Patent attributes
This invention discloses in particular an actuation cylinder (10) for controlling the movement of a ring-gate (40) of a hydraulic machine, said actuation cylinder (10) comprising a body (18) forming a first chamber (22) provided with a first duct (26) and a second chamber (24) provided with a second duct (28) which are designed to receive an actuating fluid through said first duct (26) and said second duct (28), said chambers being separated from one another by a piston (20) connected to an actuating rod (14) and able to move in said body in a first direction in which the volume of the second chamber increases while the volume of the first chamber decreases, and in a second direction in which the volume of the second chamber decreases while the volume of the first chamber increases, said piston being provided with a rod (30) connected in said second chamber to an area (20b) of the piston turned toward said second chamber, said area (20b) having a surface less than an area (20a) of the piston turned toward the first chamber.
