EP1236894B1 - Electromagnetically operated pump - Google Patents
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- EP1236894B1 EP1236894B1 EP20020004696 EP02004696A EP1236894B1 EP 1236894 B1 EP1236894 B1 EP 1236894B1 EP 20020004696 EP20020004696 EP 20020004696 EP 02004696 A EP02004696 A EP 02004696A EP 1236894 B1 EP1236894 B1 EP 1236894B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
- F01M3/00—Lubrication specially adapted for engines with crankcase compression of fuel-air mixture or for other engines in which lubricant is contained in fuel, combustion air, or fuel-air mixture
- F01M3/02—Lubrication specially adapted for engines with crankcase compression of fuel-air mixture or for other engines in which lubricant is contained in fuel, combustion air, or fuel-air mixture with variable proportion of lubricant to fuel, lubricant to air, or lubricant to fuel-air-mixture
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
- F01M1/00—Pressure lubrication
- F01M1/02—Pressure lubrication using lubricating pumps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B17/00—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors
- F04B17/03—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors
- F04B17/04—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors using solenoids
- F04B17/046—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors using solenoids the fluid flowing through the moving part of the motor
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B75/00—Other engines
- F02B75/02—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
- F02B2075/022—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle
- F02B2075/025—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle two
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- the present invention concerns an electromagnetically operated pump for the precise and controlled feeding of oil to two-stroke internal-combustion engines.
- the present invention concerns a pump of this type, with the object to improve its characteristics as far as structural simplicity, and metering precision and easiness are concerned, all being very important in view of the special use for which said pump is intended invention has the features detailed in the characterising part of claim 1.
- said fastening element consists of a fastener bearing on the end of said cylinder opposite to the chamber, stout spring means being interposed between said fastening element and the casing to fasten the cylinder therein, and the stroke of the piston element into said cylinder is limited exclusively by the cooperation between said abutments.
- Fig. 1 is an axial section view of the improved pump according to the invention
- Fig. 2 is a partial cross-section view of the pump, along the line II-II of fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the means (fastener, washer, spring) to stop the pump cylinder into the casing;
- Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of fig. 1, showing how the abutments of the piston element cooperate with the stop element.
- the pump according to the invention comprises a casing 1, containing a cylinder 2 and a piston element 3, axially movable into the cylinder 2 and crossed by a pipe 4 connected with branches 5 and 6 - for oil inlet and outlet respectively - of the casing 1.
- a chamber 7 for pumping the oil to be fed delimited by the plane surface 8 of the casing 1, onto which bears the cylinder 2, and by the bottom end 9 of the piston element 3.
- an electromagnetic coil 10 fed with pulse current in strict correlation with the running of the two-stroke engine to be equipped with the pump.
- said coil 10 When energized, said coil 10 controls the movements of the piston element 3 towards the chamber 7, against the action of a spring 11 which acts in an opposite sense when the coil 10 is de-energized.
- Two ball valves 12, 13, are provided in the casing 1 close to the oil pumping chamber 7, the first of said valves cooperating with the bottom end 9 of the piston element 3, in correspondence of the outlet of the pipe 4.
- the valve 12 when the piston element 3 is moved by the electromagnetic coil 10, the valve 12 is closed while the valve 13 opens; viceversa, the valve 13 closes when the piston element 3 is moved by the spring 11 and while the valve 12 opens.
- two opposite abutments 14, 15, are formed on the piston element 3, close to the end opposite to the bottom end 9, said abutments 14, 15, cooperating with corresponding abutments, 16 and 17 respectively, of an element apt to stop the cylinder 2 into the casing 1.
- said stop element consists of a fastener 18 bearing onto the end of the cylinder 2 opposite to that contacting the plane surface 8 of the casing 1, said fastener 18 being pressed, through a bearing washer 18A, by a stout Belleville spring 19 engaging the plane surface 20 of the casing 1.
- the axial dimensions of the piston element 3 and of its parts, and the axial position therein of the abutments 14, 15, are chosen so that the stroke C of said piston element 3 into the cylinder 2 is limited exclusively by the cooperation between said abutments and the abutments 16 and 17 respectively, and so that the bottom end 9 of the piston element 3 never gets in contact with the plane surface 8 of the casing 1.
- Fig. 1 shows the piston element 3 with its bottom end 9 spaced apart from the plane surface 8 of the casing 1, and the pumping chamber 7 full of oil.
- the abutment 14 of the piston element 3 is in contact with the abutment 16 of the fastener 18, pressed by the spring 11.
- the coil 10 When, in operation, the coil 10 is energized, the piston element 3 moves towards the plane surface 8 compressing the oil into the chamber 7, while the valve 12 keeps closed the pipe 4 into which flows the oil, let in through the branch 5.
- the oil pressure in the chamber 7 opens the valve 13 and the oil is fed through the branch 6 into the engine, in the exact and controlled amount corresponding to the volume of the chamber 7 which, at the end of the stroke, is occupied by the piston element 3.
- the pump described heretofore has a very simple structure and its working is very reliable; but, above all, it can be very easily adapted, at extremely reduced costs, to the most different requirements of capacity: the volume of the oil pumping and metering chamber 7 occupied by the piston element 3 (namely, the amount of oil being fed at each piston stroke C) can in fact be easily adjusted, not only by acting on the distance between the abutments 14 and 15 of the piston element 3, but also by simply replacing the existing fastener 18 with a similar fastener of different thickness, or even by varying with a simple mechanical operation the thickness of the fastener 18 being used.
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Description
- The present invention concerns an electromagnetically operated pump for the precise and controlled feeding of oil to two-stroke internal-combustion engines.
- There are known to be in the art many types of pumps allowing to feed two-stroke internal-combustion engines with precise and controlled amounts of oil, in strict correlation with the running of the actual engine. Amongst others, use has already been made for quite some time of electrically operated pumps, in which an electromagnetic coil controls the piston of a cylinder in axis therewith, against the action of a spring, so as to empty at each working cycle a pumping chamber thereof in which the oil to be fed is metered. A pump of this type is described for example in EP-A-1.001.167, the contents of which are detailed in the introductory part of claim 1.
- The present invention concerns a pump of this type, with the object to improve its characteristics as far as structural simplicity, and metering precision and easiness are concerned, all being very important in view of the special use for which said pump is intended invention has the features detailed in the characterising part of claim 1.
- Suitably, said fastening element consists of a fastener bearing on the end of said cylinder opposite to the chamber, stout spring means being interposed between said fastening element and the casing to fasten the cylinder therein, and the stroke of the piston element into said cylinder is limited exclusively by the cooperation between said abutments.
- The invention will now be described in further detail, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
- Fig. 1 is an axial section view of the improved pump according to the invention;
- Fig. 2 is a partial cross-section view of the pump, along the line II-II of fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the means (fastener, washer, spring) to stop the pump cylinder into the casing; and
- Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of fig. 1, showing how the abutments of the piston element cooperate with the stop element.
- As clearly shown on the drawings, the pump according to the invention comprises a casing 1, containing a
cylinder 2 and apiston element 3, axially movable into thecylinder 2 and crossed by a pipe 4 connected withbranches 5 and 6 - for oil inlet and outlet respectively - of the casing 1. At one end of thecylinder 2 there is a chamber 7 for pumping the oil to be fed, delimited by theplane surface 8 of the casing 1, onto which bears thecylinder 2, and by the bottom end 9 of thepiston element 3. Externally to thecylinder 2 there is anelectromagnetic coil 10 fed with pulse current in strict correlation with the running of the two-stroke engine to be equipped with the pump. When energized, saidcoil 10 controls the movements of thepiston element 3 towards the chamber 7, against the action of aspring 11 which acts in an opposite sense when thecoil 10 is de-energized. Twoball valves piston element 3, in correspondence of the outlet of the pipe 4. As better explained hereinafter, when thepiston element 3 is moved by theelectromagnetic coil 10, thevalve 12 is closed while thevalve 13 opens; viceversa, thevalve 13 closes when thepiston element 3 is moved by thespring 11 and while thevalve 12 opens. - According to the invention, two
opposite abutments piston element 3, close to the end opposite to the bottom end 9, saidabutments cylinder 2 into the casing 1. In the illustrated embodiment of the pump according to the invention, said stop element consists of afastener 18 bearing onto the end of thecylinder 2 opposite to that contacting theplane surface 8 of the casing 1, saidfastener 18 being pressed, through abearing washer 18A, by a stout Bellevillespring 19 engaging theplane surface 20 of the casing 1. Always, according to the invention, the axial dimensions of thepiston element 3 and of its parts, and the axial position therein of theabutments piston element 3 into thecylinder 2 is limited exclusively by the cooperation between said abutments and theabutments piston element 3 never gets in contact with theplane surface 8 of the casing 1. - Fig. 1 shows the
piston element 3 with its bottom end 9 spaced apart from theplane surface 8 of the casing 1, and the pumping chamber 7 full of oil. In this condition, theabutment 14 of thepiston element 3 is in contact with theabutment 16 of thefastener 18, pressed by thespring 11. When, in operation, thecoil 10 is energized, thepiston element 3 moves towards theplane surface 8 compressing the oil into the chamber 7, while thevalve 12 keeps closed the pipe 4 into which flows the oil, let in through thebranch 5. The oil pressure in the chamber 7 opens thevalve 13 and the oil is fed through thebranch 6 into the engine, in the exact and controlled amount corresponding to the volume of the chamber 7 which, at the end of the stroke, is occupied by thepiston element 3. It appears evident, from what has been said, that the metering of said amount of oil depends exclusively on the length of the stroke C of thepiston element 3, as well as - of course - on the inside diameter of thecylinder 2. In fact, thepiston element 3 stops, with the chamber 7 never completely empty, when itsabutment 15 cooperates with theabutment 17 of the fastener 18 (fig. 4). It is also evident that the pumping of the oil is carried out by energizing theelectromagnetic coil 10. When thecoil 10 is de-energized and its action ceases, thespring 11 causes thepiston element 3 to return into its initial rest position; thevalve 13, no longer subject to pressure, closes while thevalve 12 opens, due to the difference between the pressure of the oil let in upstream of thebranch 5 and the oil pressure downstream thereof. The oil thus fills again the pumping chamber 7. - The pump described heretofore has a very simple structure and its working is very reliable; but, above all, it can be very easily adapted, at extremely reduced costs, to the most different requirements of capacity: the volume of the oil pumping and metering chamber 7 occupied by the piston element 3 (namely, the amount of oil being fed at each piston stroke C) can in fact be easily adjusted, not only by acting on the distance between the
abutments piston element 3, but also by simply replacing the existingfastener 18 with a similar fastener of different thickness, or even by varying with a simple mechanical operation the thickness of thefastener 18 being used. It can be easily seen that, by keeping unchanged all the other components of the pump and by merely replacing thefastener 18, a single pump - with specific characteristics according to the invention - can feed even considerably different oil capacities per piston stroke, and be thus immediately adapted to many different requirements and applications. The same can be done, with a simple mechanical operation, by reducing to different extents the thickness of astarting fastener 18 having a single thickness. Moreover, the simple mechanical working of the fastener allows to obtain - in case of special requirements, but, if wishing, also in mass production - extremely precise meterings of the oil volumes being pumped at each piston stroke. Finally, as already said, the structure of the pump according to the invention allows to obtain all this at extremely reduced costs and without having to carry out particularly elaborate mechanical operations.
Claims (4)
- An electro-magmetically-operated pump to feed two-stroke, internal-combustion engines with precise and controlled amounts of oil, of the type comprising, in a casing (1):a cylinder (2), a fastening element (18) apt to fasten the cylinder (2) inside the casing (1); a piston element (3) with a through pipe (4), axially movable in said cylinder (2); an electromagnetic coil (10) external to the cylinder (2), to control the movements of the piston element (3) against the action of spring means (11); a pumping and metering chamber (7) for the oil to be fed, at the bottom end (9) of the piston element (3); and valve means (12, 13) housed in said casing (1) close to said end (9), one of said valve means (12) cooperating with said piston element (3), characterised in that two opposite abutments (14, 15) are formed on the end of the piston element (3) opposite to said bottom end (9), said abutments (14, 15) cooperating with corresponding abutments (16, 17) of said fastening element (18).
- The pump as in claim 1), wherein said fastening element (18) consists of a ring fastener (18) whose two faces form said corresponding abutments (16, 17), the stroke (C) of the piston element (3) into the cylinder (2) being limited exclusively by the cooperation between said abutments (14, 15 and 16, 17), which thereby determine the metering of the oil to be fed.
- The pump as in claims 1) and 2), wherein said fastening element (18) consists of a fastener (18) bearing on the end of the cylinder (2) opposite to the chamber (7), stout spring means being interposed between said element (18) and the casing (1) to fasten the cylinder (2) therein.
- The pump as in claim 3), wherein said spring means consist of a Belleville spring (19) acting on said fastener (18) through a washer (18A).
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IT2001MI000419A ITMI20010419A1 (en) | 2001-03-01 | 2001-03-01 | PUMP CONTROLLED BY ELECTROMAGNET |
ITMI010419 | 2001-03-01 |
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EP1236894B1 true EP1236894B1 (en) | 2006-06-28 |
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US8586886B2 (en) | 2009-06-23 | 2013-11-19 | Black & Decker Inc. | Switch mechanism for a power cutter |
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