Double-acting cylinder-piston unit for a mechanical frame saw

In a double-acting cylinder piston unit for controlling the feed motion of a saw blade relative to a workpiece in a mechanical frame saw having a stationary machine frame, a housing part pivotally mounted on the machine frame and a saw frame guide movably mounted in the housing part and carrying a saw blade, the cylinder-piston unit being pivotally connected between the machine frame and housing part and including a cylinder, a piston displaceably mounted in the cylinder and dividing the interior of the cylinder into first and second cylinder chambers, a reservoir containing a hydraulic pressure medium, means defining a hydraulic medium flow path between the reservoir and each cylinder chamber such that hydraulic medium pressure in the first chamber produces a force urging the saw blade toward the workpiece, a respective non-return valve disposed between the reservoir and each flow path for permitting fluid flow from the reservoir into each cylinder chamber, a spring-loaded throttle valve including a valve member and a valve seat disposed in the flow path between the reservoir and the first cylinder chamber for permitting hydraulic medium to flow from the first cylinder chamber when the fluid pressure exceeds a predetermined value, and an adjustable throttle valve disposed in the flow path between the reservoir and the second cylinder chamber for permitting a controlled fluid flow therebetween, the improvement wherein:

• said piston is pivotally connected to the machine frame;
• said cylinder is pivotally connected to the pivotally mounted housing part;
• said cylinder comprises a cylinder head in the form of a block;
• said reservoir is delimited by one face of said block, a first wall extending from, and substantially perpendicular to, said one face and a second wall spaced from, and substantially parallel to, said face;
• said block is provided with two bores each defining a portion of said flow path between a respective cylinder chamber and said reservoir;
• each said bore communicates with its associated valve and forms the seat for said throttle valve communicating with its associated chamber;
• each said throttle valve member is mounted in said second wall in a manner to be adjustable relative to its associated seat;
• said means establishing a flow path between said reservoir and said first cylinder chamber comprise a tube extending within said cylinder, along the axis thereof from that bore in said block which forms a part of the same flow path;
• and said piston is provided with an axially extending bore communicating with said first cylinder chamber, into which said tube extends, and sealing means sealing said piston bore while permitting relative movement, in the axial direction of said cylinder, between said tube and said piston.