Abstract: A hydraulic brake booster defines a pressure chamber (24) and includes a control valve (26). A sleeve (40) on the control valve includes a spacer (58) and the control valve includes an annular member (60). The spacer is engageable with a booster housing (14) to limit movement of the sleeve and the annular member is engageable with an accumulator valve assembly (32) during a failure mode to provide a safety power assist. The spacer is also maintained in spaced relation to the accumulator valve assembly.

Abstract: A high volume valve for controlling flow of fluid from a source of fluid under pressure, such as in an accumulator, to an actuator used for testing specimens under high rates of loading. The valve includes a poppet type valve piston that is normally held in a closed position by hydraulic pressure behind the poppet, and when the pressure holding the poppet closed is released, the main supply of fluid under pressure acts on the poppet to open it very quickly. A second accumulator open to the opposite side of the poppet from the main source of pressure is utilized for controlling speed of opening of the valve. The amount the poppet opens also can be adjusted for controlling the rate of flow of fluid from the main source of pressure to the actuator.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake booster includes a housing which defines a pressure chamber and a piston within the housing is movable in response to pressurized fluid within the pressure chamber to effectuate a brake application. The piston encloses a storage chamber and forms a passage communicating the storage chamber with the pressure chamber. A valve member is disposed within the passage to control communication between the storage chamber and the pressure chamber. An operator actuator cooperates with a control valve to communicate pressurized fluid to the pressure chamber and a finger is actuated by the operator actuator to engage the valve member, thereby opening communication between the storage chamber and the pressure chamber. The valve member comprises a unitary assembly having a sleeve sealingly engaging the wall of the piston passage, a seat member biased into engagement with a shoulder defined by a stepped bore on the sleeve, and a stem extending through a bore on the seat member.

Abstract: A rapid opening valve assembly utilized in high rate specimen test systems which require that an actuator load a specimen at rates in the range up to one thousand inches per second and with deflections up to three inches. The high rate valve utilizes a poppet or valve piston member that rapidly opens once it is triggered. The ports may be very large and as shown the valve body is used in connection with a closely coupled accumulator pressure source that is ported directly to the actuator to provide adequate flow capacity. The specimen is generally for testing of metals, plastics, and elastomers under tension or compression.

Abstract: The standby supply for delivering pressure fluid to a user component includes a fluid pump as a primary fluid source coupled to the user component by a first check valve, an accumulator as a secondary fluid source coupled to the pump by a second check valve for charging the accumulator and a valve arrangement coupled to the pump, the accumulator and the user component responsive to pressure from the pump to control a connection from the accumulator to the user component.

Abstract: A vibration motor comprising a rotor arranged within a cylindrical chamber having opposed radially arranged reciprocating pistons within cylinders opening into the chamber. Circumferential grooves formed in the rotor surface sequentially open the cylinders to a pressurized fluid outlet passageway, to move each piston outwardly, and to a fluid exit passageway to drain the cylinders for inward movement of the pistons. The pistons are axially aligned with and coupled to each other for producing rapid, low amplitude beam vibration. This is a division of application Ser. No. 898,905, filed Apr. 24, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,154,641.

Abstract: A hydraulic power brake system in which a hydraulic power brake booster has an accumulator operable when there is insufficient power to operate the power brake with hydraulic pressure. The accumulator control valve is actuated by a cylindrical cam normally radially displaced so that its axis is not coincident with the axis of the booster. Sufficient actuating movement of the control portions of the booster cause the cam to move axially and radially so that its axis moves in a direction to be coincident with the axis of the booster, causing the accumulator control valve to be opened in a controlled manner and admit accumulator pressure to the booster power chamber.

Abstract: Hydraulic control.The unit is characterized in that it is provided, between an inlet well and an outlet well for pressurized fluid, with an obturator urged in the closed position by a resilient member arranged to act against the pressurized fluid in the inlet well in a chamber communicating with a conduit issued from the outlet well and separated from a return conduit by a relief valve which is urged in the closed position by a spring and by the fluid pressure prevailing in the inlet well.Application to transfer-machines with one single hydraulic station.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake booster is disclosed which includes an integral accumulator to provide a fluid pressure source for emergency failsafe braking. The accumulator includes a bore defined within the booster housing, and a piston slidably mounted in the bore which divides the latter into a pair of fluid compartments between opposite ends of the piston and corresponding ends of the bore. One of the compartments is communicated to the booster inlet port so that the compartment is charged with fluid pressure whenever the pressure level at the inlet port is above some predetermined low value. In one embodiment of the invention, the other compartment is communicated to the fluid pressure reservoir, and a relief valve is carried within the piston which controls flow of fluid between the two compartments.

Abstract: A pneumatic, linear thrust hand tool, such as a nail driver wherein a charge of pressurized gas in a firing chamber acts, when a main valve is opened, to drive a ram downward. The main valve is opened by a higher pressure source gas entering a charging chamber under a piston carried on the valve stem. Then a control valve is released, the pressurized gas under the piston is delivered to the main cylinder to return the ram and, when the main valve is closed, the pressure in the firing chamber is equalized with that in the charging chamber to prepare it for the next "firing".

Abstract: A hydraulic drive according to the invention comprises a gas hydraulic accumulator and a chamber whose volume is equal to at least the consumption of fluid by a User, e.g. a hydraulic cylinder of a press. This chamber is divided by a piston into two spaces. One of these communicates with the accumulator through a pipeline which is connected to a pump. The other space of the chamber communicates with the pump through a nonreturn valve, and with the User, through a closing device. This layout of the hydraulic drive steps up its reliability and ensures the possibility of controlling the pressure in the gas-hydraulic accumulator.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake booster is disclosed which includes an integral accumulator to provide fluid pressure source for emergency failsafe braking. The accumulator includes a bore defined within the booster housing, and a piston slidably mounted in the bore which divides the latter into a pair of fluid compartments between opposite ends of the piston and corresponding ends of the bore. One of the compartments is communicated to the booster inlet port so that the compartment is charged with fluid pressure whenever the pressure level at the inlet port is above some predetermined low value. In one embodiment of the invention, the other compartment is communicated to the fluid pressure reservoir, and a relief valve is carried within the piston which controls flow of fluid between the two compartments.

Abstract: A sealed tank normally receiving air under pressure is connected with respect to a shuttle valve so that when there is an accidental loss of pressure, the air in the tank moves the valve to a position where the high pressure in the tank is applied to an intensifier piston placing a brake or the like in operation. By using a three-way valve in the main supply line the brake may be cycled at will merely by an appropriate turn of the valve.

Abstract: A two piston hydraulic fluid separated internal combustion cylinder system utilizing a cylinder having fuel inlet ports, ignition means, a viewing window, a filling plug; a first piston, hydraulic fluid cushion and a smaller piston which may be connected to a crankshaft.

Abstract: A pneumatic impact tool comprising a housing, an open ended cylinder inserted therein and a hammer piston reciprocably guided within the cylinder. In the forward end of the cylinder there is received the shank of a chisel onto which the hammer piston imparts impacts. The piston is a differential piston having its big end facing the chisel and forming around its rear, small diameter neck a rear annular, constantly pressurized chamber which continuously communicates with the pressure air inlet through a pulsator chamber. The forward cylinder chamber, enclosed between the chisel shank and the piston front area, is intermittently pressurized through an internal passage of the piston, which passage is periodically connected to the pressure air inlet by means of valve openings in the piston neck.

Abstract: A pneumatically operated stapling apparatus and method for driving a staple into a workpiece whenever the workpiece is moved into a stapling position between a staple driver and a backing member. The method and apparatus are particularly suited for stapling difficult to handle workpieces of the type including a panel and a sheet of flexible material to be mounted thereon, and the method and apparatus are able to advantageously use a pneumatic stapling gun of a known type having a staple driving mechanism controlled by a valve plunger positionable either to advance the staple driver toward the backing member, or to retract the staple driver.

Abstract: A valve for use in applying brake releasing pressure to brake chambers in a vehicle air brake system having reservoirs each containing air for either service or emergency use and having air pressure supply lines. The valve includes a housing. A chamber is formed in the housing. A port permits air communication between the valve and a supply line. A passage interconnects the port and the chamber. Reservoir ports interconnect through the passage. A first plurality of one-way check valves in the passage permit air to pass therethrough from the port to the reservoir ports. A second plurality of one-way check valves in the passage permit air to pass therethrough from the reservoir ports to the chamber.

Abstract: A pneumatic impact gun having an accumulator and interlock system for rapidly dumping a predetermined amount of compressed air into a cylinder to thereby propel an associated piston toward an anvil for contact with a rivet to be upset. The interlock system prevents accidental firing of the gun until a normally open interlock valve is manually depressed. Thereupon, a trigger valve may be manually opened to permit compressed air from a source to open a main valve thereby charging the accumulator to a predetermined condition to allow rapid dumping of compressed air therefrom into contact with the piston. Additionally, a metering valve serves as an energy selector to permit selective charging of the accumulator for varying the resulting impact of the piston onto the anvil.

Abstract: A control system for controlling the operation of a valve actuator. The system includes a control valve for conveying operating fluid to the actuator in response to an actuator control signal. A single conduit operably connected to the actuator control valve both supplies operating fluid to the control valve and conveys an actuator control signal to the control valve.

Abstract: A motor driven by a pressurized fluid medium for operating an impact tool in a linear direction adapted for metal stamping and high velocity milling comprising a housing and a piston unit. The latter comprises a drive piston, a piston rod and a tool. In addition, the motor includes a kinetic energy absorbing device comprising a hydraulic fluid chamber and a retard piston which is rigidly connected to said piston unit and arranged to reciprocate in said fluid chamber. The retard piston retards the piston unit at the end of the strokes only and is freely passed by hydraulic fluid during the working stroke. Cup-shaped means are provided to restrict said by-pass flow of hydraulic fluid at the end of the strokes and thereby protect the motor from excessive stresses during no-load conditions.

Abstract: In a die cast machine of the type wherein the piston of an injection cylinder is advanced by pressure gas admitted into the rear chamber of the cylinder while discharging pressurized liquid in the fore chamber, and the piston is retracted by pressurized liquid admitted into the fore chamber while forcing the gas in the rear chamber back into a gas accumulator, a control valve device is provided in the path of the pressurized liquid discharged from the fore chamber, and the control valve device is controlled so as to vary the flow quantity of the discharged pressurized liquid in accordance with the position of the piston during its forward movement. There are also provided two gas accumulators which are connected to the rear chamber of the cylinder through a valve device which is controlled so as to adjust the rate of increase of the pressure applied to the molten metal at the final stage of the injection casting operation.

Abstract: A pneumatic impact device comprising a housing, a drive piston and a piston rod. At the forward end of the piston rod there is attached a tool intended for metal working like punching, cropping or forging. The housing contains a drive chamber, an air charge chamber, a reverse chamber and a retard chamber. The piston rod is provided with two forward-facing, annular shoulders one of which constitutes a reverse piston for working in the reverse chamber and the other a retard piston for working in the retard chamber. For being protected from impact strains, the drive piston is longitudinally displaceable relative to the piston rod. During the working strokes, the drive piston cooperates with a backwardly facing shoulder on the piston rod, but just before the latter reaches the point where the tool hits the billet to be worked, the drive piston is stopped in the drive chamber and is thereby separated from the piston rod shoulder.