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US 6,510,715 B1Granted
Smart balancing system
OwnerTulga Simsekinventor
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Abstract
This invention is related to a smart balancing system, where it determines the steady or varying imbalance force vectors acting on rotational drum or rotors, while rotating at high speeds and counterbalances the said imbalance force vectors by using one or more “balancing drums” fitted onto the same drum or rotor along the same rotational axis and one of the areas where such a balancing system used, being high speed spinning washing machines, where the imbalance force vectors acting on the system while spinning at high speeds are eliminated by the use of said intelligent balancing system.
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A machine comprising:
- a drum or rotor rotatable about an axis;
- at least one balancing drum carried for rotation therewith about said axis and carrying a plurality of balance cells each having an opening;
- said balancing drum having at least three balance cells having equal volumes;
- at least one sensor carried by said machine for determining a magnitude and direction of imbalance vectors acting on the rotatable drum during rotation thereof, said rotatable drum and said balancing drum being flexibly mounted on a main body structure;
- a nozzle positioned to face the openings of said balance cells for injecting a pressurized balancing fluid into one or more balance cells selected from said plurality thereof;
- a pump for pumping the balancing fluid through said nozzle;
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- at least one valve for controlling the flow of balancing fluid through said nozzle in accordance with the determined magnitude and direction of the imbalance vectors.
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A machine comprising:
- a rotational drum assembly including an inner drum and main shaft for pivotable mounting about a rotational axis and carried by a main body structure;
- a balancing drum carried for rotation with said rotatable drum and having discrete balance cells thereabout;
- flexible fixtures interconnecting the rotational drum assembly and the main body structure enabling movement of the rotational drum due to imbalance forces to be transferred to the main body structure;
- a balancing fluid system connected to a pressurized control unit and including a balancing fluid injector valve mounted onto the main body structure;
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- a control system for opening and closing the injector valve in accordance with the movements of the rotational drum assembly caused by the imbalance forces to supply balancing fluid to one or more of said balance cells to counteract the imbalance forces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.