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2. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   The parking brake is the air operated spring brake type where the brake is applied by spring force in the spring brake cylinder (12) and released by compressed air via a hand-control valve (7). The trailer brake consists of a direct two-line system: the supply line and the separate control or service line.

3. Air suspension - Wikipedia

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   1909 A.S.L. motorcycle with air suspension. On 7 January 1901 the British engineer Archibald Sharp patented a method for making a seal allowing pneumatic or hydraulic apparatus described as a "rolling mitten seal", [1] and on 11 January 1901 he applied for a patent for the use of the device to provide air suspension on bicycles. [2]

4. Pneumatic valve springs - Wikipedia

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   Pneumatic valve springs are metal bellows filled with compressed air [1] used as an alternative to the metal wire springs used to close valves in high-speed internal combustion engines. This system was introduced in Formula One in 1986 with the Renault EF-Type .

5. Westinghouse Air Brake Company - Wikipedia

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   Westinghouse Air Brake Company's Rotair Valve [19] The first form of the air brake consisted of an air pump, a main reservoir (pressure vessel), and an engineer's valve on the locomotive, and of a train pipe and brake cylinder on each car. One problem with this first form of the air brake was that braking was applied to the first cars in a ...

6. List of auto parts - Wikipedia

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   Combination valve; Dual circuit brake system; Hold-down springs (retainer springs) Hose. Brake booster hose; Air brake nylon hose; Brake duct hose; Hydraulic booster unit; Load-sensing valve; Master cylinder; Metering valve; Park brake lever/handle ; Pressure differential valve; Proportioning valve; Reservoir; Shoe return spring; Tyre; Vacuum ...

7. Compressor - Wikipedia

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   A design without a spring is known as a swing compressor. [15] In refrigeration and air conditioning, this type of compressor is also known as a rotary compressor, with rotary screw compressors being also known simply as screw compressors.