Exhaust brake
AssigneeHersham Valves Ltd.
InventorVictor A. Harris
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Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided an exhaust brake of the sliding valve gate type comprising a piston cylinder device for operating the slidable valve gate to open or close the exhaust brake, an aperture through the valve gate for relieving manifold pressure, and control means for controlling the passage of exhaust gases through the aperture in the valve gate, wherein the control means is variably selectable to control venting of exhaust gases according to driving conditions of a vehicle as determined by the driver of the vehicle.
Claims14
An exhaust brake of the sliding valve gate (15) type comprising a piston cylinder device (17) for operating the slidable valve gate (15) to close the exhaust brake, an aperture (54) through the valve gate for relieving manifold pressure, and control means (6, 26, 28, 29) for controlling the exhaust gases through the aperture in the valve gate, characterised in operable means 20, 23, 25, 26, 30 being operable by the same pressure source as that for operating the control means (29) to control venting of exhaust gases in addition to the control available by said control means.
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