Claims
- 1. An integral housing enclosing a fluid delivery pump of the constant displacement type, said housing having a main inlet-outlet passage pressured by said pump, a fixed control and a variable control, a by-pass outlet passage connected to a reservoir, said fixed and variable controls controlling the flow through said by-pass outlet passage, said housing having inlet load sense passages, one interconnecting said fixed and variable controls in a manner to tend to close said controls and the other exiting from said variable control and housing to a load and reservoir, said fixed control being normally open when pressure is not applied to said load sense passages, allowing said main inlet-outlet passage to be connected to said by-pass outlet passage at a low pressure drop, said fixed control closing and shutting off flow from said by-pass outlet passage when any positive pressure enters said inlet load sense passages, said variable control being normally closed, allowing said main inlet-outlet passage to be closed to said by-pass outlet passage when pressure is not applied to said inlet load sense passages, said variable control including a variable tension, spring-pressed poppet allowing a metered flow from said main inlet-outlet passage to said by-pass outlet passage when a positive pressure enters said inlet load sense passages, maintaining the condition by adjusting said flow from said main inlet-outlet passage to said by-pass outlet passage in response to said spring tension plus the positive pressure induced by said inlet load sense passages.
- 2. Apparatus as recited in claim 1 together with an overload control connected to one of said inlet load sense passages and which is normally closed, having a variable tension, spring pressed poppet allowing flow from said inlet load sense passages to said by-pass outlet passage to occur when said inlet load sense passages reach a predetermined positive pressure unbalancing said variable control, allowing more flow to reservoir through said by-pass outlet, said overload control including a variable orifice for restricting flow through the other of said by-pass inlet load sense passages thereby dampening the response of said variable control and fixed control and said overload control by creating response lag due to by-pass flow regulated by flow through said variable orifice.
- 3. An integral housing enclosing a fluid delivery pump of the constant displacement, fixed delivery type, said housing having a main inlet-outlet passage, a fixed control and variable control, a by-pass outlet passage connected to a reservoir, said variable and fixed controls controlling the flow through said by-pass outlet passage, an overload control having a variable tuning orifice connected in parallel and common to said by-pass outlet passage, said housing having an inlet load sense passage interconnecting said fixed and variable controls, in a manner tending to close them, and with said overload control and variable tuning orifice, said fixed control being normally open when pressure is not applied to said load sense passage allowing said inlet-outlet passage to be connected to said by-pass outlet passage at a low pressure drop, said fixed control closing and shutting off flow from said inlet-outlet passage to said outlet passage when any positive pressure enters said inlet load sense passage, said variable control being normally closed, allowing said inlet-outlet passage to be closed to said by-pass outlet passage when pressure is not applied to said inlet load sense passage, said variable control including a variable tension spring-pressed poppet allowing a metered flow from said inlet-outlet passage to said outlet passage when a positive pressure enters said inlet load sense passage maintaining the condition by adjusting said flow from said inlet-outlet passage to said outlet passage in regards to said spring tension plus the positive pressure induced by said inlet load sense passage, said overload control being normally closed, said overload control having a variable tension spring-pressed poppet allowing flow from said inlet load sense passage to said by-pass outlet passage to occur when the said inlet load sense passage reaches a selected overload positive pressure unbalancing said variable control, allowing more flow from said inlet-outlet passage to said by-pass outlet passage maintaining the integrity of said variable control, said variable tuning orifice being restrictive, allowing flow from said by-pass inlet load sense passage to said outlet passage, dampening the response of said variable control and fixed control and said overload control by creating response lag due to by-pass flow regulated by flow over said variable tuning orifice control.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/426,750, filed Oct. 24, 1989, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/211,163, filed Jun. 22, 1988, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/008,313, filed Jan. 29, 1987, all now abandoned.
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