Patent ID: 7681486

Claim:
A control arrangement for an oscillating cylinder device having a cylinder, a movable piston in the cylinder, and a movable piston rod connected to the piston and having a rod portion always extending outside of the cylinder, said control arrangement comprising: a working valve of the cylinder device which transmits a pressure medium into different sides of the cylinder to oscillate the piston in the cylinder, respective impulse valves connected to the working valve, each impulse valve having a contact member controlling a shut-off part thereof, each shut-off part effecting a respective change of oscillation direction of the piston by controlling the transmission of the pressure medium from the working valve to the different sides of the cylinder, control elements which extend radially from the rod portion of the movable piston rod outside of the cylinder, the control elements being individually locatable to different linear positions along the rod portion in order to produce a desired stroke length for the piston rod of the oscillation cylinder device, wherein the impulse valves are located radially beyond the control elements extending from the rod portion, and respective arms having one or more folds, the respective arms being adapted to provide a required impact to a respective contact member on the respective impulse valves upon engagement with an associated control element to control an opening/closing of the shut-off part of the respective impulse valves, and whereby the use of the arms to control the impulse valves allows the impulse valves to be placed radially beyond the control elements and in positions where the impulse valves do not increase the structural length of the rod portion always extending from the cylinder, and hence whereby a structural length of the oscillation device is minimized.