Abstract: The sliding ring (1) for a radial piston pump has an inner ring (2) and a coaxial outer ring (3) between which a spring/damping element (5) is arranged. The spring/damping element (5) is in one piece and comprises on both sides an annular rim bead (8). The rim beads rest at the side rim of the inner ring (2) against the latter's outer circumference and at the rim of the outer ring (3) against the latter's inner circumference. Provided between the rim beads (8) is a connecting structure (9) that is constituted, for example, by at least one further damping ring (10) that is connected via webs (11) to the rim beads (8). By way of a corresponding configuration of the spring/damping element (5), chambers (32) into which a liquid can be introduced can additionally be formed between the inner ring (2) and outer ring (3) so that the stiffness of the sliding ring (1) can be variably configured.

Abstract: The invention relates to a displacement machine, in particular a displacement pump used in an automobile and having two components movable slidably relative to one another. In order to keep the wear on the components low, even in the case of a poorly lubricating operating medium, there is provision for at least one component of the two components to be hardened at least on the surface and to consist of sintered material which contains predominantly ferrite and a constituent for improving the sliding properties. This design is particularly advantageous in automobile pumps operating with transmission oil or feeding fuel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radial piston pump for high-pressure fuel supply in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular in a common rail injection system. The piston pump has a drive shaft which is eccentrically supported in a pump housing and on which a ring is slidingly supported. The ring cooperates with a plurality of pistons, disposed radially relative to the drive shaft in a respective cylinder chamber. The pistons are movable radially back and forth in the respective cylinder chamber by rotation of the drive shaft. To increase the efficiency of the engine, the cylinder chambers are filled with less fuel when demand drops. In this so-called partial element filling, in which a plate is retained in contact with a polygonal ring, increased wear and damage are prevented. The wear is brought about by a guide device which prevents rotation of the ring about its own axis.

Abstract: A radial piston machine, e.g., a radial piston pump, in which an eccentric, rotatable on a stationary axle, drives multiple radially arranged pistons via an external sliding ring. Since a pump of this type operates with intake regulation, the delivery chambers are only partially filled above a middle speed range. Therefore, pressure surges, which cause noises, arise upon the impact of the piston on the oil volumes to be pushed out. These pressure surges may be reduced if a flexible circlip is positioned between the external sliding ring and the eccentric. Such a circlip allows the piston to deflect slightly together with the external sliding ring at the beginning of the pressure stroke, so that pressure peaks are suppressed and the noises are reduced. The flexibility of the circlip is increased using openings, which are positioned along the central axis, i.e., in the plane of the piston axle.

Abstract: In a swash plate type compressor comprising a piston 4 slidably received in a cylinder bore disposed parallel with the driving shaft and a swash plate 2 obliquely attached to the driving shaft and engaged by the piston 4 through a bearing device, the bearing device comprises a spherical seat 4b composed of a single concave surface formed in the piston 4, and a substantially hemispherical shoe 10 contacting the spherical seat 4b, the outer peripheral surface of the shoe 10 being composed of a skirt portion 12, a top portion 16 having a larger radius of curvature, R2, than that R of the spherical seat 4b, and a transition portion 14 contacting the spherical seat 4b between the skirt portion 12 and the top portion 16 and having a smaller radius of curvature, R3, than that R of the spherical seat 4b.

Abstract: Provided is a power generating apparatus for obtaining a desired power source from elastic movement of an elastic tube into which compressed air is injected. The elastic pressure receptacle having compressed air is rotatably supported and pistons engaged with the elastic receptacle are installed in the vicinity thereof. Also, installed is a driving mechanism having circular plates having inclined protrusions for providing power to rotate the elastic pressure receptacle while inducing elastic movement for driving the pistons from the elastic pressure receptacle and a seesaw mechanism having rollers in contact with the inclined protrusions of the circular plate. The rotation power generated from the elastic pressure receptacle can be used as a desired power source through a driving shaft integrally installed on the elastic pressure receptacle.

Abstract: Provided is a power generating apparatus for obtaining a desired power source from elastic movement of an elastic tube into which compressed air is injected. The elastic pressure receptacle having compressed air is rotatably supported and pistons engaged with the elastic receptacle are installed in the vicinity thereof. Also, installed is a driving mechanism having circular plates having inclined protrusions for providing power to rotate the elastic pressure receptacle while inducing elastic movement for driving the pistons from the elastic pressure receptacle and a seesaw mechanism having rollers in contact with the inclined protrusions of the circular plate. The rotation power generated from the elastic pressure receptacle can be used as a desired power source through a driving shaft integrally installed on the elastic pressure receptacle.

Abstract: A radial piston pump for supplying high fuel pressure in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines that include a common rail. Pistons, which are disposed in a respective cylinder chamber, each of the pistons have a plate connected to one end. A center of each of the plates is embodied so that the stresses that occur in this location during operation are reduced. Reducing the stresses in each plate center advantageously extends the service life of each of the plates. A perfect function of the plate is thus assured, even at peak pressures of up to 2000 bar.

Abstract: A radial piston pump for generating high fuel pressure in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, having a drive shaft which is supported in a pump housing. The drive shaft is embodied eccentrically or has camlike protrusions in the circumferential direction. A plurality of pistons are disposed radially with respect to the drive shaft in a respective cylinder chamber. A plate is mounted on the ends of each piston toward the drive shaft, and the pistons are movable back and forth radially in the respective cylinder chamber by rotation of the drive shaft. Wear problems are solved by providing that the plate is pivotably connected to the associated piston. By the deflection of the plate on the piston, the load on the piston from moments of the bracing force is lessened.

Abstract: A variable capacity swash plate type compressor 10 incorporates a pressure relief valve 43 in fluid communication with a suction chamber 20 and a crank chamber 40. The pressure relief valve 43 prevents over pressurization in the crank chamber 40 to minimize friction and forces acting on the components of the compressor 10.

Abstract: A wobble drive in an axial piston machine, particularly the axial piston pump of a high-pressure cleaning device, having a wobble body (1) rotatable around an axis of rotation (D) and a wobble plate (2) driving with its front side at least one piston (10a) positioned parallel to the axis of rotation D, a roller bearing (3) positioned between the wobble body (1) and the wobble plate (2) exhibiting a bearing axis inclined to the axis of rotation (D). In order to insure even at elevated rotary speeds of the wobble body (1) and thus also of the rolling bodies (6) that the rolling bodies (6) are securely held in their races (4,5) in spite of the elevated centrifugal forces acting on them, it is proposed that the wobble plate (2) be provided with a rim (7) overlapping the wobble body (1), with the rolling bodies (6) being positioned between the rim (7) and the wobble body (1).

Abstract: A multi-chamber positive displacement pump comprises a unitary housing in which is formed a plurality of cylinders. A pumping plunger is slidably mounted in each cylinder to define a pumping chamber. Means are provided for reciprocating the pumping plungers in order cyclically to vary the volume of the pumping chambers to effect delivery of a pumped fluid from the pumping chambers. A delivery passage is connected to each of the pumping chambers to receive pumped fluid therefrom, the delivery passage comprising at least one gallery formed in the unitary housing and open to an end face of the housing and passageways which extend through the unitary housing from the galleries to the pumping chambers. The galleries are closed by an end plate which is secured to the unitary housing. Feed passages and working fluid passages may likewise be defined by combination of galleries in the end face and passageways in the unitary housing.

Abstract: Fluid displacement apparatus with a set of opposing pistons in traveling chambers and a set of opposing pistons in stationary bores; a second embodiment with all pistons in traveling chambers; a third embodiment with all pistons in stationary bores. In each embodiment the displacement of the pistons can be different and the displacement can be variable. The apparatus is connected to a fuel cell stack to supply compressed gaseous fluid from a portion of the chambers and receive exhaust from the fuel cell stack in other chambers to perform an expander function. The apparatus can also be connected to a fuel cell stack and a reformer to supply compressed gaseous fluid to both and to receive exhaust from both as an expander. The chambers are sized differently to provide a pressure ratio across the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: A piston assembly of a hydraulic radial piston-type machine, an essential characteristic thereof being the arrangement of a roller element in a piston head. The portion of contact surface of the roller element lying close to a crown of the piston is always arranged in the area between the piston crown and a step extending radially inwards and dividing the head of the piston from the guide portion.

Abstract: A motor-and-pump unit having an electric motor in combination with a housing of the pump. The pump has at least one displaceable pump piston. To that end, on the side toward the pump housing and originating at one end wall, the electric motor has a bearing neck, which is tubular and into which the pump housing protrudes. This bearing neck fixes an outer ball bearing race of a ball bearing for a shaft of the electric motor. Protruding from the ball bearing is a shaft end that carries an eccentric element for moving the at least one pump piston. The eccentric element is disposed at an axial spacing from an inner ball bearing race that surrounds the shaft in stationary fashion. The eccentric element is brought directly up to the inner ball bearing race, and the inner ball bearing race and the eccentric element are embodied as a one-piece, multifunctional component.

Abstract: The invention concerns a radial piston pump comprising a rotating pump shaft having an end portion connected to a rotationally fixed eccentric ring, said radial piston pump further comprising an eccentric bearing arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the eccentric ring, the eccentric bearing comprising a needle roller bushing having radially inward directed flanges between which bearing needle rollers are arranged for rolling, at least one pump plunger arranged in a pump housing and extending radially of the pump shaft being supported by an end face on the needle roller bushing, while the end portion of the pump shaft is supported in a housing via an adjacent second support bearing.

Abstract: A positive displacement rotary machine includes a piston rotor rotatable about a first axis and including a number of pistons equally spaced about the first axis and rotatably mounted about their axes on the piston rotor; a chamber rotor rotatable about a second axis spaced from the first axis, including a central common chamber and a number of radial fluid chambers arranged in diametrically opposed pairs across the common chamber, and guide tracks extending between opposing pairs of radial chambers across the common chamber for kinematically constraining each of the pistons as they move from one of their associated radial chambers to the other through the common chamber, and intake and exhaust ports for introducing and exhausting fluid from the radial chambers.

Abstract: A horizontally opposed compressor having a crankshaft and an even number of diametrically opposed cylinders, each opposed cylinder having a piston and a single connecting rod cooperatively associated therewith, one of the connecting rods having a crankshaft bearing portion on one end and a wrist pin bearing portion on the other end, the other connecting rod having two spaced apart legs, each leg having a crankshaft bearing portion on one end, the other end of the legs coming together to form a wrist pin bearing portion and a wishbone shaped connecting rod, the spacing between the legs being sufficient to allow the crankshaft portion of the one connecting rod and the associated portion of the crankshaft to rotate between the legs so that the reciprocating mass forces associated with the opposed cylinders are generally equal and opposite and cancel each other to produce a smooth running compressor.

Abstract: A radial piston pump comprising a rotating pump shaft (2), one portion (1) of which is connected to an eccentric ring (4) which is arranged rotationally fast thereon, said radial piston pump further comprising a needle roller bearing arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the eccentric ring (4), pump plungers (13) arranged radially of the pump shaft (2) in a star pattern in a pumping housing supported by end faces on the needle roller bearing, the bearing being configured as a self-contained, inseparable assembled unit in which the eccentric ring (4) is arranged within the needle roller bearing between rims (10, 11) of the needle roller bearing which advantageously reduces the axial design space requirement and simplifies assembly.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor comprising a fixed case, a cam, a cylinder block having radial cylinders, an internal fluid distributor having distribution ducts, a braking device comprising a dog clutch, and a control piston. The motor is a slow motor having two distinct operating cylinder capacities. An annular space is formed in the case around the distributor beside the radial face of the cylinder block adjacent to the distributor, the first series of teeth of the dog clutch and the control piston are disposed in said annular space, the second series of teeth being secured to the radially-extending face of the cylinder block in the vicinity of the radially-outer periphery of said radially-extending face.

Abstract: A hydraulic unit of the type including a cylinder block (19) rotatably disposed adjacent a valve plate (51;61) having inlet ports 41a, 41b, and 41c, and further having outlet ports 43a, 43b, and 43c. Disposed between the individual inlet and outlet ports are web portions, having nominal cross-sections and flow restrictions. In one embodiment (FIG. 3), there is a modified web portion (55) toward the trailing end of the outlet port, and in the other embodiment (FIG. 7), there is a modified web portion (65) toward the leading end of the outlet port. In either case, the web portion has its cross-section or flow restriction modified to move the resultant force on the swashplate (33) in a direction tending to reduce the moments on the swashplate, and therefore, reduce the operator effort required to move or maintain the control lever.

Abstract: A compressor which can be easily assembled and can prevent damage of seal members is presented. Its assembling method includes of (a) a step of feeding a front casing having a first inner circumference, a second inner circumference, an opening, a bottom, and a side wall, compression units having a first fitting portion and a first seal groove, and a rear cover having a second fitting portion and a second seal groove, (b) a step of installing a first seal member in the fist seal groove, (c) a step of installing s second seal member in the second seal groove, (e) a step of installing the fixed scroll on the front casing, while fitting the first fitting portion to the first inner circumference, and (f) a step of installing the rear cover to the front casing so as to cover the opening, while fitting the second fitting portion to the second inner circumference.

Abstract: In order that in a unit, which consists of an electric motor and a machine driven by the electric motor, a mounting support of the electric motor and the machine which is inexpensive and saves mounting space be achieved by simple means, the drive shaft (4) of the electric motor (1) and the supporting axle (10) of the machine (2) are separately designed and a three-ring bearing (11) including an intermediate eccentric ring (13) is arranged on the supporting axle (10), wherein the intermediate ring (13) is positively and/or operatively connected to the drive shaft (4).

Abstract: A pumping unit, consisting of two side-by-side identical pumps (1) linked together, each comprising a star arrangement of pistons (9) which at one end are linked to a shaft (7) with a crank (77), and at the other end comprise respective pumping diaphragms (11) housed in corresponding operating chambers (13), each chamber (13) being provided with an intake valve (130) and a delivery valve (131), comprises a common intake or delivery manifold (3) located between the facing sides of said two pumps, and having a single branch for connection to the supply of fluid to be pumped, or to the device using the pumped fluid, and respective branches for connection to said operating chambers for said diaphragms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radial piston machine including radial pistons which are guided in the direction of the piston axis in a housing, a driver which is coupled to the radial pistons, and an eccentric drive which is arranged inside the driver following the motion sequence of the eccentric gear. Perpendicular to the piston axis, a radial clearance which corresponds at least to the stroke of the radial piston is adjustable between the eccentric gear and the driver.

Abstract: A device consisting of two piston pumps for supplying two separate liquid systems, particularly a fuel injection system and an oil system in an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An output shaft is constituted by a plurality of rotary shafts which are disposed on the same axial line so as to be rotatable relative to each other. A cam ring which fixedly encloses one of said rotary shafts has a cam surface with radial projections and recessions on an inner peripheral surface of the cam ring. A cylinder block which is mounted on said one of the rotary shafts has formed therein a plurality of cylinders for containing in each thereof a piston which is radially moved by sliding contact with the cam surface. A sun gear is mounted on said one of the rotary shafts. Planetary gears are mounted on remaining at least one of the rotary shafts so as to be rotatable in gearing mesh with the sun gear and an internal gear which is fixedly mounted around the sun gear.

Abstract: The invention relates to an axial piston machine, preferably of swash plate construction, having a revolving cylinder drum (3) arranged on a drive shaft (10). The roller bearing (11) of the drive shaft (10) is force flushed from the housing inner chamber (2) with leakage operating medium. Outside the roller bearing (11) there is arranged a shaft sealing arrangement (12) and there is provided a device for conveying operating medium through the bearing gap of the roller bearing (11). For this purpose a conveyor plate (15) is arranged next to the roller bearing (11) on the drive shaft (10) of the machine.

Abstract: In a hydraulic pump (P) comprising at least one piston pump element whose ston (11) is oriented towards an eccentric (E) of a drive shaft (2), and being equipped between the eccentric (E) and a bearing ring (R) rotatable on the eccentric (E) with an eccentric slide bearing (G) having a bearing bush (B) fixed in the bearing ring (R), the bearing bush (B) and the bearing ring (R) each have molded and locally meshing stop portions (A1, A2) which positively fix the bearing bush (B) in the bearing ring (R) in rotational and axial direction. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: The present invention is for a means for transmission of force whereby linear movement is transferred into rotating movement or reverse. The invention is primarily intended to be used by combustion engines. The invention is for a means to transmit force between a forward and backward movement and a rotating movement by means of a ballbearing which runs in several tracks comprising a ball which is surrounded by ballholder which is fixed onto a piston rod for each respective ball or corresponding device for transmission of the linear movement. Fixed connected to each piston (4,5) is a piston rod (6,7) which in its opposite end has a holding device (17,18) for the ball (15,16) through which the force from the forward and backward movement is transmitted to the rotating disc (13). The balls (15,16) also serve as bearing between the stationary disc (8) and the rotating disc (13).

Abstract: The eccentric end portion (5) of a pump shaft (3) is mounted in a needle roller bearing (6) which comprises a sheet metal bushing (9) and needle rollers (7) guided in a cage (8), wherein the end of the sheet metal bushing (9) remote from the pump shaft (3) is provided with a closed bottom (18) to prevent a displacement of the sheet metal bushing (9) in axial direction.

Abstract: A fuel pump (10) for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine employs at least one composite pumping plunger (43) disposed within a plunger bore (46) for reciprocation therein. Each composite plunger comprises at least a high-pressure plunger element (48), which is in contact with a high-pressure fuel charge to be delivered by the pump, and an abutting leak-off plunger element (47) disposed between the high-pressure element and a plunger actuating member (50, 52). The plunger elements of each composite plunger are stacked in the direction of reciprocation such that the abutting plunger elements form confronting end faces. The confronting end face of at least one of the elements in each composite plunger is contoured and the confronting end face of the abutting element is non-complementary in shape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston intended for a hydraulic radial piston motor and being of the type comprising an outer cam ring having an undulated inner cam surface, an inner cylinder block which is rotatable relative to the cam ring and has radially outwardly directed cylinders, a plurality of such pistons which move in said cylinders and cam rolls which rollingly run against the cam surface and are slidingly arranged against the respective pistons. The piston has an essentially cylindrical circumferential surface, an inner end surface and an opposite outer end surface, which is adapted to be slidingly arranged against the cam roll and therefore is formed with a groove-like recess, which in cross-section is essentially part-cylindrical, and with two lateral portions which extend around and partly surround the circumferential surface of the cam roll and via which reaction forces in the tangential direction of the cylinder block are transmitted between the cam roll and the cylinder block.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor with propulsion members located between an eccentric cam associated with a shaft and a counter-element. The propulsion members consist of two elements slidable telescopically with respect to one another in the longitudinal direction and having annular bearing shoulders kept pressed against corresponding sliding-contact surfaces of the eccentric cam and the counter-element by springs. The resilient springs are located outside the propulsion members and are arranged between the annular edges and elements for mechanically retaining them.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic pump unit with an electric drive motor and a radial piston pump that is provided as a return feed pump for a motor vehicle for a slip-regulated, hydraulic brake system. To drive the pump pistons, the invention provides a rod-shaped eccentric element that is supported eccentrically with ball heads in a shaft end of a drive shaft of the drive motor and disposed on an opposite side of the pump pistons in a pump housing is supported so that the eccentric element can swivel around a solid angle. When the drive shaft is rotated, the eccentric element executes a movement on a surface of a cone so that the pump pistons resting against the eccentric element are driven in a reciprocating stroke motion. The invention has the advantage of a mechanically defined bearing support of the drive shaft and eccentric element so that the bearing of the eccentric element, which bearing is fixed to the housing, does not have to be exactly flush with the drive shaft.

Abstract: A rotary pump such as a rotary fuel injection pump comprises a pump body; a rotor rotatably supported by the pump body and responsive to mechanical pulses to pump a fluid; and a stator ring (208) supported by the pump body and having a ring of projections (209) arranged to deliver mechanical pulses to the rotor when the rotor rotates relative to the stator ring. The stator ring (208) has a vibrational mode which is induced by delivering the mechanical pulses to the rotor. The pump body supports the stator ring across an interface which is a complete annulus or a partial annulus. In order to reduce the transmission of vibration from the stator ring to the pump body, the interface and/or stator ring incorporate cavities at the antinodes of the vibrational mode of the stator ring.

Abstract: The invention is based on a reciprocating piston pump having two radial pistons disposed symmetrically to one another, which are drivable to a reciprocating motion by an eccentric disposed between them and are held in contact with the eccentric by a hoop spring that engages the pistons. For ease of installation, the invention proposes embodying the hoop spring as a bent wire part, with two open, hooklike eyelets on their ends, which ends are inserted into annular grooves of the pistons and enter into a snap connection with them in order to hold the pistons tightly against the eccentric.

Abstract: An adjustable radial piston machine (pump or motor) is described whose drive mechanism (10) has a comparatively compact structure and an especially good mechanical efficiency. The drive mechanism (10) has a bearing ring (19) which is arranged concentric to a rotor (11) and which can be swung or pivoted about a symmetry axis (Q,H) different from its rotation axis for adjustment of the radial piston machine. An adjusting device (22) for pivoting the bearing ring extends axially parallel to the bearing ring (19) and acts on a facing surface of the bearing ring (19). Working pistons (13) guided in the cylinders in the rotor perform two motion cycles per revolution of the rotor, which are equal, but in opposite directions, over respective 180.degree. angular intervals. Cylinders (12) on opposite sides of the rotor are acted on by identical pressures so that the forces on the rotor are balanced and the rotor rotates largely free of friction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston pump, in particular to the arrangement of the bearing ring for supporting the pump piston on an eccentric. The pump bearing includes a bearing ring and a plurality of bearing needles. The peripheral surface of the eccentric is radially inwardly offset in relation to the peripheral surface of the shaft. The two stepped transitions provide stop surfaces for the bearing needles. The bearing ring is supported on an inner ring for a main bearing, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, directly or indirectly on the stepped transition between a second area and a third area in a blind-end bore. Further, an auxiliary bearing is provided with a bearing ring which is made of a material inhering a high degree of wear. Testing the electric motor, used to drive the piston pump, before the piston pump is assembled is thereby permitted.

Abstract: An auxiliary hydraulic motor comprises a fixed casing having a cam, a cylinder block, an internal fluid distributor, and a through shaft which extends inside the casing along the axis of rotation of the cylinder block. The through shaft is constituted by a length of a vehicle transmission shaft. The motor includes an axially moving coupling member suitable, in a first position, for being engaged with the cylinder block and the shaft via first and second mechanical engagement means, and in a second position, for being disengaged from the cylinder block and/or the shaft.

Abstract: A radial piston hydrostatic machine having an outer housing structure and defining an internal chamber, a drive-shaft supported in the housing and operatively connected to the cylinder-barrel, the cylinder-barrel having a number of radial cylinders, each cylinder containing a piston such that the pistons bear on the track-ring, the track-ring eccentrically position within the internal chamber by means of fixed abutment means in the housing, the abutment means disposed radially adjacent the track-ring for resisting the action of the pistons on the track-ring and thereby suppressing vibration emanating from the track-ring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eccentric arrangement for a reciprocating piston pump, having a drive shaft drivable by a drive device, an eccentric part of a rubber-elastically deformable material is disposed on the drive shaft in a manner fixed against relative rotation. A bearing ring is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric part, by which ring a reciprocating piston is displaceable driven substantially perpendicular to the drive shaft. To avoid stroke losses, first and second support faces are provided on the drive shaft which the eccentric part disposed between them in such a way that the eccentric part rests with its axial ends on the first and second support faces.

Abstract: A single cam reciprocating linked piston type engine utilizes a swing-link linking mechanism to make two pistons arranged at an included angle slide alternately up and down, or utilizes a linking-rod to make two pistons arranged on an identical axis reciprocate in the same direction. Each roller mounted in the piston skirt nestles tightly on the curved surface of a cam mounted on a main shaft, so as to transform reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotation of the main shaft. The engine has eliminated an inner cam and the complicated piston mechanism as compared with a conventional double cam internal combustion engine. It features a simple and compact structure, its output torque is able to be raised twice as much, and a speed reducer matched with the engine is simple in structure. It can replace double cam engines and conventional crankshaft and connecting-rod type engines and is applicable for use as a motor in various fields.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radial piston pump, and more particularly to a radial piston pump suitable for delivering liquid at a high pressure and at a volumetric output rate which can be controlled independently of the speed of rotation of the pump drive shaft. A radial piston pump(1) is provided which comprises a multiplicity of radially extending cylinders(14) each of which is provided with a radially moveable pumping plunger(15) to define, within the cylinder, a pumping chamber(16) which may be increased in volume by a movement of its associated plunger(15) in one direction to receive a liquid to be pumped and may be reduced in volume by movement of its associated plunger(15) in the opposite direction to deliver a liquid at high pressure to an output line. The pump(1) also comprises means for selectively disabling one or more of the pumping chambers(16) so that the or each disabled pumping chamber delivers no pumped fluid to the output line.

Abstract: A plurality of plungers situated radially in a pump body, are sequentially actuated inwardly by a rotatably driven, eccentrically mounted actuating ring. A central valve housing is coaxially received within the body and includes a fuel inlet chamber and a fuel discharge chamber, which are closely axially aligned. The pump body closely engages the valve housing such that radially extending bores in the body and a portion of the valve housing between the inlet and discharge chambers, together define the pumping chambers. All pumping chambers are connected via short passages in the valve housing, to the common inlet chamber and the common outlet chamber. This configuration, by which all fuel passages and associated valves subject to the pumping pressure are within the central valve housing, not only minimizes the dead volume, but keeps all fuel flows confined within a radius that is smaller than the actuator ring sliding radius, i.e.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hydrostatic-mechanical gear for driving a mixed drum and, in particular, the drum of a concrete mixer vehicle. Cooling is provided for by the continuous removal of oil from a high pressure circuit, via a connecting pipe, and the constant feeding of the cooled oil, which has passed through an oil cooler, to the interior of a gear housing via a pipe. This pipe discharges into the interior of the gear housing immediately proximate a hydraulic motor. The oil then flows through the hydraulic motor, which is preferably a slow-speed radial piston motor, to reduce the noise generation of the hydraulic motor.

Abstract: A hydraulic piston engine driven by a lubricant-free, water-based pressure fluid, and comprising an enclosing housing and a piston-connected drive shaft supported by radial journal bearings in bearing bushings. One of the sliding surfaces of the radial journal bearing comprises a recess with a bearing-supporting hydrostatic pressure fluid pocket. The center of the recess is displaced by an angle (.alpha.) in the direction against the direction of rotation of the drive shaft, seen in relation to the geometrical, radial mean point in the high-load area for transmission of the piston forces to the bearing surface via the drive shaft. Hereby a particularly reliable piston motor of the type indicated is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic mechanism comprising: a cam; a cylinder block; cylinders formed in the cylinder block; pistons slidably mounted in the cylinders; thrust rollers for the pistons acting on the cam and axially defined by two transverse faces; two wedging parts for each roller, each wedging part being disposed in a recess between the end face of the roller and the inside face of the cylinder, thereby holding the roller in position, one of the wedging parts extending to the bottom portion of the recess and including a groove parallel to the axis of the piston, and a projection that is fixed relative to the cylinder being received in the groove.

Abstract: A pump for a vehicle braking or traction control system integrated into a hydraulic control unit. The housing for the hydraulic control unit has at least one counterbore in which a cylindrical sleeve is disposed. The cylindrical sleeve has a counterbore which is open at one end and closed at the other. A piston is reciprocal in the counterbore by a motor driven cam. The piston, in conjunction with the closed end of the sleeve, forms a pumping chamber having an outlet port provided through the closed end of the sleeve. Low pressure brake fluid is received into the pumping chamber through an axial fluid passageway and a one-way check valve. A piston support land is provided on the internal surface of the cylindrical sleeve and a mating opposing land is provided on the external surface of the piston. The opposing land has a plurality of equally spaced annular grooves which entrap sufficient fluid to provide a uniform fluid film between the piston support and opposing lands.

Abstract: An axle driving apparatus has in a housing a hydrostatic transmission with a variable displacement type hydraulic system having a slantingly movable swash plate. In one embodiment, the movable swash plate is manually slantingly operable. A leg member integrally extends from an inner wall of the housing, a lid for closing an opening of the housing, or a center section. The leg member has a support portion for supporting a shaft provided on an axis of rotation of the movable swash plate. Accordingly, the movable swash plate is suspended in the housing for slanting or pivoting movement.