Apparatus for braking systems incorporating a pressure-control device for antiskid control

Claim 1

Apparatus for braking systems incorporating an antiskid pressure control device comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis; a stepped bore disposed coaxial of said axis including a first portion having a first given diameter, a second portion integral with said first portion having a second given diameter greater than said first given diameter, said second portion providing an outlet chamber, and a third portion integral with said second portion having a third given diameter greater than said second given diameter, said third portion providing an inlet chamber; a valve seat formed in said bore at the junction of said second and third portions; a valve member movable in response to braking pressure including a piston coaxial of said axis slidably sealed in said first portion and extending through said second portion, and a valve disk coaxial of said axis coupled to said piston adjacent said second portion, said disk being disposed in said third portion in an opening and closing relation with said valve seat and having a tapered periphery the maximum diameter of which is disposed adjacent said valve seat; a throttle disposed in said housing to provide a permanent communication between said inlet chamber and said outlet chamber; and a valve passageway extending from a first transverse surface of said disk adjacent said valve seat to a second transverse surface of said disk remote from said valve seat including a gap between said tapered periphery of said disk and the inner surface of a hollow cylindrical cap disposed coaxial of said axis and extending over and embracing said tapered periphery of said disk when said disk is in its open position, the outer surface of said cap being spaced from the inner surface of said third portion, said cap extending from an end wall of said third portion remote from said valve seat, the cross-section of said gap increasing due to said tapered periphery of said disk when said disk moves from its open position to its closed position to provide a rapid closing movement for said valve member by pressure fluid flowing through said gap from said first transverse surface to said second transverse surface, said passageway being closed by said disk being seated on said valve seat upon attainment of a predetermined value of braking pressure acting on said disk in opposition to a spring acting on an end of said piston remote from said disk.