POWER/VOLUME RELATIONSHIP A conventional actuator and a diamond-shaped actuator are arranged as per "FIGURE 9". The conventional actuator's boundary face area is the same as the area of each of the four equal sides of the diamond-shaped actuator. The valve is closed. Open the valve, exposing both actuators to the common pressure source, as per "FIGURE 10". The driving force of the conventional actuator is the result of the fluid pressure on the one moving boundary face times the boundary face area. The driving force at the tip of the diamond-shaped actuator is the effect of the combined force on the four moving walls of the actuator. The diamond-shaped actuator develops more force than the conventional actuator; therefore, drives forward, forcing fluid from the conventional actuator. The volume of fluid forced from the conventional actuator is slightly more than the diamond-shaped actuator requires achieving this action. The diamond-shaped actuator displaces a greater volume of fluid from the conventional actuator than the volume of fluid it requires for the same length of stroke, causing a slight flow of fluid toward the pressure source. The diamond-shaped actuator sustains a surplus of work potential after it has produced its own source of pressurized fluid for the action. 13.253 HINGE (TYPICAL) DIAMOND-SHAPED ACTUATOR CONVENTIONAL ACTUATOR VALVE PRESSURE SOURCE HINGE (TYPICAL) DIAMOND-SHAPED ACTUATOR CONVENTIONAL ACTUATOR VALVE FLOW PRESSURE SOURCE TRAVEL FIGURE 9 FIGURE 10
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