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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047814 | Chemical liquid supplying apparatus A chemical liquid supplying apparatus which can discharge chemical liquid with high accuracy is provided. The apparatus is used to discharge the chemical liquid in a chemical liquid tank from an application nozzle. The apparatus has a combined member formed integral... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7168928 | Air driven hydraulic pump An air driven hydraulic pump includes two opposed cylinders to either side of a center section. Two pneumatic pistons are slidable in the opposed cylinders and are coupled with one another by a common shaft extending through the center section. The pneumatic pistons... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7090474 | Diaphragm pump with overfill limiter A diaphragm pump which overcomes the problem of diaphragm failure due to overfill of the oil transfer chamber. An overfill preventive element in the form of a mechanical stop, a fully closed coil spring, or a valve system, or alternatives are provided. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7004731 | Diaphragm pump having a gas venting surface A scarred surface structure on the cover curvature of a diaphragm compressor is created by shot blasting. The scarred surface structure hinders the sealing effect between the cover curvature and the diaphragm and thereby counteracts the formation of gas cushions. | 02/28/2006 |
| 6899530 | Diaphragm pump with a transfer chamber vent with a longitudinal notch on the piston cylinder A diaphragm pump which overcomes the problem of diaphragm failure due to overfill of the oil transfer chamber and the inability to self-prime. A notch is provided in the upper portion of the surface of the cylinder so that air can be forced back to the reservoir. In... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6846166 | Reciprocating diaphragm pump with degassing valves In a reciprocating pump, drive power of a drive-power supply member is transmitted to a diaphragm within a diaphragm drive chamber via operating fluid. An operating-fluid-flow regulation chamber for regulating the flow of operating fluid is located between the drive... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6767189 | Method for the control and regulation of the oil pressure-gas pressure relationship of diaphragm compressors A method for the control and regulation of the oil pressure-gas pressure relationship of diaphragm compressors. The function of a diaphragm compressor is mainly dependent on a given minimum relationship of gas pressure and oil pressure. When this is undershot... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6736611 | Aircraft fluid delivery device An aircraft fluid delivery device (10) including a piston assembly (20), a pilot assembly (22), and a control assembly (24). The control assembly (24) includes non-contact proximity sensors (S1, S2) that sense the pos... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6547537 | Air operated radial piston and diaphragm pump system Three or more diaphragm pumps (12,14,16) are interconnected to sequentially receive an activation fluid from corresponding piston and cylinder pumps (18,20,22) synchronized by a control mechanism (24) which includes a distributor plate (42) with directive... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6276907 | Hydraulically driven diaphragm pump A diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid, such as paint, includes a diaphragm separating a first chamber for accommodating and dispensing the paint from a second chamber for accommodating a drive fluid, and a piston that reciprocates to drive the drive fluid ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6203289 | Hydraulic alternating volumetric pumping system Pumping system for pumping fluids at low pressure comprising a pumping enclosure connected to a pipe 16 introducing the fluid to be pumped and a pipe 18 discharging the pumped fluid. The enclosure is connected to a pipe introducing a drive fluid and a red... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6178951 | Direct injection fuel pump for engine with controlled ignition and injection system comprising same An injection pump comprises several modules in a housing. Each module has a chamber supplying an injection circuit, separated by a deformable diaphragm from a compartment defined by a bore of the housing and by a reciprocating piston. The chamber is conne... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6113361 | Intensified high-pressure common-rail supply pump A fuel pump, a fuel-pressure intensifier sub-assembly and a method of producing intensified high-pressure fuel are disclosed. The pump has a metered fuel circuit, a plurality of low-pressure bores with low-pressure plungers disposed therein, an intensifie... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6099269 | Absorption refrigeration system having a diaphragm pump and a hydraulic piston pump A device for pumping an absorbent solution from the low pressure side of an absorption heat exchange system to the high pressure side of that system without relying on pressure from the low pressure side. The device preferably includes a diaphragm pump di... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5860793 | Diaphragm metering pump with push to prime air bleeder valve A new and improved diaphragm metering pump is provided with a modular removable drive assembly. The removable drive assembly provides rotation to an eccentric shaft within the pump and is disposed outside rotary bearings for the eccentric shaft and outsid... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5730506 | Vibration damper for damping vibrations in a fluid in a slip-controlled hydraulic brake system of a vehicle system A space-saving vibration damper that functions reliably for a long term. The vibration damper has a housing that includes at least one concave recess which is sealed by a disk-shaped diaphragm comprising a spring steel sheet. The diaphragm is connected by... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5667368 | Diaphragm metering pump including improved leak detection diaphragm A new and improved diaphragm metering pump is provided with a modular removable drive assembly. The removable drive assembly provides rotation to an eccentric shaft within the pump and is disposed outside rotary bearings for the eccentric shaft and outsid... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5641270 | Durable high-precision magnetostrictive pump A magnetostrictive pump is provided which makes use of a magnetostrictive element which, when an alternating magnetic field is applied to it, compresses a chamber containing a working fluid. A bellows located within the working fluid is repeatedly compres... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5421710 | Fuel injection apparatus A fuel injection apparatus which, when raising fuel of a low viscosity and a low lubricating ability such as gasoline or methanol to a high pressure by a fuel injection pump and injecting it into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine etc.,... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5336320 | Fast response film coater A film coater for applying a coating material to selected areas on a target substrate, such as a printed circuit board, having a vented dispenser body with a plunger moveable therein between an open and closed position. A flow of pressurized air which mov... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5249932 | Apparatus for controlling diaphragm extension in a diaphragm metering pump A diaphragm metering pump having control over diaphragm extension is described. A position sensor is incorporated in a diaphragm metering pump to indicate the relative position of the diaphragm during flexure. When excessive extension of the diaphragm is ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5165869 | Diaphragm pump A piston-driven fluid pump including a drive chamber containing drive fluid and a drive diaphragm forming a wall of the drive chamber. The pump also includes a spill containment chamber disposed adjacent the drive chamber and containing drive fluid, with ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5145331 | Diaphragm pump In a diaphragm or membrane pump, the diaphragm thereof is composed of two diaphragm disks arranged at an axial distance from one another and enclosing an interior space whose size is variable given damage to one of the diaphragm disks. Further, a signal g... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5032063 | Precision fluid pump Hydraulic fluid is replenished in a pulsator chamber of a fluid driven pulsator pump by having the power plunger in an upstanding bore with spaced seals. The power plunger is withdrawn upon each stroke vertically upward. As it is withdrawn past seals, any... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4948349 | Pump and valve apparatus A pump consists of a valve box in which a valve chamber inlet and outlet are each provided with a valve, and a reciprocating member in a cylinder that communicates with the valve chamber of the valve box to open the valves. A pressure action chamber is pr... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4887984 | Marine transmission with fluid coupler A fluid coupling is provided in a marine drive between the engine and the propulsion unit. The fluid coupling includes a fluid pump connected to the flywheel of the engine, and a turbine connected to an output shaft leading to the propulsiion unit. A seri... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4865528 | Method and arrangement for starting an hydraulic diaphragm pump against load In a diaphragm pump, which is provided with at least one diaphragm (1), which separates a delivery chamber (4) from a pressure chamber (5) filled with an hydraulic fluid and is clmaped at its edge between the pump body (2) and a pump cover (3), and with a... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4828464 | Diaphragm pump device In a diaphragm pump including a first chamber for liquid to be pumped separated from a second chamber for drive fluid by a diaphragm which is driven by a piston alternatively placing the drive fluid under pressure and releasing the pressure from the drive... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4799355 | Brake actuation systems for vehicles The present specification discloses a brake actuation system for a vehicle, which is applicable to both hydraulically or pneumatically operated/spring released brakes and spring operated/hydraulically or pneumatically released brakes. With such brakes it ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4789313 | Apparatus for and method of pumping output fluids such as abrasive liquids A technique for pumping an output fluid, especially a particle-laden abrasive liquid. This technique utilizes an output pump and a drive pump which are interconnected through a common chamber containing a drive fluid, specifically water. The output pump i... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4594057 | Injector pump An injector pump for introducing metered amounts of fluid into a process line which pump typically is actuated by a gas powered timing relay. A diaphragm or other impermeable member mounted in the pump housing defining a pump chamber for the fluid to be p... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4564340 | Device for regulating the pressure and feed volume of a diaphragm pump A device for regulating in a practically loss-free manner the pressure and feed volume of a diaphragm pump which is constructed as a hydraulically activatable diplacement pump and is especially suited for feeding a viscous and abrasive or a solids-laden s... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4560324 | Automatic purger for a hydraulically controlled double diaphragm pump The automatic purger has an intermediate chamber (11) one of the walls of which is formed by an elastic diaphragm (10), termed front diaphragm, whereas the other wall is formed by a second elastic diaphragm (12), termed rear diaphragm. This chamber is con... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558567 | Continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission (2) is constructed utilizing a constant displacement pump (4) of fixed fluid power stroke, rather than a variable displacement pump with a variable pump stroke. A fluid motor (14) is driven by the pump and has an outpu... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4468222 | Intravenous liquid pumping system and method Intravenous Fluid Pumping System having a controller and a pump controlled by the controller. The controller has a sealed chamber with a flexible membrane covering a portion thereof. An incompressible fluid is disposed in the chamber. A piston member is m... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4463901 | Unit fuel injector having independently controlled timing and metering A unit fuel injector assembly (2, 88) is disclosed for periodically injecting fuel of a variable quantity on a cycle to cycle basis as a function of the pressure of fuel supplied to the injector from a source of fuel (48) and at a variable time during eac... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4436491 | Method of supplying hydraulic operating fluid in diaphragm type In a diaphragm type pump, a minute amount of the operating fluid is supplied instantaneously from an oil reservoir to an operating chamber at the final stage of the suction stroke in a main cylinder, and an excessive amount of the operating fluid and/or b... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4389163 | Pressure booster system for fluids A pressure booster system for fluids using one or more injectors for delivering a relatively low pressure output flow of fluid. A fluid accumulator receives the output from one or more injectors. A detector reveals any fluid mass change in the accumulator... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4350477 | Pneumatic pulsatile fluid pump A portable pumping system for administering fluids intravenously to a patient. The system has a tube connected between the fluid source and the patient with one-way valves at each end of the tube to limit the flow to one direction. A middle portion of the... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4250872 | Blood pulsating and/or pumping device A continuous length of flexible polymeric tubing having a smooth fissureless inner surface throughout is provided with a region intermediate its ends which region has an inside diameter greater than the inside diameter of the remainder of said tubing and ... | 02/17/1981 |
