Patent ID: 7213501

Claim:
A hydraulic control arrangement for the load pressure independent control of a consumer, comprising: a housing portion having a consumer connection, in which a continuously variable distribution valve controlling a pressure medium flow to the consumer is accommodated, an individual pressure compensator being allocated to the distribution valve; a stop valve which is arranged in a path of the pressure medium flow between the distribution valve and the consumer and can be released to permit a pressure medium flow from the consumer connection; a pressure limiting and anti-cavitation valve via which pressure medium can be sucked from a reservoir in case of a lacking supply of the consumer, characterized in that the stop valve is controlled by a pilot valve, an axis of which extends perpendicularly to an axis of the distribution valve and of the stop valve arranged axially parallel thereto, wherein the pilot valve can be controlled to be opened mechanically by a valve spool of the distribution valve, and that an axis of the pressure-limiting and anti-cavitation valve extends perpendicularly to the axes of the distribution valve and pilot valve.