Fluid handling – Systems – With selective motion for plural valve actuator
Patent
1997-02-27
1998-04-28
Walton, George L.
Fluid handling
Systems
With selective motion for plural valve actuator
74527, 74529, 91465, 137596, 1376256, 13762568, 1376361, 251 65, 251297, F15B 1304, F16K 1118, F16K 3106
Patent
active
057432970
ABSTRACT:
A hydraulic pilot valve has a joystick which is normally maintained in a neutral position by coil springs acting on plungers which engage corresponding first cam surfaces of a cam fixed to the joystick. The plungers are each connected to respective valve members which are stroked to open the pilot valve when the plungers are depressed. When the joystick is pivoted to depress one of the plungers by engaging the head of the plunger so as to stroke one of the valve members, that valve member is held stroked by an magnetic detent. The joystick may then be released and the valve member will remain in its stroked position. When the joystick is moved back towards a neutral position, a second cam surface on the joystick engages an outer end portion of the depressed plunger and applies an axial force to the plunger. This disengages an armature component of the magnetic detent from an electromagnetic component. A spring then pushes the plunger to its neutral position where the plunger holds the valve member operated thereby closed. In accordance with one embodiment, one joystick operates four valve members and, in accordance with another embodiment, the pilot valves are stacked. When the joystick operates four valve members, a spring biased sliding cam is mounted on the joystick for engaging the end surfaces of the plunger heads. A cam having four raised, arcuate cam surfaces is fixed to the joystick for engaging frustoconical sides of the plunger heads so that the plunger heads can be trapped between the sliding cam and raised cam surfaces to minimize slop.
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Dana Corporation
Walton George L.
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