US 11,852,249 B2
Inlet section for use in a hydraulic distributor
Massimo Riva, Modena (IT)
Assigned to BUCHER HYDRAULICS S.p.A, Reggio (IT)
Filed by BUCHER HYDRAULICS S.p.A, Reggio (IT)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,805.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000027122 (IT), filed on Oct. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127835 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 11/07 (2006.01); F16K 31/122 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/07 (2013.01) [F16K 31/1221 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inlet section for use in a hydraulic distributor, comprising:
a valve body;
a slider, with a first area and a second area having the same size and being located at two opposite ends of said slider,
said slider being longitudinally slidable within the valve body between a first position in which it prevents passage of fluid from a high pressure line to a low pressure line, and a second position in which it enables passage of fluid, and
said first area being subjected to action of a first pressure fed by the high pressure line and acting in a direction to push the slider towards the second position, said second area being subjected to a second pressure fed by a line for detecting a highest load pressure required by uses placed downstream of the distributor, said second pressure acting in the opposite direction to said first pressure and to push the slider towards the first position;
a main spring active on the second area of the slider in a direction consistent with action of the second pressure;
a control device of the slider comprising a mechanical actuator member selectively active on the slider in a direction consistent with the action of the first pressure on the first area of the slider so as to force the slider in the second position,
said mechanical actuator member comprising a third area and a fourth area being located at two opposite ends, said third area facing the first area of the slider and also subject to the first pressure, and
said control device further comprising a control spring active on the fourth area opposed to the main spring;
a spring chamber being defined inside said valve body, in which the fourth area of the mechanical actuator member and an end of the control spring are located; and
a housing obtained in the valve body as a through hole having two open ends opposite each other, said inlet section comprising a first cap and a second cap closing said two open ends, said slider and said control device being arranged in the housing between said first cap and said second cap,
said control device being configurable in a thrust condition, in which the third area acts on the first area of the slider together with the first pressure to force it into the second position thereof, and in a deactivating condition, in which the third area is distanced and retracted from the first area of the slider,
wherein the mechanical actuator member comprises:
an actuator element longitudinally sliding inside the housing and selectively active on the first area of the slider to force it into the second position thereof, said actuator element having a fifth and a sixth area having the same size and being located at two opposite ends of said actuator element, said fifth area of the actuator element is the same as the third area of the mechanical actuator member, said sixth area being subjected to the action of the second pressure; and
a piston having a seventh area and an eighth area, the seventh area is in contact with the sixth area of the actuator element to move it towards the slider, said seventh area also being subject to the second pressure, and the eighth area is the same as the fourth area of the mechanical actuator member.