WO2001049918A1 - Maquina centrifugadora con grupo flotante en suspension y tambor en voladizo - Google Patents
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- the present invention concerns in general a centrifuge machine with floating floating group and cantilever drum, of special application to washing-centrifuge machines provided for high spin speeds with high G factors, in which said floating group comprises in essence, a wrapping tray for containing and / or collecting a bath, a drum with perforated walls for loading centrifugal material mounted so that it can rotate within said wrapping bowl, and a motor attached to the wrapping bowl and connected to said drum to make it rotate, in whose machine an adequate ratio of counterweight masses results in a reduction of structural tensions in the floating group that allow a light construction thereof, and especially of the wrapping bowl.
- Prior art comprises in essence, a wrapping tray for containing and / or collecting a bath, a drum with perforated walls for loading centrifugal material mounted so that it can rotate within said wrapping bowl, and a motor attached to the wrapping bowl and connected to said drum to make it rotate, in whose machine an adequate ratio of counterweight masses results in a reduction of structural tensions in the floating group that allow a light construction thereof, and
- the method of extracting water from a wet matter by centrifugation is well known and is widely used in, for example, the laundry sector, whether industrial or domestic, due to its high extraction efficiency in relation to energy expenditure in comparison With other methods.
- this sector it is very common to use machines capable of washing and subsequently centrifuging a load of clothes introduced in a perforated wall drum mounted so that it can rotate inside a wrapping bowl capable of containing successive wash and rinse baths, and of collect the remains said bath removed from the clothes during a final phase of centrifugation.
- one or more motors are connected to the drum to make it rotate successively at different speeds according to the washing, rinsing and spinning stages, governed by programmable control means.
- the drum is positioned so that during its operation its axis of rotation is horizontal or slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal, and that it has a loading / unloading mouth at an axial end thereof, coinciding with an opening of the enveloping bucket.
- This is especially advantageous in industrial machines intended for large loads of clothes in which a radial loading mouth would result in very complex access due to its high height.
- the existence of such a loading mouth unloading at one end of the drum forces it to support it cantilever from the axial end opposite to the loading / unloading mouth, by means of a drive shaft integral to a bottom wall of the drum, supported and guided by bearings housed in a bearing housing fixed to the housing.
- Such a relative position due to chance has a very high probability of producing a center of the masses of the off-center load of clothes with respect to the geometric axis of the drum, which is aligned with the drive shaft, and therefore the center of mass of the drum assembly and load of clothes will also be displaced with respect to said geometric axis.
- said drum and laundry load assembly will tend to rotate with respect to said offset mass center of the geometric axis of the drum, or in other words, the geometric axis of the drum will tend to rotate around a real axis of different rotation of the geometric axis, producing a well-known vibratory movement that is transmitted to the entire floating group.
- Said vibratory movement is generally slowed by the addition of counterweights and absorbed by the aforementioned floating group suspension system, formed by springs and dampers linked to a frame or bench of the machine.
- the fluid inside the balancing chamber is applied against said outer wall thereof, which is coaxial with respect to the geometric axis of the drum, while defining an internal circular horizon coaxial with respect to the real axis of rotation, creating a center of mass of said fluid displaced with respect to the real axis of rotation in a direction precisely opposite to the displacement of the center of mass of the load of clothes, and therefore balancing thereof.
- Jey Grant De Remer describes in the aforementioned US-A-2,525,781 patent that the optimum balancing situation occurs when the radial height at the point of maximum radial height of the fluid inside the balancing chamber is twice the distance between the geometric axis and the real axis of rotation, that is, twice the amplitude of the vibratory movement of the machine, and when the circle of the outer wall of the chamber and the circle of the circular horizon of the fluid are tangent at a point diametrically opposite to the of maximum height.
- Jey Grant De Remer also demonstrates that it is more favorable to have two concentric balancing chambers instead of a single chamber of equivalent height to the sum of the other two, with the same width and a quantity of fluid contained equivalent to that of the other two joints .
- the aforementioned dynamic "pitching" effects consist of a dynamic displacement of the drum axis, and consequently of the floating group, which has a different amplitude at each of its ends, generally being, in this type of machines, of greater amplitude in the drum end furthest from the bearings.
- moveable solid mass rings for example, by an embodiment of the SKF firm, which include solid balls, generally of steel, enclosed in an annular circuit, which, being the assembly subjected to a rapid off-center rotation that produces G factors greater than 1, is concentrated in the area of said annular circuit furthest from the real axis of rotation.
- a locking device is provided formed by cages that match the balls two at a time, in whose cages there is a pin loaded by a spring, which, at factors G less than 1, pushes the pin so that it is inserted in holes arranged in the inner race of the annular circuit.
- the pin's own mass When the factors G are substantially greater than 1, the pin's own mass generates a centrifugal force that overcomes the said spring by releasing the cage with its corresponding pair of balls, which then move until they are concentrated in said area furthest from the real axis of rotation.
- Patent DE-A-1610177 from Siemens-Electrogeráte GmbH, filed on October 6, 1967, describes a clothes washer-centrifuge machine in which a single ring of balancing fluid is disposed at the end of the drum closest to the bearings The ring comprises a chamber of relatively large capacity and means for partially filling with fluid or emptying said chamber depending on the washing and spinning phases.
- the drum has a slightly conical shape, decreasing in diameter when moving away from the bearings, which favors an advantageous accumulation of the load of clothes towards the wider area, that is, towards the area closest to the bearings.
- the arrangement of the fluid ring in this wider area does not favor dynamic mass balance.
- the general practice of the manufacturers of washing machines-centrifuges is to place solid counterweights fixed to the enclosure and, to a lesser extent, to the drum. Because the heaviest elements of the floating group, that is, motor, bearing housing, bearings, reinforced bottom walls of the drum and the enclosure, are concentrated at the rear end, or further away from the loading mouth, of the floating group, the solid counterweights are placed mainly at the front ends, or closer to the loading mouth, of the drum and the bucket.
- front and rear referring to parts of the casing or drum are often used as those parts respectively further away or closer to the bearings.
- a washing machine washer-centrifuge machine from the Maytag Corporation firm is known in the market that combines a large counterweight fixed to the front, or farther from the bearings, of the wrapping bowl with two fluid balancing rings, such as those of the cited patent US-A-2,525,781, concentric, on the front face of the drum, in an outer peripheral area of the loading / unloading mouth.
- the advantage of the fluid rings lies, as explained above, in that with a relatively small real mass of fluid they provide an effect in centrifugal force equivalent to that of a much larger mass, thereby achieving the desired balancing effect without excessively increasing the moment of inertia of the drum.
- An objective of the present invention is to provide a centrifuge machine with floating floating group and cantilever drum, applicable to washing machines-centrifuges provided for high spin speeds with high G factors, in which a suitable distribution of counterweight masses result in a reduction of stromal stresses that allow the construction of the main elements of said floating group, such as the enclosure, the drum, said bearing housing, the bearings and said drive shaft, with mechanical resistance requirements, whether by shape, materials or components, substantially smaller than those necessary without such adequate distribution of masses, for the same high-speed centrifugation performance, and consequently with lower costs.
- This objective is achieved, in accordance with the present invention, by transferring a significant part of the counterweight associated with the front part of the wrapping tray to the front part of the drum, so that the mass, either real or equivalent obtained by fluid rings , of the mass of said counterweight associated with the drum is at least 55% of the sum of the masses of the counterweight associated with the drum and of the counterweight associated with the wrapping bowl.
- real mass and equivalent mass for the drum will often be used in this report, respectively referring to a counterweight, generally solid, with a mass of one given magnitude and centered with the geometric axis of the drum and at a counterweight of a much smaller magnitude and in the form of one or more fluid rings which, when rotating at a speed such that it produces a G factor greater than 1 and above the frequency of resonance of the floating group, it is offset at a distance far greater than the amplitude of the dynamic displacement of the floating group producing dynamic effects equivalent to those of said mass of given magnitude.
- the said mass transfer is very beneficial and translates into a significant cost reduction, since, for example, the enclosure can become a welded stainless steel sheet construction, common in machines of more than 7 kg capacity and centrifugation value of 250 G or higher, to a construction by injection molding of plastic, integrating the bearing housing that would otherwise be a steel casting, and the drive shaft and the corresponding bearings can be much smaller and therefore also cheaper.
- a general lightening of weight in machines of this type also implies greater ease of transport and lower demands in terms of the structural strength of its installation site.
- the suspension system is capable of absorbing a certain amplitude of vibration of the floating group, so that a relatively large vibratory movement does not represent a disadvantage from a mechanical point of view as long as it is within the range capable of being absorbed by the suspension.
- the aforementioned amplitude of the vibratory movement is generally greater in the front part of the floating group than in the rear, which entails greater flexibility requirements in elastic connections usually arranged between a Rack door and loading / unloading mouth of the front of the floating group, in addition to an unpleasant visual sensation for a user. Therefore, it is advisable to reduce said amplitude of vibration by providing a certain weight of counterweight at the front end of the housing in addition to the mass of counterweight arranged on the front of the drum.
- the present inventors have come to determine that from a relation of the mass of the counterweight associated to the front part of the drum with respect to the sum of the masses of the counterweights respectively associated to the front part of the drum and the front part of the bucket of 55%, the beneficial effects of said mass transfer object of the constructive principle of the present invention are sufficiently important as to allow the mentioned light construction of the floating group.
- Figs . la and Ib are comparative schematic representations of a drum of a centrifuge machine supported and guided by its two ends and a drum of a centrifuge machine supported and cantilevered, respectively;
- Figs. 2a and 2b are comparative schematic representations illustrating those parts subjected to structural stresses in a floating group of the state of the art of clothing and in a floating group according to the present invention, respectively;
- Figs. la and Ib are comparative schematic representations illustrating those parts subjected to structural stresses in a floating group of the state of the art of clothing and in a floating group according to the present invention, respectively;
- Figs. la and Ib are comparative schematic representations illustrating those parts subjected to structural stresses in a floating group of the state of the art of clothing and in a floating group according to the present invention, respectively;
- FIG. 3a, 3b and 3c are diagrams of forces that will serve to explain the effects of the forces acting on the floating group, on the drum 20 and on the enclosure 10, respectively;
- Fig. 4 is a graph of the results of a simulated test example illustrating the evolution of the bending moments on the drum drive shaft against different percentages of counterweight mass distribution.
- Figs. 5a-5d are schemes that illustrate the deduction of the equivalence between the real mass and equivalent mass values obtained in a fluid balancer ring;
- Fig. 6 is a simplified sectional view of a side elevation of a clothes washer-centrifuge machine according to the present invention;
- Fig. 7 is a sectional view of an elevation illustrating a detail of an alternative embodiment of the drum.
- FIG. la and Ib it is illustrated how the fact of arranging an axial access loading / unloading mouth 28 (Fig. Ib) in the drum 20 is ergonomically advantageous but strongly penalizes the efforts to which its structural elements are subjected under the influence of a force F exerted by the mass of a wet laundry load Q, subjected to a centripetal acceleration due to the rotation of said drum.
- Fig. A drum 20 is illustrated with a mouth of loading / unloading 28a of radial access.
- Axes 16a, 16b, supported and guided by bearings A, B protrude from the walls of both ends of the drum.
- the drum of Fig. Ib of the same dimensions as the drum of Fig. La, has an axial access loading / unloading mouth 28a, located on a wall of one end and therefore is supported and guided through an axis 16, which protrudes from the wall of the opposite end, inserted in bearings A and B.
- the present invention relates to machines comprising a cantilever supported drum of the type of Fig. Ib.
- the drum is supported in a cantilever inside a wrapper, a motor being fixed to the bowl and connected to the drum so that it can rotate inside it.
- the envelope, drum and motor tray assembly constitutes the so-called “floating group", which is suspended from a frame or bench by suspension means comprising elastic elements and dampers in order to absorb the vibratory movements generated by the off-center mass of the load of clothes during the spin.
- FIGs. 2a and 2b are shown two floating groups of a machine of the state of the art and of a machine according to the present invention, respectively, formed by an enveloping tray 10 comprising an outer wall 12 of revolution around a geometric axis M, and a bottom wall 14 on which a bearing housing 30 is fixed in which bearings A, B are housed.
- a drum 20 which also has an outer wall 22 of revolution around said axis geometric M, and a bottom wall 24 on which a drive shaft 16 is attached inserted in the aforementioned bearings A, B.
- the enclosure tray 10 and the drum 20 have, on their faces opposite to the bottom walls, respective mouths loading / unloading 18, 28, axial access, matching.
- a pulley is mounted to which connects a motor (uncle illustrated in Figs. 2a and 2b) by a belt drive to rotate the drum inside the bucket.
- a counterweight 40 is fixed to the front part of the enclosure cuvette 10, while in the floating group according to the present invention (Fig. 2b), a counterweight 42 is fixed to the front of the drum.
- a force F ⁇ is applied, represented by an arrow, exerted by a load of clothes Q.
- the counterweight 40 associated with the tray 20 exerts a force represented by an arrow F CE in Fig. 2a while the counterweight 42 associated with the drum 20 exerts a force represented by an arrow F CT in Fig. 2b.
- the balancing forces are transmitted along a long path from the load F ⁇ applied to the drum (laundry load Q) to the balancing force F CE associated with the bucket (counterweight 40).
- the parts and components that are subjected to significant tension are the outer wall 22 and the bottom wall 24 of the drum 20, the drive shaft 16, the bearing housing 30, the bearings A and B, and the bottom wall 14 and the outer wall 12 of the housing 10.
- the balancing forces are transmitted through a much shorter path, ranging from the balancing force F CT associated with the drum (counterweight 42) to the bearing reactions, passing by the load F ⁇ applied to the drum (laundry load Q).
- the parts and components that are subjected to tension are the outer wall 22 and the bottom wall 24 of the drum 20, the drive shaft 16, the bearing housing 30 and the bearings A and B, although the stresses on the shaft motor 16, the bearing housing 30 and the bearings A and B are smaller because the forces F ⁇ and F CT have opposite directions and produce opposite bending moments that are counteracted on the shaft 16.
- the bottom and exterior walls 14, 12 of the enclosure tray 10 are released from tensions attributable to forces exerted by the counterweight masses.
- the counterweight 42 associated with the front part of the drum, is combined with a counterweight 40, of a minor sensitive mass, associated with the enclosure, in order to contain the amplitude of the dynamic movement within about ergonomically adequate limits.
- the counterweight 42 fixed at the front of the drum can be of real mass, although it is preferable that it be of an equivalent mass obtained by dynamic effect on movable masses, such as the fluid rings explained above, or as rings through which solid bodies move freely, for example, metal balls.
- the essential contribution of the present invention is that the main counterweight is the counterweight 42 associated with the front part of the drum 20 in the floating group, its mass, real or equivalent, being at least 55% of the total mass of the counterweights associated to the front part of the floating group, that is, of the sum of the masses of the counterweights 40 and 42 associated respectively to the front parts of the wrapper 10 and the drum.
- Figs. 3a, 3b and 3c are diagrams of forces that will serve to explain the dynamic effects of the forces acting on the floating group, on the drum 20 and on the wrapper 10, respectively.
- FIG. 3a schematically shows the floating group formed by the enclosing tray 10 comprising the outer wall 12 and the bottom wall 14 on which the bearing housing 30 in which the bearings A and B are housed is fixed.
- said wrapping bowl is arranged the drum 20 having the corresponding outer wall 22 and the bottom wall 24 on which the drive shaft 16 is attached to said bearings A, B.
- the wrapping bowl 10 and the drum 20 have, in their faces opposite the bottom walls, the respective loading / unloading mouths 18, 28, of axial access, matching. The engine has been skipped again.
- Cartesian coordinate system consisting of: O: Origin of coordinates; located in the center of the bearing A at rest.
- Y axis Direction along the axis of rotation of the drum; positive direction from the Origin to the loading / unloading mouth 28.
- X axis Direction parallel to the direction of the imbalance of the load of clothes; positive sense from the Origin towards the outside parallel to the imbalance of the load of clothes.
- Axis r The corresponding according to the rule of the right hand.
- F E Centrifugal force due to the mass of the envelope cuvette without counterweights
- F CT Centrifugal force due to the mass of the counterweight associated with the drum
- F CE Centrifugal force due to the mass of the counterweight associated with the enclosure tray G ⁇ .
- G E Center of masses of the wrapping bucket without counterweights
- Mass of the counterweight associated with the drum 20 results: Mass of the counterweight associated with the drum
- light or “light construction” is meant a type of construction with requirements of mechanical strength, whether by shape, materials or components, substantially lower than those that would be necessary without the implementation of the constructive principle of the present invention to Same high-speed spin performance.
- the final objective of the aforementioned mass transfer from the counterweight 40 associated with the enclosure cuvette 10 towards the counterweight 42 associated with the drum 20 is to promote a reduction in structural stresses that allow a lighter construction, and by consequently more economical, of the floating group.
- Said stress reduction can be exemplified by the reactions R A and R B of the bearings A and B, since these affect the bearings A, B themselves, the Hector moments on the drive shaft 16, the stresses on the box from bearings 30, and on the bottom walls 14, 24 of the wrapper 10 and the drum 20, and so on.
- a counterweight in the drum entails disadvantages, especially economic ones, associated with the need to use materials resistant to corrosion because said counterweight will be subjected to the baths of the washing and rinsing processes, including detergents and bleach at relatively high temperatures. If said nic ⁇ mass is provided in the form of a solid, real TU PE mass centered on the geometric axis M of the drum 20, its cost can be considerable.
- fluid balancing rings 60 can be installed, such as those described in the aforementioned US-A-2,525,781 patent, by Jey Grant De Remer, which as will be explained below allow advantageously obtaining effects equivalent to those of the mass ntp "real" by a mass m a "equivalent” much lower, corresponding to the effective mass of the fluid contained in the chambers, which fluid rings 60 can be constructed economically, in a conventional manner by molding plastic injection .
- Figs. 5a-5d are schemes that illustrate the deduction of the value of the equivalent mass produced by a fluid balancing ring containing a certain mass of fluid, comparable to a mass of a solid counterweight located in the same position.
- Figs. 5a-5d and / or in the following equations the following designations are used:
- PE Cylindrical outer wall of a fluid balancer ring
- H Circular horizon produced in the fluid inside the ring when turning
- This equivalent mass mp E is generally 12 to 20 times greater than the mass of fluid m A actually used, which demonstrates the advantages of balancing by means of fluid rings facing the contribution of a main counterweight mass associated with the drum 20 that generates significant effects that make it possible to replace a large part of the mass of the counterweight associated with the enclosure tray 10, according to the basic principle of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 it shows in a very simplified manner an example of a non-limiting embodiment of a centrifuge machine according to the present invention, such as a clothes washer-centrifuge machine, from which they have been removed. those elements that have no relation to the constructive principle of the present invention, whose machine incorporates said "light" construction of the floating group.
- the machine of Fig. 6 comprises a frame or bench 50 from which a floating group essentially formed by an enclosing tray 10 for holding and / or collecting a bath is suspended, a drum 20 for a load of matter to be centrifuged Q (not shown in Fig. 6) mounted so that it can rotate inside the enclosure cuvette 10 and a motor 32 fixed to the cuvette 10 and connected to said drum 20 to rotate it.
- the suspension comprises a system of springs 52 and dampers 54 arranged between the bench 50 and the floating group.
- the casing 10 and the drum 20 have, at one of their ends, respective loading / unloading mouths 18, 28 of axial access, substantially coinciding with each other and with a loading / unloading mouth of the frame provided with a door 56 , preferably of a transparent material.
- an elastic sleeve 58 capable of absorbing movements has been arranged between the loading / unloading mouth 18 of the housing 10 and the frame of the door 56 of the frame 50 relative vibrations between frame 50 and wrapping cup 10.
- the wrapping bowl 10 can be obtained, for example, by plastic injection molding essentially in two parts, a front part 10a, and a rear part 10b.
- the front part 10a comprises a first outer wrap half wall 12a and a front wall 13 with an outer peripheral edge rigidly attached to one end of said first wrap half wall 12a and an inner peripheral edge that delimits said loading / unloading mouth 18.
- a counterweight 40 of a solid and dense material such as a relatively heavy metal or concrete, which can take an annular, quadrangular shape with a large central opening, or any other convenient shape, is fixed at the front 13 of the enclosure tray 10.
- the part Rear 10b comprises a second wrap half wall 12b and a bottom wall 14 with an outer peripheral edge rigidly attached to one end of said second outer wrap half wall 12b, whose bottom wall 14 includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs 14a, combined in both directions axial as radial, which are finished in a central area in a hub 14b for a bearing housing 30, formed by a mere steel bushing, for bearings A and B.
- the two front and rear parts 10a and 10b of the housing 10 are joined by the free ends of the respective first and second outer wrap semi-walls 12a and 12b by means of a socket 15 consolidated by means of fixing either mechanical, such as a clamping flange, or by adhesion or welding.
- the drum 20 comprises an outer wrap wall 22, of revolution with respect to a geometric axis M, typically cylindrical and perforated, a front wall 23, with an outer peripheral edge rigidly attached to one end of said outer wrap wall 22 and an inner peripheral edge that delimits said loading / unloading mouth 28 of the drum 20, and a bottom wall 24 with an outer peripheral edge rigidly attached to one end of said outer wrapping wall 22, whose bottom wall 24 includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs 24a, combined in both axial and radial directions, which are finished in a central area in a hub 24b for a drive shaft 16, aligned with said geometric axis M, rigidly attached to said hub 24b.
- the drive shaft 16 is inserted in the aforementioned bearings A and B so that one end thereof protrudes through the outer end of the bearing housing 30, on which protruding end of the drive shaft 16 is connected to a driven pulley 34 connected by a belt 35 to a conductive pulley 36 integral with the output shaft 38 of the motor 32, which is rigidly connected to the housing 10 by means of supports 39.
- the aforementioned front wall 23 of the drum 20 has a conical trunk section 23b which enables a space in which is located and fixed a counterweight 42 formed by a plurality of concentric fluid balancing rings 60 which will be described in detail below in relation to Fig. 7, together with other construction details of the drum.
- blades 29 Inside the drum 20 are arranged blades 29 to remove the load of clothes in the washing and rinsing stages, whose blades 29 are substantially parallel to the geometric axis M and extend in a radial direction a certain length towards the center of the drum , and typically adopt a hollow triangular cross section.
- the proportion of the mass, either real or equivalent obtained by fluid balancing rings, of the counterweight 42 associated with the front part of the drum 20 is at least 55% of the total sum of the counterweight weights 40 and 42 respectively associated with the front parts of the wrapping bowl 10 and drum 20, that is to say, that a greater part of the total mass of said counterweights 40 and 42, resulting from the addition of their respective masses m C E and ⁇ nc ⁇ , is concentrated in the counterweight 42 associated with the front part of the drum 20.
- Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail showing a preferred embodiment of drum 20, of which only the upper half has been shown since it is substantially symmetrical to the lower half.
- the drum enclosure 20 comprises the outer outer wall 22, the front wall 23 and an inner bottom wall 27 constructed in a thin metal sheet, typically stainless steel, and joined at their respective edges by beading 22a.
- a light metal alloy such as aluminum
- the front face 23 includes a conical trunk section 23b that enables a space for said concentric fluid balancing rings 60, whose conical trunk section 23b is finished off at an inner peripheral edge with a closed groove 23a that delimits the loading / unloading mouth 28
- the fluid balancing rings 60 are obtained in a classical manner by injection molding of plastic in two pieces; a first piece 60a, comprising a side wall 62, in the form of a circular crown, from which a plurality cylindrical annular walls 64 are projected, and a second piece 60b, as a cover, provided with a plurality of plugs (not shown ), each corresponding to one of the rings 60, for filling / emptying them, and which may eventually include partitions 66 or annular grooves for coupling or fitting with the cylindrical annular walls 64 of the first piece 60a.
- Both pieces are jointly joined by adhesive or welding forming a plurality of sealed chambers Concentric tailored to be partially filled with a balancing fluid.
- the ring located in the innermost position adapts to said conical trunk section 23b of the front wall 23.
- there are small baffles (not shown) arranged inside each of the watertight chambers, the purpose of which is to propitiate the entrainment of the fluid together with the cylindrical annular walls 64, especially during the start of the acceleration to reach a spin speed.
- Such baffles must not, however, prevent the free distribution of water to form said circular horizon.
- the entire drum assembly 20 is packaged and stiffened by straps 80 parallel to the geometric axis M that cross the aforementioned outer and inner bottom walls 24, 27, the front wall 23 and the first and second pieces 60a, 60b of the fluid balancing rings 60, passing through the drum 20 through the interior of each of said triangular cross section profile blades 29, which work under compression as stiffening elements.
- Each tie 80 has a head 82 retained in a recess in the bottom outer wall 24 and a threaded end that projects from the fluid balancing rings 60 to receive a tightening and locking nut 84.
- a reinforcement piece 86 in the form of a circular crown, is interposed between said nuts 82 and the fluid balancing rings 60 to better distribute the pressure exerted by the braces on a larger outer surface of said fluid balancing rings 60.
- the fluid balancing rings 60 include passage holes, not shown, so that one of its concentric sealed chambers is sacrificed, which allows to enable annular walls 68 of greater thickness adjacent to said passage holes to resist the pressure exerted by the braces.
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