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BRAKI: EQUALIZER
O peration
-
~est
position
:
Lever
(L)
actuates
piston
(1)
through
spring
(R).
It transmits
a
force Fl, which is proportional to
the
load
carried
by
the rear axle.
Flap
valve
(2)
is titcn opened,
and hydraulic
communication is
achieved
between (A and B) (Fig.2).
- B.rakin[:
1. -
W
hen t
he
driver pre5ses on
the brake
pedal
,
hydraulic
pressure
in the whol
e
system
is
increased,
As
soon as
the pressure
from the
master-cylinder
app
lies
against sectionS?. a force
F2 suft1cient to
overcom
e
force
Fl,
piston (l)
made
integral
w
;
t
h
scat
(4)
moves in
the
direction of
F2 (Fig. 8),
As
a r esult
of
this
:
Flap va
l
ve
(2)
closes agZJir,st
its
scat (4)
(
Fi
~
.
9),
•
Hydraulic communication between
(A
and B)
is
i rd er rupt
ed,
A
li
rr
i
t
ed
pressure
is
es
tablished in
t
he
r
ear
system
ir
accordance
with
the
ratio hetwe
en
the
sections
of
the
multiple
s
t
ag
e
piston (1).
I
I
• -
At
tha
t
i
r
s
1
an
t
,
a
new i
ncr ease in
h
yd
raul
i
c
pressu
re
caus
es
a
force f3
t
o be
applied against
an
nu
lar sec
t
ion S
•
S3
-
S2
of
mu
l
tiple
s
tage
piston
(1)
(Fi
g.
3).
M
ulti
ple
stage
piston
(1)
slides
in
t
he
direc
tion
of force F3
.
Flap
v2lve (2) then
oper.s
(Fig.
10)
and
re-opens the
communic
at
ion
between
(A
and
B),
w
hich
all
ous a new
hydrau
l
ic
press
ur
e
increase to take
place in the
r
ear
s
ys t
m
.•
How
ever, inst
antaneous
ly,
force
F4,
resulting fro
m
the hyd
raulic pressun:,
applied
against
section
S2,
causes
mu
ltipl
e
s
~age
pis
ton
(1)
to slide
again,
111hich
causes
flap
valve
(2)
to
close.
The
pi
s
ton is
t
hen
in
th
e
same
position
(fl
ap
va
lve
cl
osed)
as
in
paragraph
1,
but with
th
e
essential differenc
e
that
pressure
i
r
the rear
system
has
increased
in relation
to
the
firs
t
closing
of
flap-va
lv
e
(2).
Ill.
-
Any
new
hydraulic pressure
i
r.crease
wi
11
cause
a
new displacement of pi don
(1
)
(flap-
valve
(2
)
openin
g)
as
descri
bed
un
der
pa
ragraph I
I.
The
increase
of pressure i
n
the rear system,
until
m
axi
mum
deceleration
is
achi
eved,
proce
eds, there-
fo
r
e, fo
llowing
a certain
numb
er
of cycles
similar t
o
the
cycle desc
r
ibed
above.
-Return
to
re
st position (Fi
g.
8)
Wh en
the
brake
pedal is rel
eas ed,
hydraulic
pressure
decreas
es
pis
ton
(1)
retut·ns
to
its
position under the
eff ect of
force Fl applied
by
l ever
[L)
and its
spring
(R).
Flap-
valve (2) opens,
and
hydraulic
communication
!S
achieved
between (A
and B)
.
J51I
7
----------------------------~
Fig
.
8
G.067
Fig
.
9
G.068
Fig.
10
G.069
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