Patent · US Expired

Accumulator

US4020872A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 13, 1975
Grant dateMay 3, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 13, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF15B2201/43
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an accumulator consisting of a high pressure cylindrical oil vessel and a gas bladder of same figure concentrically housed therein, at the bottom of said gas bladder is provided a cushion cup with its opening upside, when the gas bladder expands in a longitudinal direction said cushion cup comes to directly contacts a poppet valve provided at the port of said oil vessel so that the bladder is not ruptured and when the gas bladder contracts in a longitudinal direction, said gas bladder can get away easily from the poppet valve.

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