Abstract: Disclosed are a stator for a reciprocating motor and a manufacturing method thereof which are able to simplify assembling processes, to reduce assembling time, and thereby to improve productivity by laminating an inner stator to be a straight line shape and bending to be a cylindrical shape. The stator is fabricated by laminating lamination sheets as a straight line and bending it to be a cylindrical shape, and a mounting band is fixed on inner circumferential surface of the lamination sheets so as to maintain the lamination sheets connected when the lamination sheets are bent to be the cylindrical shape.

Abstract: Digital fluid pumps having first and second electromagnetic actuators formed in part by a piston to alternately drive the piston in opposite directions for pumping purposes. The piston motion is intentionally limited so that the electromagnetic actuators may operate with a high flux density to provide an output pressure higher than that obtained with conventional solenoid actuated pumps. The electromagnetic actuator coils are electrically pulsed for each pumping cycle as required to maintain the desired fluid flow and output pressure, with the piston being magnetically latchable at one or both extreme positions between pulses. Alternate embodiments and control methods and systems are disclosed.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump includes a drive section and a pump section. The drive section has a reciprocating coil assembly to which alternating polarity control signals are applied during operation. A permanent magnet structure of the drive section creates a magnetic flux field which interacts with an electromagnetic field produced during application of the control signals to the coil. Depending upon the polarity of the control signals applied to the coil, the coil is driven in one of two directions of movement. A drive member transfers movement of the coil to a pump element which reciprocates with the coil to draw fluid into a pump chamber and expel the fluid during each pump cycle. The pump is particularly well suited to cyclic pumping applications, such as fuel injection systems for internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor comprises an inside stator formed by piling a plurality of stator cores to have an actinomorphic cylinder shape, which is press-fitted to a frame, and a streak protection member and a burr shielding ring installed between the inner aspect of the inside stator and corresponding outer aspect of the frame. Thereby the burr generating between the frame and the inner stator by a streak is prevented previously, and even if a burr is generated, this burr is locked in a burr escape unit in the burr-shielding ring. Therefore degrading of valve function and an abrasion of a sliding unit in a compressing unit by the burr generating is prevented and the vibration noise of the compressor is reduced by assembling the frame and the inside stator strongly.

Abstract: A pump (10) includes an impeller (12) positioned in a housing (11). A valve assembly (13) is positioned within a valve sleeve (25) which is carried by the impeller (12). The impeller (12) is carried by an armature (27), and a pocket (28) is formed between the impeller (12) and the armature (27) adjacent to the valve sleeve (25). One or more elastomeric members (29) are positioned in the pocket (28) to surround the impeller (12) at the area of the valve sleeve (25) to provide a retaining force on the valve sleeve (25).

Abstract: A linear actuator includes an inner yoke, an outer yoke and a coil for generating a magnetic field between the outer yoke and the inner yoke. The outer yoke includes a first facing portion facing the inner yoke and a second facing portion which faces the inner yoke. An insulating coil bobbin around which the coil is wound includes an engaging part which engages with both the first facing portion and the second facing portion of the outer yoke. A magnet is disposed between the inner yoke and the outer yoke and a movable body is integrally connected with the magnet. An alternating magnetic field is generated by the coil such that the movable body along with the magnet is reciprocally moved in the axial direction in conjunction with the alternating magnetic field.

Abstract: Motor pump system includes an electromagnetic motor comprising a main body, a coil, and a movable hollow free piston. A flow meter is coupled to one end of the electromagnetic motor. A cylinder block is coupled to another end of the electromagnetic motor. At least two non-return valves are included. A water inlet, a water outlet, and a pressure limiting device are also provided. A motor pump system is also provided which includes a motor including main body having an inlet end and an outlet end. A flow meter is coupled to the inlet end. An outlet body is coupled to outlet end. A pressure controller is provided comprising an end piece and a fixed element which is removably coupled to the end piece. The fixed element is coupled to the outlet body.

Abstract: A drive mechanism for delivery of infusion medium a coil capable of being electrically activated to provide an electromagnetic field. The coil surrounds a piston channel extending in an axial direction. An armature is located adjacent the coil, on one side of the axial channel. The armature is moveable toward a forward position, in response to the electromagnetic field produced by activation of the coil. A piston is located within the piston channel and is moveable axially within the channel to a forward position, in response to movement of the armature to its forward position. The armature and piston are moved toward a retracted position, when the coil is not energized. The armature may be configured with a reduced diameter by including a coil cup for supporting the coil including a shelf portion defining at least a portion of a pole surface of the coil cup.

Abstract: A system for the metering and delivery of small discrete volumes of liquid is comprised of a small or minimal number of inexpensive components. One such component is a movable member, such as a miniature precision reciprocating displacement pump head, which is driven by an actuator that comprises a shape memory alloy material. The operating mechanism of the system is of little or minimal complexity. The system facilitates the precise metering and delivery of the small discrete volumes of liquid. Potential applications for the system include subcutaneous, long-term, automated drug delivery, for example, the delivery of insulin to a person with diabetes. In such an application, the small, simple and inexpensive nature of the invention would allow for its use as both a portable and a disposable system.

Abstract: A cryogenic refrigerator and more particularly, the cryogenic refrigerator compressor assembly procedure and to a mechanism for supporting piston for use in such a cryogenic refrigerator is described. Embodiments of the present invention solve the above-mentioned drawbacks by avoiding the radial movements of the piston. The assembly procedure of a cooler compressor comprises coating at least one piston by a material, placing each piston in the cylinder, raising the temperature up until a predetermined temperature so as the piston and/or its coat expands to occupy all the cylinder, fixing each piston in the cylinder in this position until the temperature returns to ambient temperature. Another object of this invention is the cooler compressor piston spring having two flexure bearings separated by a gap connected together by a first and an outer ring.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes: a reciprocating motor, an outer stator and an inner stator provided with at least one step portion at both sides thereof, and an armature linearly moving therebetween; a compression unit having a cylinder and a piston inserted in the cylinder to receive a linear and reciprocal driving force of the reciprocating motor and compress a gas; a suction unit sucking a gas into the compression unit; a discharge unit discharging the gas compressed in the compression unit to outside the container; a resonance spring unit elastically supporting the piston and the armature; and a frame unit supporting the compression unit and the reciprocating motor. Because stable driving is achieved in its operation, generation of vibration and noise can be minimized, heightening reliability. In addition, the amount of gas discharge can be accurately controlled.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor, wherein a flange unit connected to the mover constituting the reciprocating motor is installed on the piston constituting the compressing unit, the distance between the piston flange unit and the front frame of the frame unit is shorter than that of the between the piston flange unit and the reciprocating motor. In the process of being transmitted the linear reciprocal movement driving force of the reciprocating motor and compressing the gas in the compressing unit, the stability of the compressor is raised by preventing the components moving together with the mover of reciprocating motor from impacting with other components by the displacement generated by compression force applying the piston constituting the compressing unit. Also, the size of compressor can be scaled down by compactly constituting the components.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor including: a closed container (10); a reciprocating motor (20) having stators and an armature (22) disposed in the air gap between the stators (21) and making a reciprocal movement; a compression unit (30) having a piston (31) combined with the armature (22) of the reciprocating motor and a cylinder fixed inside the closed container (10); a spring unit (50) elastically supporting the armature (22) of the reciprocating motor (20) in a movement direction; and a frame unit (100) supporting the reciprocating motor (20) and the compression unit (30) having a gas hole (111) at a suitable portion thereof. Accordingly, when the armature (22) of the reciprocating motor (20) makes a reciprocal movement, the gas is compressed at the end of the armature (22), so that an increase of a flow resistance is prevented.

Abstract: In a reciprocating compressor including a first frame for supporting a cylinder of a compressing unit, a second frame for supporting a side of an outer stator of a motor unit and a third frame for supporting the other side of the outer stator and an inner stator of the motor unit, wherein the motor unit is arranged between the second and third frames, they are combined with each other, and the assembly is combined with the first frame. Accordingly, a reciprocating compressor is capable of reducing a fabrication cost by eliminating precise processing of construction parts and simplifying an assembly process by constructing a reciprocating motor as one assembly and combining it with a compressing unit.

Abstract: A linear compressor and a method of producing the linear compressor which do not generate eddy currents in an inside stator of a linear motor thereof, thus preventing an eddy current loss, caused by an electrical contact between a plurality of thin metal sheets of the inside stator. The linear compressor includes a cylinder having a piston therein, a magnet arranged around the cylinder to actuate the piston, and the inside stator arranged around the cylinder to be placed inside the magnet. The inside stator has the thin metal sheets arranged in a cylindrical arrangement, and a holder which is made of a nonconductive resin material and to which the thin metal sheets are insert-molded to be held in positions thereof in the cylindrical arrangement. Due to the nonconductive holder, the thin metal sheets are prevented from being in electrical contact with each other, and the linear compressor does not generate any eddy currents in the inside stator, and prevents an eddy current loss.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. The linear compressor comprises a cylinder provided at one side thereof with an outlet part, and a piston reciprocated in the cylinder by means of a liner motor for compressing a fluid. The piston has a fluid flow channel formed therethrough. The fluid flow channel communicates with the interior of the cylinder. To the rear part of the piston is fixedly attached a first muffler so that the first muffler is linearly moved along with the piston. The first muffler has a fluid flow channel formed therein. The fluid flow channel of the first muffler communicates with the fluid flow channel of the piston. The first muffler also has a noise-reducing space defined therein. In the compressor is fixedly mounted a second muffler such that the inner volume of the second muffler is variable as the first muffler is linearly moved. The second muffler has a fluid flow channel formed therein.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an outer stator of a motor mounted in a linear compressor for compressing a coolant gas. The outer stator comprises a coil assembly having a coil wound on a bobbin with flange parts formed at both sides thereof, and a plurality of core blocks disposed such that the coil assembly is surrounded by the core blocks. The flange parts of the bobbin are provided with bobbin pressing means, i.e., protrusions so that not only the core blocks but also the bobbin is pressed by means of a cylinder block and a back cover mounted in the linear compressor when the outer stator is assembled in the linear compressor, whereby the core blocks and the coil assembly of the outer stator are assembled in the linear compressor while the core blocks and the coil assembly of the outer stator are integrally attached to each other. Consequently, relative movement between the coil assembly and the core blocks is effectively prevented when the linear compressor is operated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. In the linear compressor, outer cores are seated on core seating depressions provided on upper and lower surfaces of a bobbin. The outer cores are firmly held on the bobbin through a molded part which is provided through an injection molding process to fill spaces between the bobbin and the outer cores. Therefore, the outer cores are prevented from being removed from the bobbin even when vibrations occur during an operation of the linear compressor, thus keeping gaps between a moving part and the outer cores constant.

Abstract: A pump for pumping one or more media comprises a housing (1) having an actuator chamber (2) and at least one pump chamber (4). The pump chamber (4) is provided with an inlet port and an outlet port. The pump chamber (4) is delimited by a displacement member (5) which is movable to and fro between a first position and a second position. The pump further comprises a movable actuator body (3), accommodated in the actuator chamber (2) and consisting of a magnetizable or magnetic material, for driving the displacement member (5). The pump also comprises magnetic drive means (8a, 8b) for creating a magnetic field in order to move the actuator body (3). The actuator body (3) is freely movable relative to the displacement member (5) so that the displacement member (5) can be moved, by means of an impact motion of the actuator body (3), from the first to the second position.

Abstract: An oil supplying apparatus for an opposed type reciprocating compressor comprises oil kickers which are mounted on spring supporting plates coupled to armatures of respective reciprocating motors, or oil valves which are mounted on oil paths formed on a cylinder and coonnecting with a suction path, and thereby, oil in a casing can be supplied to a slant portion between the cylinder and pistons regardless of the installation type of the compressor. In addition, lack of oil in the compressor and friction caused by the lack of oil can be prevented in advance, and a reliability of the compressor can be improved.

Abstract: An electromagnetic pump comprising an armature comprising a pole portion joined to a plunger portion, wherein the plunger portion comprises a one-piece structure including shaft portions of increasing diameters and a head portion comprising a diameter greater than the shaft portions, the plunger portion and a pole portion located internal to the pump housing for magnetic attraction by an electromagnet means. A retainer element is joined with the plunger portion and a main spring urges on the retainer element to move the plunger thus allowing for a return stoke of the plunger as the pump cycles. Guiding of the armature is performed exclusively by a cooperating relationship between the armature plunger portion and an adjacent portion at the pump housing.

Abstract: A valve coupling structure of a reciprocating compressor and a coupling method thereof, including a piston (20) which performs a linear reciprocating movement inside a cylinder (10) by having a gas flow path (F) in which gas flows, a valve (40) which is positioned to be contacted on an end surface of the piston (20) to open and close the gas flow path (F) of the piston (20), and a diffusion bonding portion (D) which is diffused and combined to a part of an end surface of the piston (20) and the contact surface of the valve (40) which is contacted on an end surface of the piston (20) by movement of atoms or movement among atoms which form the valve (40) using an energy source of the outside can make coupling state of the piston (20) which performs linear reciprocating movement inside the cylinder (10) and valve (40) more firm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a well pumping unit driven by a linear motor. The well pumping unit includes a slideway support, a linear motor having a motor complex primary and a motor complex secondary, a polished rod chain, a polished rod chain wheel assembly, a bottom support chain wheel, a counterweight chain wheel, a counterweight chain, and a counterweight. The complex secondary, polished rod chain wheel assembly, bottom support chain wheel and counterweight chain wheel are fixed on the slideway support, the complex primary moving along the slideway support. A first end of the polished rod chain is fixed to an upper end of the complex primary and passes over the polished rod chain wheel assembly, with a second end fixed to a polished rod. A lower end of the complex primary is fixed to a first end of the counterweight chain, the counterweight chain passes over the bottom support chain wheel and counterweight chain wheel and is fixed to the counterweight at a second end therof.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor with alinear motor comprising a shell (1) and a motor-compressor assembly, including: a motor; a piston (3) reciprocating inside the cylinder (2), and an actuating means (4) operatively coupling the piston (3) to the motor; and a resonant spring means (10), which is mounted under constant compression to the actuating means (4) by the mutual seating of a pair of supporting surface portions (40), at least one of the latter being operatively associated with one of the parts of the spring means (10) and the actuating means (4), against a respective pair of convex surface portions (50), each of the latter being operatively associated with the other of said parts, the convex surface portions (50) being symmetrical and opposite in relation to the axis of cylinder (2), the supporting surface portions (40) and the convex surface portions (50) being mutually seated and operatively associated with the respective parts of the spring means (10) and the actuating means (4), in order to transmit,

Abstract: An operation control method of a reciprocating compressor is disclosed in which, in case that a motor is overloaded, an operation frequency is increased to render magnetic fluxes of a magnet and an input current are mutually offset, so that a reciprocating compressor can be stably driven even in case of the overload. For this purpose, while the reciprocating compressor using an inverter is operated at a rated frequency, a current load of the motor is measured and the measured load is compared with a pre-set reference load. Upon comparison, if the measured load is greater than the reference load, it is determined as an overload and the operation frequency is increased by as much as a certain value higher than an oscillation frequency, for performing an overload operation.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a closed container having a suction tube and a discharge tube, and a reference frame elastically supported and mounted in the closed container. A driving motor is mounted at one end of the reference frame for generating a linear reciprocating driving force. A front frame is coupled to the other end of the reference frame which has a cylinder insertion hole therein. A cylinder is inserted into the cylinder insertion hole, and a piston is inserted in the cylinder. A connection magnet holder penetrates the reference frame, and an engaging portion engages the connection magnet holder and the piston. A discharge valve assembly is coupled to cover a compression space formed inside the cylinder and discharging gas, and a spring surrounds and is spaced from the piston for elastically supporting a motion of the piston. The operation mechanism is stable without any driving imbalance.

Abstract: A linear compressor is provided in which a driving spring and an elastic supporting member for supporting a compressing mechanism portion are disposed such that a piston and the compressing mechanism portion move in opposite phases such that vibration of a hermetic vessel is canceled out. The linear compressor comprises a hermetic vessel having a compressing mechanism portion and a linear motor therein. The compressing mechanism portion includes a piston-side mechanism and a cylinder-side mechanism, the former includes the piston and the mechanism member which is movable together with the piston, the latter includes the cylinder and the stator which connects with the cylinder. The cylinder-side mechanism member is elastically supported at opposite ends in the hermetic vessel by a first elastic member, and a reciprocating force in the axial direction is given the piston-side mechanism by a second elastic member whose one end is supported by the hermetic vessel.

Abstract: A piston support structure for a reciprocating compressor is provided that includes a piston receiving a linear reciprocating driving power generated by a reciprocating motor. The piston is in a compression space formed in a cylinder and a first resonant spring and a second resonant spring are positioned on both sides of the piston. The first resonant spring and the second resonant spring elastically support the linear reciprocating motion of the piston. The spring constant of the second resonant spring opposite to the first resonant spring is larger than the spring constant of the first resonant spring positioned on the side of the compression space of the cylinder. Accordingly, the stress concentration of the second resonant springs for elastically supporting the piston is reduced. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the fatigue of the second resonant springs and to extend the durability of the resonant springs.

Abstract: An oscillating reluctance motor includes a rotor having a center on which a rotational shaft is fixed thereto, and a pair of teeth protruding from said rotational shaft and arranged in positions opposite to each other; a stator in which a cylindrical space is formed so that the rotor can rotate and first and second winding parts are formed; rotation control means which is installed between the rotor and a stator to control rotation of the rotor, wherein a first winding coil is wound on the first winding part, a second winding coil is wound on the second winding part and the first winding part and the second winding part are formed having an angle centering around the rotational shaft as a pair so that the rotor can perform periodical rotation movement.

Abstract: A metering device for a heating appliance has a pump arrangement for the delivery of liquid that is supplied via an inlet region to an outlet region and a valve arrangement by which the pump arrangement is connected with the inlet region to receive liquid or with the outlet device to deliver liquid. The valve arrangement has a valve member that is brought into a first actuating position in which the valve member permits a liquid flow from the inlet region to the pump arrangement and prevents a liquid delivery from the pump arrangement to the outlet region. In a second actuating position the valve member prevents a liquid supply from the inlet region to the pump arrangement and permits a liquid delivery from the pump arrangement to the outlet region.

Abstract: An oil pump for a reciprocating hermetic compressor comprising a pump body (11), having a free end (12) immersed in the oil, and an opposite end (13) coupled to the compressor, so as to be driven by the latter in a reciprocating axial movement, said pump body (11) defining at the free end (12) thereof a valve seat (15), and further lodging a sealing means (20), which is displaced between a closing position, seated on said valve seat (15), and an opening position, spaced from said valve seat (15), said positions resulting from the displacements of approximation and spacing of the pump body (11) in relation to the sealing means (20) therewithin.

Abstract: A prime mover using a split coil for magnetically inducing movement of a steel piston. The magnetic effects are emphasized in higher reciprocating movement by the proximate introduction of a permanent magnet. The prime mover is sparkless, brushless, quiet, low friction, and can operate on a wide array of voltages, including high frequency very low voltage signals.

Abstract: A vibration type compressor related to the present invention, in which a compressor main body 3 is built into a gastight vessel 2 including a yoke 7-1, a magnetic path member 7 formed from a column-shaped core pole 7-2, a permanent magnet 12 arranged in the magnetic path, an electromagnetic coil 14 which is arranged within an annular magnetic gap 13 between the magnetic path members 7 by being supported by a mechanical vibration system to as to be able to vibrate and is wound around a lead plate to perform the connection treatment of a terminal thereof, a piston 16 connected to the electromagnetic coil 14, and a cylinder block 8 which closes the yoke 7-1 and in the interior of which is formed the cylinder portion 17 housing the piston 16, characterized in that the permanent magnet 12 is formed from a neodymium magnet or a rare-earth magnet and in that the cylindrical permanent magnet 12 is divided into four parts in the axial direction thereof, the four-part divided magnet being bonded and fixed to the side o

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to cryogenic refrigerator and more particularly, the cryogenic refrigerator compressor assembly procedure and to means for supporting piston for use in such a cryogenic refrigerator. This invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks by avoiding the radial movements of the piston. The assembly procedure of a cooler compressor comprises coating at least one piston by a material, placing each piston in the cylinder, raising the temperature up until a predetermined temperature so as the piston and/or its coat expand to occupy all the cylinder, fixing each piston in the cylinder in this position until the temperature returns to ambient temperature. Another object of this invention is the cooler compressor piston spring comprising two flexure bearings separated by a gap connected together by a first and an outer ring.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a linear motor having a piston reciprocating inside a cylinder. A cylinder head is provided with suction and discharge orifices. A valve means is mounted inside the cylinder and has an operative position, seated against the discharge orifice. The operative position is defined when the top of the piston is within a certain distance from the cylinder head. The distance is defined, so that, at the end of the compression stroke of the piston, a determined pressure is reached inside the cylinder, and the pressure results in a force on the piston. The force is opposite to a force which is impelling the piston and which is sufficient to interrupt its compression stroke before impacting the cylinder head.

Abstract: In a compressor, a yoke constituting a linear drive section together with a driver coil, through which magnetic fluxes from a permanent magnet pass, is integrated with a cylinder and a container. A piston inserted into the cylinder is supported by springs, and the other end thereof faces an operating-gas-compressing space. The linear drive section is arranged parallel to the piston in a diametrical direction thereof. This construction reduces the longitudinal dimension of a piston portion. Further, a plurality of parts is combined together in a main body block, thereby reducing the number of parts required and improving the assembly accuracy.

Abstract: A resonant assembly for a reciprocating compressor driven by a linear motor. The compressor includes a piston (2), driven by an actuator (3), which reciprocates inside a cylinder (1a) provided with an end closed by a head. The assembly comprises a resonant element, defining by a single piece, a rod portion (11) and a spring portion (12). The spring portion is affixed to a non-resonant structure (1) of the compressor at a plurality of points which are symmetric in relation to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and lie on a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.

Abstract: A displacement machine (10) comprises a housing (11), a reciprocating member (12) reciprocable linearly along an axis of reciprocation (13) in the housing (11) and defining with the housing (11) first (14) and second (15) variable volume chambers. A fluid inlet (17) is connected to the first variable volume chamber (14). A fluid outlet (78) is connected to the second variable volume chamber. An inlet value (16) allows flow of fluid through the fluid inlet (17) into the first variable volume chamber (14) and prevents flow of fluid from the first variable volume chamber (14) out of the fluid inlet (17).

Abstract: A fluid transfer apparatus utilizes a linear motor including a movable element in which magnetic poles are provided at a predetermined pitch along a moving direction, magnetic pole teeth provided in upper and lower portions of the movable element at a predetermined pitch along a moving direction of the movable element and so as to oppose to each other via the movable element, and a coil, wherein adjacent magnetic pole teeth and opposing magnetic pole teeth among the magnetic pole teeth form different poles.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes: a reciprocating motor installed in the container and having an outer stator and an inner stator provided with at least one step portion at both sides thereof, and an armature linearly moving therebetween; a compression unit having a cylinder and a piston inserted in the cylinder to receive a linear and reciprocal driving force of the reciprocating motor and compress a gas while making a linear and reciprocal movement; a suction unit sucking a gas sucked into the container through the gas suction pipe due to a pressure difference in the compression unit, into the compression unit; a discharge unit discharging the gas compressed in the compression unit to outside the container; a resonance spring unit elastically supporting the piston and the armature; and a frame unit supporting the compression unit and the reciprocating motor. Since the stable driving is made in its operating, generation of a vibration and a noise can be minimized, heightening a reliability.

Abstract: A suction gas guiding (100) system for a reciprocating compressor (30) includes a gas guide conduit (110) penetrating an inner stator of a reciprocating motor and having both ends installed on a suction pipe (50) of a shell (10) and on an inner flowing passage of a piston (31) so as to guide the sucked gas inside the shell (10) to the inner flowing passage, whereby the refrigerant gas is sucked into the inner flowing passage of the piston through the gas guide conduit smoothly, and accordingly, the suction rate of the refrigerant gas is increased. Therefore the efficiency of the compressor (30) is increased. In addition, noise and vibration generated when the refrigerant gas is sucked are attenuated in the resonant spaces, and therefore the flow resistance against the noise and the gas, whereby the reliability and efficiency of the compressor is increased.

Abstract: A positive displacement pump is composed of a first actuator for relatively moving a piston and a housing, a cylinder for accommodating the piston, and a second actuator for relatively moving the cylinder and the housing.

Abstract: A drive motor for an infusion pump system includes a novel outer housing which includes a unitary member which defines a cavity adapted to receive a winding wherein the housing cavity has a length at least as long as length of the winding. In one embodiment, the housing unitary member has an opening at one end and is adapted to receive a housing end member which has a guide track for an armature. Such an arrangement facilitates assembly and disassembly of the motor for fabrication, inspection and repair purposes yet also facilitates proper alignment of the components when assembled. In another aspect, a push member positioned to be engaged by the armature has an engagement face which is at least 40% of the width of the armature engagement face. In still another aspect of the present inventions, the armature head portion is wider than the armature stem portion and has a length at least 10% of the winding length.

Abstract: A composite piston (30) for a vibration pump comprises a core (32), activating a piston, and a piston (34) made of plastic and obtained by means of molding on an insert formed by the core (32). The composite piston (30) thus obtained achieves objects of high precision at a low cost which cannot be achieved with traditional simple pistons made entirely of ferromagnetic metal.

Abstract: There is provided a compressor having two compression portions arranged in parallel. A compression chamber is formed into an air-tight chamber surrounded by a head of a piston, a cylinder, and a head cover. A discharge chamber is provided to the periphery of each cylinder, and these discharge chambers communicate with each other by a through hole. Two field cores of each electromagnet for driving each piston are formed in the integral structure, and a half wave of an alternating electric current is supplied to each coil wound around these coils in such a manner that the excitation directions of the respective field cores are opposed from each other.

Abstract: A resonant spring is transversally affixed inside a hermetic shell of a reciprocating compressor and axially coupled to a linear motor's drive rod. Two contact surfaces, defined by the drive rod and by the resonant spring, are located on orthogonal planes in relation to a cylinder's axis and are axially spaced from each other facing a respective confronting contact surface. A spacing body located between each of the confronting surfaces is loosely and coaxially mounted around the rod and has two axially opposite contact surfaces lying on orthogonal planes in relation to the cylinder's axis.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump includes a cylinder with a closed interior compartment; a piston assembly which is moveably mounted within the compartment for reciprocating movement; a linear magnetic drive generates a linearly moving magnetic field for moving the piston assembly; a sealing member between the cylinder and the piston assembly to divide the interior compartment of the cylinder into a dispensing chamber and a reservoir chamber; and an energy storage and release media. In certain preferred embodiments, the pumps are hermetic and the energy storage and release media includes a gaseous substance in the reservoir chamber.

Abstract: A linear compressor, comprises a retaining member, a fixed member supported by said retaining member and formed with a hermetically sealed compression chamber to receive a working fluid therein, a pair of pistons axially movably received in said compression chamber to assume respective compression positions, a pair of piston rods each having an outer peripheral portion and slidably movably supported by said fixed member, said piston rods respectively connected to said pistons to have said pistons axially move in said compression chamber, a plurality of magnet units mounted on each of said outer peripheral portions of said piston rods, each of said magnet units having a plurality of magnet segments each made of a permanent magnet and circumferentially arranged with neighboring two magnet segments different in magnetic pole, a plurality of electromagnet units supported by said retaining member to be axially spaced apart from each other in predetermined relationship with said magnet units, respectively, and resi

Abstract: A free piston pump has a pump housing defining a chamber, and a free piston located within the chamber. The free piston defines one (or more) pumping chamber(s). Each pumping chamber receives fluid from one (or more) inlet port(s) and delivers fluid to one (or more) outlet port(s). The pump has an electromagnetic drive system for moving the free piston within the chamber. Check valves or porting can be used to admit fluid into the pumping chamber(s) and release fluid from the pumping chamber(s). The pump can use three types of bearings and two types of seals. The pump has small heat leakage to the fluid being pumped. The pump is insensitive to cavitation, and has the potential for long-life. The pump has low leakage to the ambient environment.

Abstract: A stator (4A) supporting apparatus for a reciprocating compressor includes a cap member (10), in which one end of an inner resonance spring (7A) abuts to one end of the cap member (10) so that the vibration of the inner resonance spring (7A) is transferred to the stator and the cap member (10) is isolated from the frame of the compressor so as to prevent the vibration of the inner resonance spring (7A) from transferring to the frame (1) directly.