Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
228 words
In a piston-cylinder unit including a cylinder having an inner wall face; a pressure piston slidably accommodated in the cylinder and arranged for being driven into the cylinder by an external force; the cylinder defining a cylinder chamber in which pressure is generated by the pressure piston forced into the cylinder; the pressure piston having a radial bottom and a generally cylindrical outer face extending axially away from the piston bottom; sealing means carried by the pressure piston for sealingly engaging said inner wall face; the improvement comprising a dividing means arranged in said cylinder chamber for dividing said cylinder chamber into axially adjacent part chambers; said dividing means comprising (a) a mixing piston slidably arranged in said cylinder and including (1) an outer face for engaging the inner face of said cylinder; (2) means defining a throughgoing threaded central opening; (3) means defining at least one throughgoing aperture adjacent said central opening; (4) retaining means; (b) a washer disc normally firmly held on said mixing piston by said retaining means for sealing off said central opening; and (c) a mixing rod axially introduceable into said cylinder through a cylinder end remote from said pressure piston and threadedly receiveable by said central threaded opening; said washer disc being axially disengageable from said retaining means by said mixing rod for establishing communication between said part chambers through said aperture.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
228 words
In a piston-cylinder unit including a cylinder having an inner wall face; a pressure piston slidably accommodated in the cylinder and arranged for being driven into the cylinder by an external force; the cylinder defining a cylinder chamber in which pressure is generated by the pressure piston forced into the cylinder; the pressure piston having a radial bottom and a generally cylindrical outer face extending axially away from the piston bottom; sealing means carried by the pressure piston for sealingly engaging said inner wall face; the improvement comprising a dividing means arranged in said cylinder chamber for dividing said cylinder chamber into axially adjacent part chambers; said dividing means comprising (a) a mixing piston slidably arranged in said cylinder and including (1) an outer face for engaging the inner face of said cylinder; (2) means defining a throughgoing threaded central opening; (3) means defining at least one throughgoing aperture adjacent said central opening; (4) retaining means; (b) a washer disc normally firmly held on said mixing piston by said retaining means for sealing off said central opening; and (c) a mixing rod axially introduceable into said cylinder through a cylinder end remote from said pressure piston and threadedly receiveable by said central threaded opening; said washer disc being axially disengageable from said retaining means by said mixing rod for establishing communication between said part chambers through said aperture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A piston-cylinder unit as defined in claim 1, wherein said mixing piston and said washer disc are of the same material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A piston-cylinder unit as defined in claim 1, wherein said mixing piston and said washer disc are of different materials.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
155 words
A piston-cylinder unit as defined in claim 1, wherein said mixing piston includes a resiliently deformable part having an outer surface constituting at least an annular part of said outer face of said mixing piston; said outer surface having circumferential sealing means for cooperating with said inner wall face of said cylinder; further wherein said retaining means comprises a circumferential collar formed on said deformable part; and further wherein an inner diameter of said circumferential collar is slightly less than an outer diameter of said washer disc, whereby said washer disc, when firmly in place on said mixing piston, deforms said deformable part radially outwardly, pressing said circumferential sealing means against said inner wall face of said cylinder; and further whereby the frictional engagement between said circumferential sealing means and said inner wall face of said cylinder is at least reduced by an elastic contraction of said circumferential collar as said washer disc is unseated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
138 words
In a divider assembly disposed in a hollow body for dividing the internal space thereof into part chambers, the hollow body having an inner face; the improvement comprising (a) a mixing piston slidably arranged in said space and including (1) an outer face for engaging said inner face; (2) means defining a throughgoing threaded central opening; (3) means defining at least one throughgoing aperture adjacent said central opening; (4) retaining means; (b) a washer disc normally firmly held on said mixing piston by said retaining means for sealing off said central opening; and (c) a mixing rod axially introduceable into said hollow body through an end and threadably receivable by said central threaded opening; said washer disc being axially disengageable from said retaining means by said mixing rod for establishing communication between said part chambers through said aperture.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
138 words
In a divider assembly disposed in a hollow body for dividing the internal space thereof into part chambers, the hollow body having an inner face; the improvement comprising (a) a mixing piston slidably arranged in said space and including (1) an outer face for engaging said inner face; (2) means defining a throughgoing threaded central opening; (3) means defining at least one throughgoing aperture adjacent said central opening; (4) retaining means; (b) a washer disc normally firmly held on said mixing piston by said retaining means for sealing off said central opening; and (c) a mixing rod axially introduceable into said hollow body through an end and threadably receivable by said central threaded opening; said washer disc being axially disengageable from said retaining means by said mixing rod for establishing communication between said part chambers through said aperture.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A divider assembly as defined in claim 5, wherein said mixing piston and said washer disc are of the same material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A divider assembly as defined in claim 5, wherein said mixing piston and said washer disc are of different materials.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
155 words
A divider assembly as defined in claim 5, wherein said mixing piston includes a resiliently deformable part having an outer surface constituting at least an annular part of said outer face of said mixing piston; said outer surface having circumferential sealing means for cooperating with said inner face of said hollow body; further wherein said retaining means comprises a circumferential collar formed on said deformable part; and further wherein an inner diameter of said circumferential collar is slightly less than an outer diameter of said washer disc, whereby said washer disc, when firmly in place on said mixing piston, deforms said deformable part radially outwardly, pressing said circumferential sealing means against said inner face of said hollow body; and further whereby the frictional engagement between said circumferential sealing means and said inner face of said hollow body is at least reduced by an elastic contraction of said circumferential collar as said washer disc is unseated.