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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134856 | Compressed air motor The invention relates to a compressed air motor comprising a housing and a rotor rotatably mounted therein, the rotor being provided with substantially radial slots and plate-like vanes being mounted in the slots so as to be radially displaceable by the centrifugal ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6557704 | Arrangement for portable pumping unit An enclosure for a medical pumping device generally comprises a front shell, a back shell and a polymeric substrate interposed therewith. The polymeric substrate comprises at least one gasket seat corresponding to the perimetric edge of each shell. In use... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6095776 | Peristalic rubber impeller pump A fluid handling pump for precise metering applications includes a flexible impeller mounted on a shaft that is eccentric to the centerline of a cylindrical chamber of the pump's housing. The impeller includes a plurality of flexible walls, that cooperate... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5988998 | Rotary pump having a reinforced flexible annular diaphragm A rotary diaphragm fluid pump includes a rigid tubular body with internal annular groove, a tubular flexible diaphragm whose central portion is caused to orbit by an eccentrically driven bearing. Preferably the diaphragm is a moulding which features an el... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5533886 | Membrane pump and method of operating the same A membrane pump has a housing which includes a pump head provided with an internal recess. The pump head is further provided with an inlet opening and an outlet opening which communicate with the recess and are disposed next to one another near an edge of... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529468 | Peristaltic pump and diaphragm therefor A peristaltic pump having a shaft mounted within a housing and coupled with a rotor to induce nutation in a wobble plate. A pump diaphragm is located and affixed to one side of the wobble plate and at its periphery to the housing. A backup diaphragm is em... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5466133 | Peristaltic pump and diaphragm therefor A peristaltic pump having a shaft mounted within a housing and coupled with a rotor to induce nutation in a wobble plate. A pump diaphragm is located and affixed to one side of the wobble plate and at its periphery to the housing. A backup diaphragm is em... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5458469 | Friction-free infusion pump system An infusion pump system for continuously injecting a medical substance contained in a supply chamber into a catheter connected to the body of the patient. The system includes a flattening means driven by a motor (10) and designed to flatten a portion (42)... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5326236 | Compliant rotor for an improved cartridge for drug infusion pump An improved rotor for use with a segmented peristaltic cartridge comprising a housing and a cover for assembly, said assembled housing and cover defining a pumping chamber which holds the improved rotor, a rotor sleeve and a section of flexible tubing wra... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5299922 | Positive displacement rotary pump An eccentric drive rotates inside a ring that is hinged to a plate and an astomeric curtain is wrapped around the ring and across an articulated plate. The curtain moves along a cylindrical wall inside the pump cavity to move fluid from an inlet to an out... | 04/05/1994 |
| 4838148 | Actuator An actuator including a housing having an internal cavity, a flexible but inextensible belt mounted so as to form an open-ended loop within the cavity, and a seal/port assembly closing the open end of the loop and providing for fluid flow into the loop. O... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4678414 | Peristaltic diaphragm pump with conically shaped nutating members A peristaltic diaphragm pump comprises a drive shaft, two nutating members having inner surfaces and a flexible tubular member wound at least 360° around the axis of rotation defined by the drive shaft such that the nutating members nutate to peristaltic... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4674961 | Sweeping tubular diaphragm pump and motor This invention relates to a pump and hydraulic or pneumatic motor comprising a flexible tubular shell enclosed within a closed rigid cylindrical shell of oblong circular cross section wherein said flexible tubular shell is stretched around four revolving ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4562802 | Flexible cylinder engine An internal combustion engine comprising at least one flexible cylinder or semicylinder (chamber) formed from (a) at least one flexible, rectangular sheet attached to a rotor, which in turn is connected to a rotatable shaft, and (b) a pair of parallel end... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4559040 | Segmented peristaltic pump chamber A chamber of a peristaltic pump is described wherein a segment of the stator is removed so that said chamber containing the rotor and resilient tube may be stored with the resilient tube not pinched by the eccentric rotor. When the chamber is to be used, ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4540351 | Pressure pump having jaws and end-slots A pressure pump for fluids having a pressure member 12, 12a of generally circular periphery, means 14, 14a for moving the pressure member in an orbital motion about an axis of rotation, and a sleeve member 16, 16a made of a pair of hinged jaws 22, 22a pos... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4504200 | Miniature infusion pump A pressure pump for fluids in flexible tubing, which comprises a pressure member of generally circular periphery adapted for orbital motion about an axis of rotation. A sleeve member is positioned about the pressure member and defines channel means for re... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4500269 | Integral tube-loading assembly for peristaltic pump An integral tube-loading assembly for a peristaltic pump having an eccentric motor shaft mounting a rotor within a housing wall including a trunnion mounted on the rotor shaft, a first link pivotally mounted on the trunnion, a second link pivotally mounte... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4494285 | Method of making a member defining a lumen for a peristaltic pump and member produced by said method A peristaltic pump comprising a housing member containing a member having resilient walls defining a lumen, a shaft is rotatably mounted in the housing and carries a pumping member thereon extending radially of the shaft which acts on the lumen in a plane... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4483666 | Hose pump for medical uses A hose pump comprises a housing in which a drive shaft is mounted. The shaft is provided with an obliquely extending shaft piece on which a swash plate is mounted. The swash plate end face presses against a hose which lies in an annular groove located in ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4416595 | Miniature rotary infusion pump with slide latch and detachable power source A pressure pump for fluid in which tubing is wound about an orbitally movable pressure member inside of a sleeve member which is defined by a pair of pivotally mounted, substantially semi-circular jaws to permit opening and closing of the jaws about the p... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4391572 | Angular position belt valve pump A pump functioning as a vacuum pump or a pressure pump employing the angular position belt valve is disclosed. Said angular position belt valve comprises a plurality of axial holes disposed within a cylindrical pulley, each of which axial holes has one or... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390328 | Machine with rotary piston including a flexible annular member A fluid driving or fluid driven machine includes an outer cylinder housing stationary piston. The piston includes a generally annular flexible band of smaller circumference than the inner circumference of the cylinder, and a rotary body accommodated withi... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4371321 | Metering pump The invention relates to a metering pump for liquid and gaseous media, which is provided with a deformable tube for the medium to be conveyed. The pump casing accommodates a rotating member which squeezes the tube against an inside surface in the pump cas... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4334842 | Rotary pump with radial yieldable partitions and rotatable side plate A volume pump which comprises a cylindrical pump chamber including therein a plurality of compartments which are radially formed with flexible partitions and side plates adapted to close opposite open sides of the pump chamber, suction and delivery means ... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4332534 | Membrane pump with tiltable rolling piston pressing the membrane A membrane pump comprising a housing having an inner cylindrical surface, an annular member in the housing and having an outer surface defining with the inner surface of the housing a working space. A hollow rolling piston is arranged in the interior of s... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4004865 | Pump with yieldable radial partitions and rotatable side plates A volume pump which comprises a cylindrical pump chamber including therein a plurality of compartments which are radially formed with flexible partitions and side plates adapted to close opposite open sides of the pump chamber, suction and delivery means ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3963386 | Rotary motor with inflatable expansion member A fluid pressure motor having a plurality of independent, freely distortable pressure chambers connected together in the form of a multi-lobed rosette shaped structure arranged between two rotatable supporting plates inclined at an angle to each other. Th... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3951576 | Rotary diaphragm pump The rotation of a helix within a deformable tube which is located within and attached by the ends to a pump casing of circular cross section causes fluid to flow between the tube and pump casing when the tube contains at least one longitudinal rib continu... | 04/20/1976 |
