EP1721068A1 - Dispositif regulateur destine aux petits moteurs thermiques - Google Patents

Dispositif regulateur destine aux petits moteurs thermiques

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EP1721068A1
EP1721068A1 EP04805684A EP04805684A EP1721068A1 EP 1721068 A1 EP1721068 A1 EP 1721068A1 EP 04805684 A EP04805684 A EP 04805684A EP 04805684 A EP04805684 A EP 04805684A EP 1721068 A1 EP1721068 A1 EP 1721068A1
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spring
tension
lever
regulation
tilting
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EP1721068B1 (fr
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Claude Cavaciuti
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Simcoo SARL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D31/00—Use of speed-sensing governors to control combustion engines, not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D11/00—Arrangements for, or adaptations to, non-automatic engine control initiation means, e.g. operator initiated
    • F02D11/04—Arrangements for, or adaptations to, non-automatic engine control initiation means, e.g. operator initiated characterised by mechanical control linkages
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B63/00—Adaptations of engines for driving pumps, hand-held tools or electric generators; Portable combinations of engines with engine-driven devices
    • F02B63/02—Adaptations of engines for driving pumps, hand-held tools or electric generators; Portable combinations of engines with engine-driven devices for hand-held tools
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D9/00—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits
    • F02D9/02—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits concerning induction conduits
    • F02D2009/0201—Arrangements; Control features; Details thereof
    • F02D2009/0208—Arrangements; Control features; Details thereof for small engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D9/00—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits
    • F02D9/02—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits concerning induction conduits
    • F02D2009/0201—Arrangements; Control features; Details thereof
    • F02D2009/023—Engine speed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D9/00—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits
    • F02D9/02—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits concerning induction conduits
    • F02D2009/0201—Arrangements; Control features; Details thereof
    • F02D2009/0264—Arrangements; Control features; Details thereof in which movement is transmitted through a spring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2400/00—Control systems adapted for specific engine types; Special features of engine control systems not otherwise provided for; Power supply, connectors or cabling for engine control systems
    • F02D2400/06—Small engines with electronic control, e.g. for hand held tools

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to the field of mechanics and more particularly to motorization machines. It relates more particularly to a regulator device for small thermal engines 2 or 4 times. It specifically relates to a control device for all small heat engines, used mainly on gardening equipment, such as lawn mowers, tillers, water pumps, generators, etc.
  • the invention has therefore The object is a device for regulating the engine speed, which consists in modifying the tension of the regulation spring by means of a tension tab which is folded inwards or outwards, under the influence of a tilting means rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation and driving the tension spring about a median position between a tensioning position and an expansion position of the spring.
  • the control system according to the invention further comprises a protection device of the housing type, consisting of a plate preventing the collision of all the points of the control system by foreign objects, to hide the system in the eyes of the user, so that it is not tempted to change the setting, and thus to disrupt it, and thus make it very difficult to change the engine speed adjustment without having appropriate tools.
  • the tension tab is in the form of a rigid metal plate, terminated by a deformable arm where is fixed the tension spring. The tension spring is secured at the other end to the tilting lever controlled by the regulating pin exiting the engine cylinder.
  • the present device ensures the increase or decrease of decreasing the tension of the control spring and, consequently, the speed of the motor by folding a tab which acts on the tension of the control spring.
  • the device according to the invention therefore aims to simplify the throttle control and the adjustment of the maximum speed of the engine, significantly reduce manufacturing costs, improve the accuracy of the engine speed adjustment for better compliance with the "noise" standard of the gardening equipment on which the motor is applied and, at the same time, to improve the protection of the assembly so as to prevent, and even forbid the unsuspecting user to make any changes as well caused by an accidental cause as resulting from a voluntary intervention of the user.
  • the device according to the invention is intended to be used on small, overturned (OHV) or overhead camshaft (OHC) thermal motors. A particular application is thus achieved, namely the maintenance of a fixed speed on OHN engine and OHC engine.
  • the single figure shows in plan the control device according to the invention.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Control Of Throttle Valves Provided In The Intake System Or In The Exhaust System (AREA)
  • Devices For Conveying Motion By Means Of Endless Flexible Members (AREA)
  • Compression-Type Refrigeration Machines With Reversible Cycles (AREA)
  • Sorption Type Refrigeration Machines (AREA)
  • Means For Warming Up And Starting Carburetors (AREA)

Description

DISPOSITIF REGULATEUR DESTINE AUX PETITS MOTEURS THERMIQUES
La présente invention se rapporte au domaine de la mécanique et plus particulièrement aux engins de motorisation. Elle a plus particulièrement pour objet un dispositif régulateur destiné aux petits moteurs thermiques à 2 ou 4 temps. Elle a spécifiquement pour objet un dispositif de régulation destiné à l'ensemble des petits moteurs thermiques, utilisés principalement sur des matériels de jardinage, tels que tondeuses à gazon, motoculteurs, pompes à eau, groupes électrogènes, etc.. L'invention a donc pour objet un dispositif de régulation du régime du moteur qui consiste en ce que l'on modifie la tension du ressort de régulation au moyen d'une patte de tension que l'on plie vers l'intérieur ou vers l'extérieur, sous l'influence d'un moyen de basculement monté rotatif autour d'un axe de rotation et entraînant le ressort de tension autour d'une position médiane entre une position de tension et une position de détente du ressort. Le système de régulation selon l'invention comporte, en outre, un dispositif de protection du type carter, constitué par une plaque empêchant la collision de tous les points du système de régulation par des objets étrangers, pour cacher le système aux yeux de l'utilisateur, afin que celui-ce ne soit pas tenté d'en modifier le réglage, et ainsi de le dérégler, et de rendre ainsi très difficile toute opération de modification du réglage du régime moteur sans disposer d'un outillage approprié. La patte de tension se présente sous la forme d'une plaque métallique rigide, terminée par un bras déformable où vient se fixer le ressort de tension. Le ressort de tension est assujetti à l'autre extrémité au levier de basculement commandé par l'axe régulateur sortant du cylindre moteur. A la différence de la très grande majorité des systèmes de régulation mécaniques centrifuges, dans lesquels le réglage du régime du moteur est obtenu par modification de la tension du ressort de régulation, et qui peut se dérégler, le présent dispositif assure l'augmentation ou la diminution de la tension du ressort de régulation et, par voie de conséquence, le régime du moteur par pliage d'une patte qui agit sur la tension du ressort de régulation.
Le dispositif selon l'invention a donc pour but de simplifier la commande d'accélérateur ainsi que le réglage du régime maximum du moteur, de réduire de manière importante les coûts de fabrication, d'améliorer la précision du réglage du régime moteur pour un meilleur respect de la norme « bruit » du matériel de jardinage sur lequel ledit moteur est appliqué et, en même temps, d'améliorer la protection de l'ensemble de façon à empêcher, voire même interdire, à l'utilisateur non averti d'apporter toute modification éventuelle aussi bien provoquée par une cause accidentelle que résultant d'une manière volontaire de l'intervention de l'utilisateur. Le dispositif selon l'invention est destinée à être utilisé sur des petits mo- teurs thermiques culbutés (OHV) ou à arbre à cames en tête (OHC). On réalise ainsi une application particulière, à savoir le maintient d'un régime fixe sur moteur OHN et sur moteur OHC. La figure unique montre en plan le dispositif de régulation selon l'invention. Il comporte les pièces suivantes, vue par au-dessus. On voit, en A, la plaque de fixation du levier de régulation, en (C) le levier de régulation, en (D), le ressort de régulation et en (E) Taxe de régulation monté rotatif permettant le basculement du levier de régulation (C). Le ressort (D) est fixé à l'extrémité de la plaque (C) De cette façon, tout déplacement du levier (C) autour de l'axe (E) se transmet au ressort (D). Avec un tel dispositif, la régulation du régime du moteur (3000 t /min) est effectuée par déformation appliquée au point (G) du levier d'ajustement. En augmentant la tension du ressort vers la position (G'), le régime maximum augmente. Si l'on diminue la ten-. sion du ressort en l'amenant en position (G"), le régime maximum du moteur diminue. De cette façon, on peut régler d'une manière permanente le régime du moteur et on peut opérer, selon les besoins, à un régime de moteur constant approprié pour le travail demandé et homologué. L'ensemble du dispositif de régulation est protégé des chocs extérieurs par les protections (H) et (H'). Le levier de basculement (C ) est commandé par un ou des leviers verticaux de régulation (F') et (F"). L'invention ainsi décrite ne se limite pas au mode de réalisation présenté à la figure. Elle englobe, sans limitation, les équivalents mécaniques de même structure ou de même fonction.

Claims

R E V E N D I C A T I O N S
1 - Dispositif de régulation du régime du moteur destiné à l'ensemble des petits moteurs thermiques, caractérisé en ce qu'on modifie la tension du ressort de régulation (D) au moyen d'une patte de tension (A), pliée vers l'intérieur ou vers l'extérieur, à l'aide d'un moyen de basculement (C) monté rotatif autour d'un axe de rotation (E) et entraînant le ressort de tension (D) autour d'une position médiane entre une position (G") de tension et une position de moindre tension (G') du ressort (D).
2 - Dispositif selon la revendication 1 , qui comporte en outre un dispositif de protection du type carter constitué par une plaque de protection (H) (H').
3 - Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la patte de tension (A) se présente sous la forme d'une plaque métallique rigide, terminée par un bras (L) déformable.
4 - Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le bras (L) reçoit le ressort de tension (D) et forme l'extrémité de la patte de tension (A).
5 - Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le ressort de tension (D) est assujetti à l'autre extrémité au levier de basculement (C) commandé par l'axe régulateur sortant du cylindre moteur.
6 - Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le levier de basculement (C) est commandé par le levier vertical de régulation (F') (F").
7 - Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la plaque métallique rigide de fixation du levier de régulation (A)permet d'assurer la régulation du régime du moteur à une valeur fixe par déformation dudit levier.
8 - Utilisation du dispositif selon Tune des revendications 1 à 7, pour maintenir un régime fixe sur des petits moteurs thermiques culbutés.
9 - Utilisation du dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, pour maintenir un régime fixe sur des petits moteurs thermiques à arbre à cames en tête.
EP04805684A 2003-12-12 2004-12-10 Dispositif regulateur destine aux petits moteurs thermiques Expired - Lifetime EP1721068B1 (fr)

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PL04805684T PL1721068T3 (pl) 2003-12-12 2004-12-10 Urządzenie regulacyjne przeznaczone dla małych silników cieplnych

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FR0314586A FR2863663B1 (fr) 2003-12-12 2003-12-12 Dispositif regulateur destine aux petits moteurs thermiques
PCT/FR2004/003186 WO2005059334A1 (fr) 2003-12-12 2004-12-10 Dispositif regulateur destine aux petits moteurs thermiques

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ATE526497T1 (de) 2011-10-15
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