Filed: Jun 01, 1978

Published: Oct 04, 1983

Abstract

Friction clutch release apparatus for a motor vehicle comprises a driver-operable master cylinder, a slave cylinder and a conduit which connects the master outlet to the slave cylinder inlet. A liquid reservoir communicates with the bore of the master cylinder between the piston and the outlet when the piston is retracted and has a vent port. The apparatus is assembled, filled with liquid and bled before being installed on the motor vehicle. The vent port may be closed temporarily for convenience of transport and storage after the apparatus is bled, for example by use of a suitable removable closure device which would be removed after installation of the apparatus on the motor vehicle, or may include a movable wall within the reservoir chamber by which liquid within the chamber is separated from that part of the chamber with which the vent port communicates. The vent port may be closed temporarily by a strip of adhesive tape, a bung or other suitable closure device which can be removed readily, or by a puncturable membrane. The movable wall may be a bellows.

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Classification Codes

F16D25/12, F16D48/00, F16D25/00, F16D25/08, B60T11/10, B60T11/26, F16D48/02, B60T11/16, B60T11/22, F15B7/00