US 4,272,227 AGranted

Variable displacement balanced vane pump

AssigneeThe Bendix Corporation

InventorFrank Woodruff

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Abstract

A variable displacement balanced vane pump includes an alternate flow passage for fluid being compressed in an intervane chamber whereby the excess portion of the fluid is by-passed from the pump discharge zone to the pump inlet zone without appreciably increasing the pressure of the excess fluid portion to minimize the required pump input energy.

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A variable displacement balanced vane pump, comprising:

a cam ring having a pair of diametrically opposed lobes;
a rotor rotatable in the cam ring and having a plurality of radially extending slots spaced equidistantly therearound;
a plurality of vane means disposed in the slots and extending to the inner circumference of the cam ring;
a rotatable control ring in close diametrical fit with the outer circumference of the cam ring;
a pair of port plates sandwiching the rotor and cooperating to provide a pair of diametrically opposed inlet ports and an annular discharge port;
valves carried by passages in the rotor in the space between adjacent vane means and permitting fluid flow radially inward from the inlet ports to the discharge port;
means for rotating the control ring;
means associated with the cam ring and the control ring for providing an alternate fluid flow passage and for thereby regulating fluid flow through the valve upon rotation of the control ring;
said last-mentioned means comprising a first plurality of radially extending holes carried by one portion of the cam ring, a second corresponding plurality of radially extending holes carried by a diametrically opposite portion of the cam ring, the first and second pluralities of holes being in communication with corresponding spaces between the vane means, the control ring carrying a pair of diametrically opposed by-pass ports, and the alternate fluid flow passage being provided upon rotation of the control ring which brings the by-pass ports carried thereby in communication with the first and second pluralities of holes carried by the cam ring;
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the circumference of the contact line between the vane means and the inner circumference of the cam ring being greater than the diameter of the holes in the first and second pluralities of holes to insure a seal with the inner circumference of the cam ring which prevents fluid leakage via the holes in the first and second pluralities of holes past the vane means tips when the vane means tips are adjacent said holes.

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Abstract

A variable displacement balanced vane pump, comprising:

a cam ring having a pair of diametrically opposed lobes;
a rotor rotatable in the cam ring and having a plurality of radially extending slots spaced equidistantly therearound;
a plurality of vane means disposed in the slots and extending to the inner circumference of the cam ring;
a rotatable control ring in close diametrical fit with the outer circumference of the cam ring;
a pair of port plates sandwiching the rotor and cooperating to provide a pair of diametrically opposed inlet ports and an annular discharge port;
valves carried by passages in the rotor in the space between adjacent vane means and permitting fluid flow radially inward from the inlet ports to the discharge port;
means for rotating the control ring;
means associated with the cam ring and the control ring for providing an alternate fluid flow passage and for thereby regulating fluid flow through the valve upon rotation of the control ring;
said last-mentioned means comprising a first plurality of radially extending holes carried by one portion of the cam ring, a second corresponding plurality of radially extending holes carried by a diametrically opposite portion of the cam ring, the first and second pluralities of holes being in communication with corresponding spaces between the vane means, the control ring carrying a pair of diametrically opposed by-pass ports, and the alternate fluid flow passage being provided upon rotation of the control ring which brings the by-pass ports carried thereby in communication with the first and second pluralities of holes carried by the cam ring;
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the circumference of the contact line between the vane means and the inner circumference of the cam ring being greater than the diameter of the holes in the first and second pluralities of holes to insure a seal with the inner circumference of the cam ring which prevents fluid leakage via the holes in the first and second pluralities of holes past the vane means tips when the vane means tips are adjacent said holes.

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