Expansible chamber devices – Collapsible chamber wall portion – Wall portion formed of flexible material
Patent
1985-07-12
1988-06-21
Hershkovitz, Abraham
Expansible chamber devices
Collapsible chamber wall portion
Wall portion formed of flexible material
92103F, F01B 1900
Patent
active
047518693
ABSTRACT:
High pressure, fluid-driven tension actuators, axially contractible upon inflation by a suitable fluid such as compressed air to convert fluid pressure energy into linear contraction displacement, employ nearly spherical shell surfaces when inflated constrained by meridian and parallel elements. The inflatable shells are formed of elastomeric resilient material, and the constraining elements in certain embodiments of the invention comprise a reinforcing, tubular, knitted, fabric sleeve that axially encompasses, conforms to, and is bonded to a resilient, hollow bladder which defines a fluid chamber having at least one conduit connected at a polar location to bladder and sleeve for inflating and deflating the chamber. The parallel and meridian elements for constraining the elastomeric resilient shell include a generally square constraining pattern extending in an equatorial band around the shell upon inflation of the nearly spherical shell. The constraining elements serve to define an outer limit to spherical expansion of the bladder or shell and reinforce the bladder against rupture upon inflation by high pressure fluid, and the energy for the actuator to return to its initial formed shape is derived from the shear of each region of the shell and the bending of the elastomeric material.
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