EP0442908B1 - Hydraulischer zylinder mit dämpfungsanordnung - Google Patents

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EP0442908B1
EP0442908B1 EP89912017A EP89912017A EP0442908B1 EP 0442908 B1 EP0442908 B1 EP 0442908B1 EP 89912017 A EP89912017 A EP 89912017A EP 89912017 A EP89912017 A EP 89912017A EP 0442908 B1 EP0442908 B1 EP 0442908B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B11/00—Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action; Circuits therefor
    • F15B11/06—Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action; Circuits therefor involving features specific to the use of a compressible medium, e.g. air, steam
    • F15B11/072—Combined pneumatic-hydraulic systems
    • F15B11/076—Combined pneumatic-hydraulic systems with pneumatic drive or displacement and speed control or stopping by hydraulic braking
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B2211/00—Circuits for servomotor systems
    • F15B2211/40—Flow control
    • F15B2211/405—Flow control characterised by the type of flow control means or valve
    • F15B2211/40515—Flow control characterised by the type of flow control means or valve with variable throttles or orifices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B2211/00—Circuits for servomotor systems
    • F15B2211/40—Flow control
    • F15B2211/415—Flow control characterised by the connections of the flow control means in the circuit
    • F15B2211/41527—Flow control characterised by the connections of the flow control means in the circuit being connected to an output member and a directional control valve
    • F15B2211/41536—Flow control characterised by the connections of the flow control means in the circuit being connected to an output member and a directional control valve being connected to multiple ports of an output member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B2211/00—Circuits for servomotor systems
    • F15B2211/40—Flow control
    • F15B2211/47—Flow control in one direction only
    • F15B2211/473—Flow control in one direction only without restriction in the reverse direction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B2211/00—Circuits for servomotor systems
    • F15B2211/70—Output members, e.g. hydraulic motors or cylinders or control therefor
    • F15B2211/755—Control of acceleration or deceleration of the output member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B2211/00—Circuits for servomotor systems
    • F15B2211/80—Other types of control related to particular problems or conditions
    • F15B2211/885—Control specific to the type of fluid, e.g. specific to magnetorheological fluid
    • F15B2211/8855—Compressible fluids, e.g. specific to pneumatics

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  • This invention relates to a fluid-power cylinder provided with a cushioning device for cushioning the movements of the piston in the cylinder.
  • Fluid-power cylinders often require a cushioning device which retards the piston at one or both ends of its stroke within the cylinder.
  • a residual volume of fluid trapped in a cushioning compartment is allowed to escape from the cushioning compartment only through a restricted discharge passage in order to retard the movement of the piston during the final portion of its stroke.
  • a single cushioning piston is provided on one side of a power piston member which is reciprocable between opposite end positions in a power cylinder member.
  • the cushioning piston is received in a cushioning cylinder provided at one end of the power cylinder member so that fluid is trapped in a cushioning compartment defined by the cushioning cylinder.
  • a restricted discharge passage for the trapped fluid is formed by grooves or bores which communicate with the narrow annular gap between the cushioning piston and the wall of the cushioning cylinder.
  • a problem which is present in this and many other prior art cushioning devices is that the cushioning effect is dependent on the dimensional accuracy of components which move relative to one another and define the restricted discharge passage between them. Wear of these components also affects the cushioning effect which may therefore be gradually reduced in the course of time.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a fluid-power cylinder provided with a cushioning device which is improved in respect of the above-mentioned problems.
  • a fluid-power cylinder comprising a power cylinder member, a power piston member, which includes a power piston body reciprocable in the power cylinder member between opposed end positions and a piston rod secured to the power piston body and projecting from one end of the power cylinder member, and a device for cushioning the relative movements of the power cylinder member and the power piston member at the end positions, characterised by the following features:
  • the invention is embodied in a double-acting pneumatic cylinder provided with a hydraulic device for cushioning the stroke of the power piston member of the cylinder at both end positions or stroke ends.
  • Two separate cushioning cylinders are provided within a tubular piston rod of the power piston member and reciprocate therewith, and a dual cushioning piston is stationary with respect to the power cylinder member in which the power piston member is reciprocable.
  • the invention may be embodied in other types of fluid-power cylinders, e.g. cylinders in which the same kind of fluid is used both as working fluid and cushioning fluid.
  • the illustrated fluid-power cylinder comprises a power cylinder member generally designated by 11 and a power piston member 12 which is reciprocable in the power cylinder member. It also comprises a hydraulic cushioning device including a pair of cushioning cylinders 13, a dual cushioning piston 14 with an associated support tube 15 and a cushioning liquid reservoir 16.
  • Main components of the power cylinder member 11 are a cylindrical tube 20 of circular cross-section and front and rear end walls 21 and 22, respectively, which sealingly close the ends of the tube and are provided with connectors 23 and 24, respectively, through which the working fluid, namely compressed air, is supplied and discharged.
  • the rear end wall 22 is made integral with the cushioning liquid reservoir 16.
  • Mounted on the reservoir 16 are a pair of aligned pivot pins 25 by which the power cylinder member 11 may be pivotally mounted on a bracket (not shown).
  • the power piston member 12 comprises a power piston body 26 which sealingly engages the inner wall of the cylinder tube 20 and divides the cylinder space between the end walls into front and rear cylinder compartments 27 and 28, respectively, which communicate with respectively the front air connector 23 and the rear air connector 24, and a tubular piston rod 29, one end of which, the rear end, is secured to the power piston body and projects forwardly through a sliding seal in the front end wall 21 of the power cylinder member 11.
  • an eye bolt 30 Secured to the front end of the piston rod 29 is an eye bolt 30, through which the power piston member 12 may be connected to a part to be actuated, such as a door or the like.
  • the end positions of the reciprocating movements of the power piston member 12 in the power cylinder member 11 are defined by a pair of abutments which are provided on the cylinder end walls 23 and 24 and are adapted to be engaged by the power piston body 26.
  • the cushioning cylinders 13 of the cushioning device are formed by front and rear cylindrical sleeves which are secured in the hollow piston rod 29 adjacent respectively the front and the rear end thereof.
  • the adjacent ends of the two sleeves are internally bevelled or widened.
  • the sleeves 13 together with the front part of the piston rod 29 and the power piston body 26 the sleeves 13 define a pair of cushioning compartments 31A, 31B, which are open towards the interior 32 of the piston rod at their outer, adjacent ends but are otherwise closed.
  • the dual cushioning piston 14 is secured to the front end of the support tube 15 which in turn has its rear end secured to the cylinder end wall 22 and is in constant open communication with a cushioning liquid compartment 33 in the cushioning liquid reservoir 16.
  • the support tube 15 extends through a sliding seal 34 in the power piston body 26 and through the rear cushioning cylinder sleeve 13.
  • the cushioning piston 14 comprises a front piston section 14A and a rear piston section 14B.
  • the front cushioning piston section 14A is moved inwardly in the front cushioning cylinder compartment 31A to the vicinity of the inner end or bottom of the compartment.
  • the rear cushioning piston section 14B is moved inwardly in the rear cushioning cylinder compartment 31B to the vicinity of the inner end or bottom thereof.
  • the dual cushioning piston 14 comprises a dumbbell-shaped metal body, the enlarged end portions of which form the front and rear cushioning piston sections 14A, 14B and have a diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the cushioning cylinder sleeves 13. The difference in diameters is sufficient to permit a substantially unrestricted liquid flow through the gap between each cushioning cylinder sleeve 13 and the associated cushioning piston section 14A, 14B received therein.
  • Each cushioning piston section 14A, 14B is provided with an external circumferential groove 35A, 35B, which accommodates a frusto-conical sealing ring 36A, 36B of relatively soft material.
  • the sealing rings are opposed such that their larger ends, which are adapted to engage sealingly the interior wall of the cushioning cylinder sleeves 13, are directed away from one another, i.e. towards the inner ends of the cushioning compartments.
  • a central axial passage 37 which is in constant open communication with the interior of the support tube 15 and thus with the cushioning liquid compartment 33. Inserted in the front end of this passage is a calibrated restrictor 38. By way of a transverse passage 39 the central portion of the passage 37 is in constant unrestricted communication with the space around the cushioning piston.
  • an axial passage 40 which is in constant unrestricted communication with the piston rod space 32 and is in constant but restricted communication with the space around the cushioning piston, the last-mentioned communication being by way of a calibrated restriction 41 located between the two sealing rings a small distance from the sealing ring 36B.
  • the piston rod space 32 and the spaces communicating with it are always filled with the cushioning liquid.
  • the front cushioning cylinder compartment 31A defined in front of the front cushioning piston section 14A expands.
  • the cushioning compartment 31A is successively filled with cushioning liquid which flows against very little resistance into the compartment past the sealing ring 36A because this sealing ring is pressed into its groove 35A.
  • the sealing ring 36A acts as a valve (one-way valve) which opens automatically to permit liquid flow into the front cushioning cylinder compartment 31A.
  • the rear cushioning piston section 14B When the power piston member 12 approaches its outer end position, the rear cushioning piston section 14B is received in the rear cushioning cylinder sleeve 13.
  • the rear sealing ring 36B because of its frusto-conical shape, is caused to engage sealingly the inner wall of the sleeve (one-way valve action).
  • the only path through which the cushioning liquid trapped in the rear cushioning cylinder compartment 31B can escape is therefore formed by the passage 40 containing the calibrated restriction 41. By virtue of its cross-sectional area, this restriction determines the rate at which the power piston member 12 continues its movement to the outer end position.
  • the calibrated restrictor 38 in the front cushioning piston section 14A determines the rate at which the final portion of this retraction takes place.
  • the cushioning device In use, there is no wear of those elements, namely the restrictors 38 and 41, of the cushioning device which determine the speed at which the power piston member 12 moves near the end positions, assuming that the forces acting on the power piston member 12 are given. These elements therefore do not undergo any change in respect of their predetermined cross-sectional flow area during the useful life of the cushioning device. Moreover, because it is also easy to design the restrictors with the desired cross-sectional flow area and to ensure that the cushioning liquid trapped in the cushioning cylinder compartments cannot escape except through the restrictors, the cushioning device can be designed to provide the desired cushioning effect. Moreover, it is easy to ensure that any wear that takes place does not cause the cushioning effect to change over the time in a way that is difficult to compensate. If the cushioning effect of the device should be reduced because of wear of the sealing rings of the cushioning pistons, the desired cushioning effect can readily be restored by replacement of the sealing rings.
  • calibrated restrictors are fixed, but it is of course within the scope of the invention to make them adjustable.
  • the cushioning liquid reservoir 16 the main body of which is made integral with the rear cylinder end wall 22, has a substantially circular cylindrical exterior shape and is sealingly closed at its rear end by means of a screw-threaded cover 42.
  • the two aligned pivot pins 25 are secured to a circular clamp 43 which is held in position about the cushioning liquid reservoir 16 by means of a bolt 44 which is passed through a pair of outwardly bent flanges 45 of the clamp.
  • the clamp 43 is secured axially in its position, and possibly also against rotation, on the cushioning liquid reservoir by a ridge 46 on the inner side of the clamp or by any other suitable projection which engages a corresponding groove or recess 47 on the outer side of the cushioning liquid reservoir 16.

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  1. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder, umfassend
       ein Arbeitszylinderglied (11),
       ein Arbeitskolbenglied (12), das einen Arbeitskolbenkorpus (25) umfaßt, der in dem Arbeitszylinderglied zwischen einander abgekehrten Endpositionen hin- und herbeweglich ist, und eine Kolbenstange (29) umfaßt, die an dem Arbeitskolbenkorpus angebracht ist und aus einem Ende des Arbeitszylindergliedes herausragt, und
       eine Einrichtung für das Dämpfen der Relativbewegungen des Arbeitszylindergliedes (11) und des Arbeitskolbengliedes (12) an den Endpositionen,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
       die Dämpfungseinrichtung umfaßt
    (a) für jede Endposition einen Dämpfungskolben (14A, 14B) an dem Arbeitszylinderglied (11) und einen Dämpfungszylinder (13) an dem Arbeitskolbenglied (12), wobei der Dämpfungszylinder (13) ein Dämpfungsabteil (31A,31B) begrenzt mit einem geschlossenen inneren Ende und einem offenen äußeren Ende, in dem der Dämpfungskolben aufnehmbar ist, wenn er die Endposition erreicht, und
    (b) ein Dämpfungsfluidreservoir (16) in konstanter Fluidströmungskommunikation mit beiden Dämpfungsabteilen (31A,31B), wobei eine beschränkte Durchtrittspassage (37/38,40/41) den einzigen Pfad für das Entweichen von Dämpfungsfluid aus dem zugeordneten Dämpfungsabteil zu dem Dämpfungsfluidreservoir bildet, wenn der Dämpfungskolben in dem Dämpfungszylinder aufgenommen wird,
       daß die Kolbenstange (29) des Arbeitskolbengliedes (12) hohl ist und ihr Inneres in konstanter unbeschränkter Kommunikation mit dem Dämpfungsfluidreservoir (16) steht,
       daß die Dämpfungszylinder (13) innerhalb der Kolbenstange des Arbeitskolbengliedes (12) angeordnet sind und axial voneinander beabstandet sind, wobei benachbarte Zylinderenden offen sind zum Definieren der offenen äußeren Enden der Dämpfungsabteile (31A,31B),
       daß jeder Dämpfungskolben (14A,14B) äußerlich mit einer Fluiddichtung (36A,36B) versehen ist, ausgebildet zum Dichtungseingriff mit der Innenwandung des zugeordneten Dämpfungszylinders (13), wenn der Dämpfungskolben sich in dem Dämpfungszylinder in Richtung des inneren Endes des Dämpfungsabteils (31A, 31B) bewirkt, und zum Ermöglichen im wesentlichen unbeschränkter Fluidströmung zwischen dem Dämpfungskolben und der Innenwandung des Dämpfungszylinders, wenn der Dämpfungskolben sich in dem Dämpfungszylinder in Richtung des äußeren Endes des Dämpfungsabteils bewegt, und
       daß die Durchtrittspassage (37/38,40/41) eine Passage ist, die in dem Dämpfungskolben vorgesehen ist und an der Fluiddichtung (36A,36B) vorbeiführt.
  2. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Durchtrittspassage (37/38,40/41) eine kalibrierte Drossel (38,41) umfaßt.
  3. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drossel (38) an einem Drosselglied vorgesehen ist, das austauschbar an dem Dämpfungskolben (14A) montiert ist.
  4. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fluiddichtung (36A,36B) in Eingriff bringbar ist mit der Innenwandung des Dämpfungszylinders (13) unter der Wirkung von Fluiddruck, der axial auf die Fluiddichtung wirkt und in Richtung des inneren Endes des Dämpfungsabteils (31A,31B) gerichtet ist, und von der Wandung wegverlagerbar ist unter der Wirkung von Fluiddruck, der axial auf die Fluiddichtung wirkt in Richtung des äußeren Endes des Dämpfungsabteils.
  5. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fluiddichtung (36A,36B) ein kegelstumpfförmiger Ring aus federndem Material ist, wobei das weitere Ende des Ringes dem inneren Ende des Dämpfungsabteils (31A,31B) zugekehrt ist.
  6. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Dämpfungsfluidreservoir (16) eine im wesentlichen zylindrische Axialverlängerung des anderen Endes des Arbeitszylindergliedes (11) bildet.
  7. Ein Fluid-Arbeitszylinder nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Hauptabschnitt des Dämpfungsfluidreservoirs (16) integral mit einer Endwandung (22) des Arbeitszylindergliedes (11) hergestellt ist.
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SE8804035A SE465529B (sv) 1988-11-08 1988-11-08 Tryckluftcylinder med anordning foer aendlaegesdaempning
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PCT/SE1989/000624 WO1990005245A1 (en) 1988-11-08 1989-11-02 Fluid-power cylinder provided with a cushioning device

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