Hydraulic circuit system for one-touch jack and its structure

• US 5,755,099 A
• Filed: 11/01/1996
• Issued: 05/26/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: MVP Hong Kong Industries, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: MVP Hong Kong Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hung, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): LOPEZ, FRANK D
• Application Number:
  US08/742,762
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 60/479, 60/481, 60/482
• US Class Current: 60/479
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 5/04 with fluid-pressure-operated lifting gear
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 15/18 Combined units comprising both motor and pump
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 7/04 In which the ratio between pump stroke and motor stroke varies with the resistance against the motor

Abstract

A hydraulic circuit system for one-touch jack and its structure has an inlet circuit, a return circuit and an overload protection circuit with a hydraulic cylinder, a piston rod, a sequence valve, a safety valve and a relief valve, in which the inlet circuit extends from an outer reservoir of a hydraulic cylinder via a check valve to connect to an oil chamber of a manual pump. The oil chamber of the pump is connected to an oil guide tube via another check valve, the oil guide tube is inserted into an inner oil chamber formed in a piston rod to form a closed circuit. The oil chamber of the pump is connected to an inner chamber of the hydraulic cylinder via a sequence valve and the inner chamber is connected to the outer reservoir via a check valve. When the maximum effect capacity of the oil chamber of the piston rod, a single touch of the pump can raise the hydraulic jack to the required loading position for raising at no load or light load conditions.

Claims

1. A one-touch jack comprising:

a) a hydraulic cylinder having a movable piston rod extending therefrom with a portion of the piston rod located in an inner chamber of the hydraulic cylinder, the piston rod having an inner oil chamber therein, the hydraulic cylinder having an outer reservoir;

b) a pump having a pump oil chamber and a plunger movable into and out of the pump oil chamber, a volume of the pump oil chamber being at least as large as a volume of the inner oil chamber of the piston rod;

c) an oil inlet circuit comprising;

a first oil channel extending between the pump chamber and outer reservoir, a first check valve located in the first oil channel so as to allow hydraulic flow from the outer reservoir into the pump oil chamber and prevent flow in the reverse direction;

a second oil channel extending between the pump oil chamber and the inner oil chamber of the piston rod, a second check valve located in the second oil channel to allow hydraulic flow from the pump oil chamber into the inner oil chamber of the piston rod when the plunger is moved into the pump oil chamber, and to prevent flow in the reverse direction;

a third oil channel extending between the outer reservoir and the inner chamber, a third check valve located in the third oil channel to allow hydraulic flow from the outer reservoir into the inner chamber and to prevent flow in the opposite direction; and

a fourth oil channel extending between the inner chamber and the second oil channel ahead of the second check valve, a sequence valve located in the fourth oil channel closing the fourth oil channel until a predetermined pressure is reached in the second oil channel, the sequence valve opening at the predetermined pressure to enable hydraulic flow from the second oil channel into the inner chamber, the sequence valve comprising;

i) a hollow post threadingly connected to the hydraulic cylinder in the fourth oil channel;

ii) a first conical valve element; and

iii) a spring bearing against the hollow post and the first conical valve element biasing the first conical valve element toward a closed position, whereby a predetermined opening pressure may be set by rotating the hollow post to move the hollow post toward or away from the first conical valve element to vary the spring biasing force; and

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d) an oil return circuit comprising;

a fifth oil channel extending between the outer reservoir and the fourth oil channel at a location between the hollow post and conical valve element, the fifth oil channel also communicating with the inner oil chamber of the piston rod, a relief valve located in the fifth oil channel to selectively open or close the fifth oil channel.

2. The one-touch jack as claimed in claim 1 wherein the relief valve comprises a return gear affixed to a return valve rod, the return valve rod has a two stepped annular ribs at a middle section and a threaded section at a lower portion, an annular groove between the two stepped annular ribs for holding of an oil seal, and the threaded section having a pin-end extension with a passage.

3. The one-touch jack of claim 1 further comprising an overload protection circuit comprising a sixth oil channel in fluid communication with the outer reservoir and the second oil channel, a safety valve located in and normally closing the sixth oil channel, the safety valve opening when the pressure in the second oil channel reaches a predetermined relief pressure.

4. The one-touch jack of claim 3 wherein the safety valve comprises:

a) a solid post threadingly connected to the hydraulic cylinder in the sixth oil channel;

b) a second conical valve element; and

c) a relief spring bearing against the solid post and the second conical valve element to bias the second conical valve element toward a closed position, whereby the predetermined relief pressure may be set by rotating the hollow post to move the hollow post toward on away from the second conical valve element to vary the spring biasing force on the second conical valve element.