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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1988
Hubert Landwehr, Neuss, DE;
Dieter Blom, Titz-Spiel, DE;
Horst Endter, Langenfeld, DE;
Hermann-Josef Trimborn, Monheim, DE;
SMS Hasenclever Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A screw press has a friction clutch for coupling the driving flywheel to the press spindle. The clutch is engaged by a hydraulic piston. To maintain a constant piston stroke as the friction clutch wears, a metering piston and cylinder are interposed between the clutch operating piston and the pressure fluid supply to trap pressure fluid in the clutch operating cylinder and to top it up as required, so that the operating piston stroke corresponds essentially to the fixed stroke of the metering piston. Fluid flow to the operating cylinder bypassing the metering piston is controlled by a normally closed valve arranged to be opened positively in dependence on the position of the metering piston, as the metering piston approaches the end of its stroke in the direction for pressurizing the clutch operating piston to engage the clutch. This arrangement ensures that the clutch cannot be inadvertently locked in an engaged condition.