Abstract: A variable stroke positive displacement piston pump in which the effective eccentricity of the crankshaft controlling the stroke is adjustable by means of a worm/worm gear combination driving a hub to which eccentric rings are keyed.
Abstract: An injector device for a plunger-type pump of the type having one or more cylinders, an intake valve for each cylinder operatively disposed between the pump's low pressure inlet port and each of its cylinders and outlet valve(s) for each cylinder operatively disposed between the cylinders and the pump's high pressure outlet port, where the intake and outlet valves are held in place by removable threaded plugs which afford access to the valves so that they can be repaired or replaced. The injector device comprises a threaded plug member adapted to replace one of the removable plugs used to hold an intake valve in place, but also includes a longitudinal bore in which is mounted a one-way check valve. The inlet side of the check valve is adapted to be coupled to a chemical supply tank. Also, a restrictor is placed between the particular intake valve held in place by the injector plug and the pump's inlet port.
Abstract: A surge suppressor for dampening undesired pressure surges in a fluid handling system and using a tubular, elastomeric diaphragm disposed in a hollow chamber of a housing to separate the chamber into two isolated zones, one being exposed to the fluid exhibiting undesired pressure surges and the other being pressurized with a compressible fluid. This arrangement obviates problems caused by wrinkling or folding of the generally planar diaphragm used in prior art pulsation dampeners.
Abstract: A high pressure fluid handling pump of the type having a drive shaft for connection to a drive motor where the drive shaft extends longitudinally through a pulsation dampener affixed to the pump's housing. The pulsation dampener comprises a cup-shaped housing having a pump shaft receiving bore extending through an end wall thereof and which, when secured to the motor housing, defines a hollow chamber in fluid communication with the pump's outlet. Disposed within the hollow chamber of the pulsation dampener housing and concentric with the motor's shaft is a rigid baffle member. Surrounding that is a tubular diaphragm formed from an elastomeric material of a predetermined durometer hardness, the tubular diaphragm effectively dividing the hollow chamber into two compartments isolated from one another.