Patent ID: 6726511
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
A fluid cylinder comprising:a rod, said rod having a proximal end, an internal fluid inlet channel and an internal fluid outlet channel; a cylinder body; said body having a generally cylindrical exterior, a proximal end with a base and an distal end with an aperture, and said body further having an interior, a piston slidably fitted into said interior so to divide said interior into a first fluid chamber, said chamber communicating with an internal fluid inlet passage and a second fluid chamber, said chamber communicating with an internal outlet fluid passage, said piston further carries the rod, said rod extending generally parallel to the cylinder body and extending beyond the body at the distal end, said end having a means to hermetically seal the aperture while adapted to slidably receive said rod; a fluid inlet port located on the proximal end of the rod, said port communicating with the internal fluid inlet channel of the rod and wherein said channel communicates with the internal inlet fluid passage of the body, said inlet port communicating with the internal inlet fluid passage; a fluid outlet port located on the proximal end of the rod, said port communicating with the internal fluid outlet channel of the rod and wherein said channel communicates with the internal outlet fluid passage of the body; and a means for mounting the cylinder to a selected object of interest.