Control system having override for fluid operated work elements
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorLawrence F. Schexnayder
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Abstract
A control system has override for fluid operated work elements served by at least two variable displacement pumps each serving a separate circuit. At least two work elements are served by the first circuit and at least one work element is served by the second circuit. The discharge rate of the first pump is controlled by a signal delivered from a summing valve in response to the pressures of the first and second circuits during operation of a preselected one of the work elements of the first circuit and controlled by a modified pilot pressure signal in response to operation of only the other work element of the first circuit.
Claims6
In a fluid system having first and second circuits each having a variable displacement pump serving respective first and second work elements through respective first and second directional control valves and being associated with a summing valve for controlling said pumps, the improvement comprising:
- first means for controlling the output from the pump of one of the first or second circuits in response to a signal delivered from the summing valve during operation of the work elements of both circuits and for controlling the output of the said pump by a modified pilot pressure signal in response to the operation of only the work element of the selected one of the first or second circuits.
In a fluid system having first and second circuits each having a variable displacement pump serving respective first and second work elements through respective first and second directional control valves and being associated with a summing valve for controlling said pumps, said first circuit having a third directional control valve connected to a third work element and being connected in interruptible series with said first directional control valve, the improvement comprising:
- first means for controlling the output from the first pump in response to a signal delivered from the summing valve during operation of the third element and for controlling the output of the first pump by a modified pilot pressure signal in response to said first circuit having only the first work element in operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.