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US 6,074,083 AGranted
Hydrostatic-mechanical drive for a mixing drum
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsWolfgang Gebhard, Egon Mann
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Abstract
A hydrostatic-mechanical drive unit for a mixing drum, especially of a mobile concrete mixer has pistons (24) of a hydraulic motor (25) that are spring-loaded so as to constantly bear, via rollers (25), on a cam surface (26). With a hydraulic pump (2) stationary, the operating mode of the hydraulic motor (6) can be reversed. In order to reliably prevent further oscillation of the mixing drum, suction valves (32, 33) are connected to lines (4, 5) leading to the hydraulic motor (6) so that when the mode principle of the hydraulic motor (6) is reversed, oil can be inducted from an oil reservoir.
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A hydrostatic-mechanical drive unit for driving a mobile concrete mixing drum comprising:
- a hydraulic pump (2) being coupled to receive driving power from a drive input (1);
- a hydraulic motor (6) for driving a mobile concrete mixing drum;
- two hydraulic lines (4, 5) interconnecting the hydraulic pump (2) with the hydraulic motor (6) to supplying driving power from the hydraulic pump (2) to the hydraulic motor (6) for driving the mobile concrete mixing drum, and each one of the two hydraulic lines (4, 5) being connected, via a suction valve (32, 33), to an oil reservoir to facilitate supplying oil from the reservoir to each of the two hydraulic lines (4, 5) via one of the suction valves (32 or 33);
- a feed pump (3) coupling each of two hydraulic lines (4, 5) to the reservoir to facilitate supplying oil from the reservoir to the two hydraulic lines (4, 5);
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- the hydraulic motor (6) having a cylinder block (27) containing at least one piston (24) therein, the at least one piston (24) being permanently biased toward a cam surface (26), via a spring (30), with a roller (25) being located between the at least one piston (24) and the cam surface (26,) whereby when operation of the hydraulic motor (6) and the feed pump (3) are discontinued, the hydraulic motor (6) is able to suck oil from the reservoir, via at least one of the suction valves (32 or 33), and function as an oil pump.
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A hydrostatic-mechanical drive unit comprising:
- a reversible hydraulic pump being coupled to receive driving power from a drive input (1);
- a hydraulic motor (6) for rotating a mobile concrete mixing drum;
- two hydraulic lines (4, 5) interconnecting the hydraulic pump (2) with the hydraulic motor (6) to supplying driving power from the hydraulic pump (2) to the hydraulic motor (6) for driving the mobile concrete mixing drum, and each one of the two hydraulic lines (4, 5) being connected, via a suction valve (32, 33), to an oil reservoir to facilitate supplying oil from the reservoir to each of the two hydraulic lines (4, 5) via one of the suction valves (32 or 33);
- a feed pump (3) coupling each of two hydraulic lines (4, 5) to the reservoir to facilitate supplying oil from the reservoir to the two hydraulic lines (4, 5);
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- the hydraulic motor (6) having a cylinder block (27) containing a plurality of pistons (24) therein, each one of the plurality of pistons (24) being permanently biased toward a cam surface (26), via a respective spring (30), and a respective roller (25) being located between each one of the plurality of pistons (24) and the cam surface (26) whereby when operation of both the hydraulic motor (6) and the feed pump (3) are discontinued, the hydraulic motor (6) is able to suck oil from the reservoir, via at least one of the suction valves (32 or 33), and function as an oil pump.
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A hydrostatic-mechanical drive unit for driving a mobile concrete mixing drum comprising:
- a hydraulic pump (2) being coupled to receive driving power from a drive input (1);
- a hydraulic motor (6) rotating a mobile concrete mixing drum;
- two hydraulic lines (4, 5) interconnecting the hydraulic pump (2) with the hydraulic motor (6) to supplying driving power from the hydraulic pump (2) to the hydraulic motor (6) for driving the mobile concrete mixing drum, and each one of the two hydraulic lines (4, 5) being connected, via a suction valve (32, 33), to an oil reservoir to facilitate supplying oil from the reservoir to each of the two hydraulic lines (4, 5) via one of the suction valves (32 or 33);
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- the hydraulic motor (6) having a cylinder block (27) containing at least one piston (24) therein, the at least one piston (24) being permanently biased toward a cam surface (26), via a spring (30), with a roller (25) being located between the at least one piston (24) and the cam surface (26,) whereby when operation of the hydraulic motor (6) is discontinued, the hydraulic motor (6) is able to suck oil from the reservoir, via at least one of the suction valves (32 or 33), and function as an oil pump;
- wherein the cam surface is sinusoidal in shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.