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Load responsive fluid control valves
OwnerTadeusz Budzichinventor
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A load responsive direction and flow control valve for use in fluid power load responsive system. The valve maintains a selected constant flow level for control of both positive and negative loads, irrespective of the change in the load magnitude or change in the fluid pressure, supplied to the valve. When controlling positive or negative loads the valve maintains a constant pressure differential across a flow control metering orifice utilizing a single control slide member, first by throttling fluid entering the inlet chamber and then by throttling the fluid leaving the outlet chamber. The valve may be used with fixed displacement pumps, fixed displacement pumps equipped with differential pressure relief valves, with variable pumps equipped with pressure compensators and variable pumps equipped with differential pressure compensators.
A valve assembly comprising a housing having a fluid inlet chamber, a fluid supply chamber, first and second fluid load chambers, a fluid outlet chamber, and fluid exhaust means, first valve means for selectively interconnecting said fluid load chambers with said fluid supply chamber and said fluid outlet chamber, variable fluid metering orifice means responsive to movement of said first valve means between said outlet chamber and said exhaust means, second valve means responsive to pressure upstream of said variable orifice means having positive load throttling means and isolating means between said inlet chamber and said supply chamber, said positive load throttling means operable to maintain pressure upstream of said variable orifice means at a low relatively constant preselected pressure level when one of said load chambers is connected to said outlet chamber by said first valve means and said load chamber is subjected to pressure not higher than said low relatively constant preselected pressure level, said isolating means operable to isolate said inlet chamber from said supply chamber when one of said load chambers is connected to said outlet chamber by said first valve means and said load chamber is subjected to pressure higher than said low relatively constant preselected pressure level, and fluid replenishing means operable to interconnect for fluid flow said supply chamber and said exhaust means when said isolating means isolates said inlet chamber from said supply chamber.
A valve assembly comprising a housing having a fluid inlet chamber, a fluid supply chamber, first and second fluid load chambers, a fluid outlet chamber, a fluid exhaust chamber and fluid exhaust means, first valve means for selectively interconnecting said fluid load chambers with said fluid supply chamber and said fluid outlet chamber, variable fluid metering orifice means responsive to movement of said first valve means between said exhaust chamber and said exhaust means, second valve means responsive to pressure in said exhaust chamber having positive load throttling means and isolating means between said inlet chamber and said supply chamber, said positive load throttling means operable to maintain pressure in said exhaust chamber at a low relatively constant preselected pressure level when one of said load chambers is connected to said outlet chamber by said first valve means and said outlet chamber is subjected to pressure not higher than said low relatively constant preselected pressure level, said isolating means operable to isolate said inlet chamber from said supply chamber when one of said load chambers is connected to said outlet chamber by said first valve means and said outlet chamber is subjected to pressure higher than said low relatively constant preselected pressure level, and fluid replenishing means operable to interconnect for fluid flow said supply chamber and said exhaust means when said isolating means isolate said inlet chamber from said supply chamber.
A valve assembly comprising a housing having a fluid inlet chamber, a fluid supply chamber, first and second fluid load chambers, outlet fluid conducting means and fluid exhaust means, first valve means for selectively interconnecting said fluid load chambers with said fluid supply chamber and said outlet fluid conducting means, variable fluid metering orifice means responsive to movement of said first valve means between said load chamber and said exhaust means, second valve means responsive to pressure upstream of said variable orifice means having positive load throttling means and isolating means between said inlet chamber and said supply chamber, said positive load throttling means operable to maintain pressure upstream of said variable orifice means at a low relatively constant preselected pressure level when one of said load chambers is connected to said outlet chamber by said first valve means and said load chamber is subjected to pressure not higher than said low relatively constant preselected pressure level, said isolating means operable to isolate said inlet chamber from said supply chamber when one of said load chambers is connected to said outlet chamber by said first valve means and said load chamber is subjected to pressure higher than said low relatively constant preselected pressure level, and fluid replenishing means operable to interconnect for fluid flow said supply chamber and said exhaust means when said isolating means isolates said inlet chamber from said supply chamber.
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