US 7,441,492 B2
Eccentric drive mechanism for volumetric pumps or motors
Bernhard Frey, Freistrasse 2, 8200 Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Appl. No. 10/563,670
PCT Filed Jul. 06, 2004, PCT No. PCT/EP2004/007352
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 11, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/003558, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 103 30 757 (DE), filed on Jul. 07, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0245940 A1, Nov. 02, 2006
Int. Cl. F01B 1/00 (2006.01); F01B 31/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 92—72  [92/156] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eccentric drive mechanism for a volumetrically acting unidirectional pump including the following features:
a) at least one stroke member (HG) which is rotationally fixed to a shaft (W) of a crank mechanism having at least one stroke bearing (HL) eccentric relative to a rotational axis (XX) of the shaft (W);
b) the stroke bearing (HL) connecting the stroke member (HG) to a coupling member (KG) which does not participate in a rotary movement and which is in turn connected by a transverse bearing (QL) to at least one pressure member (DG) for a oscillating delivery drive mechanism of at least one piston-cylinder unit of the pump;
c) at least one pressure delivery source (DQ) for a fluid lubricant being connected at it's output side to the transverse bearing (QL) via a passage system;
d) the passage system, starting from a connection passage (KA) connected to the pressure delivery source (DQ), including at least one first passage (K1) which extends through the stroke member (HG) into the stroke bearing (HL) and at least one second passage (K2) which extends from the stroke bearing (HL) through the coupling member (KG) into the transverse bearing (QL);
e) a hollow space arrangement provided in the region of the stroke bearing (HL) within a bearing surface (L1) associated with the stroke member (HG) for the further conduction of the fluid lubricant fluid to the second passage (K2), the hollow space arrangement having, within the bearing surface (L1) and in the peripheral direction of the stroke member (HG), an arrangement which permits a flow of the fluid lubricant between the first passage (K1) and the second passage (K2) in each case only within a low pressure phase of the fluid lubricant in the stroke bearing (HL) and/or in the transverse bearing (QL),
f) wherein the hollow space arrangement provided in the bearing surface (L1) of the stroke member (HG) extends over at least a part of a peripheral section (UN) of the stroke
member (HG) corresponding to the low pressure phase of the eccentric drive mechanism, has a boundary which extends at least section-wise with a spacing from the boundaries of the bearing surface (L1), and has at least one hollow space in the form of a groove (HKN) extending along a semicircular peripheral section of the stroke member.