1. A camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the camshaft adjuster comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatable relative to the stator;
wherein between the stator and the rotor pressure chambers are defined;
at least one valve;
lines connecting the at least one valve to the pressure chambers;
wherein the at least one valve is configured to supply a pressure medium to the pressure chambers, respectively;
wherein the at least one valve is arranged on a side of the camshaft adjuster facing away from a connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft;
wherein the rotor lips a central receptacle for the at least one valve;
wherein the at least one valve has a projecting part that protects away from the central receptacle of the rotor.
2. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve is arranged at least partially within the camshaft adjuster.
3. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve comprises a valve housing and wherein the rotor is mounted rotatably on the valve housing.
4. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve is stationarily secured by the projecting part.
5. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve is positioned coaxially to the connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft.
6. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve has a valve housing provided with a radially outwardly oriented flange.
7. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 6, further comprising a lid covering the at least one valve.
8. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, further comprising a filter arranged upstream of the at least one valve.
9. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 8, further comprising a check valve, sealing relative to a pressure connector of the at least one valve, is arranged upstream of the at least one valve.
10. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the pressure medium is supplied via the camshaft.
11. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the pressure medium is supplied radially to the at least one valve outside of the camshaft.
12. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve has a valve housing provided with has at least one axial bore connectable to a working connector of the at least one valve.
13. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve has a valve housing provided with at least one axial tank bore connectable to a tank connector of the at least one valve.
14. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 13, wherein the at least one valve has a hollow piston and wherein the axial tank bore communicates with an interior of the hollow piston.
15. A camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the camshaft adjuster comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatable relative to the stator;
wherein between the stator and the rotor pressure chambers are defined;
at least one valve;
lines connecting the at least one valve to the pressure chambers;
wherein the at least one valve is configured to supply a pressure medium to the pressure chambers, respectively;
wherein the at least one valve is arranged on a side of the camshaft adjuster facing away from a connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft,
wherein the at least one valve has a valve housing provided with a radially outwardly oriented flange;
a lid covering the at least one valve, wherein the lid is fastened to the flange of the valve housing.
16. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 15, further comprising a covering cap engaging at least partially across the camshaft adjuster, wherein the flange of the valve housing is fastened on the covering cap.
17. A camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the camshaft adjuster comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatable relative to the stator;
wherein between the stator and the rotor pressure chambers are defined;
at least one valve;
lines connecting the at least one valve to the pressure chambers;
wherein the at least one valve is configured to supply a pressure medium to the pressure chambers, respectively;
wherein the at least one valve is arranged on a side of the camshaft adjuster facing away from a connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft, wherein the at least one valve acts as a bearing of the camshaft adjuster.
18. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 17, wherein the rotor has a central receptacle for the at least one valve.
19. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 18, wherein the at least one valve has a projecting part that project away from the central receptacle of the rotor.
20. A camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the camshaft adjuster comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatable relative to the stator;
wherein between the stator and the rotor pressure chambers are defined;
at least one valve;
lines connecting the at least one valve to the pressure chambers;
wherein the at least one valve is configured to supply a pressure medium to the pressure chambers, respectively;
wherein the at least one valve is arranged on a side of the camshaft adjuster facing away from a connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft,
a filter arranged upstream of the at least one valve;
a check valve, sealing relative to a pressure connector of the at least one valve, arranged upstream of the at least one valve, wherein the check valve is arranged upstream of the filter.
21. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 20, wherein the filter and the check valve are combined to a modular unit.
22. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 21, wherein the at least one valve has a valve housing and wherein the modular unit is inserted into the valve housing.
23. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 21, wherein the modular unit has a housing screwed into the valve housing.
24. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 21, comprising a screw fastening the rotor to a camshaft, wherein the modular unit projects into the screw.
25. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 24, wherein the screw has an axial bore for supplying the pressure medium.
26. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 24, wherein the screw is screwed into the camshaft.
27. A camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the camshaft adjuster comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatable relative to the stator;
wherein between the stator and the rotor pressure chambers are defined;
at least one valve;
lines connecting the at least one valve to the pressure chambers;
wherein the at least one valve is configured to supply a pressure medium to the pressure chambers, respectively;
wherein the at least one valve is arranged on a side of the camshaft adjuster facing away from a connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft, wherein the at least one valve has a valve bushing inserted into a valve housing of the at least one valve.
28. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 27, wherein the valve housing has an end face with a recess and the valve bushing has a radially outwardly oriented flange, wherein the radially outwardly oriented flange is positioned within the recess valve housing.
29. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 28, further comprising a lid covering the at least one valve and fastened on the valve housing, wherein the radially outwardly oriented flange is secured by the lid.
30. A camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the camshaft adjuster comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotatable relative to the stator;
wherein between the stator and the rotor pressure chambers are defined;
at least one valve;
lines connecting the at least one valve to the pressure chambers;
wherein the at least one valve is configured to supply a pressure medium to the pressure chambers, respectively;
wherein the at least one valve is arranged on a side of the camshaft adjuster facing away from a connection of the camshaft adjuster to the camshaft;
wherein the at least one valve has a valve housing provided with at least one axial tank bore connectable to a tank connector of the at lesat one valve;
wherein the at least one valve has a hollow piston and wherein the axial tank bore communicates with an interior of th hollow piston;
at least one check valve arranged between the axial tank bore and the interior of the hollow piston and sealing relative to the tank bore.
31. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 30, wherein the at least one valve comprises a valve bushing and wherein the at least one check valve is arranged in the valve bushing.
32. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 30, wherein the valve bushing has at least one radial bore, wherein the at least one check valve comprises an annular band resting with elastic prestress against an inner wall of the valve bushing in an area of a least one radial bore.
33. The camshaft adjuster according to claim 32, wherein the interior of the hollow piston communicates with a pressure connector of the at least one valve.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A phase change ink imaging apparatus comprising:
a media transport configured to transport media along a path;
a moving member having an image bearing surface, the moving member being movable proximate at least a portion of the path;
at least one printhead configured to form an ink image on the image bearing surface; and
at least one transducer configured to direct mechanical energy toward the path after the ink image has been formed on the image bearing surface.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one transducer comprises a plurality of transducers, each transducer being configured to direct mechanical energy toward the image bearing surface.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the plurality of transducers are piezoelectric transducers.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the plurality of transducers and the moving member define a gap therebetween through which the path extends; and
wherein the plurality of transducers is configured move into and out of contact with the moving member through the gap at approximately an ultrasonic frequency.
5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the transducers are configured to operate at a first frequency to direct mechanical energy toward the path.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the first frequency is an ultrasonic frequency.
7. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the moving member comprises a rotating drum and the image bearing surface comprises a surface of the drum.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the plurality of transducers are positioned to direct the mechanical energy toward the image bearing surface, the plurality of transducers being arranged proximate the portion of the path to enable the mechanical energy to impinge on print media moving on the portion of the path.
9. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the image bearing surface comprises a first surface of print media moving along the path.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the plurality of transducers is arranged to direct mechanical energy toward the first surface of the print media.
11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the plurality of transducers is arranged to direct mechanical energy toward a second surface of the print media, the second surface being opposite the first surface upon which the ink image is formed.
12. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the plurality of transducers comprise:
a first plurality of transducers configured to operate at a first frequency; and
a second plurality of transducers configured to operate at a second frequency, the second frequency being different than the first frequency.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the first plurality of transducers and the second plurality of transducers are each arranged to direct mechanical energy toward a first side of the path.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the first plurality of transducers is arranged to direct mechanical energy toward a first side of the path, and the second plurality of transducers is arranged to direct mechanical energy toward a second side of the path, the second side being opposite the first.
15. A phase change ink imaging apparatus comprising:
a media transport configured to transport media along a path;
an image bearing surface configured to move proximate a portion of the path;
at least one printhead configured to form an ink image on the image bearing surface; and
at least one motion generator positioned proximate the portion of the path, the at least one motion generator and the image bearing surface defining an image transfer zone through which the portion of the path extends, the at least one motion generator including piezoelectric transducers configured to impact print media moving along the portion of the path at one or more predetermined frequencies.
16. The system of claim 15, at least one of the predetermined frequencies comprising a first ultrasonic frequency.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, the at least one motion generator comprising a first motion generator and a second motion generator, the first motion generator including piezoelectric transducers configured to impact print media at the first ultrasonic frequency, the second motion generator including piezoelectric transducers configured to impact print media at a second ultrasonic frequency, the second ultrasonic frequency being different than the first ultrasonic frequency.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, the at least one motion generator includes a first and a second motion generator arranged facing each other to define a transfer zone through which the image bearing surface and the portion of the path extend.
19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the image bearing surface comprises an outer surface of a moving belt, the belt including an inner surface opposite the image bearing surface.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the first motion generator includes piezoelectric transducers configured to impact print media moving proximate the image bearing surface of the belt, and the second motion generator includes piezoelectric transducers configured to impact the inner surface of the moving belt.