Flow control apparatus in a hydraulic circuit
US6026730A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF15B2211/78
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
For supplying a large volumetric flow into a particular hydraulic actuator without requiring a directional control valve to be large-sized and without making large a pressure difference between a pump discharge pressure and a load pressure or reducing the pressure loss when a large volumetric flow is flushed out into a tank, a flow control apparatus in a hydraulic circuit is designed to supply a pressurized discharge fluid from the hydraulic pump (10) via a directional control valve (15) and a pressure compensation valve (18) to a plurality of hydraulic actuators (16) which are arranged in parallel to one another, the apparatus in its construction including an auxiliary control valve (30) for supplying the pressurized fluid to a particular one of the hydraulic actuators (16), which is supplied with the pressurized discharge fluid from the hydraulic pump (10) via the said auxiliary directional control valve (30) and the directional control valve (15), or whose return fluid out of that particular hydraulic actuator (16) is flushed into a tank via the auxiliary directional control valve (30) and the directional control valve (15).
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