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Frictional vibrator damper
Assignee: Suspa Compart AG
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Filing: 1991-02-11
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Granted: 1992-01-14
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Expires: 2011-02-11
Abstract
Abstract A frictional vibration damper, in particular for washing machines with an oscillatory support of a washer unit has an approximately tube-shaped housing and a tappet displaceable in it. An articulation element is provided at the outer end of each the housing and the tappet. Further, a friction piston bearing with a friction coating on the internal wall of the housing is formed on the tappet, which friction piston is extendable by means of a linearly operating servomotor. In order to achieve high safety in operation at little expenditure, the servomotor is arranged in the tappet. It is formed by an electrically heatable thermoactuator element having a housing with a piston which changes its position relative to the housing upon heating. The piston of the servomotor directly bears against an expansion member serving to expand the friction piston.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans J. Bauer
- 👤 Hans-Peter Bauer
- 👤 Dieter Mayer
- 👤 Ludwig Stadelmann
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-08 02:35
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06F; D06F37/00; D06F37/20; F; F16; F16F; F16F7/00; F16F7/08; F16F7/09
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A frictional vibration damper, in particular for washing machines with an oscillatory support of a washer unit (2) comprising: an approximately tube-shaped housing (12); a tappet (18, 18') displaceable in said housing (12); a first articulation element (15) being provided at an outer end of the housing (12); a second articulation element (19) being provided at an outer end of the tappet (18, 18'); a friction piston (25, 25') being formed on the tappet (18, 18') and bearing with a friction coating (39) on an internal wall (27) of the housing (12) and being provided with extension means for said friction piston (25, 25'); and a linearly operating servomotor (42) operationally connected to said extension means of said friction piston (25, 25'); wherein said servomotor (42) is arranged in the tappet (18, 18').
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A frictional vibration damper, in particular for washing machines with an oscillatory support of a washer unit (2) comprising: an approximately tube-shaped housing (12); a tappet (18, 18') displaceable in said housing (12); a first articulation element (15) being provided at an outer end of the housing (12); a second articulation element (19) being provided at an outer end of the tappet (18, 18'); a friction piston (25, 25') being formed on the tappet (18, 18') and bearing with a friction coating (39) on an internal wall (27) of the housing (12) and being provided with extension means for said friction piston (25, 25'); and a linearly operating servomotor (42) operationally connected to said extension means of said friction piston (25, 25'); wherein said servomotor (42) is arranged in the tappet (18, 18').
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A vibration damper according to claim 1, wherein said servomotor (42) is formed by an electrically heatable thermoactuator element having an electric heating (45) and a housing (43) with a piston (44), which changes its position relative to the housing (43) upon heating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A vibration damper according to claim 2, wherein said extension means comprises an expansion member (36, 36') serving to expand the friction piston (25, 25') and wherein the piston (44) of said servomotor (42) directly bears against said expansion member (36, 36').
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vibration damper according to claim 1, wherein said servomotor (42) is arranged adjacent to the friction piston (25) in the tappet (18).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vibration damper according to claim 1, wherein said servomotor (42) is arranged adjacent to the articulation element (19) of the tappet (18').
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A vibration damper according to claim 1, wherein said servomotor (42) is arranged in a recess (41, 41') of the tappet (18, 18') and is supported radially in said recess (41, 41') with regard to an axis (21) of said tappet (18, 18') and axially in the direction of said axis (21) towards said second articulation element (19).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A vibration damper according to claim 3, wherein said servomotor (42) is arranged adjacent to the articulation element (19) of the tappet (18') and wherein the expansion member (36') is provided with an operating rod (59) bearing against the piston (44).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
A vibration damper according to claim 3, wherein a prestressed compression spring (50, 60) is provided, which bears with a first end against an abutment in the tappet (18, 18') and with a second end against the expansion member (36, 36') and which works against a displacing force of the piston (44).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A vibration damper according to claim 3, wherein the friction piston is provided with an expansion sleeve (31) to be expanded by means of the expansion member (36) and wherein the friction coating (39) is arranged on said expansion sleeve (31).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A vibration damper according to claim 3, wherein the friction piston is provided with expansion jaws (58) to be expanded by means of the expansion member (36') and wherein the friction coating (39) is arranged on said expansion jaws (58).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A vibration damper according to claim 2, wherein an electric line (46) for the supply of said electric heating (45) of said servomotor (42) with current is guided adjacent to said second articulation element (19) away from the tappet (18').
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A vibration damper according to claim 11, wherein the electric line (46) is secured to the tappet (18) as far as in the proximity of said second articulation element (19).
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