Abstract:
A master cylinder includes a cylinder housing having a cylinder bore, a seal cup disposed inside the cylinder bore, and a piston slidably disposed in the cylinder bore in sliding contact with the seal cup and defining a pressure chamber in cooperation with the housing and the seal cup. The piston includes a connecting passage which fluidly connects the pressure chamber with an atmospheric pressure chamber when the piston is in a retracted position. The seal cup cuts off fluid communication between the pressure chamber and the atmospheric pressure chamber through the connecting passage when the piston moves in its axial direction by a prescribed distance from its retracted position. The connecting passage is a stepped hole having a first end portion with a small diameter which communicates with the pressure chamber and a second end portion with a large diameter which opens onto an outer peripheral surface of the piston. The cross-sectional area of the first end portion is such as to produce a throttling effect.
Abstract:
A vehicle hydraulic brake apparatus includes a hydraulic pressure generator which generates a power pressure irrespective of operation of a brake pedal and a regulation valve which regulates the power pressure to a predetermined pressure corresponding to an operation force of the brake pedal and outputs it to an output chamber. A master cylinder generates a master cylinder pressure in a master cylinder chamber by forward movement of the master cylinder piston and a wheel brake cylinder is operated by the master cylinder pressure to apply braking force to a vehicle wheel. An auxiliary piston is located backward the master cylinder piston to define an auxiliary pressure chamber between the master cylinder piston and the auxiliary piston and to move the master cylinder piston forward by an auxiliary pressure in the auxiliary pressure chamber. A pressure modulating device decreases the predetermined pressure outputted from the output chamber to supply the auxiliary pressure to the auxiliary pressure chamber. A pressure chamber communicates with the output chamber of the regulation valve to bias the auxiliary piston backward by a pressure in the pressure chamber. The auxiliary piston is biased backward by both the auxiliary pressure in the auxiliary pressure chamber and the pressure in the pressure chamber when both of the hydraulic pressure generator and the regulation valve are a normal condition in which the predetermined pressure can be outputted to the output chamber of the regulation valve, and the auxiliary piston is moved forward by the operation force of the brake pedal to move the master cylinder piston forward when at least one of the hydraulic pressure generator and the regulation valve is an abnormal condition in which the predetermined pressure cannot be outputted to the output chamber of the regulation valve.
Abstract:
A hydraulic pressure brake device for a vehicle includes a first piston outputting brake pressure generated in a first pressure chamber and a second piston having a larger diameter than that of the first piston and provided rearward of the first piston and forming a second pressure chamber having a larger diameter than that of the first pressure chamber. The hydraulic pressure brake device further includes a valve device closing the second pressure chamber hydraulically when actuation of the first piston and the second piston is assisted by the assisting device and establishing hydraulic communication between the second pressure chamber and the reservoir when the assisting is not carried out. The first pressure chamber is connected with wheel cylinders provided on front wheels through a first hydraulic pressure system and the second pressure chamber is connected with wheel cylinders provided on rear wheels through a second hydraulic pressure system.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a hydraulic brake apparatus which includes a master cylinder having a cylinder body and a master piston slidably disposed therein for defining a pressure chamber ahead of the master piston and a power chamber behind the master piston. A control piston is slidably disposed in the cylinder body ahead of the master piston to define the pressure chamber behind the control piston, and adapted to be moved in response to movement of the master piston. An auxiliary pressure source is provided for pressurizing brake fluid to generate a power pressure, and a valve assembly is communicated with the auxiliary pressure source to regulate the power pressure into a regulated pressure in response to movement of the control piston. The valve assembly is adapted to supply the regulated pressure into the power chamber to assist the operation of a brake pedal. The control piston is provided with at least one sealing member to separate the regulator chamber from the pressure chamber with substantially equal pressure applied to one end of the sealing member and the other end of the sealing member.
Abstract:
An automatic paper feeder of a document input device includes a pick roller 20, separator pads 68 that come into contact with the pick roller 20, a first pair of pick springs 58, and a second pick spring 60. The first pick springs 58 are disposed on the upstream side of the second pick spring 60 in the direction of conveying the paper. The first pick springs 58 are disposed on the regions on both outer sides of the width of the separator pads 68 in the axial direction of the roller, and the second pick spring 60 is disposed at a central position in the width of the separator pad 68. The first and second pick springs 58 and 60 are integrally formed as a spring unit using a single metal plate, and a force of contact of the first pick springs 58 upon the pick roller 20 on the upstream side is smaller than a force of contact of the second pick spring 60 upon the pick roller 20 on the downstream side. The separator pad 68 is formed by branching a web 70 of a rubber sheet into fork-like pad units. The spring unit and the pad units are supported together by a bracket 76 and a holder member 78 (FIG. 6 ).
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus is provided with white reference sheets. The image reading image apparatus is movable between a first reading position at which an optical reading unit reads image information on a document supplied by an automatic paper feeding mechanism and a second reading position. The image reading apparatus regulates an absolute white level with respect to a light source.
Abstract:
A paper feed roller (5) is divided into a first roller (5a) and a second roller (5b); a slit (58) through which about 10 to 20 sheets of documents can pass is formed between the first roller and a gate plate (57) opposite to this; and the paper fed out therefrom is fed out to a space between the second roller (5b) and a separation pad (7) in contact with this.Also, there is adopted a construction in which the pressing force of a paper conveyance spring is transformed by a slide cam sliding in a direction parallel to the paper feed roller; and the paper width detection sensor is assembled by a fitting construction.
Abstract:
A paper feed roller (5) is divided into a first roller (5a) and a second roller (5b); a slit (58) through which about 10 to 20 sheets of documents can pass is formed between the first roller and a gate plate (57) opposite to this; and the paper fed out therefrom is fed out to a space between the second roller (5b) and a separation pad (7) in contact with this.Also, there is adopted a construction in which the pressing force of a paper conveyance spring is transformed by a slide cam sliding in a direction parallel to the paper feed roller; and the paper width detection sensor is assembled by a fitting construction.
Abstract:
A photovoltaic device having a tab soldered onto it for modularization, includes a first conductivity type crystalline semiconductor layer, a collector electrode electrically connected to the tab by soldering, a short-preventing layer formed under a soldered portion of the collector electrode, and a second, opposite conductivity type amorphous semiconductor layer formed above the crystalline semiconductor layer. The short-preventing layer is an insulating layer of SiO.sub.2 or the like, or an opposite conductivity type doped layer formed in the first conductivity type crystalline semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a hydraulic booster for use in a hydraulic braking system of an automotive vehicle having a power source for generating a hydraulic power pressure, a reservoir and a master cylinder for generating a hydraulic braking pressure in response to movement of an input rod. The hydraulic booster has a housing defining therein a boost chamber, a power piston received in the boost chamber for transmitting a boost force to the master cylinder, and a pressure control valve which introduces the hydraulic power pressure from the power source and controls it in response to the movement of the input rod. The pressure control valve includes a cylinder defining therein a bore and a spool received in the bore. The spool has an axial hole and at least two radial holes facing each other and communicating with the axial hole. And, a tubular member is disposed in the axial hole of the spool to prevent the interference of the hydraulic power pressures introduced into the axial hole through the radial holes facing each other, whereby an uncomfortable noise caused by the interference is effectively prevented.