摘要:
Fluid control circuits employed on construction vehicles to control the actuation of various work cylinders oftentimes include a system for sensing the fluid pressure in the cylinder and communicating such fluid pressure to a control device in signal form to closely control the displacement of a pump, the flow capacity of a pressure compensated flow control valve, or the like. The sensing system is normally associated with the spool of a directional control valve which must travel a substantial distance to effect extension or retraction of the cylinder and normally requires an "anti-rotation" device to insure proper alignment of the various ports and passages. Conventional high pressure systems of this type also pose potential leakage problems.This invention overcomes such problems by providing an improved load sensing system (45) including an annular land (32) defined on a spool (26) of a control valve (23) and an annulus (46) disposed axially between first (36) and second (37) outlets of the control valve (23) and further disposed to circumvent the land (32) of the spool (26).
摘要:
A speed control and transmission vent valve (10) includes a first valve (12), a second valve (14) having first (64) and second inlets (66), an openable outlet (70) and a spool (62 or 62') movable in response to fluid in the inlets (64,66) between first, second and third positions, a passage (112) connecting the first valve (12) to the first inlet (64), and two-state switch means (16) for communicating fluid in the passage (112) to the second inlet (66) in response to one state of the switch means (16) to move the spool (62 or 62') from the first to the second position and for communicating fluid in the passage (112) to the first inlet (64) in response to a second state of the switch means (16) to move the spool (62 or 62') from the second position to the third position in which a fluid control signal is generated. The speed control and transmission vent valve (10) can be used in a tractor having a hydrostatic transmission, and is directed to reducing the operator skill and control needed to actuate the transmission to move the vehicle.
摘要:
An output shaft is rotatably mounted on a stationary support to selectively actuate a control valve of a hydrostatic transmission. A pair of levers are pivotally mounted on the output shaft in scissored relationship thereon and an actuating arm is rotatably mounted on the support to engage camming surfaces defined on first ends of the levers. A drive pin is secured to the output shaft to have opposite ends thereof engage bearing surfaces defined on second ends of the levers whereby swinging movements of the actuating arm in opposite directions will alternately transmit pivotal movements of the levers to the output shaft to control actuation of the control valve. The second ends of the levers are biased away from each other by a coil spring to normally engage the bearing surfaces with the drive pin.
摘要:
The invention is concerned with an improvement in a pump having a pump body, a swash plate the rotational position of which controls the displacement of the pump and means mounting the swash plate for rotation about an axis generally centrally thereadjacent. The improvement serves to control the pump output. In a broad sense, the improvement comprises means internal of said pump body and acting between said pump body and said swash plate for biasing the swash plate towards a zero displacement position corresponding to a minimum displacement of the pump, and means responsive to discharge pressure of the pump reaching a first magnitude for overriding the biasing means and rotating the swash plate towards a full displacement position corresponding to a maximum displacement of the pump said overriding means comprising servo valve means within said pump body and pilot pump means acting to initially shift said servo valve means to allow discharge pressure to be applied in opposition to said biasing means.
摘要:
A control for selectively controlling operation of left and right side drives for providing a selective steering drive of a vehicle. The control includes a single manually operable control lever and mounting structure for transmitting selective movement of the control lever through suitable push-pull linkages to the vehicle drives. The control is arranged to effect a change in the gain of output lever portions thereof in effecting the desired controlled steering operation of the drives. The change in gain is controlled by the engagement of rollers associated with the control lever against output levers associated one each with the push-pull linkages and left and right side vehicle drives.
摘要:
A hydrostatic unit of the type contemplated by the present invention includes one or more pump and motor combinations interconnected by means of a conventional closed loop. Controls for the hydrostatic unit include a speed control and vent valve assembly as well as a venturi manifold which functions to normally establish a selected pressure differential in a pair of supply conduits for determining instant operating conditions for the transmission. In order to automatically regulate displacement of each pump unit in response to prime mover speed, an underspeed actuator valve unit includes a piston which is hydraulically responsive to the differential pressure in order to adjust operation of a lever which controls displacement of the pump unit. A part throttle control valve prevents the underspeed actuator from reducing displacement of the pump unit when speed of the prime mover is reduced by a manual throttle control.
摘要:
A control apparatus has a single control handle, first and second work elements, and first and second ramps each contacting a respective work element. Apparatus is further provided for selectively, progressively pivoting only one of the ramps in response to controllably moving the single control handle. One of the ramps pivotally moves in response to moving the handle in a first plane to a first position and in a different second plane from a first toward a second position. The other ramp pivotally moves in response to moving the handle in the first plane to a second position and in a different third plane from a first toward a second position. Respective work elements are thereby moved between a plurality of positions for controlling an operation such as the flow of fluid through associated, respective valves.
摘要:
A fluid drive assembly has a pump, a variable displacement motor, a fluid circuit connecting the pump to the motor, and an actuator device for controlling the displacement of the motor. The actuator device is movable between a first position at which the displacement of the motor is at a preselected maximum and a second position at which the displacement of the motor is at a preselected minimum. A control system for the fluid drive assembly includes a source of fluid at a first preselected pressure value. A valve device is connected to the source of fluid and to the actuator device for controlling the fluid flow therebetween and is movable between a first position at which the source of fluid is in communication with the actuator device and a second position at which the source of fluid is blocked from communication with the actuator device. A first device automatically moves the valve device to the second position in response to the fluid pressure in the fluid circuit exceeding a second preselected pressure level. A second device retains the valve device in the first position until the fluid pressure in the fluid circuit decreases from the second preselected pressure level to a third preselected pressure level.
摘要:
The invention is concerned with an improvement in a load lifting apparatus which comprises a primary load member pivotally mounted about a generally horizontal axis on a frame, a tilt cylinder and a tilt piston movable relative to one another pivotally connected to the frame and the primary load member to provide impetus for pivotal movement therebetween, a secondary load member movable relative to the primary load member, a lift cylinder and a lift piston movable relative to one another connected to the primary load member and the secondary load member to provide impetus for linear relative movement therebetween, tilt cylinder valve means for controlling flow of pressurized fluid from pump means to the tilt cylinder and lift cylinder valve means for controlling flow of pressurized fluid from the pump means to the lift cylinder. The improvement of the invention provides protection which prevents the apparatus from overbalancing. The improvement operates by sensing a moment created by a load on the apparatus. Most particularly, the improvement comprises a valve sensing simultaneously a lift pressure force proportional to a lift pressure in a head end of the lift cylinder and a tilt pressure force proportional to a tilt pressure in a rod end of the tilt cylinder. The valve blocks flow of pressurized fluid from the tilt cylinder to the tilt cylinder valve means and from the lift cylinder valve means to the lift cylinder responsive to the greater of the lift pressure force and the tilt pressure force exceeding a predetermined value. The improvement of the present invention is particularly useful in the lift trucks wherein the primary load member is a lift truck mast and the secondary load member is the forks of a lift truck.
摘要:
A hydrostatic unit of the type contemplated by the present invention includes one or more pump and motor combinations interconnected by means of a conventional closed loop. Controls for the hydrostatic unit include a speed control and vent valve assembly as well as a venturi manifold which functions to normally establish a selected pressure differential in a pair of supply conduits. In order to automatically regulate displacement of each pump unit in response to both engine or prime mover speed and instant load conditions, an underspeed actuator valve unit is hydraulically responsive to the differential pressure in the two conduits and also to changes in output pressure developed by the pump unit.