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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1982
Harry H Mayne, Simsbury, CT (US);
Raymond N Quenneville, Suffield, CT (US);
The Jacobs Mfg. Company, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Abstract
An hydraulic slave piston return mechanism is provided for an engine retarder of the compression relief type. The mechanism senses the position of the slave piston at the time when the engine exhaust valve has been opened. At this point, the hydraulic pressure on the slave piston is equalized by opening a passageway through the slave piston to an accumulator whereupon the engine exhaust valve spring immediately closes the exhaust valve. Thereafter, the accumulator returns the hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic circuit. The mechanism assures that the exhaust valve opened near the end of the compression stroke to produce the desired engine retarding effect is closed prior to the end of the expansion stroke without affecting the retarding horsepower produced by the engine retarder or the normal functioning of the exhaust valve during the exhaust stroke of the engine.