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Hydraulic linkage

US3945209A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1974
Grant dateMar 23, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/778
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydraulic linkagae for transmitting reciprocating motion comprising a master unit, a slave unit, the master and slave units each comprising a pair of interconnected rod pistons reciprocally moveable within the cylinders in opposite directions by a force applied to the pistons, hydraulic lines connecting one master cylinder to one slave cylinder for transmitting motion from master to slave, a reservoir, a pair of one-way pressure valves mounted in opposite directions and in parallel between the reservoir and each master-slave connection so that volumetric increases in the fluid in the system will be forced out through a first valve of each valve pair and to the reservoir, and volumetric decreases in the fluid in the system will draw fluid from the reservoir through a second valve of each valve pair, thereby providing volume change compensation. A two-way pressure valve comprising a housing having a pair of openings connected by a bore for passage of fluid therethrough, a pair of plungers located within the bore and biased against each other so that the first plunger is seated against the housing and the second plunger is seated against a hole in the end of the first plunger, each …

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