Patent Grant
9988843
This application is a U.S. National Phase application of pending International Application No. PCT/KR2013/005484 filed on Jun. 21, 2013, and claims priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0072428 filed on Jul. 3, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a hitting body for a hydraulic hitting device and, more specifically, to a hitting body for a hydraulic hitting device which is capable of remarkably reducing production costs by inserting a cylinder liner having a flow path into an inner wall of a body, adjusting a hitting interval and a hitting strength according to properties of a material to be crushed by adjusting a hitting distance of a piston, minimizing the loss of fluid in a duct by forming a cylindrical flow path between the body and the cylinder liner, and minimizing reduction of pressure by employing a circular valve to shorten the flow path, thereby remarkably improving performance.
In general, a hydraulic hitting device mounted to construction machines such as an excavator or a loader etc. serves to crush or punch a concrete or a rock. There are a hydraulic and a hydraulic rock drill and so on.
The hydraulic hitting device includes a hitting body and a bit rotation mechanism (hereinafter, “operating unit”) formed at the lower end thereof and having a bit rotated by a chisel or a rotary motor.
A piston is formed inside the hitting body of the hydraulic hitting device and serves to hit the end of the operating unit while being moved up and down by a hydraulic pressure.
The hitting body 1 includes a body 100 and an upper body 20. The piston 50 is formed at the inside of the body 10 and the upper body 20 is formed on the upper portion of the body 10.
A plurality of flow path grooves is formed at an inner wall of the body 10 and a plurality of flow path holes, which is in communication with the flow path grooves, is formed at the wall of the body 10.
The piston 50 of the hitting body 1 is moved up and down by means of the pressure difference between the upper and lower surfaces generated by the fluid flowing through the flow path grooves 11 and the flow path holes 12. At this time, the upper end of the operating unit 40 is repeatedly hit by the lower end of the piston 50.
The prior art on the hydraulic hitting devices are disclosed in Korean patent Nos. 1996-0006735, 0456786, 0998261, and 0772301 and Korean patent publication No. 2011-0086289.
However, the hitting body of the conventional hydraulic hitting device has the following problems.
(1) Since the large body should be overall precisely machined so as to minimize the clearance between the outer periphery and the inner wall off the piston, it takes a lot of the production cost and a long production time.
(2) Since the piston is shocked and reciprocated inside the body, it is accompanied by intense pressure and heat. Accordingly, since it is necessary to be manufactured by a special material and perform a special heat treatment, it takes a lot of the production cost and a long production time.
(3) When the high pressure port and the low pressure port is in communication with the inside of the body, since the duct should be formed long, it increases the loss of fluid in the duct.
(4) Since the valve is formed at the outside of the body, the pressure is reduced owing to the long flow path, thus the performance is bad.
(5) Since the hitting distance of the piston cannot be easily adjusted, the hitting strength cannot be controlled according to the properties of the material to be crushed.
In order to solve the above problems, there is provided a hitting body for a general hydraulic stroke device according to the present invention having a body, a piston formed at the inside of the body, and an upper body formed on the upper portion of the body including: a cylinder liner inserted into and formed at the inside of the body; at least one operating flow path hole and return flow path hole formed at a wall of the cylinder liner respectively; and a circular valve formed between the seal retainers, which are formed at the upper end thereof.
According to the hitting body for the hydraulic hitting device of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) The production costs and time can be reduced since only the cylinder liner inserted into the body requires to be machined precisely.
(2) The production costs and time can be reduced since only the cylinder requires to be treated by heat.
(3) It takes less time for machining since a high pressure port and a low pressure port communicate directly with a high pressure space groove and a low pressure space groove, the efficiency of the apparatus becomes good due to minimization of the loss of fluid in the duct.
(4) The performance is good since the circular valve is formed within the cylinder liner, thus the flow path becomes short and reduction of pressure is less.
(5) The hitting strength can be controlled according to the properties of the material to be crushed since a hitting distance and the hitting interval of the piston can be easily adjusted by opening or closing a short flow path hole using a hole adjuster.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
A hitting body 1 for a general hydraulic stroke device according to the present invention having a body 100, a piston 50 formed at the inside of the body 100, and an upper body 20 formed on the upper portion of the body 100 includes: a cylinder liner 200 inserted into and formed at the inside of the body 100; at least one operating flow path hole 210 and return flow path hole 270 formed at a wall of the cylinder liner 200 respectively; and a circular valve 230 formed between the seal retainers 240, which are formed at the upper end thereof.
The body 100 includes a connection portion 110 formed at a lower portion thereof; a hole penetrated through the inside thereof; the liner fixing projection 102 formed on the lower portion of the hole; and a high pressure space groove 123 and a low pressure space groove 124 formed at the inner wall thereof and bounded by a separating projection 120.
The high pressure space groove 123 of a cylinder shape formed long along the inner wall thereof and the low pressure space groove 124 of a cylinder shape formed long at the upper end of the inner wall of the body 100 are bounded by the separating projection 120.
A high pressure port 123a and a low pressure port 124a are formed at an upper outer wall of the body 100, the high pressure port 123a being in communication with the high pressure space groove 123 and the low pressure port 124a being communication with the low pressure space groove 124.
An adjusting hole 125 passed through the high pressure space groove 123 is formed at the outer wall of the body 100 and has an adjusting cape 125a.
A liner fixing hole 126 is formed at the bottom of the body 100 and a liner fixing bolt 126a is inserted into the liner fixing hole 126.
The upper body 20 is formed at the upper portion of the body 100. If necessary, a gas such as nitrogen is filled in the inside thereof so as to increase the speed at the time of the fall of the piston 50.
An accumulator may be attached to the side surface of the body 100. The accumulator is configured to be communicated with the high pressure space groove 123.
The cylinder liner 200 is inserted into the inside of the body 100. The cylinder liner 200 is inserted into the upper portion of the body 100 and the lower portion of the cylinder liner 200 is fixed to the liner fixing projection 102.
The upper portion of cylinder liner 200 is fixed to the body 100, while the upper body 20 pressing the seal retainer 240.
The cylinder liner 200 is formed in a cylindrical shape and manufactured by means of the precision processing and heat treatment, so that the piston 50 ascends and descends very accurately along the inner wall of the cylinder liner 200.
The cylinder liner 200 has a plurality of sealing portions on the outer periphery thereof and includes bottom and middle seals 201 and 202 and a top seal 203 formed on the seal retainer 240.
The bottom and middle seals 201 and 202 are configured to be in contact with the upper and lower portions of the inner wall of the body 100 respectively and the middle seal 202 is configured to be in contact with the separating projection 120.
The bottom and middle seals 201 and 202 and the top seal 203 are configured to prevent the fluid flowed in the high pressure space groove 123 and the low pressure space groove 124 from being leaked to outside.
A lower high pressure inlet hole 215, an upper high pressure inlet hole 216, and a low pressure hole 220 are penetrated through the inner and outer walls of the cylinder liner 200. The lower high pressure inlet hole 215 and the upper high pressure inlet hole 216 is in communication with the high pressure space groove 123 and the low pressure hole 220 is in communication with the low pressure space groove 124.
At least one operating flow path hole 210 and return flow path hole 270 are formed at the wall of the cylinder liner 200 respectively.
The operating flow path hole 210 includes a short stroke flow path hole 211 and a long stroke flow path hole 212 penetrated through the inner wall of the cylinder liner 200 and a valve operating flow path hole 213 formed at the upper portion thereof.
The operating flow path hole 210 further includes a closing hole 214 corresponding to the short stroke flow path hole 211 and penetrated to the outer wall of the cylinder liner 200. Also, a hole adjuster 214a is inserted into the closing hole. The hole adjuster 214a may be a set screw or a pin.
The upper high pressure inlet hole 216 is configured to pass through a piston upper chamber C and can be opened and closed by the circular valve 230.
The return flow path hole 270 is a flow path for discharging the fluid to outside during the operation of the piston 50. The return flow path hole 270 includes a return hole 271 passed through a piston operating chamber D, which is formed between the outer wall of the operating portion 54 and the inner wall of the cylinder liner 200. Also, the upper portion of the return flow path hole 270 is in communication with the low pressure hole 220 and the upper portion of the return flow path hole 270 is in communication with the lower return hole 272.
The piston 50 includes an operating portion 54 formed at the middle portion thereof, a lower piston 52 formed at the lower portion of the operation part 54, an upper piston 53 formed at the upper portion thereof, and a hitting portion 51 formed at a lower end of the lower piston 52.
The diameter of the lower piston 52 is larger than that of the upper piston 53. Accordingly, the entire area of a lower projection 52a formed the lower portion of the operating portion 54 is less than that of an operating projection 54a formed at the upper portion of the operating portion 54.
A fixture 30 is connected to the connecting portion 110 of the body 100 and an operating unit 40 is formed at the fixture 30. The operating unit 40 may be a chisel or bit rotation mechanism and so on.
A fixing bracket is formed at the outside of the body 100 so as to be fixed to a heavy equipment such as an excavator or a loader etc. Here, a fluid hose connected to the heavy equipment is connected to the high pressure port 123a and the low pressure port 124a to be used.
Another embodiment of the present invention is provided a hitting body 1 for a general hydraulic stroke device according to the present invention having a body 100, a piston 50 formed at the inside of the body 100, and an upper body 20 formed on the upper portion of the body 100 includes: a cylinder liner 200 inserted into and formed at the inside of the body 100; at least one operating flow path hole 210 and return flow path hole 270 formed at a wall of the cylinder liner 200 respectively; and a circular valve 230 formed between the seal retainers 240, which are formed at the upper end thereof.
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Hereinafter, the manufacturing method and operation of the hitting body for the general hydraulic stroke device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The body 100 is processed in the normal machining and it does not have to perform a heat treatment. However, the high pressure groove 123 and low pressure space groove 124 having a sufficient depth are formed on the inner wall thereof and the high pressure port 123a and the low pressure port 124a communicated with the high pressure space groove 123 and the low pressure space groove 124 are directly formed on the outer wall.
The cylinder liner 200 is machined precisely to the inner wall so as to precisely slide on the outer surface of the piston 50.
In addition, the cylinder liner 200 is processed through the heat treatment, because there is severely worn due to the reciprocating motion of the piston 50.
The cylinder liner 200 is inserted into the body 100 through the upper portion thereof.
At this time, the lower end of the cylinder liner 200 is touched with and fixed to the liner fixing projection 102 formed at the inside of the body 100 and the liner fixing bolt 126a is fixed to the outside of the body, so that the cylinder liner 200 is not rotated by the impact.
The piston 50 is inserted into the cylinder liner 200 and the circular valve 230 and the seal retainer 240 are fixed to the upper portion thereof. Then, the upper body 20 is fixed to the upper portion of the body 100.
In a state assembled as described above, the fixture 30 is connected to the connecting portion 110 of the body 100 and the operating unit 40 is fixed to the fixture 30. Then, the body 100 is connected to the heavy equipment such as the excavator and the fluid hoses are connected to the to the high pressure port 123a and the low pressure port 124a so as to prepare a crushing operation.
In the operation of the piston 50, the fluid introduced through the high pressure port 123a is introduced into the cylinder liner 200 through the lower high pressure hole 215 along the high pressure space groove 123, so that it boosts the lower projection 52a of the piston 50. At this time, the piston upper chamber C is a low pressure state.
According to the elevation of the piston 50, when the lower projection 52a passes through a short stroke flow path hole 211 or a long stroke flow path hole 212, since the whole operating flow path hole 210 is high pressure state, the high pressure is applied to a valve upper area 230b and the valve middle area 230a at the same time while the fluid being introduced into the valve operating flow path hole 213. However, since the valve upper area 230b is larger than the valve middle area 230a, the circular valve 230 is pushed toward the lower portion thereof, so that the upper high pressure inlet hole 216 is in communication with the piston upper chamber C through a valve middle hole 231 and then, the fluid of the high pressure is flowed into the piston upper chamber C, thereby applying the pressure to the operating projection 54a.
The high pressure applied to the operating projection 54a is the same as the pressure applied to the lower projection 52a. However, since the entire area of operating projection 54a is larger than that of the lower projection 52a, the operating projection 54a is larger than the lower projection 52a in terms of the magnitude of the pushing force. Accordingly, the piston is momentarily transferred toward the lower portion thereof, so that the hitting portion 51 of the piston 50 hits the upper portion of the operating unit 40.
Then, the piston operating chamber D is instantaneously communicated with the return hole 271, so that the valve operating flow path hole 213 of the circular valve 230 becomes a low pressure state and then, the circular valve 230 is again ascended to close the upper high pressure inlet hole 216. Accordingly, the low pressure hole 220 is opened, so that the fluid of the piston upper chamber C is discharged.
At this time, since the short stroke flow path hole 211 and the long stroke flow path hole 212 is also blocked by the outer wall of the operating portion 54 of the piston 50, the low pressure is maintained inside the operating flow path hole 210.
As described above, the high pressure and the low pressure is repeatedly crossed in the piston upper chamber C, so that the piston 50 is moved up and down.
At this time, the fluid leaked through the gap between the lower piston 52 and the inner wall of the cylinder liner 200 is joined with the return flow path hole 270 through the lower return hole 272.
The short stroke the flow path hole 211 can be closed by the hole adjuster 214a. When the short stroke flow path hole 211 is closed, the piston 50 rises to the long stroke flow path hole 212, so that the circular valve 230 is operated, thereby increasing the hitting distance of the piston 50.
The short stroke flow path hole 211 and the long stroke flow path hole 212 serves to form the high pressure in the operating flow path hole 210 so as to operate the circular valve 230 and form the high pressure in the piston upper chamber C. Accordingly, when the short stroke flow path hole 211 is opened, the hitting distance of the piston 50 and the hitting interval are shortened. Meanwhile, when the short stroke flow path hole 211 is closed and the long stroke flow path hole 212 is opened, the hitting distance of the piston 50 and the hitting interval are increased.
As described above, since the hitting distance and the hitting time can be adjusted, it can selectively operate the equipment according to the type of the crushing matters.
In addition, since the high pressure port 123a and the low pressure port 124a are directly attached to the high pressure space groove 123 and the low pressure space groove 124 formed at the outer wall of the body 100 respectively, the flow path of the fluid is shortened.
According to the hitting body for the hydraulic hitting device of the present invention, the production costs and time can be reduced since only the cylinder liner inserted into the body requires to be machined precisely; the production costs and time can be reduced since only the cylinder requires to be treated by heat; it takes less time for machining since a high pressure port and a low pressure port communicate directly with a high pressure space groove and a low pressure space groove, the efficiency of the apparatus becomes good due to minimization of the loss of fluid in the duct; the performance is good since the circular valve is formed within the cylinder liner, thus the flow path becomes short and reduction of pressure is less; and the hitting strength can be controlled according to the properties of the material to be crushed since a hitting distance and the hitting interval of the piston can be easily adjusted by opening or closing a short flow path hole using a hole control unit
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The present invention has been described according to preferred embodiments such as the breaker with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, from the basic hydraulic circuit shown in
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 10-2012-0072428 | Jul 2012 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2013/005484 | 6/21/2013 | WO | 00 |
| Publishing Document | Publishing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| WO2014/007477 | 1/9/2014 | WO | A |
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| 20150197988 A1 | Jul 2015 | US |
