference of the piston.

Abstract: A pump dispenser for fluent products is disclosed as inluding a container for housing the fluent product, dispensing outlet means on the container, a follower piston closing the lower end of the container below the product, and means for varying the volume within such dispenser. The volume varying means comprises a plunger adapted to be reciprocated within the dispenser to alternately decrease the volume therewithin and, following such decrease, return to its original position thereby increasing the volume within the dispenser. The plunger further comprises a peripheral skirt having predetermined outer lateral dimensions at its lower distal end, and an enlarged attachment head on such lower distal end. The attachment head has predetermined outer lateral dimensions which are larger than the outer lateral dimensions of such lower distal end therey effectively forming a reentrant portion on the plunger above the enlarged head.

Abstract: A brake booster for automotive vehicles comprises a low-pressure casing which is sealingly subdivided into a low-pressure chamber and a working chamber by a movable wall. The low-pressure casing is shaped to provide waists in the area of aligned bolts to fasten one end wall of the casing to a master brake cylinder and the other end wall of the casing to the vehicle. The casing has a casing wall section in the area of the waists extending in the axial direction to transmit tractive forces. In addition, tie elements may be provided outside the casing to interconnect the aligned bolts.

Abstract: The power assisted steering system, particularly of the type with central output, incorporates a body (10) forming a housing for a cooperating pinion (12) and rack (11) assembly. The rack is guided in the central portion (10.sub.1) of the body and is joined by a rod (40) to at least a first piston (30a) movable in a cylinder consisting of a component in the shape of a cylindrical bell (20a, 20b) attached to one end of the body (10) and itself consisting of a rolling membrane (31) joined at its periphery to the component in the shape of a bell, and of a tubular support component (24) fixed to the rod (40) and coaxial with the latter. Also described are variants with a twin circuit incorporating a second piston carried by the rod and sliding so that it is sealed relative to a central stationary component passing longitudinally through the rack.

Abstract: A valve made from substantially all plastic parts that has integrally molded valve seats. A unique valve disk comprises two identical, mirror-image, molded plastic parts. The parts are of thin-walled construction but are joined together to give the valve body a substantially thick cross section with elongated shear surfaces in the radial direction. End flanges on the seal disk parts mechanically trap the soft sealing material and provide the maximum depth along the force line of contact between the sealing seat and the seal disk. The valve body has a cylinder and a cylinder cap of identically molded, mirror-image parts which house a diaphragm that overlies a plastic domed piston. The domed piston is provided with radially spaced circular ribs for supporting the diaphragm against excess deflection.

Abstract: A rolling diaphragm regulator valve is affixed in a globe type valve body and includes a nonstretchable fabric reinforced elastomer diaphragm for covering and uncovering, by rolling action in response to changes in pressure in a control chamber, a plurality of apertures in a baffle positioned between the valve body inlet and outlet. An axially movable spring-biased nose piece, mounted behind the diaphragm, provides a surface over which the diaphragm is draped for controlling substantially all movement of the diaphragm. A travel indicator is operable by movement of the nose piece to provide a visual indication of the position of the valve. In one embodiment the baffle is notched adjacent to a peripheral mounting surface of the diaphragm, whereat the ends of the fabric reinforcement are exposed to permit entrained gases to escape. Other embodiments include areas of the diaphragm, exposed to the apertures, that have pinholes in the elastomer surface and that have the fabric surface exposed.

Abstract: A servo mechanism for a vehicle braking system comprises a pressure housing having a front shell 2 and a rear shell 3. A tie rod 43 passes through the front and rear shells 2 and 3, and also through a power piston 4 and diaphragm 5 within the pressure housing. One end of the tie rod carries a device to be actuated by the servo mechanism, while the other end of the tie rod is secured to a vehicle body. In order to provide a fluid-tight seal around the tie rod, a boot 53 is provided, having one end 53a secured to the tie rod 43, and the other end 53c secured within a hole 4a in the piston 4. A cylindrical securing member 54 clamps the respective end 53c of the boot 53 within the hole 4a in the piston 4, and also serves to clamp together the diaphragm 5 and piston 4, in the region of their respective holes 5a and 4a through which the tie rod 43 passes.

Abstract: A brake booster device which includes a front shell having a circular outer periphery, a rear shell having a circular outer periphery and being connected with the front shell to form a booster housing, a power piston diaphragm member disposed within the housing and dividing the same into a constant pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber, a first pair of opposed sleeve portions provided on the inner peripheral portion of the front shell and extending radially inwardly to thereby form a figure 8 shape in the interior of the front shell, a second pair of opposed sleeve portions provided on the inner peripheral portion of the rear shell and extending radially inwardly to thereby form a figure 8 shape in the interior of the rear shell and a rod member interconnecting each of the first and second pairs of sleeve portions and which is inserted thereinto.

Abstract: A hydraulically operating clutch release includes a housing having a pressure chamber sealed by a roll membrane. A clutch bearing is axially displaceable in the housing. A support body abuts the roll membrane in the chamber, and resiliently engages the bottom surface of the pressure chamber in the axial direction, to prevent damage to the roll membrane.

Abstract: A pneumatic booster device having an elliptical housing is formed of two stamped metal sections having mating flange and opening portions, the two sections being joined in a simple, effective, easily diassembleable manner without the use of standard nut and bolt fasteners.

Abstract: A diaphragm type vacuum actuator movably providing in a case a rod having piston plates, the piston plates being connected to an inner peripheral surface of the case by means of two diaphragms so as to divide a case inside into a first chamber and a second chamber and form an intermediate chamber in between the both diaphragms, and the rod being made movable by subjecting one of said first and second chambers to vacuum and by opening the other thereof to atmospheric pressure; characterized by that air passages are formed in the piston plates, one ends of the air passages are interconnected to the intermediate chamber, and the other ends thereof are interconnected to chambers under atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A housing assembly for a tandem brake booster comprises a front shell, a rear shell coupled at its outer peripheral rim within an annular stepped flange of the front shell, and a partition wall member assembled within the front shell to subdivide the interior of the coupled shells into two chambers and having an annular radial flange interposed between an annular shoulder of the stepped flange and the outer peripheral rim of the rear shell. The annular stepped flange is formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections engaged with the outer peripheral rim of the rear shell. The outer peripheral rim of the rear shell and the annular radial flange of the partition wall member each are formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial recesses which are arranged to permit removal of the rear shell and the partition wall member from the front shell when opposed to the corresponding radial projections of the front shell.

Abstract: A rotary clutch assembly is provided with a clutch release group. The clutch release group comprises a stator surrounding a torque transmission shaft in driving connection with one of the rotors of the rotary clutch assembly. A first bearing ring surrounds the torque transmission shaft. A toroidal membrane member is fixed with respect to the stator and acts onto the first bearing ring so as to axially displace the first bearing ring in response to pressure variation within the membrane. A second bearing ring is mounted for common axial movement with the first bearing ring and rotatable with respect thereto. The second bearing ring acts onto a clutch disengagement member rotating around the torque transmission shaft.

Abstract: A power servo booster having front and rear shells coupled together to reciprocally provide a power piston therein. A flexible diaphragm has an inner peripheral surface secured to the power piston and an outer peripheral surface secured to the coupling portion between the front and rear shells. The diaphragm divides the shell into negative pressure chamber and an atmospheric pressure chamber. A portion of the diaphragm confronts the rear face of the power piston and extends therefrom toward the front shell and then is folded back to provide a folded portion defined from outer end portion of the power piston. The folded portion is continuous to a contacting portion of the diaphragm which contacts inner wall of the shell. At least one of the contacting portion and the portion contacting the outer end of the power piston provides a thick wall portion as an high rigidity member.

Abstract: A vacuum booster having a master cylinder and which includes a body having a bent portion, a reinforcing member connected to the body and having a flange member extending therefrom and a mechanism for installing the master cylinder onto the body as reinforced by the reinforcing member wherein a bending center of the bent portion of the body is located further inside the body than the location of the bending center of such flange of the reinforcing member.

Abstract: A connection (40) for joining a front shell (12) to a rear shell (14) to create a housing for a fluid pressure servomotor (10). The peripheral surfaces of the first (12) and second shells (14) have a conical section (46,58) and a radial section (48,60). The conical sections (46,58) are designed to mate prior to the radial sections (48,60) engaging each other to assure that a minimum contact occurs in order to seal the housing.

Abstract: An improved filling machine with tandem-operated diaphragm filling units is disclosed. The filling machine comprises a plurality of individual filling units operated in common from a common drive bar.

Abstract: Differential pressure brake boosters are known having a reinforcement tube extending axially through the low-pressure casing with its ends fastened to both end surfaces of the casing. A mechanically actuated control valve for connecting the working chamber to the low-pressure chamber or to atmosphere is axially movable in the reinforcement tube. A sleeve surrounding a master cylinder piston push rod has radial ribs extending through longitudinal slots of the reinforcement tube to connect the push rod to the movable wall. These ribs are subjected to a high bending stress. According to the present invention the radial ribs are constructed as flat tongues disposed in a common plane, the tongues being engaged on a side thereof adjacent the low-pressure chamber by an outwardly angled collar of an extension of the housing of the control valve.

Abstract: A diaphragm assembly is designed to follow a drop in the level of a working fluid filled in a reservoir used with a master cylinder for the purpose of cutting off the communication between the working fluid and the outside air. The diaphragm includes a pair of opposite lower steps in the axial direction. Each of the steps comprises an upright flat portion and an upper flat portion which form parts of the bottom wall and side wall of the diaphragm, when the level of the working fluid in the reservoir reaches a predetermined lower limit. The upper flat portions of the steps are inclined to at a given angle to the horizontal, thus forming an air passage.

Abstract: A vacuum booster assembly in which a diaphragm member is coupled over a piston body at its inner peripheral bead and secured to the inner wall of a housing of the booster assembly at its outer peripheral bead, and an annular support plate is attached to one face of the diaphragm member and has an inner cylindrical portion coupled with the inner peripheral bead of the diaphragm member to fasten the same to the piston body. The annular support plate is made of thin sheet metal and formed at its radially inward circumference with an annularly pressed portion, and an annular reinforcement plate of thick sheet metal is integrally secured to the annularly pressed portion of the support plate and has an inner cylindrical portion coupled with the inner cylindrical portion of the support plate.

Abstract: The pilot operated valve assembly includes a flexible diaphragm (A) which selectively engages a valve seat (B) to open and close a fluid passage through the valve. The diaphragm has a plurality of filtering apertures 20 and an inward peripheral attaching projection 80. A diaphragm insert (C) is frictionally received in the diaphragm. The diaphragm insert has a pilot supply aperture 74 in fluid communication with a peripheral recess 76 extending inward from a peripheral edge. The diaphragm filtering apertures 20 are disposed in fluid communication with the peripheral recess 76 and the pilot supply aperture 74. The insert peripheral edge has a peripheral valley 82 for receiving the peripheral projection 80 of the diaphragm. The insert has a pilot outlet aperture 66 which is selectively opened and closed by an armature assembly (D). A guide shell (E) aligns the armature assembly (D) with the pilot outlet aperture 66 and defines a pilot reservoir with the diaphragm (A).

Abstract: A vacuum booster device which comprises a booster shell; a booster piston axially slidably accommodated in the booster shell and having a central boss portion and a disc portion around the outer circumference of the boss portion; and a diaphragm superposed on the rear surface of the disc portion and having an inner circumferential bead fitted to the central boss portion of the booster piston and an outer circumferential bead fitted to the circumferential wall of the booster shell. The booster piston and the diaphragm cooperate with each other to divide the interior of the booster shell into a front side first working chamber communicated with a vacuum supply source and a rear side second working chamber selectively communicated with the first working chamber or the atmosphere via a control valve operatively connected to an input member. The front and rear walls of the booster shell are connected to each other by tie rods extending through the disc portion of the booster piston and the diaphragm.

Abstract: A clutch disengaging apparatus wherein an annular cylinder defines an annular cylinder chamber receiving a reciprocable annular piston with an annular outer clearance surrounding the outer skirt of the piston and an annular inner clearance surrounding the inner skirt of the piston. A membrane overlies the bottom wall of the piston and its marginal portions are clamped between the sections of the cylinder so that the membrane forms an outer corrugation in the outer clearance and an inner corrugation in the inner clearance. A throw-out bearing is radially movably mounted in the piston and is biased against the prongs of the diaphragm spring in a clutch by a coil spring which is surrounded by an inner wall of the cylinder, which surrounds an outer wall of the cylinder, or which is installed in the cylinder chamber between the bottom walls of the piston and the cylinder.

Abstract: A hydraulic release arrangement, especially for vehicle clutches, consisting of a housing (1,2,3) with a pressure space (6) sealed by a rolling bellows (7), in which the release bearing (4) is arranged to be displaceable in the housing (1,2,3) in the axial direction.In order to produce a compact hydraulic release arrangement and inhibit the bending in of the rolling bellows (7) in the low pressure range, a spacing element (27) is provided in the space defined by the rolling bellows (7) between the release bearing (4) and the housing (1,2,3), the spacing element being arranged to abut the inside of the bellows wall with axial prestress with an annular projection in at least one turned-back region (30) of the rolling bellows (7).

Abstract: An infinitely variable, double-acting positioning linear actuator which responds proportionally to fluid pressure includes a hollow cylindrical housing and an actuating rod axially movable through the housing. Two partitions cooperate with the actuating rod for movement therewith and define within the housing a spring chamber and first and second actuating chambers which are at opposite ends of the spring chamber. A compression spring is mounted within the spring chamber and each actuating chamber has a fluid port to communicate with pressurized fluid. First and second retaining structures within the spring chamber cooperate with respective ends of the spring and each have a respective stop. The spring chamber has a limiting structure which cooperates with the stops to hold the stops spaced apart at a particular spacing when the actuator is centered.

Abstract: A vacuum type brake booster device comprising a first and a second working chambers defined in a booster shell by a booster piston, tie rods extending through the booster piston for connection of the front and rear walls of the booster shell so as to support loads on the booster shell, flexible bellows surrounding each of the tie rods and having opposite ends fixed respectively to the tie rod and the booster piston so that the inside of the bellows is communicated to the second working chamber, and an adjustable stop mechanism provided on an input rod for adjusting a retraction limit of the latter, whereby a control valve is held in a neutral position to keep the second working chamber out of communication with the first working chamber and the external atmosphere so that the bellows becomes expansive owing to a pressure difference between the working chambers for getting out of contact with the tie rod and, accordingly, for keeping the movement of the booster piston undisturbed.

Abstract: A negative pressure booster for an automobile brake system includes a housing having an inside cavity, a power piston being provided in the housing for dividing the inside cavity of the housing into a suction pressure chamber and an atmospheric pressure chamber. An output rod is associated with the power piston and extends outwardly through the housing. A manually actuated control valve is carried by the power piston for controlling the communication between the suction pressure and atmospheric pressure chambers and the communication between the atmospheric pressure chamber and atmosphere. A pipe is provided for connecting the suction pressure chamber with a source of negative pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fail-safe actuator of the type in which a piston riding in a cylinder is urged toward a port end of the cylinder by an energy storage spring. The piston is prevented from moving toward the port end so long as liquid remains entraped between the piston and port end, movement of the piston toward the port end resulting in shifting of a cable and consequent rotation of a quadrant about which the cable is arrayed to rotate a shaft. A rolling seal diaphragm is interposed between the piston and cylinder whereby leakage is prevented over protracted use periods, and the piston is isolated from liquid between the port and piston. Optionally, an annulus disposed between the piston and cylinder bears against the roll seal portion of the diaphragm preventing extrusion or permanent distortion of the diaphragm under high pressure conditions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hydraulically balanced ballcock (10). A unique valve element (60) is translationally slidable within a valve housing (22) provided in the body (11) of the ballcock (10). A washer (74) received on the head (70) of the piston (61) in the valve element (60) moves in and out of engagement with a valve seat (85) presented from the valve housing (22) to effect closure and opening of the ballcock (10). A bore (95) extends through the piston (61) and stem portion (62) of the valve element (60) to communicate with a control chamber (125). Radial orifices (98 to 101) through a nozzle (73) that extends forwardly of the piston head (70) and through the washer (74) are located to communicate the pressure resulting from the venturi effect of fluid flow between the washer (74) and the seat (85) to the control chamber (125) by virtue of the bore (95).

Abstract: A vacuum power servo booster including a disc-shaped inner shell and a cup-shaped outer shell with a diaphragm secured between the two shells. A radially opening annular groove is formed in peripheral portions of the inner shell by a first annularly bent portion bulging radially inwardly and a second annularly bent portion oriented along the axial direction of the booster. The outer shell includes rectangular recesses into which extend inwardly at the open faces.