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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7117910 | Air supply device, wheel, and tire unit An air supply device is provided on a rotating body having an air filling portion into which air is filled. The air supply device has a device body provided with a cylinder, and a piston mounted movably in the cylinder, the device body being joined at the middle of ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7086473 | Submersible pumping system with sealing device A submersible pumping system includes a pump assembly that is connected to a motor assembly. The pump assembly includes a pump intake having an intake hole, a pump housing connected to the pump intake and a pump discharge head connected to the pump housing. An intak... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6719542 | Pump for printing press A pump for a printing press includes a plunger within a cylinder to be rotatable and reciprocatable and having a cutaway portion at its distal end, and a constant-speed motor for rotating and reciprocating the plunger. The plunger and the output shaft of the motor a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6354820 | Pump For the purpose of providing a thin pump designed to decrease the number of parts, the pump is provided with a rectangular parallelepiped cylinder (3) and a piston located inside of the cylinder, wherein the piston (4) reciprocates and oscillates in the c... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6179574 | Apparatus for pressurizing fluids and using them to perform work A fluid transfer apparatus utilizing a slanted cain disk to oscillate and rotate a set of pistons arranged in a circle. Channels associated with the pistons and piston housing effect the transfer of fluid from a first location to a second location, as wel... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6004117 | Displacement pump An improved displacement pump is provided with flow path means preventing hysteresis-causing bubbles from accumulating in piston clearances.... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5741126 | Valveless metering pump with crisscrossed passage ways in the piston A valveless positive displacement pump with a closed end cylinder has fluid inlet and outlet ports adjacent to the closed end. A piston is reciprocally and rotatively driven in the cylinder. The piston is provided with crisscrossed helical slots formed th... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5613839 | Variable rate pump A variable rate pump including a distributor member rotatable within a sleeve. The distributor member is provided with a bore within which a pumping plunger is reciprocable under the influence of a first cam lobe and a second cam lobe. A valve is provided... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5356114 | Traveling valve for sucker rod pump The present invention provides a mechanically operated traveling valve for use in a sucker rod pump. The valve includes a cylindrical housing, a base positioned in the bottom of said housing which contains a first portion of a sliding shear seal, and a pi... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5136931 | Rotary type fluid energy convertor A rotary-type fluid energy convertor comprises a pair of cylindrical body members, a pintle inserted into the cylindrical body members and having a cylindrical central portion between the body members, a cylinder barrel mounted on an outer periphery surfa... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5067881 | Plunger-operated hydraulic pump In a plunger-operated hydraulic pump, a cylinder has an ejection port extending from its upper end portion with an ejection valve provided at the ejection port. A piston and a plunger fitted in the cylinder are urged towards an eccentric cam by a first re... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5058779 | Positive displacement piston metering pump A pneumatically operated metering pump having in a single cylinder, a driven piston and a slave piston that operates as a sliding valve for admitting fluid into the pump and drawing it into the cylinder between the two pistons so the next downward stroke ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5024587 | Valveless pump The present invention pertains to a pump, in which two pistons moving in the same direction in a common cylinder bore are provided to generate the suction intake and pressure, discharge effects as well as for control. Both pistons are held by fastening me... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4975030 | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines comprising a pump plunger displaceable in a pump cylinder for delivering fuel to a plurality of injection locations, and elements for controlling fuel injection quantity. The controlling elements inclu... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4834218 | Lubricating nozzle apparatus and method A lubricating device and method in which a lubricant shot is generated by a supply of lubricant and air, the later being activated before, during and following the dispersing of the lubricant shot. The air supply travels two paths; on leads to a piston ch... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4834032 | Two-stroke cycle engine and pump having three-stroke cycle effect A multi-cylinder gas engine featuring a unique method of gas fuel intake and cylinder exhaust gas scavenging and recharging. It is a three cylinder opposed piston two-stroke cycle engine combined with a three cylinder opposed piston, sequentially ported, ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4770081 | Servomechanism with idle gear feedback A servomechnism made up of a relatively small number of components has a pintle that is moved back and forth by a hydraulic actuator, an input member disposed opposite to the pintle and capable of reciprocating parallel with the pintle, a spool capable of... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4674659 | Universal sequential dispensing pump system A dispensing pump includes an outer cylinder and an inner piston which cooperate in defining a pump chamber. The cylinder includes an inlet port and an outlet port which are sequentially opened and closed by the piston. In addition, a vent for the contain... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4632647 | Side entry down hole pump for oil wells A side entry down-hole pump for oil wells which relies upon gravity rather than suction to receive incoming oil. A pump barrel is plugged at its bottom end and is anchored in the well. A pair of inlet slots in the side of the pump barrel admit oil to a pu... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4619593 | Apparatus comprising a turbine and associated water extractor and method of translating the potential energy of deep sea water into useful work This disclosure is directed to a method and combined apparatus for converting or translating the immense potential energy of the deep sea water into useful work by providing a jointly enclosed environment in a column or mass of a fluid in which a containe... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4560327 | Porting and ducting arrangement A porting and ducting arrangement for a pair of adjacent hollow cylinders includes respective pluralities of passages extending longitudinally in the walls of the cylinders. Each passage is provided with a port in communication with the interior of the as... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4541789 | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump for supplying fuel to the cylinders of the internal combustion engine comprises a housing, a cylindrical sleeve inserted in the housing and provided with a single filling opening communicated with a fuel-feeding passage, and a piston... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4493440 | Wall-mounted soap dispenser A wall mounted soap dispenser made of plastic is described. The dispenser includes a hand-operated pump which dispenses liquid soap under pressure and which can be manufactured inexpensively. A disposable container of liquid soap is inserted in the dispen... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4484866 | Piston pump A piston pump includes a cylinder with a bore receiving the piston. The piston forms a central passage leading to a variable volume chamber and a check valve is disposed in the central passage. In addition, the cylinder includes a pair of ports which sele... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4416596 | Fluid-transfer system and method A fluid-transfer system has two pistons movable within a barrel so that the ends of the piston faces can move together or apart, the barrel having at least two openings therein for transfer of fluid into and out of said barrel. The pistons can be controll... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4315582 | Universal sequential dispensing pump system free of external check valves and having venting capability A pump system having two moving parts consisting of a cylinder with a piston therein defining a pump chamber. An inlet part communicates with a dip tube which extends into a container and permits the product in the container to pass into the pump chamber.... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4259040 | Fuel injection pump for air-compressing fuel-injected internal combustion engine A fuel injection pump for an air-compressing fuel-injected internal combustion engine which includes a first pump piston arranged in each pump cylinder for regulating a fuel control bore of a pump working chamber. A control element cooperable with the pum... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4178141 | Fuel injection pump for air-compressing injection internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump for compressed air injected internal combustion engines with a pump piston and with a control slide valve member coaxially arranged to each other in a given pump cylinder, of which the pump piston controls a fuel control bore in the ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4165824 | Self cleaning shampoo dispenser This invention is a manually operated liquid dispenser designed in particular to dispense heavy soaps like hair washing shampoo. The dispensers which are presently available on the market are unsuitable for these reasons, (a) too expensive to manufacture,... | 08/28/1979 |
| 3938425 | Pump stroke adjustment device A piston type fluid pump structure providing a selective variable operating fluid displacement, and including a piston having an operable travel, within a cooperable cylinder bore, through a pump stroke which may be of fixed length, a fluid supply port be... | 02/17/1976 |
