Distributing valve arrangement

Claim 2

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means forming a guideway and having first and second outlet conduits and first and second inlet conduits located on one side of said guideway opening into the same; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and having first and second delivery openings, respectively, located on the other side of said guideway, opening into the same; and a single distributing valve plate mounted in said guideway guided for sliding movement between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first delivery opening with said first outlet while connecting said second inlet conduit with said second working cylinder and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second delivery opening with said second outlet while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder and closing said first outlet conduit.

Claim 3

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first and second outlet conduits have one pair of connected ends forming a transporting conduit; and wherein said first and second inlet conduits are located in said housing means adjacent the other pair of ends of said outlet conduits, respectively; and wherein said other pair of ends opens directly into said delivery openings of said working cylinders.

Claim 4

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first and second outlet conduits, and said working cylinders are located substantially in the same plane; wherein said first and second inlet conduits extend transverse to said plane; said housing means comprising mounting means for mounting said valve plate for movement substantially parallel with said plane.

Claim 5

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said housing means include two housing parts between which said guideway and said valve plate are located.

Claim 6

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said housing means include hinge means connecting said housing parts so that said one housing part is movable from a normal position abutting said other housing part to a servicing position in which said guideway and said valve plate are accessible in said other housing part, and the inner ends of said inlet and outlet conduits are accessible in said one housing part.

Claim 7

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said housing means include a lining in said guideway including wear resistant portions and sealing portions slidingly engaged by said valve plate.

Claim 8

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said valve plate is part circular.

Claim 9

Distributing valve arrangemenT as claimed in claim 1 wherein said housing means includes two housing parts abutting each other in a plane extending along a surface of said valve plate and forming said guideway; and wherein said valve plate is located between said two housing parts.

Claim 10

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said valve plate is curved and transverse to said inlets and outlets, and to said working cylinders.

Claim 11

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means having first and second outlet conduits, and first and second inlet conduits for the material communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively; a single part circular distributing valve plate mounted in said housing means for movement between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first working cylinder with said first outlet while connecting said second inlet with said second working cylinder and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second working cylinder with said second outlet while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder and closing said first outlet conduit, said valve plate having two ends; and operating means for said valve plate connected to said ends for angularly displacing said valve plate between said first and second positions.

Claim 12

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means having first and second outlet conduits, and first and second inlet conduits for the material communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively; a single part circular distributing valve plate mounted in said housing means for movement between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first working cylinder with said first outlet while connecting said second inlet with said second working cylinder and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second working cylinder with said second outlet while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder and closing said first outlet conduit, said valve plate having two ends; and operating means for said valve plate connected to said ends for angularly displacing said valve plate between said first and second positions.

Claim 13

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means having first and second outlet conduits, and first and second inlet conduits for the material communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively, said housing means including one housing part having said outlet conduits and said inlet conduits, and another housing part fixedly connected with said working cylinders and forming a guideway closed by said one housing part; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively; a single part circular distributing valve plate having a pair of ends and mounted in said guideway for movement between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first working cylinder with said first outlet while connecting said second inlet with said second working cylinder and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second working cylinder with said second outlet while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder and closing said first outlet conduit comprising a bar connecting said ends; mounting means for mounting said bar and said valve plate for angular movement between said positions; and operating means for said valve means mounted on said working cylinders and connected with said bar in the region of said ends of said valve plate.

Claim 14

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means having first and second outlet conduits, and first and second inlet conduits for the material communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively, said housing means including one housing part having said outlet conduits and said inlet conduits, and another housing part fixedly connected with said working cylinders and forming a guideway closed by said one housing part; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively; a single part circular distributing valve plate having a pair of ends and mounted in said guideway for movement between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first working cylinder with said first outlet while connecting said second inlet with said second working cylinder and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second working cylinder with said second outlet while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder and closing said first outlet conduit comprising a bar connecting said ends; mounting means for mounting said bar and said valve plate for angular movement between said positions; and operating means for said valve means mounted on said working cylinders and connected with said bar in the region of said ends of said valve plate.

Claim 15

Distributing valve arrangement as claimed in claim 11 wherein said valve plate is perpendicular to said working cylinders and to said outlets.

Claim 16

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means having first and second outlet conduits located in a plane, and first and second inlet conduits for the material communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively, extending transverse to said plane; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, said first and second working cylinders being located substantially in said plane, respectively; a single, part circular distributing valve plate having openings; and mountinG means for mounting said valve plate in said housing means for angular movement substantially parallel with said plane between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first working cylinder with said first outlet through one opening while connecting said second inlet with said second working cylinder through an other opening and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second working cylinder with said second outlet through said other opening while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder through said one opening and closing said first outlet conduit.

Claim 17

Distributing valve arrangement for a hydraulically transported material, comprising, in combination, housing means having first and second outlet conduits located in a plane, and first and second inlet conduits for the material communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, respectively, extending transverse to said plane; hydraulic transporting means including first and second working cylinders secured to said housing means and communicating with said first and second outlet conduits, said first and second working cylinders being located substantially in said plane, respectively; a single, part circular distributing valve plate having openings; and mountinG means for mounting said valve plate in said housing means for angular movement substantially parallel with said plane between a first position closing said first inlet conduit and connecting said first working cylinder with said first outlet through one opening while connecting said second inlet with said second working cylinder through an other opening and closing said second outlet conduit, and a second position closing said second inlet conduit and connecting said second working cylinder with said second outlet through said other opening while connecting said first inlet conduit with said first working cylinder through said one opening and closing said first outlet conduit.