Abstract:
A filter assembly includes a housing within which is disposed a filter element with resilient support means at one end. Inlet means direct fluid to the filter, through which such fluid normally flows. The fluid then normally flows through outlet means defined by the housing. The fluid flowing through the inlet means is in communication with a valve including a valving element movable toward the filter element to allow fluid to flow from the inlet means to the outlet means, bypassing the filter element. A helical spring is disposed between the valving element and the resilient support means for the filter element to bias the valving element in a position so that the fluid is normally directed through the filter element. An increase of the fluid pressure in the filter element moves the valve element toward the filter element against the resilience of the spring, so that the fluid bypasses the filter element.
Abstract:
An accumulator charging arrangement for a high pressure hydraulic system. The arrangement includes a pair of relatively small volumetric capacity fixed-displacement pumps each of which is combined with a separate accumulator charging valve. The pumpcharging valve combinations are disposed in parallel to feed pressure fluid to a pair of accumulator devices for use of the hydraulic circuit upon specific demand. One pump-charging valve combination supplies pressure fluid only within a certain pressure range. The second pump-charging valve combination supplies fluid at a second discrete pressure range which is higher than that within which the first combination operates. For system demands within a lower pressure range, both pump-charging valve combinations are operative to supply fluid, however, upon a demand for pressure only within the higher pressure range, only the second pump-valve combination is operative to supply the separate accumulator devices associated with the combinations.