Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
In an external gear type hydraulic machine, particulary in a pump, a combination comprising a housing having a compartment, an internal surface bounding said compartment, high- and low-pressure ports communicating with said compartment, and first and second recesses provided in said surface adjacent to and in communication with said high-pressure port; mating first and second gears in said compartment, each of said gears having two coaxial stubs journalled in said housing and said first and second recesses being respectively adjacent to said first and second gears and each extending circumferentially of the respective gear along an arc of less that 90°; and first and second inserts movably mounted in said first and second recesses and bearing against said first and second gears to thereby urge said gears against said internal surface, said surface further having first and second cutouts respectively disposed opposite said first and second recesses with respect to the axes of said first and second gears and communicating with said high-pressure port, a third cutout communicating with said low-pressure port and disposed between said first recess and said first cutout; and a fourth cutout communicating with said low-pressure port and disposed between said second recess and said second cutout; said third and fourth cutouts being closely adjacent to said first and second recesses and having a width, as considered in the circumferential direction of said gears, which exceeds the width of said first and second cutouts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
In an external gear type hydraulic machine, particulary in a pump, a combination comprising a housing having a compartment, an internal surface bounding said compartment, high- and low-pressure ports communicating with said compartment, and first and second recesses provided in said surface adjacent to and in communication with said high-pressure port; mating first and second gears in said compartment, each of said gears having two coaxial stubs journalled in said housing and said first and second recesses being respectively adjacent to said first and second gears and each extending circumferentially of the respective gear along an arc of less that 90°; and first and second inserts movably mounted in said first and second recesses and bearing against said first and second gears to thereby urge said gears against said internal surface, said surface further having first and second cutouts respectively disposed opposite said first and second recesses with respect to the axes of said first and second gears and communicating with said high-pressure port, a third cutout communicating with said low-pressure port and disposed between said first recess and said first cutout; and a fourth cutout communicating with said low-pressure port and disposed between said second recess and said second cutout; said third and fourth cutouts being closely adjacent to said first and second recesses and having a width, as considered in the circumferential direction of said gears, which exceeds the width of said first and second cutouts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A combination as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said inserts consists of metal and has a concave surface conforming to the outline of the adjacent portion of the respective gear.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A combination as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing has bores for said stubs and said compartment is eight-shaped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A combination as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing includes wearing plates disposed in said compartment and flanking said gears, and further comprising means defining pressure fields disposed between said wearing plates and said housing to urge said plates against said gears.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
A combination as defined in claim 4, wherein each of said inserts has a length, as considered in the axial direction of said gears, which is slightly less than the axial length of a gear plus the combined thickness of said plates.