# US 8,783,162 B2 · Hydraulic driven turning device

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- Number: US 8,783,162 B2
- Document ID: US8783162B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/735,694
- Filed: 2009-02-09
- Published: 2011-02-10
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2008-02-08
- Assignees: Kinshofer GmbH
- Applicants: Yrjo Raunisto
- Inventors: Yrjo Raunisto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783162B2

## CPC

- E02F 9/006: {Pivot joint assemblies (in general F16C11/04)}
- E02F 9/2271: {Actuators and supports therefor and protection therefor}
- F15B 15/068: {the motor being of the helical type}
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)
- F15B: SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A hydraulic driven turning device to be installed to a construction machine has a first body and a second body turning in relation to the first body, and a hydraulic cylinder attached from the first and second bodies to another body. A piston is axially movable via a hydraulic pressure medium, and a spiral part is attached to the piston. The spiral part causes a rotational movement to a counter part equipped with a spiral, whereupon the rotational movement can be transferred to be a turning movement of another body. The piston is arranged to be non-rotating in the cylinder by forming the cross section of the piston and the cylinder to be deviant from a round form, such as having an oval or angular shape, or by adjusting the piston to be eccentric in relation to a bearing axis thereof.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hydraulic driven turning device to be installed to a construction machine, comprising
a first body,
a second body turning in relation to the first body,
a hydraulic cylinder attached from the first body and the second body to another body,
a piston that is axially movable back and forth in the hydraulic cylinder via a hydraulic pressure medium, and
a spiral part that is attached to the piston, the spiral part causing a rotational movement that can be transferred to be a turning movement of the another body,
the piston being arranged to be non-rotating in the hydraulic cylinder by forming a cross section of the piston and the hydraulic cylinder to be deviant from a round form, and
the hydraulic cylinder only having a part L2 in relation to the spiral part that is deviant from the round form or is eccentric located regarding a cross section thereof, the part L2 being the course of the piston.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The turning device according to claim 1, wherein the piston is triangular or quadrangular, and has rounded edges.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The hydraulic driven turning device according to claim 1, wherein the turning device is located at an end of a boom of a power shovel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The hydraulic driven turning device according to claim 1, wherein the cross section of the piston and the cylinder has an oval or an angular shape.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The hydraulic driven turning device according to claim 1, wherein the piston is adjusted to be eccentric in relation to a bearing axis thereof.

### Claim 6

A hydraulic driven turning device to be installed to a construction machine, comprising
a first body,
a second body turning in relation to the first body,
a hydraulic cylinder attached from the first body and the second body to another body,
a piston that is axially movable back and forth in the hydraulic cylinder via a hydraulic pressure medium, and
a spiral part that is attached to the piston, the spiral part causing a rotational movement that can be transferred to be a turning movement of the another body,
the piston being arranged to be non-rotating in the hydraulic cylinder by forming a cross section of the piston and the hydraulic cylinder to be deviant from a round form, and
a part L2 of the hydraulic cylinder that differs from the round form regarding the cross section being located in a middle portion of the hydraulic cylinder with respect to a longitudinal direction of the hydraulic cylinder.

### Claim 7

A hydraulic driven turning device to be installed to a construction machine, comprising
a first body,
a second body turning in relation to the first body,
a hydraulic cylinder attached from the first body and the second body to another body,
a piston that is axially movable back and forth in the hydraulic cylinder via a hydraulic pressure medium, and
a spiral part that is attached to the piston, the spiral part causing a rotational movement that can be transferred to be a turning movement of the another body,
the piston being arranged to be non-rotating in the hydraulic cylinder by forming a cross section of the piston and the hydraulic cylinder to be deviant from a round form, and
a separate piece being attached to one or both end surfaces of the hydraulic cylinder, with an inner hole of the separate piece being round.

### Claim 8

A hydraulic driven turning device to be installed to a construction machine, comprising
a first body,
a second body turning in relation to the first body,
a hydraulic cylinder attached from the first body and the second body to another body,
a piston that is axially movable back and forth in the hydraulic cylinder via a hydraulic pressure medium, and
a spiral part that is attached to the piston, the spiral part causing a rotational movement that can be transferred to be a turning movement of the another body,
the piston being arranged to be non-rotating in the hydraulic cylinder by forming a cross section of the piston and the hydraulic cylinder to be deviant from a round form, and
a modification piece that is attached to one or both ends of the hydraulic cylinder onto an inner surface thereof, the modification piece being configured such that the inner surface of the cylinder that deviates from the round form is modified to be round.

### Claim 9

A hydraulic driven turning device to be installed to a construction machine, comprising
a first body,
a second body turning in relation to the first body,
a hydraulic cylinder attached from the first body and the second body to another body,
a piston that is axially movable back and forth in the hydraulic cylinder via a hydraulic pressure medium, and
a spiral part that is attached to the piston, the spiral part causing a rotational movement that can be transferred to be a turning movement of the another body,
the piston being arranged to be non-rotating in the hydraulic cylinder by forming a cross section of the piston and the hydraulic cylinder to be deviant from a round form, and
the spiral part being configured as a first spiral part and a second spiral part, each of which is attached to a piston rod at opposed ends thereof.