Abstract: A self-contained lash adjuster includes a generally cylindrical cup-shaped follower which has an end face. A lash adjuster cartridge assembly is positioned within the follower. The cartridge assembly includes a reciprocally movable body and a plunger within the body. There is a high pressure chamber defined between the plunger and the body and a plunger passage opens into the high pressure chamber. A check valve controls fluid flow through the plunger passage. A shell holds the cartridge assembly to the follower and has an annular wall extending peripherally about the movable body of the cartridge assembly. There is an annular expandable seal member fastened at one end to the shell and at the other end to the body to define a reservoir outside of the cartridge assembly. Movement of the body toward the plunger moves fluid from the high pressure chamber to the reservoir.

Abstract: A single-handle faucet has a faucet housing with a mixing valve cartridge disposed therein. The valve cartridge includes a fixed sleeve and a movable stem. A two-part rising cap is connected to the valve stem. An operating handle extends through an opening in the rising cap and is pivotally connected to the sleeve. The two part rising cap is split into first and second parts which are joined along mating surfaces by cooperating pin and hole pairs. The rising cap opening is defined by adjoining slots formed in each of the first and second parts, allowing the rising cap to be assembled about a previously installed handle.

Abstract: A cam shaft operated fuel injector having an elongated fuel injection nozzle, a linear pumping plunger with an axis normal to the axis of the nozzle in two embodiments and parallel to the axis of the nozzle in three embodiments and ball check valve means for the pumping plunger arranged to minimize the high pressure chamber volume and to simplify the design and assembly of the unit injector. One embodiment employs an inlet metering valve, another embodiment employs end of injection spill control and another embodiment is adapted for receiving a metered charge of fuel from a separate low pressure distributor pump having a governor controlled linear metering valve and a sleeve like distributor rotor surrounding the metering valve.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for a diesel engine having a fuel injector with a fuel accumulator chamber connected by an orifice to a fuel source having a pressure controlled by an electronic controller, an injection valve control chamber connected by a second orifice to the fuel source and a solenoid valve controlled by the electronic controller for momentarily releasing the control chamber pressure for momentarily injecting a charge of fuel from the accumulator chamber in a mount and at a rate determined by the source pressure and the pulse width of the solenoid operating pulse.

Abstract: A rotary fuel injection pump with a rotor having pumping plungers reciprocated for supplying high pressure charges of fuel for fuel injection and a spill control mechanism having one or two rotary spill valves mounted on the rotor and rotated in unison with the rotor and in synchronism with the reciprocable movement of the pumping plungers for spill control of the high pressure charges of fuel.

Abstract: A spill control system for a distributor pump employs an axially positionable valve member to control the passage of diverted fuel through a spill passage. The valve member is axially displaced by an actuator pin mounted to the cam ring which actuates the pump plungers. A cam surface which rotates with the pump rotor engages the actuator pin. The valve member is also angularly positionable for controlling the passage of diverted fuel. The diverted fuel is spilled to the housing interior or in one embodiment may be recouped and redirected to the fuel inlet passage in the rotor. A check valve is employed to prevent the passage of diverted fuel until the injection pressure of the diverted fuel exceeds a pressure in excess of the maximum transfer pressure of the pump.

Abstract: A sink mounting for top installation of a sink, for example a kitchen sink, includes a plurality of brackets which may be adjustably mounted to the underside of the sink deck through the sink opening. The brackets each include a locking portion having a concave locking surface which is formed and adapted to interlock with a channel positioned on the underside of the sink. When the sink is pushed through the sink opening, the channels have flexible hook portions which yield so as to permit the sink to be moved through the opening, but provide an interlock with the concave locking surfaces once it is firmly positioned upon the sink deck.

Abstract: A mixing valve utilizes a sleeve having hot and cold water inlet ports and outlet ports therein. A valve member is reciprocal and rotatable within the sleeve to control the temperature and volume of water passing through the outlet ports. There are port seals positioned in the sleeve hot and cold water inlet ports, which port seals are in sealing contact with the valve member and have openings therein through which pass the inlet water flow of the valve. The cold water port seal opening has a cross sectional area less than that of the hot water port seal opening and there is a restricted passage in the cold water port seal controlling the access of water to the cold water port seal opening.

Abstract: A rotary fuel injection pump having a rotary charge pump and a stroke control mechanism for variably limiting the outward stroke of a pair of diametrically opposed reciprocable pumping plungers of the charge pump for controlling the fuel charge measure delivered by the charge pump. Several embodiments of a stroke control mechanism are disclosed which include a generally U-shaped abutment yoke mounted within a diametral slot in the pump rotor for engagement by inclined ramps on the outer ends of the charge pump plungers and axially adjustable within the rotor slot for variably limiting the outward stroke of the plungers.

Abstract: A modular fuel conditioner having a base and a disposable filter/water separator cartridge releasably secured to the base and defining a filter chamber in fluid communication with fuel inlet and outlet passageways in the base. A three stage filter assembly within the cartridge includes filtering and coalescing media and separates an upper portion of the chamber from a lower portion which defines a water collection sump. A heater in the base warms fuel before it enters the cartridge. Sensing devices in the base are provided for operating signals to indicate the presence of a predetermined quantity of water in the sump and the occurrence of a plugged filter condition. A priming pump on the base is manually operated to restore the fuel conditioner to operational condition after cartridge replacement.

Abstract: A fuel pump timing system having a hydraulic pressure transducer mounted for sensing a reaction hydraulic pulse to each fuel injection pressure pulse, a stepper motor for adjusting the fuel injection pump timing, engine sensors for sensing an engine reference position and certain engine operation data and a microprocessor connected to the transducer and engine sensors and operable for calculating the optimum and actual angles of fuel injection and for controlling the stepper motor to adjust the fuel injection pump timing in accordance with the difference between the optimum and actual angles of fuel injection.

Abstract: A valve for mixing hot and cold water includes a body having hot and cold water inlets and an outlet. A rotatable non-reciprocal valve member is positioned within the body to control the mixture of hot and cold water at the body outlet. There are seal means positioned to form a seal between the body and the valve member at the inlets.

Abstract: A vertically adjustable faucet spout includes a base formed and adapted to seat upon a sink top, escutcheon plate or the like including a downwardly-extending guide sleeve. A vertically movable post is slidably mounted in the base and sleeve for movement relative thereto. A flexible water supply conduit is connected to the post at the lower end thereof to supply water to the assembly. A spout is positioned on the upper end of the post and is seated upon the base when the post is in the fully lowered position. The spout is rotatably movable, as a unit, and is vertically adjustable. The exterior of the post has recess means thereon and there is retaining means on the base to cooperate with the recess means to position the post, and spout in a vertically raised position relative to the base. The spout is pressure balanced whereby back pressure therein caused by flow control devices on the spout will not cause undesired vertical movement thereof.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a mechanically adjustable servo valve for controlling the timing of the pumping event is disclosed. A pivoted lever has one end which engages the spring seat of a timing control plunger servo valve which is also subjected to a speed related hydraulic signal and another end in the form of a bimetal strip which engages a cam clamped on the throttle shaft to pivot the lever according to the rotational position of the shaft. The profile of the cam is such as to retard the timing of the pumping stroke when the charge delivered by the pump is increased to delay pressure built up in the pump so that injection pressure in the associated nozzle is reached at a scheduled crankshaft angle regardless of variations in speed and load on the engine. A heater for the bimetal strip is provided to shift the servo spring seat to change the timing of injection upon demand or automatically under a prescribed engine operation condition. In one embodiment, the bimetal provides 3.degree.-4.degree.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for temporarily advancing the timing of a fuel injection pump of the type having timing means responsive to a source of fuel under pressure correlated with the speed of an associated engine and also to the pressure of fuel in the pump housing. Valve means is provided for venting the pump housing which means may be manually or automatically actuated such as by use of a solenoid.

Abstract: A diesel engine fuel system of the type which includes a fuel heater upstream of a filter in the fuel feed line from the tank to the engine injector and wherein a diverter line is connected at one end in the engine-to-tank return line and at its other end to the feed line downstream of the filter. A valve controls flow in the diverter line and is adapted to permit flow therein while substantially stopping return flow to the tank only when the heater is operating. The result is a dramatic improvement in heater efficacy.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a timing piston shiftable for establishing the fuel injection timing, a servo valve piston for hydraulically positioning the timing piston, biased in the advance direction by a speed correlated fluid pressure, engine load responsive means acting through a compression spring to bias the servo valve piston in the retard direction, a bleed valve for establishing a regulated fuel pressure biasing the servo piston in the retard direction, the bleed valve being biased in its opening direction by the regulated pressure, and bleed valve control means responsive to continuous measurements of one or more operating parameters of an associated engine and acting through a compression spring to variably bias the bleed valve in its closing direction.

Abstract: A valve includes a sleeve having a water inlet and a water outlet. There is a stem movable within the sleeve to control the flow of water from the inlet to the outlet. A pressure member is positioned within the sleeve and coaxially arranged with the stem. The pressure member is fixed relative to the sleeve and is within the path of flow from the sleeve inlet to the sleeve outlet. A fixed seal is positioned between the stem and the pressure member and a seal of equal diameter, is carried by the stem and is in sealing engagement with the sleeve. The above described seals balance the stem.

Abstract: A semi-self-contained hydraulic lash adjuster includes a generally cylindrical cup-shaped follower which will be positioned with the open side down, defining a chamber within the follower. A body is positioned axially within the chamber and is supported by a spacer whose periphery is attached to the follower. A plunger is reciprocally movable within the body and a high pressure chamber is defined between the plunger and body. A check valve in the plunger controls fluid access into the high pressure chamber. A diaphragm-type seal is peripherally attached to the body and is in sealing engagement with an internal surface of the follower. Fluid is positioned within the reservoir defined by the seal, which fluid is in communication with the high pressure chamber through the check valve.

Abstract: A fluid valve includes a sleeve having inlet and outlet ports and a stem movable within the sleeve. The stem has inlet and outlet port means with the outlet port means being movable into register with the sleeve outlet port. A fixed seal member is positioned on the sleeve, out of the path of flow through the stem to the sleeve, with the stem outlet port being closed by the seal member when the valve is in a closed position.