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Class 417/178 - Selectively usable flow confining members (e.g., nozzles, combining tubes, etc.)


Subclass of Class 417 - Pumps
Definition: Apparatus in which there is provided within the apparatus
No. of patents: 18
Last issue date: 09/13/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
8017275Fuel cell system
An ejector is provided with a first fluid chamber into which hydrogen gas is introduced; a rod-shaped needle; a nozzle exhausting hydrogen gas introduced into the first fluid chamber from an exhaust port; a second fluid chamber into which hydrogen off-gas is introdu...
09/13/2011
7240536Test-gas leak detector
A test-gas leak detector (1) includes a connection (27) for a device under test, a sniffer, or a leak detector chamber, a high-vacuum pump (2), a test-gas detector (5) that is connected on the intake side of said pumps, and a test-gas con...
07/10/2007
6955526Vacuum generator with flow switching means for varying suction capacity through a plurality of nozzles
The vacuum generator is capable of quickly and securely holding and releasing a work piece and capable of reducing amount of consuming compressed air. In the vacuum generator, a first nozzle and a second nozzle jet compressed air toward a diffuser nozzle. The second...
10/18/2005
6698924Cooling system comprising a circular venturi
A system and method for improving cooling of a heat-generating component in a closed-loop cooling system is shown. The system comprises a venturi having a throat which is coupled to an expansion tank that is exposed to atmospheric pressure in the embodime...
03/02/2004
6582199Multi-stage ejector pump
A multi-stage ejector pump having an ejector nozzle system with the nozzles situated coaxially behind each other and axially set apart from each other by a spaced distance. The ejector a nozzle system is made up of a set of individual nozzles and nozzle s...
06/24/2003
6471489Supersonic 4-way self-compensating fluid entrainment device
A self-compensating, energy saving heat transfer unit to provide an efficient means to transfer energy from steam to water in a central heating system. The steam enters a mixing chamber and creates a negative pressure environment. Water in a backwater pip...
10/29/2002
6434943Pressure exchanging compressor-expander and methods of use
A novel pressure-exchange compressor-expander is disclosed whereby a high energy primary fluid compresses a lower energy secondary fluid through direct fluid-fluid momentum exchange. The pressure-exchange compressor-expander utilizes non-steady flow princ...
08/20/2002
6354371Jet pump assembly
A jet pump assembly 10 for use in a subterranean wellbore 82 to lift produced fluids 72 to the surface, comprising a fixed type jet pump assembly 10 including a retrievable insert assembly 30 for retrieving substantially all working components of the jet ...
03/12/2002
6138456Pressure exchanging ejector and methods of use
A novel pressure-exchange ejector is disclosed whereby a high energy primary fluid compresses a lower energy secondary fluid through direct fluid-fluid momentum exchange. The pressure-exchange ejector utilizes non-steady flow principles and supersonic flo...
10/31/2000
5716196Pumping method and device with sequential jets
Pumping method by direct energy exchange during which a drive fluid is sent intermittently in the form of one or more jets into a primary fluid. Pumping device comprising a hollow part (2) and a distributing part, each provided with orifices (Oi) and (Ei). A r...
02/10/1998
5616006Pumping method and device with sequential jets
A pumping method for effecting direct energy exchange between a drive fluid and a primary fluid in a pipe wherein a plurality of fluid jets are produced from a static distributing part having at least one first orifice by causing a movable part having at ...
04/01/1997
5575625Multiphase pump with sequential jets
Pumping device for effecting direct energy exchange between a drive fluid and a primary fluid. The device has, in combination, a hollow static part allowing the drive fluid to pass, which static hollow part has at least one orifice and a distributing part...
11/19/1996
5088896Jet pump with rotatable venturi cartridge
A jet pump having a rotatable venturi cartridge to permit any of several different sized venturi tubes to be aligned with a nozzle in the pump casing. A knob is provided on the pump casing to permit convenient rotation of the venturi cartridge. Printed in...
02/18/1992
4818389Skimmer with flow enhancer
A skimmer for skimming water from a swimming pool or spa is provided with entraining means for entraining additional water from the pool or spa to thereby increase the flow of water into and out of the skimmer. The entraining means includes two nozzle mem...
04/04/1989
4569635Hydrokinetic amplifier
A hydrokinetic amplifier 10 uses liquid and vapor input nozzles 11 and 12 discharging into an acceleration chamber 13 downstream from which a diverging diffuser 15 extends. Liquid nozzle 11 forms a free liquid jet 20 that extends for a substantial distanc...
02/11/1986
4505646Eductor pump and process
An eductor pump for withdrawing a feed liquid from a container, comprising a tubular body having a venturi element mounted inside and near the lower end of the tubular body; a conduit for feeding a drive liquid to the venturi element so that the drive liq...
03/19/1985
4395201Injector pump
There is provided an in-line, two-stage, variable-bypass injector pump for controllably admixing a secondary fluid to a main fluid. The pump comprises a housing connectable into a pipe line carrying the main fluid and a main venturi extending along the ce...
07/26/1983
4200425Gas-lift device
A gas-lift device having upper and lower adapting members formed with throughgoing axial bores for the incorporation of the device in a well string, the adapting members being joined by a sleeve containing a profiled member, having an axial throughgoing b...
04/29/1980
 
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