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US3177782A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Piston and rod assembly

Assignee: SP Manufacturing CORP
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Filing: 1962-04-18
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Granted: 1965-04-13
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Expires: 1982-04-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Merritt B Sampson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 11:26
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16J; F16J1/00; F16J1/10; F16J1/12; F16B; F16B2200/00; F16B2200/60; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S411/00; Y10S411/924; Y10S411/929; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/70; Y10T403/7047

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 125 words
IN A FLUID CYLINDER ADAPTED FOR REPETITIVE, HIGH SPEED, RECIPROCAL CYCLING, AND HAVING A HOUSING DEFINING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER AND INLET AND OUTLET PORTS COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAMBER, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A ROD APERTURE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHAMBER, THE COMBINATION OF: (A) PISTON ROD DISPOSED IN THE APERTURE WITH ONE END DISPOSED WITHIN THE CHAMBER, SAID PISTON ROD BEING EXTERNALLY THREADED NEAR SAID ONE END; (B) A RESILIENT, CONVOLUTED, WIRE COIL WOUND ON THE THREAD OF SAID ROD OVER A LENGTH OF THE THREAD SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE ROD THREADS, THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE CONVOLUTIONS OF SAID COIL DEFINING A THREAD, THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONVOLUTIONS OF THE COIL BEING DISPOSED IN THE GROOVE OF THE THREAD ON SAID ROD;
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 125 words
IN A FLUID CYLINDER ADAPTED FOR REPETITIVE, HIGH SPEED, RECIPROCAL CYCLING, AND HAVING A HOUSING DEFINING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER AND INLET AND OUTLET PORTS COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAMBER, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A ROD APERTURE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHAMBER, THE COMBINATION OF: (A) PISTON ROD DISPOSED IN THE APERTURE WITH ONE END DISPOSED WITHIN THE CHAMBER, SAID PISTON ROD BEING EXTERNALLY THREADED NEAR SAID ONE END; (B) A RESILIENT, CONVOLUTED, WIRE COIL WOUND ON THE THREAD OF SAID ROD OVER A LENGTH OF THE THREAD SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE ROD THREADS, THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE CONVOLUTIONS OF SAID COIL DEFINING A THREAD, THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONVOLUTIONS OF THE COIL BEING DISPOSED IN THE GROOVE OF THE THREAD ON SAID ROD;

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