dashpot — A mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic damper used to cushion or slow down mechanical movement by restricting the flow of viscous fluid. Dashpots are used in shimmy dampers and in some power control systems, where they come into operation at high… … Aviation dictionary
Dashpot — A dashpot is a mechanical device, a damper which resists motion via viscous friction. The resulting force is proportional to the velocity, but acts in the opposite direction, slowing the motion and absorbing energy. It is commonly used in… … Wikipedia
Dashpot timer — The first automatic timer, the dashpot timer has been used in many different machines and has many variations. Pneumatic, hydraulic action, and mercury displacement timers. Being used in a variety of things such as printing presses, motors, and… … Wikipedia
anti-stall dashpot — A diaphragm unit mounted on the carburetor that allows air to escape slowly from its vacuum chamber to prevent throttle plate(s) in the carburetor from closing too suddenly and stalling the engine during deceleration … Dictionary of automotive terms
Corliss steam engine — A Corliss steam engine – the valve gear is on the right of the cylinder block, on the left of the picture A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849 … Wikipedia
SU carburetor — SU carburettors (named for Skinners Union, the company that produced them) were a brand of carburettor usually of the sidedraught type but downdraught variants were used on some pre war cars. They were widely used in British (Austin, Morris,… … Wikipedia
Zenith Carburetters — was a British company making carburettors. In 1955 they joined with their major pre war rival Solex Carburettors and over time the Zenith brand name fell into disuse. The rights to the Zenith designs was owned by Solex UK (a daughter company of… … Wikipedia
Hit and miss engine — A hit and miss engine is a type of four stroke internal combustion engine that was conceived in the late 1800s and was produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1930s. The name comes from the method of speed control… … Wikipedia
A dashpot consists of a sliding servo-controlled throttle valve whose position is determined by a control valve attached to the pilot’s throttle lever. During initial acceleration the control valve restricts the flow of throttle servo fuel to low pressure. This is sensed by barometric control unit, which increases pump stroke to just below surge line. During final acceleration the control valve increases servo pressure bypassing hp (high pressure) fuel to throttle servo through two restrictors instead of one.