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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367366 | Pumping device A pumping device includes a container having a cover structure. A piston is movably received in the container and is manually operable. The cover structure has an air inlet valve and a slide switch, which, when properly set, allow air to be sucked into or expelled o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351235 | Snivel removing device A snivel removing device includes a housing having a partition to form two chambers and an outlet port and an inlet port communicating with the chambers. One or more bladders are attached to the housing, and communicating with the chambers, and compressible and expa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336897 | Liquid-cooled combustion camera A liquid-cooled camera assembly that includes a camera for viewing the combustion process in an industrial gas turbine that further includes a tri-concentric tube assembly, and a window cap positioned at a first end of the tri-concentric tube assembly. The camera ma... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331770 | Disposable two-stage pump A disposable device for transfer of at least one predetermined medium into a device for treatment and promotion of healing of damaged body tissue. The device is comprised of a housing and a first pump stage disposed within the housing for pumping a first predetermin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303378 | Apparatus for delivering fuel from a tank to an internal combustion engine The fuel supply apparatus according to the invention is improved in a simple manner in that it is provided with short fuel lines. According to the invention, the drive line of the suction jet pumps is connected to a pressure line downstream of the fuel supply pump a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7269944 | Hydraulic system for recovering potential energy A hydraulic system may include a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic system may also include a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, and the pump may be configured to supply fluid to the hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic system may further include an energy reco... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7217105 | Integrated pump and wash pump A pump apparatus is provided which comprises a first displacement pump and a ceramic valve construction formed of a ceramic rotor, a ceramic stator having flat surfaces which are positioned in sealing relationship and a second displacement pump having check valves. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198474 | Pump having shape memory actuator and fuel cell system including the same A pump having a linearly movable shaft, a rotatable hub operably connected to the shaft, and shape memory actuator operably connected to the rotatable hub, and a fuel cell system including the same. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7169229 | Moving head, coating apparatus The invention pertains to a coating apparatus and method in which most of the relative movement between a dispensing head and the substrate to be coated is provided by the coating head. The moving head configuration reduces the system footprint and diminishes leveli... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156625 | Fuel pump with filter-absent safety valve and universal inlet and outlet Fuel pump 10 includes a filter 42 that rests on ledge 48, between the pump housing 12 and inlet cap 56. Filter detector 50 has a valve engager stem 62 for opening the check valve 58 and bearing feet 52 t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156922 | Multi-chamber installation for treating objects under vacuum, method for evacuating said installation and evacuation system therefor A multi-chamber installation (1) treats objects under vacuum. An evacuation system (5) is connected to a plurality of chambers (2, 3, 4). To reduce the complexity of the evacuation process, a forepump (5) has several stages (11, 12, 13... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134850 | Fitted assembly bellows pump In a pump employing a bellows, individual members are formed from resins and pump components including a fitted assembly formed by fitting plural members with each other form a structure unit which is tightly inserted in an external cover and constrained on the oppo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121808 | High frequency air pulse generator An improved air pulse generator produces high frequency chest wall oscillations (HFCWO) and includes means for internal heat dissipation. Internal heat generated by an internal diaphragm motor is dissipated by having a portion of the air chamber associated with the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118350 | Radial piston pump The invention relates to a radial piston pump unit for a high pressure injection system with a pump housing in which a driveshaft with an eccentric section is mounted. A reciprocating ring sits on the above section and drives at least one spring-loaded piston which ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114490 | Multiple pump fuel delivery system A multiple pump fuel delivery system is provided, which in one preferred embodiment includes a tank. Mounted within the tank are multiple fuel pumps. The fuel pumps have intakes connected to filters. One pump may be connected to a fuel only passing filter, and anoth... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097433 | Fuel transfer pump The fuel transfer pump is a combination suction and pressure pump in a manifold above the fuel storage tank. The fuel transfer pump is contained within a manifold. The pump is liquid cooled (more specifically, fuel cooled) and is located in a manifold above the fuel... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093624 | Liquid pumping device A liquid pumping device includes a barrel, a cylinder, a conducting rod, a piston, an operation lever, and a cover. Thus, the liquid pumping device is operated automatically by the power source or operated manually by the operation lever to suck the liquid from the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080631 | Safety fuel injection pump A fuel injection pump includes a camshaft, an eccentric cam, a cam ring, a housing and plungers. The camshaft is rotated by an engine. The cam is provided separately from the camshaft and is formed with a connecting portion connected with the main shaft. The cam rot... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7017557 | Feed device In a feed device (2) for a motor vehicle, a ventilation element (10) is arranged in a feed line (7) which is guided into an intermediate tank (8) arranged upstream of a surge chamber (3). The ventilation element (10) has an ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6981855 | Drilling rig having a compact compressor/pump assembly A mobile drilling rig includes a platform mounted on drivable ground supports. Drilling equipment is disposed on the platform and is operated by a power system that includes hydraulic pumps, a screw type air compressor, and a motor for driving the pumps and the comp... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6960069 | Arrangement structure of swash plate hydraulic pump hydraulic pump An arrangement structure of a swash plate hydraulic pump which can be used in a wide range of construction equipment and industrial vehicles and is small in size, simple in structure, and inexpensive is provided. For this purpose, an arrangement structure of a swash... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951208 | Fuel delivery system with flow re-director for improved re-priming sequence A fuel delivery system 10 includes a reservoir 12 in a fuel tank 14; a fuel pump 16 in the reservoir for sending fuel at an engine; a jet pump 18 including a venturi tube 22 adjacent to a nozzle 24 to draw fuel from t... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6857392 | Aquarium pumping and airing apparatus An aquarium includes a pump disposed in a chamber of a container to circulate water and having a spindle. An air supplying device is coupled to the spindle of the pump and driven by the spindle of the pump, to pump air into the water contained in the chamber of the ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6846165 | Hydrostatic machine The invention relates to a hydrostatic machine (1) comprising at least one first hydrostatic unit (E1) and one second hydrostatic unit (E2), each hydrostatic unit (E1, E2) comprising respective pistons (14a, 14... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6824364 | Master/slave pump assembly employing diaphragm pump A master/slave pump assembly employs a dual diaphragm pump as the master pump. An abrasive fluid, such as a resin containing abrasive particles, can be pumped by the dual diaphragm pump without the damage that would result from exposure of seals to the abrasive flui... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6793463 | Tandem pump and interface for same A method of assembling a tandem pump comprising first and second pumps connected in tandem by an interface. Each pump has a housing and an end cap containing hydraulic porting. The interface connects the end cap of one pump to the housing of the other pump. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786701 | High-pressure misting fan A high pressure misting fan (10) configured for injecting a fluid (F) into a generated stream of air to produce a cooling vapor impregnated airstream (V) is disclosed. The fan (10) broadly includes a rotatable propeller (12), a motor (14)... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776586 | Multi-stage vacuum pump The present invention provides a multi-stage vacuum pump which includes: a housing in which a plurality of pumping chambers are formed, the pumping chambers being arranged in series and being in fluid communication with one another, one of the pumping chambers which... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6722855 | Oil pumping device A manual/pneumatic oil pumping device having a housing defining therein an oil reserving space and an upper cover. A floating board is disposed in the oil reserving space. The upper cover is equipped with a manual air sucking mechanism, a pneumatic air sucking mecha... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705840 | Inline tandem pump A dual tandem pump apparatus having a pair of coaxially arranged pump shafts and a separate input shaft that is not coaxial with the pump shafts. Charge pumps may be mounted on end caps secured to the housing or may be driven directly by the input shaft. A coupler o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6682312 | Tandem pump and interface for same A tandem pump comprising first and second pumps connected in tandem by an interface. Each pump has a housing and an end cap containing hydraulic porting. The interface connects the end cap of one pump to the housing of the other pump.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6676384 | Gas friction pump A vacuum pump including two gas friction pumps arranged parallel to each other and having each at least one stage having an inlet communicating with a common suction region and an outlet communicating with a separate discharge region, a multi-stage pump a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6644931 | System for pumping low thermal conductivity gases In a vacuum pumping system according to the invention, the Roots or claw multistage dry primary pump discharges into an outlet stage including an additional piston or membrane pump connected in parallel with a preliminary evacuation pipe including a check... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641370 | Vacuum pump apparatus having improved sealing structure The present invention relates to a vacuum pump apparatus which is capable of implementing a simple structure without a formation of an O-ring groove for engaging an O-ring therein, a lower fabrication cost, a stable sealing function, so that a maintenance... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6629821 | Pump apparatus The present invention provides a multipurpose pump apparatus of high achievement, which can continuously pump and convey liquid even containing a large amount of foams and can make high level defoaming function and degassing function, and pumped liquid st... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6568913 | Lubrication pump for a swash plate type compressor A variable displacement swash plate type compressor which incorporates a lubricant pump coupled to one end of the drive shaft of the compressor, wherein the lubricant pump provides positive lubricant flow within the compressor and facilitates the lubricat... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6547527 | Generator unit with clutch-driven pump A portable power unit having an internal combustion engine, a tank for holding a supply of pressurized fluid, an electrical generator powered by the internal combustion engine, and a pump selectively powered by the internal combustion engine. An electro-m... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6494686 | Tandem pump and interface for same A tandem pump comprising first and second pumps connected by an interface. An interface for connecting an end cap of a first pump to a housing of a second pump. An interface kit for connecting two pumps in axial alignment to form a tandem pump.... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6483105 | Optically controlled actuator A rotary actuator includes a motor operatively joined to a gear train having an output shaft. An optical encoder is operatively joined to the shaft of the motor for detecting rotation thereof. A controller is operatively joined to the encoder, and is conf... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481976 | Control valve and variable capacity type compressor having control valve A variable capacity type compressor has a tiltable swash plate and pistons. A control valve is arranged to change the pressure in the crank chamber, to vary the capacity of the compressor by changing the inclination angle of the swash plate by changing th... | 11/19/2002 |
