Cams for actuating the valves of a reciprocating machine

US4270407A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Deschler · Nuremberg, DE
• Hans Gebhardt
• Dieter Wittmann · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 1978
• Grant date: Jun 2, 1981
• Expiry date: May 30, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2107
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a cam for actuating the valves of a reciprocating machine, the cam causing the valve to be opened via a flat-faced sliding-contact cam follower against the force of a closing spring.