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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1998
Knut Christian Schoeps, Tyreso, SE;
Atlas Copco Tools AB, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulic torque impulse generator (16) of the kind having a motor rotated drive member (18;50) formed with a fluid chamber (19;53), an impulse receiving output member (20;51) coaxial with the drive member (18;50) and extending into the fluid chamber (19;53), a hydraulic peak generating mechanism (24-27;54-59) in the fluid chamber (19;53) for producing torque impulses at relative rotation between the drive member (18;50) and the output member (20;51), and a variable volume accumulator chamber (32;64) located in the drive member (18;50) and connected to the fluid chamber (19;53) for compensating for occurring volume changes in the hydraulic fluid, wherein the accumulator chamber (32:64) is divided into a first compartment (40;71) and a second compartment (42;72) by an elastically deflectable membrane (39;73), a passage (43;65) connects the first compartment (40;71) to the fluid chamber (19;53), and the second compartment (42;72) comprises at least partly a yeildable means for biassing the membrane (39;73) toward the first compartment (40;71), and a closure unit (36;66,68) is arranged to form a clamping means for retaining the membrane (39;73) and for forming partly the accumulator chamber (32;64).