(19)
(11) EP 0 100 137 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.04.1984 Bulletin 1984/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.02.1984 Bulletin 1984/06

(21) Application number: 83303067

(22) Date of filing: 27.05.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 28.07.1982 US 402741

(71) Applicant: PNEUMO CORPORATION
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(72) Inventor:
  • Martin, Eugene J.
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(54) Pilot operated directional control valve


(57) Directional control valve (1) includes a manually operated pilot valve stage (31) and a hydraulically operated power valve stage (32) to isolate the pilot valve stage from the effects of the high axial flows passing through the power valve stage. The pilot valve (72) is spring loaded in the stow direction as long as the directional control valve is disconnected from system pressure. Such spring (105) also acts as a stowed condition linkage pre-tensioner to avoid fretting of various parts during vibration conditions and the like. When system pressure is applied to the directional control valve, such preload is automatically removed from the pilot valve (72) for ease of movement between the stow and deploy positions by a relatively low manual input rotary force.







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