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Reciprocating hydraulic motors

US4161989A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1977
Grant dateJul 24, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 4, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF03C1/0073
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A reciprocating hydraulic motor, for example for a rotary percussive drilling head, includes a piston and cylinder having a piston face exposed to the pressure in a compression chamber which is connected through ports controlled by the piston to a supply pressure at one end portion of its stroke, and to exhaust at an opposite end portion of the stroke, while between these end portions of the stroke is a compression/expansion travel during which the compression chamber is closed and the liquid in it alternately expands over a higher range of pressure and is compressed over a lower range of pressure. For returning the piston, in the direction in which liquid is compressed, one of two opposed faces of the piston is exposed to the pressure in a biasing chamber which communicates permanently with a constant pressure supply while the other communicates with the compression chamber.

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