Abstract: An oil well swabbing device having a pressure activated valve for use in closing a fluid passage therein when the swabbing device is submerged under liquid in a well casing corresponding to a predetermined valve closing pressure; the pressure-activated valve comprising a pressure collapsible bladder such as a bellows or diaphragm, a valve and seat interposed in the fluid passage, and an actuator rod connecting the valve to the pressure collapsible bladder such that the valve is closed when the bladder is collapsed to a degree corresponding to the predetermined valve closing pressure. Improved speed brakes, catchers, and position indicators for oil well swabbing devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A control system for a pump includes a level sensor switch that is positioned along a production string in an oil well shaft. The level sensor switch is protected from damage by inner and outer housings. A control circuit responsive to the level sensor switch is also provided. The control circuit includes an adjustable timer that is located at ground level remote from the harsh environment of the oil well shaft. The timer controls the operation time of the pump during each pumping cycle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit comprising a liquid filled electric motor with a house and with a vertical driving shaft extending downwards, a pump comprising a pump house, and a pump portion which is connected with a driving shaft, and a chamber around said driving shaft, between the motor and the pump with a mechanical packing between motor and chamber. The pump unit is characterized by the fact that the motor house and the pump house are combined to a press shell which is closed to the ouside. The chamber has a pressure equalizing connection with a first place in the pump. The liquid filled motor house has a pressure equalizing connection with a second place in the said pump where the pressure is higher than at said first place.

Abstract: A control load such as a cylinder or the like is driven at a constant speed by controlling the flow rate of a variable delivery pump. The control mode is switched to the pressure control to keep the stop pressure constant on the basis of an increase in pressure when the control load stops. A remaining delivery amount which will be necessary to raise the delivery pressure to an object stop pressure when the load stops and an excess delivery volume due to the operation time lag when it is assumed that the delivery by the pump is stopped at the present time are predicted. When they coincide, the delivery amount of the pump is set to zero and the control mode is switched to the pressure control. On the other hand, the product of a load volume and a fluid compressibility is calculated from the increase in pressure when the load stops. The feedback gain of the pressure control is controlled on the basis of the calculated value of this product.

Abstract: A variable-displacement rotary compressor comprises a rotor with a vane and a side plate disposed to abut a side face of the rotor. The side plate has a suction port formed therein to open to both a working chamber abutment face thereof abutting to the rotor side face and a low pressure chamber, and the rotor has a suction path formed therein to open to the working chamber and to an abutment surface of the rotor. The suction path of the rotor communicates with the suction port of the side plate through rotation of the rotor so that a fluid is sucked from the low pressure chamber into the working chamber under suction stroke through the suction path and the suction port.

Abstract: A pumping system includes a pump for pumping a liquid, a motor for driving the pump, and components for coupling the pump to the motor so that the speed at which the pump is driven varies automatically according to the load the liquid imposes. One embodiment employs an automotive fluid transmission with a torque converter for this purpose, along with input and output manifolds that enable connection to differently sized lines. These components may be mounted on a portable support structure, such as a cart, to form a fully automatic, portable pumping system arranged so that a user can manually move the system to a desired location, connect to variously sized lines, and pump any of various liquids having different or varying viscosities.

Abstract: A low pulsation displacement pump has a pair of plungers and motor driven-cams or feed screws for reciprocating the plungers. In order to cause the pump to stably discharge a liquid so that variation in discharge due to machining errors of the plungers or the feed screws is eliminated, the pump discharge pressure is measured at each of a plurality of predetermined operative positions of the plungers before delivery of the pump from a manufacturing plant, and machining errors are obtained in accordance with the thus-measured discharge pressure. Then, the speed correction factor for the motor is calculated for each of the plurality of predetermined positions of the plungers in accordance with the thus-obtained errors to store the results of the calculation in a memory.

Abstract: A cryocompressor includes a check valve arranged in a circuit connecting a compression chamber defined by a piston disposed in a cylinder with an annular gap small enough to provide an expected sealing effect to a buffer chamber also defined by the piston in the cylinder, a cross sectional area of the annular gap between the piston and the cylinder being larger on the side of the compression chamber than on the side of the buffer chamber.

Abstract: A flow meter for use with a fluid source includes a chamber of known volume, and level sensors for detecting fluid boundaries at either end of the known volume. A valve between the fluid source and chamber is opened at a defined time until fluid level within the chamber rises above the upper sensor, whereupon the valve is closed. As the fluid level falls past the upper sensor a second time level is measured, with both time intervals being terminated as the level falls to the lower level sensor. The average flow rate as the fluid falls between the two sensors is calculated by a computer, and the total volume is then calculated using the longer measured time interval. Flow rates over long time periods can be accurately measured.

Abstract: A fuel supplying pump having a switching circuit provided in the pump closing. The switching circuit stops the pump when an engine stops rotating due, for instance, to a fuel pipe breakage. The circuit having a transistor with a base connected to an oil pressure responsive switch.

Abstract: A self contained gold training device designed to be integral with, or attached to and detached from the head of any golf club, gives a golfer an exact indication of the point of impact of the face of a golf club with a golf ball. The training device includes a housing which supports one or more impact sensitive transducers which generates an electric signal upon impact, an electronic circuit for determining if a transducer has received an impact, a display system responsive to the electronic circuit for signaling if a transducer has received an impact, a source of electrical power; and, in detachable systems, means for connecting and disconnecting the device to a golf club head.

Abstract: An assembly for a liquid pump having inlet and outlet ports at its front side and an electric motor mounted on its operating shaft at its back side includes a one piece housing, preferably molded of a plastic. The housing includes a substantially flat top wall, a U-shaped bottom wall having the ends of its arms integral with the sides of the top wall, and a back wall integral with and extending across one end of the top wall and bottom wall with the other end of the housing being open. A mounting plate is secured to the pump between the pump and the motor. The pump and motor assembly is mounted in the open end of the housing with the motor being within the housing and the mounting plate being seated against the open end of the housing. Bolts extend through openings in lugs projecting from the arms of the bottom plate and are threaded into holes in lugs on the sides of the mounting plate to secure the mounting plate to the housing.

Abstract: A method of starting series-coupled vacuum pumps comprising a primary pump (A) and at least one secondary pump (B) connected between the primary pump and an enclosure (E) in which a vacuum is to be established, the method consisting in starting the primary pump initially and subsequently starting the secondary pump when the suction pressure of the primary pump as reduced by rotation of the primary pump reaches an acceptable value, the method being characterized in that the pressure existing in the secondary pump is determined by using a physical magnitude related to the primary pump and following a law similar to the pressure law.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump having a plurality of removable cartridges, each containing a length of tubing, and each having means for adjusting occlusion comprising a linearly displaceable occlusion bed. Tubing retainers on each cartridge stabilize the tubing segments to constrain them against longitudinal displacement during pumping. Means are provided to enable visual determination of occlusion adjustment through the top of each cartridge. Each of the cartridges is reversible, and is readily installed on the pump frame and retained thereon by a snap-lock mechanism.

Abstract: A control load such as a cylinder or the like is driven at a constant speed by controlling the flow rate of a variable delivery pump. The control mode is switched to the pressure control to keep the stop pressure constant on the basis of an increase in pressure when the control load stops. A remaining delivery amount which will be necessary to raise the delivery pressure to an object stop pressure when the load stops and an excess delivery volume due to the operation time lag when it is assumed that the delivery by the pump is stopped at the present time are predicted. When they coincide, the delivery amount of the pump is set to zero and the control mode is switched to the pressure control. On the other hand, the product of a load volume and a fluid compressibility is calculated from the increase in pressure when the load stops. The feedback gain of the pressure control is controlled on the basis of the calculated value of this product.

Abstract: A compressed gas engine is adapted for pumping ground water. The engine is powered by a low temperature heat source provided with a hydridable metal and hydrogen arranged operatively in a sealed loop to drive a piston. The piston is coupled magnetically to a pump piston for conjoined motion therewith. The engine is cooled by means of pumped water. A rack and pinion arrangement rides one of the pistons for electric generation.

Abstract: A pumping apparatus for delivering liquid at a high pressure, in particular for use in liquid chromatography, comprises two pistons (10, 20) which reciprocate in pump chambers (7,18), respectively. The output of the first pump chamber (7) is connected via a valve (13) to the input of the second pump chamber (18). The pistons are driven by linear drives (30,31), e.g., ball-screw spindles. The stroke volume displaced by the piston (10) is freely adjustable by corresponding control of the angle by which the shaft of the drive motor (36) is rotated during a stroke cycle. The control circuitry is operative to reduce the stroke volume when the flow rate which can be selected by user at the user interface (42) is reduced, thus leading to reduced pulsations in the outflow of the pumping apparatus. The pumping apparatus can also be used for generating solvent gradients when a mixing valve (2) connected to different solvent containers (A,B,C,D) is coupled to the input of the pumping apparatus (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A bilge pump switch sensing the presence of bilge water by measuring the density of water by using an ultrasonic field penetrating the water, the field extending through the housing of the switch. Thus the internal elements of the switch are isolated from any contact with the water. The ultrasonic field detecting the presence of water activates sensing means in said switch housing to activate the pump, delay means being provided against false pump starts due to wave action as caused by a rocking boat.

Abstract: A hand lift pressure pump presenting all components molded from ABS resin, PVC or other thermoplastic material so that the pump can be readily incorporated into any given installation utilizing thermoplastic conduits, fittings, adaptors and the like. In other words, the invention simplifies installation and overcomes basic difficulties in prior pumps fabricated from cast iron. The pump at hand is adapted to various end installations, including, by way of example, in connection with a driven well, a pressure system, for elevated storage and, additionally, a remote liquid or water supply, i.e. to eliminate water carrying.

Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder, and a rotating body located in the cylinder. A spiral groove is formed on the outer periphery of the rotating body. A spiral blade is fitted in the groove and divides the space between the inner periphery of the cylinder and the outer periphery of the rotating body into operating chambers which have volumes gradually decreasing with distance from one end of the cylinder. When the cylinder and rotating body are relatively rotated, a fluid, introduced into the one end of the cylinder, is transported toward the other end of the cylinder through the operating chambers. A pair of bearings rotatably supports both ends of the cylinder and rotatably supports the corresponding ends of the rotating body. One of the bearings is supported by a support mechanism to be movable in the radial direction of the cylinder relative to a closed case which houses the above components therein.