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Hydropneumatic accumulator

US4638838A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 1984
Grant dateJan 27, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2004

Classification

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

Abstract

It has an inlet and an outlet, a bag made from a flexible, deformable material insulating the inlet from the outlet, a liquid contained in the bag on the outlet side, a transfer tube with openings on its side wall and closed by an end plug. Diffusers are positioned on the transfer tube with a given spacing, so as to leave a passage for a gas between two successive diffusers, each diffuser comprising a frame externally surrounded by an elastomer ring.

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