Kabooom!

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> As for bomb!, it's just another name for the pressure accumulator. The
> bomb! provides the boost you need for power brake operation, hence the
> reference. I also guess that the older ones actually looked like a
> bomb as well. (dunno fer sure)
> 
... the original one that was on the urQ was in the shape of a roughly 
cast sphere, with a cylindrical threaded extension on one end.  Painted 
black it looks pretty much like the bombs you see in many cartoons ...
The replacement was hemispherical on the threaded half, with the other 
half being more of a rounded cylindrical shape.  

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)