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Cylinder-piston combination, particularly for high-pressure application

US4527464A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1982
Grant dateJul 9, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J10/02
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A deformable sealing member, particularly a sealing tube, which is at least partially elastic is secured at two distant locations to two working members, e.g. to a piston part and a cylinder part respectively to form a leakproof working chamber for pressurizing therein a working fluid or for transferring the power of a pressurized working fluid introduced in the working chamber to said working members, the apparatus thus being able to operate as a pump or motor respectively. The sealing member is supported against the working pressure in said chamber by a support surface, and between said sealing member and said support surface there being a low-friction component which is constituted by a solid material, e.g. a sliding layer, secured to the sealing member or to the support surface, or by a fluid lubricant introduced in a flow passage formed between the sealing member and the support surface, in the latter case there being a continuous or intermittent stream of lubricant through this lubricant flow passage at least during high-pressure strokes of the working chamber to a low-pressure side. The pressure in the lubricant flow passage is balanced against the pressure of the working fl…

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