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Emergency air shutdown system for a diesel engine

  • US 4,422,418 A
  • Filed: 08/20/1981
  • Issued: 12/27/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An emergency air shutdown system for a diesel engine wherein said engine has an air intake manifold and a plurality of discharge tubes for delivery of air from an air inlet into said manifold, said system comprising:

  • a valve member for each discharge tube;

    means mounting each said valve member for movement perpendicular to the flow of air through said associated discharge tube between an open position, externally of said associated discharge tube and outside the path of air flow therethrough, and a closed position extending across said tube to block the flow of air therethrough;

    locking means normally retaining each said valve member in said open position; and

    activating means for each said valve member operative to advance said valve member from its normally open position to said closed position.

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