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Ram with two-part piston rod

US4218960A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1978
Grant dateAug 26, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 29, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF15B15/149
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a ram comprising a piston rod in two parts mounted for relative rotation. A first part extends out of the cylinder, beyond each of the heads, while the second part extends out of the cylinder only beyond one head, namely the upper one, and comprises two axial shoulders directed in opposite directions, located at the two ends of this second part and each cooperating with a shoulder, fast with the first part, corresponding to the maintenance of a fixed relative axial position between the two parts, and two radial bearing surfaces located at the two ends of the second part and cooperating with two radial bearing surfaces fast with the first part, corresponding to the centering of the two parts. The present invention is particularly applied to a rotatable clam-shell bucket.

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