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US 12,435,738 B2Granted
Fluid circuit
AssigneeEagle Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiyuki Shimada
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Abstract
There is provided a fluid circuit capable of continuously driving pressure-increasing devices with a simple configuration. A plurality of pressure-increasing devices are connected in parallel to a fluid supply device that delivers a working fluid. A stroke direction of the piston of each of the pressure-increasing device is switched by the working fluid. A phase of the piston of one pressure-increasing device is different from a phase of the piston of the other pressure-increasing device.
Claims7
A fluid circuit, comprising:
- a fluid supply device configured to deliver a working fluid;
- and
- pressure-increasing devices configured to increase a pressure of the working fluid,
- wherein each of the pressure-increasing devices includes a cylinder connected to the fluid supply device, and a piston provided inside the cylinder and configured to be reciprocatable in an axial direction, and delivers, from the cylinder, the working fluid having the pressure which is increased due to a movement of the piston toward a pressure-increasing chamber inside the cylinder by the working fluid delivered from the fluid supply device,
- the pressure-increasing devices are connected in parallel to the fluid supply device,
- wherein the fluid circuit further comprises a pilot switching valve provided for each of the pressure-increasing devices, each of which uses the working fluid delivered from the fluid supply device, as a pilot fluid,
- wherein each of the pilot switching valves has a port and valve positions and is configured to switch between the valve positions according to pressure acting on the port,
- wherein each of the pressure-increasing devices is configured to switch stroke directions of the piston according to the valve position of each of the pilot switching valves,
- and
- wherein the fluid circuit further comprises a adjustable flow return valve which is configured to supply each of pressures having different pressure waves to each of the ports of the pilot switching valves such that a phase of the piston of at least one of the pressure-increasing devices is different from a phase of the piston of remaining at least one of the pressure-increasing devices.
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