Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F03C—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINES DRIVEN BY LIQUIDS
  • F03C1/00—Reciprocating-piston liquid engines
  • F03C1/02—Reciprocating-piston liquid engines with multiple-cylinders, characterised by the number or arrangement of cylinders
  • F03C1/03—Reciprocating-piston liquid engines with multiple-cylinders, characterised by the number or arrangement of cylinders with movement in two directions being obtained by two single-acting piston liquid engines, each acting in one direction
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F03C—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINES DRIVEN BY LIQUIDS
  • F03C1/00—Reciprocating-piston liquid engines
  • F03C1/08—Distributing valve-gear peculiar thereto
  • F03C1/10—Distributing valve-gear peculiar thereto actuated by piston or piston-rod
  • F03C1/12—Distributing valve-gear peculiar thereto actuated by piston or piston-rod mechanically
• • 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
  • F04B13/00—Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities
  • F04B13/02—Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities of two or more fluids at the same time
• • 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
  • F04B9/00—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members
  • F04B9/08—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid
  • F04B9/10—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid
  • F04B9/103—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid having only one pumping chamber
  • F04B9/1035—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid having only one pumping chamber the movement of the pump piston in the two directions being obtained by two single-acting liquid motors each acting in one direction

Definitions

• the invention relates to a hydraulic machine of the kind which includes: - a body;
• a piston capable of sliding in an alternating movement in a cylindrical housing of the body, a chamber being formed on each side of the piston;
• the invention relates more particularly, but not exclusively, to hydraulic motors.
• the invention could be applied to other machines, such as hydraulic pumps.
• a first object of the invention is to provide a hydraulic machine of the kind in question whose size, in particular along the direction of movement of the piston, is smaller.
• Another object is to improve the tightness of the switching means and to avoid an influence of the position of the piston on these switching means.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a hydraulic machine of simple structure allowing the strokes of the piston, in particular to ensure precise metering in the case of an engine coupled to a metering device.
• a hydraulic machine in particular a hydraulic motor, of the kind defined above is characterized in that:
• the piston is a simple, non-differential piston, having a closed cross section
• the switching means are arranged in the body of the machine, radially outside the cylindrical housing where the piston slides.
• Conduits are provided in the body to ensure the supply and evacuation of liquid from the chambers in connection with the switching means.
• the machine body has, inside, an exchangeable cylindrical jacket defining the cylindrical housing of the piston.
• This cylindrical jacket may be made of a material different from that of the body, more resistant to wear.
• the machine body can be cylindrical and have a first geometric axis, and the cylindrical housing of the piston has a second geometric axis, parallel to the first, but offset radially.
• the switching means may comprise two valves comprising seats located in the body, or in a fixed part relative to the body, one valve ensuring the admission of liquid and the other valve ensuring the outlet.
• valves are preferably housed in the part of the body located relative to the geometric axis of the body, opposite the geometric axis of the piston housing.
• Each valve may include a cylindrical passage opening at each axial end to communicate with one of the chambers delimited by the piston.
• Each passage is provided with a seat at each of its ends, and an axially movable core in the passage is adapted to close, depending on its position, one of the ends of the passage by pressing against the corresponding seat.
• the geometric axes of the passages of the two valves are parallel to each other and to the direction of movement of the piston.
• the passages may be adjacent to each other, separated by a wall.
• Each core may include, at each end, a bulge, advantageously provided with a seal, suitable for pressing against a corresponding seat, and the zone situated substantially halfway along the passage communicates with an inlet or outlet duct. leading to the outside.
• This duct may have an axis orthogonal to that of the passage of the valve and cut this passage.
• valve cores are coupled to a lantern which can move parallel to the direction of the axes of the valve passages.
• This lantern can be arranged in a housing of the body situated on the side of the valves opposite to a cover for closing the body.
• the lantern can occupy two stable positions.
• the control means for a sudden change in the position of the switching means, and of the lantern are advantageously formed by a rocking device oriented as a whole orthogonally to the direction of movement of the piston.
• the rocker can comprise an articulated link, at its end remote from the lantern, on an axis carried by the body of the machine, and a rotary arm articulated on the same axis, this arm being longer than the link and carrying, at its end distant from the axis of articulation, a hammer being able to move in a window of the lantern; a leaf spring in an arc of a curve is compressed between two axes respectively secured to the link and to the arm.
• the two stable positions of the rocker correspond to two configurations according to which the link is on one side or the other of the arm.
• a stopper plug is rotatably mounted in the housing of the body below the lantern and allows, in a given angular position, to stop the lantern substantially halfway to ensure a bypass function.
• a calibrated spring-loaded valve is advantageously arranged between the inlet and the outlet so as to open in the event of an increase in pressure drop.
• the invention also relates to a metering device equipped with a hydraulic motor constituting a machine as defined above, characterized in that it comprises an injection device comprising a cylindrical metering body fixed to the body of the engine, coaxially with the housing of the engine piston, and a plunger coupled to the engine piston and sliding in the dispenser body.
• Fig.l is a vertical elevation view of a metering device with hydraulic motor according to the invention.
• Fig.2 is a section along line II-II of Fig.l, the piston being in the low position and the switching means in the position ensuring the raising of the piston;
• Fig.3 shows, similarly to Fig.2, the piston in the high position, with the switching means in the other stable position controlling the descent;
• Fig.4 is a horizontal section along the line IV-IV of Fig.2;
• Fig.5 is a vertical section along the line V-V in Fig.2;
• Fig.6 is a vertical section along line VI-VI of Fig.3;
• Fig.7 is a partial vertical section along the line VII-VII of Fig.2;
• Fig. 8 is a cross section of a sealing segment for the piston, and
• Fig.9 is a vertical section of an alternative embodiment, section taken along the line of the geometric axes of the inlet and outlet ports.
• a metering device D comprising a hydraulic motor M of generally cylindrical shape, and an injection device I fixed under the engine.
• the motor M comprises an essentially cylindrical body 1 with a circular section of vertical geometric axis A- A.
• the body 1 is closed, in the upper part, by a cover 2 screwed onto an external thread of the upper end of the body 1.
• the cover 2 is provided in its center with a purge button 3 comprising a threaded hole in which is screwed the end of a screw 4.
• the plug 3 is coated with a deformable bellows made of flexible material.
• the screw 4 passes through a hole provided in the cover 2 and the screw head is located inside the cover.
• An O-ring 5 is provided around the screw 4 inside the cover 2 to be applied sealingly by the screw head against the cover.
• a compression spring 6 is arranged outside the cover 2 between the button 5 and the cover. The spring 6 pushes back the button 3 and applies the seal 5 against the cover. Pressing button 3 pushes in screw 4 and creates a purge to the atmosphere by the passage of air or fluid between the screw and the wall of the hole in the cover.
• the shirt 8 may be made of a material different from that of the body 1, which is more resistant to wear.
• the body 1 is made of PVC
• the jacket 8 is made of glass or HDPE (high density polyethylene).
• the shirt 8 could be of the same material as the body 1, for example PVC, as the case may be.
• a piston 9 is capable of sliding in a reciprocating movement in the direction of the axis B, in the housing 7.
• This piston 9 is a simple, non-differential piston which has a closed cross section 10, devoid of any opening.
• the piston 9 forms a kind of slightly frustoconical disc whose concavity faces the cover 2.
• the peripheral edge of the piston 9 has an annular groove 11 in which is housed a sealing segment 12, shown in detail in Fig.8.
• the piston 9 is generally made of plastic, for example polypropylene or polyethylene.
• the segment 12 comprises an outer ring 12a made of a material with a low coefficient of friction, for example made of PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), having a concave inner surface in which is housed an inner ring 12b, for example toric, made of a less hard material especially elastomeric material, the cross section of which is compressed.
• the ring 12b exerts a radial push towards the outside on the ring 12a to apply it against the wall of the housing 7.
• the lower end of travel and the upper end of travel of piston 9 are determined respectively by stops el, e2 which have a fixed position determined relative to the body 1.
• the lower stop el can be formed by a shoulder provided directly on the body , while .
• the upper stop e2 can be constituted by a flange projecting downwards under the cover 2.
• Two chambers C1, C2 are formed in the body 1 on either side of the piston, respectively below and above the piston 9.
• the piston 9 has at its center a coaxial cylindrical sleeve 13 closed on the side of the cover 2 and open on the opposite side.
• the upper end of the rod 14 of a plunger 15 is fixed in the sleeve 13, in particular by screwing.
• the plunger 15 can slide in a tubular element 16 of the injection device I, tightly fixed under the lower part of the body 1, coaxially with the jacket 8.
• the plunger 15 has an annular groove provided with a plunger seal 17 designed to allow the passage of liquid when the plunger 15 descends, and to prevent any passage of liquid when the plunger 15 rises.
• the lower end of the tubular element 16 is provided with a screwed barbed connection 18, with a valve 19 having a slot 19a in the middle.
• the valve 19 opens when the plunger 15 rises (suction phase) and closes when the piston 15 descends (delivery or injection phase).
• a pipe (not shown) is connected which plunges into a container containing a liquid additive to be injected into the main liquid.
• This main liquid is formed for example by water under sufficient pressure, which activates the engine M.
• Hydraulic switching means G (Figs. 4-6) supply and evacuate the chambers C1 and C2 with liquid.
• the switching means G are arranged in the body 1 radially outside the cylindrical housing 7 and the jacket 8.
• the means G are housed in an area of the body 1 situated, with respect to the axis A, on the opposite side to the axis B.
• the body 1 can comprise, in this zone, a bulge 20 forming a portion of cylinder whose generatrices are orthogonal to the axis A.
• the switching means G comprise two Va valves,
• Vs respectively for the inlet and outlet of the liquid, shown diagrammatically by arrows.
• Each valve comprises a cylindrical passage 23a, 23s provided in the body 1, with an axis parallel to the axis A of the body and opening, at its upper axial end, into a space K located radially at the exterior of the wall 8.
• the space K communicates, in the upper part, with the chamber C2.
• each passage 23a, 23s opens in a housing L communicating with the chamber Cl.
• the passages 23a, 23s are separated from each other by a central wall 24 of the body 1.
• Each valve comprises a core 25a, 25s with two bulges spaced apart axially, respectively provided with O-rings 26a, 26s and 27a, 27s.
• the seat 21a for the seal 26a is formed by a frustoconical surface decreasing in diameter downwards and provided directly in the body 1.
• the seat 22a, provided in the upper part, is formed by a surface frustoconical decreasing in diameter upwards.
• This seat 22a is located at the lower end of a cylindrical part 28 comprising a lower part with an outer diameter smaller than that of the upper part.
• a shoulder 29 is formed at the transition of the two outer surfaces.
• the lower part of the part 28 is received in a bore of the body 1, coaxial with the passage 23a.
• the shoulder 29 comes into axial abutment against the upper edge of the bore of the body 1.
• the part 28 is held in a fixed position by pressing the flange e2 of the plug 2 against its upper edge.
• the seats 21s and 22s are constituted by frustoconical surfaces provided directly on the body 1 and increasing in diameter from the passage respectively downwards and upwards.
• the lower ends of the cores 25a, 25s are fixed by screws 30a, 30s against the upper wall of a lantern 31 formed by a substantially rectangular frame.
• the lantern 31 has a window opening on its two faces parallel to the plane passing through the axes of the cores 25a, 25s.
• the lantern 31 is disposed in the housing L of the body 1 located below the valves Va, Vs.
• the lantern 31 is in contact with two opposite zones of the wall of the housing L, which guide the sliding of this lantern.
• the liquid inlet into the engine has an internally threaded hole Ta allowing the fitting of a fitting.
• the hole Ta is extended by a Tal duct eccentrically radially outward and of smaller diameter than Ta.
• This Tal duct cuts at right angles the passage 23a with which it communicates. .
• a threaded hole Ts and a conduit Tsl are provided to establish the connection between the passage 23s and the outlet.
• the duct Tsl cuts the passage 23s at a right angle.
• the wall 24 separates the inlet duct Tal from the outlet duct Tsl.
• the duct Tal instead of being eccentric, is coaxial with the entry hole Ta, and of the same diameter. It is the same for the outlet duct Tsl and the outlet hole Ts.
• the molding of the plastic body 1 is facilitated according to this variant.
• Advantageously Ta, Tal, Ts, Tsl are coaxial.
• a tilting device H constitutes, a control means for an abrupt change of the position of the lantern 31 and switching means
• the switching means G in a first stable position illustrated in FIG. 5 (corresponding to the high position of the lantern 31), ensure on the one hand the entry of the liquid into the housing L and the chamber Cl and, from on the other hand, the connection of chamber C2 with the outlet.
• the core 25a is supported by its seal 27a against the seat 22a and closes the communication with the chamber C2.
• the seal 26a is spaced from the seat 21a and allows communication with the housing L and the chamber Cl.
• the seal 27s is spaced from the seat 22s and allows communication of the passage 23s with the space K and room C2.
• the seal 26s is in abutment against the seat 21s and cuts off all communication between the passage 23s and the chamber Cl. The admission of fluid takes place in the chamber Cl, while the chamber C2 is connected to the outlet.
• a second stable position corresponds to the low position of the lantern 31, with closing of the seat 21a / opening of the seat 22a, and closing of the seat 22s / opening of the seat 25s.
• the housing L and the chamber Cl are connected to the outlet Ts, while the space K and the chamber C2 are connected to the inlet Ta.
• the rocker H allows the lantern 31, and the cores 25a, 25s of the valves to pass suddenly, from the high position of FIG. 5 to the low position of FIG. 6, and vice versa.
• the mean direction of the rocker H is substantially orthogonal to the axis B-B of the housing 7, that is to say to the direction of movement B-B of the piston 9.
• the rocker H comprises a link 32 comprising two parallel branches 32a, 32b between which the rod 14 of the plunger passes. 15.
• the end of the link 32 remote from the lantern 31 is articulated by an axis 33 orthogonal to the plane passing through the axes A and B.
• the axis 33 is held in a housing of the body 1 by a flange 34 held by a screw 35 inside the body 1.
• the link 32 has, at each rear end of its branches, a projection 36a, 36b upwards, with a substantially trapezoidal outline.
• the mean direction of the link 32 in the stable position of Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is slightly inclined, from the axis 33, downward relative to a plane orthogonal to the axis B.
• the rocker H further comprises an arm 37 formed of two branches 37a, 37b located on either side of the branches 32a, 32b of the link 32.
• the branches 37a, 37b are articulated on the axis 33.
• the length of the branches 37a, 37b is greater than that of the link 32.
• the branches 37a, 37b are bent towards each other, in an area 38 beyond the free end of the link 32, so that their spacing decreases.
• the branches 37a, 37b, at their end remote from the axis 33, are engaged in the lantern 31 and carry an axis 39 on which is mounted a hammer 40 in the form of a circular ring.
• the hammer 40 can be included in the arm 37 so as to form a single piece with this arm.
• a leaf spring 41 in the form of a curved arc is compressed between an axis 42 carried at the end of the link 32 facing the lantern, and an axis 43 carried by the branches 37a, 37b of the arm 37 beyond the end of the link 32.
• the spring 41 turns its concavity downwards and tends to increase the angle of the compass formed between the link 32 and the arm 37.
• the link 32 is thus held in abutment against the bottom of the body 1 while the hammer 40 is held in abutment against the upper face of the opening of the lantern 31.
• Fig.2 is obtained at the bottom end of the stroke by action of the lower part of the sleeve 13 on the arms 32a, 32b which are pushed down.
• the reversal of the position of the rocker from Fig.2 to Fig.3 occurs when the piston 9 reaches the upper end of the stroke.
• the upper face of the plunger 15 pushes the link 32 upwards and causes the configuration of the rocker H of Fig.2 to change that of Fig.3.
• the lower part of the housing L is provided with a plug 44 which comprises, on its inner surface, two diametrically opposite projections 44a, 44b, provided with a helical ramp 45.
• This plug 44 is designed to occupy two distant angular positions a quarter turn. In the position illustrated in Fig.2 the projections 44a, 44b are located outside the path of the lantern 31 which can freely move.
• the lantern 31 When the plug 44 is turned a quarter of a turn relative to the position of FIG. 2 or 3, the lantern 31 is stopped substantially halfway by the projections 44 when it descends from the high position illustrated in FIG. 2. If the lantern 31 is in the low position, the ramps 45, during the rotation of the plug 44, raise the lantern 31 in the intermediate position. The lantern 31 then establishes a bypass between the input Ta and the output Ts of the motor in this intermediate position. Indeed, none of the seats 21a - 22s is closed.
• a valve Q (Fig. 9) with calibrated spring Qr is advantageously disposed in an opening U of the wall 24, between the inlet Ta, Tal, and the outlet Tsl, Ts of the motor.
• valve Q by opening, directly connects the inlet and the outlet, which makes it possible to preserve the mechanisms, in particular those located inside the body 1, in the event of a temporary increase in pressure drop.
• the head of the valve Q in the closed position, is held in leaktight support by the spring Qr against a seat on the wall 24 on the outlet side. On the inlet side, the spring Qr is compressed between the wall 24 and a stop provided at the end of a valve stem.
• the operation of the motor and the metering device is as follows.
• the piston 9 is at the bottom end of the stroke and the rocker H, which has just changed configuration, has raised the lantern 31 and the nuclei 23a, 23s.
• the inlet Ta for pressurized liquid is connected to the lower chamber Cl while the outlet Ts is connected to the chamber C2.
• the liquid pressure is exerted below the piston 9 over its entire section and causes the piston to rise.
• the liquid from chamber C2 is discharged towards the outlet.
• the plunger 15 rises in the tubular element 16 and can suck up an additive from a container connected to the fitting 18.
• the plunger 15 raises the link 32 and causes additional compression of the leaf spring 41.
• the leaf spring 41 partially relaxes and causes a sudden change in the scale configuration.
• the arm 37 rotates, according to the representation of Fig.2, in the clockwise direction around the axis 33 and the hammer 40 strikes the bottom wall of the lantern 31 which suddenly passes in the low position, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6.
• the cores 25a, 25s of the valves are in the low position.
• Chamber C1 is placed in communication with the outlet, while chamber C2 is placed in communication with the inlet of pressurized liquid. The liquid pressure is exerted above the piston 9 over its entire section and causes it to descend.
• the plunger 15 also descends, which causes the closure of the valve 19 and the injection of the additive sucked in during the ascent.
• the passage of liquid is authorized by the seal 17, during the descent of the plunger 15, from the bottom side to the top side of this plunger.
• the cores 25a and 25s then occupy an intermediate position allowing the direct passage of the liquid from the inlet Ta to the outlet Ts.
• the invention makes it possible to use, up and down, the entire stroke of the piston and its diameter. This results in an optimization of the compactness.
• the H scale is simple, reliable and compact.
• valve seats being provided on the body, there is little or no deformation of the seats.
• the position of the piston has no influence on the seat / valve core couple.
• the tightness of the valves is good at any flow.
• the reconciliation of the inlet / outlet valves (separated by the single wall 24) promotes compactness and in the bypass position the liquid does not pass through the engine.
• the pair of shirt 8 / segment 12 makes it easy to modify the materials used according to the applications, for example as a function of the chemicals constituting the liquid and / or of the temperature.
• the change of liner 8 is carried out quickly by unscrewing the cover 2, extraction by translation of the liner 8, and fitting a new liner.

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