Abstract: A long life rotor pump combination of the type having a liquid filled rotor that uses the liquid being pumped to establish hydrodynamic bearings within the rotor incorporates a pump which can be expanded to include more than one impeller, providing an optionally higher flow rate. Thermal isolation between the motor housing and the pump housing is assured by restricting heat conductivity through the physical structures and through the liquid. The rotor enclosure is formed with a number of engaging but not joined elements maintained under compression established by forces exerted in securing the encompassing motor housing.

Abstract: A control switch assembly for an air pump has a unidirectional valve mounted inside a port that is mounted together with a contact device on an actuation device. The actuation device has an extension slidably received in the actuation device and controllably connected to a knob. With the movement of the extension, a switch inside the contact device is able to selectively make an electrical connection and an actuating pin of the unidirectional valve is able to selectively open an airway inside the port. When the electrical connection of the switch is disconnected and the airway is opened by the movement of the actuating pin, the pressure above a diaphragm and inside the compressor is able to be released from the airway of the port so as to smooth the actuation of the compressor.

Abstract: A hand-held and hand-operated fluid pump capable of inflating recreational equipment, as well as directing a stream of air to clean delicate electronics or hard to reach locations, is provided. The simple design of the inventive fluid pump permits it to be equally useful for creating fluid streams to dislodge foreign particles stuck in difficult to reach areas, such as corners and enclosed pipe structures. Because the inventive pump uses only human energy to transmit fluids or gases, it is ecologically efficient exemplifying a “green technology” design.

Abstract: A liquid colorant system for a plastic molding machine includes a plurality of interconnected tube structures, a tank containing the liquid colorant, and a peristaltic pump. The pump drives a flow of the liquid colorant from the tank to a valve through a delivery tube and a peristaltic tube. During ordinary operation, the valve allows the liquid colorant to flow into the molding machine through a feed tube. However, the valve can be shifted to allow air to be purged through a purge tube, bypassing the feed tube and the machine.

Abstract: The apparatus for supplying fuel includes a fuel tank and a fuel feed unit in the fuel tank. The fuel feed unit has a main housing, a suction cover arranged in a bottom part of the main housing, a fuel pump and a degassing valve arranged in the suction cover for degassing the fuel pump. The fuel pump itself includes an impeller housing with a circular passage for fuel flow and an electric-motor-driven impeller. The impeller housing is arranged in the main housing and next to the suction cover and it is provided with a degassing passage connecting the circular passage with the degassing valve. To improve starting behavior the fuel feed unit has a degassing valve in the suction cover, which is connected with the circular passage of the impeller housing by a degassing passage. The degassing valve opens to the fuel tank when pressure in the degassing passage exceeds a predetermined value for degassing the fuel pump.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring doses of dispensed products includes a first metering ring (20) mounted to rotate 5 around a rotation axis (1), and drive means (10) that drives the first metering ring to rotate around an axis (1). The drive means (10) is actuated each time the dispenser is actuated. The apparatus also has interlocking means (15, 22) that engage the drive means (10) with the first metering ring (20) after the dispenser has been actuated a predetermined number of times. The first metering ring (20) is driven to rotate once it is engaged with the drive means (10). The apparatus only counts the doses of dispensed product after the dispenser has been actuated a predetermined number of times.

Abstract: A fuel delivery pump for a fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, including a pair of gears that mesh with each other and are driven to rotate in a pump chamber. The pair of gears deliver fuel from an intake chamber connected to a storage tank, along a supply conduit that is formed between the end face of the gears and the circumference wall of the pump chamber, into a pressure chamber connected to the fuel injection pump. A conduit is provided that connects the intake chamber to the pressure chamber. The conduit can be connected to a ventilation device, and that upstream and downstream of the ventilation device, a pressure valve is provided for a directed fuel flow in the conduit.

Abstract: An outside filter for an aquarium has a housing having an inner chamber, a removable cover for closing the inner chamber of the housing, a supply conduit for supplying water to be filtered into the inner chamber of the housing, a withdrawal conduit for withdrawing the water from the inner chamber of the housing, a motor-operated pump for withdrawing the filtered water, a device for producing a vacuum for aspirating water with air which is contained in the supply conduit during a displacement, the inner chamber of the housing together with the discharge conduit forming a system which communicates with the supply conduit and during the production of the vacuum is hermetically sealingly closed from outside and serves as an evacuatable pressure chamber, the device for producing the vacuum inside the system which is closed.

Abstract: An air purging circulator is provided with a reservoir on the suction side of an impeller chamber in a circulation pump, to allow circulating water to reduce its velocity, and remove air from the lowest pressure point in the system, the suction side of the circulator, where the least amount of dissolved air is present in the circulating water, so that entrained air in the water is released, and vented from the system. The flanged inlet and outlet apertures of the pump housing are axially aligned, and preferably are located at one end of the pump housing opposite from the motor, to allow convenient installation in retrofit of existing systems. Separation media, such as marbles, wire mesh, or crumpled wire, to further slow the water flow and enhance separation of the air from the water, can be provided in the reservoir.

Abstract: A main fuel tank in an automotive vehicle contains a reservoir in which is located a two-stage electrically operated pump. The first stage is a rotary side lateral pump which draws fuel from the main tank and delivers it to the reservoir. The second stage is a rotary turbine pump which draws fuel from the reservoir and delivers it to the vehicle engine. The reservoir has overflow restriction means which allows air to vent while the reservoir is filling with fuel but which restricts fuel flow when the reservoir is full. This creates pressure in the reservoir to create back pressure against and shut down fuel flow from the first stage pump and also increase pressure on the fuel inlet of the second stage pump thus increasing the efficiency of the second stage fuel pump.

Abstract: A gas release apparatus for use with centrifugal pumps, and particularly for centrifugal pumps when used in conjunction with a fluid piping system such as hydrotherapy tubs, spas, and whirlpools.

Abstract: In a hot and cold water distribution system wherein the hot water is delivered from a water heater to a distant hot water tap adjacent to a cold water tap, a hot water recirculation pump assembly purges the hot water line of any cooled-down water in order to assure instant hot water delivery when the hot water tap is opened. The volume of water drawn from the hot water line is, in a first embodiment of the invention, cooled down through a radiator before being recirculated through the cold water line faucet. In a second embodiment, the volume of cooled down water is flushed back through the hot water line by admission of an equal volume of cold water in that line. That volume of cold water is immediately pumped back into the cold water line, and automatically replaced by hot water drawn from the water heater. Each embodiments prevent any drawing of lukewarm water from the cold water tap. The pump assembly includes a pressure-sensitive check-valve in the pressure region of each pump.

Abstract: The device of the current invention produces volumes of compressed air by utilizing a turbocharger, a compact combustion assembly, and a hydraulic power pack. The turbocharger includes a turbine and centrifugal compressor, each being interconnected using a pressure-lubricated bearing such that the turbine drives the compressor. Compressed air leaving the compressor is passed through a junction box containing a plurality of air distribution nozzles. The nozzles direct the compressed air either to a pressurized receptacle or back to the combustion assembly in order to provide a source of air for a combustion chamber. This device will economically obtain significant volumes of compressed air more efficiently than other known methods.

Abstract: A pump assembly, comprising a pump with a chamber having a vacuum region therein, a priming fluid reservoir, a suction line for fluid communication between the vacuum region and a fluid source, and a priming suction line for fluid communication between the vacuum region and the priming fluid reservoir, in order to deliver priming fluids to the vacuum region so as to establish a primed condition in the pump; a suction flow control in the suction line and a priming flow control in the priming suction line; the flow controls being operable to restrict flow through the suction line and the priming suction line, in order to establish a vacuum in the vacuum region to substantially fill the suction line with fluid from the source while maintaining the primed condition, wherein the vacuum is variable up to a maximum suction capacity of the pump.

Abstract: There is disclosed a preform for an air pump and relief valve assembly which has an assembly body with a substantially flat bottom and molded entirely of a flexible plastic to form a bulbous extremity on one end of the body and open at its bottom and a relief valve recess adjacent the opposite end of said body and open to a valve port in said bottom wall with at least one, and preferably two, internal passages open to the interior of the bulbous extremity and extending through said assembly body to a second port open at the bottom wall, with a substantially planar base flange extending about said body and peripherally about said bulbous extremity and said relief valve recess. The preform can be sealed to a flat sheet of plastic to complete the pump and relief valve and for this purpose has a transverse tunnel located between said internal passage and the bottom wall.

Abstract: An aggregate for feeding fuel from a fuel supply tank to an internal combustion engine, the aggregate has a housing through which fuel flows, a feeding pump and a motor which drives the pump, the feeding pump and the motor being arranged in the housing so that behind the feeding pump as considered in a flow direction a pressure chamber limited by the feeding pump is provided, a valve communicating the pressure chamber with an outer chamber, the valve having a closing element which during a normal operation of the feeding aggregate is held in a closing position so that the pressure chamber is separated from the outer chamber, the valve having a first passage with a first fluid flow and communicating the pressure chamber with the outer chamber, a second passage with a second fluid flow flowing around the closing element and leading in a joint opening toward the outer chamber, so that with increasing first fluid flow before and after the closing element as considered in the closing direction a pressure differenc

Abstract: A downwardly opening compartment is disposed within a crank case. An upwardly disposed hole places the compartment in fluid communication with the environment. As blowby mist in the crank case travels upward through the compartment, the mist tends to separate into oil and air. The oil tends to drain back down into the crank case, and the air tends to continue upward and through the hole.

Abstract: A volumetric hand pump having a transparent pump chamber and a fixed full stroke volume. The transparent pump chamber allows visual observation of the amount of fluid being pumped when less than the fixed full stroke volume is used. The transparent pump chamber is surrounded by a housing or shroud which includes one or more windows that allow visual access to the transparent pump chamber. An optional stroke counter can be provided to track the number of full pump strokes, thus allowing accurate dispensing of both large and small quantities of fluids, while providing visual observation of the amount of fluid being pumped and dispensed. The pump is particularly useful for dispensing agricultural chemicals.

Abstract: A vacuum assisted pump priming system which includes a vacuum chamber communicating with a pump inlet via a transfer passage. A valve assembly within the vacuum chamber controls the communication of a vacuum source with the chamber. The valve assembly includes a semi-cylindrical valve body having a plurality of ports by which the vacuum source is communicated with the vacuum chamber. A closure element, attached to a float, is operative to block the vacuum ports when the float rises above a predetermined level in the vacuum chamber in response to liquid entering the chamber. A lost motion connection is established between the float and the valve body, which enables the float to rise above the predetermined level, while the closure element maintains its blocking relationship with the ports. The float includes an enlarge portion that acts as a defuser and a tamper portion which is received in the transfer passage and is operative to dislodge matter drawn into the transfer passage.

Abstract: A thermally actuated vapor vent valve in a fuel pump module allows hot vapor to escape from the fuel pump module when the module is at a temperature significantly above normal operating temperatures. The vent valve is carried by a retainer in the fuel pump module and, at normal operating temperatures, the vent valve is closed on a valve seat of the vapor outlet to prevent vapor flow through the vapor outlet. The valve and the retainer are formed of materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion such that when the fuel pump module becomes heated to a temperature sufficiently above normal operating temperatures the retainer expands and disengages the valve from the valve seat. This allows the hot vapor within the fuel pump module to flow out of the module and thereby prevents the fuel pump from overheating or reaching temperatures which can damage the electric motor that drives the fuel pump.

Abstract: A liquefied gas pump includes a piston and a cylinder which form a pump chamber into which a liquefied gas entrance path and a liquefied gas discharge path open. Relative upward and downward motion between the piston and cylinder provides a repetition of alternating suction and discharge stroke. Liquefied gas is sucked into the pump chamber through the entrance path during the suction strokes, and is discharged out of the pump chamber through the discharge path during the discharge strokes. A separate bubble discharge path opens into said pump chamber at a location in the bottom of an upward recess formed in the top portion of the pump chamber. The bottom of the recess is located above the location where the opening of the liquefied gas discharge path is formed.

Abstract: Pump heads comprising at least two gear-pump chambers are disclosed. Each chamber comprises a housing which defines a corresponding pump cavity. Each cavity contains a driving gear and at least one driven gear and has a separate inlet and outlet. The pump cavities are hydraulically interconnected by a fluid conduit allowing passage whenever the pump chambers are pumping a fluid so as to generate a higher pressure in one cavity relative to the other cavity, of the fluid from the higher-pressure cavity to the lower-pressure cavity sufficient to maintain hydraulic prime of both cavities. The invention is particularly useful for ink jet printing applications.

Abstract: A pump with a priming circuit containing a valve having a seating with an orifice and an obturator mounted so as to be able to be applied onto the seating in front of the orifice, where the obturator is a resilient blade embedded on one side to the seating. The flexibility of the blade increases from the embedded side to the other. An L-shaped member protrudes from an outer curvilinear wall of a priming element fixed onto the pump. The L-shaped member allows for the seating to be slide into a groove space. The obturator has two holes so that the obturator can be embedded onto the seat by mating with two projections from the seating surface.

Abstract: In a lubrication system subject to two phase flow, the oil pump is provided with a capacity such that it can always pump sufficient oil plus the refrigerant and/or excess oil. The excess oil and/or outgassed refrigerant is vented to provide the desired lubricant flow.

Abstract: Pump heads comprising at least two gear-pump chambers are disclosed. Each chamber comprises a housing which defines a corresponding pump cavity. Each cavity contains a driving gear and at least one driven gear and has a separate inlet and outlet. The pump cavities are hydraulically interconnected by a fluid conduit allowing passage whenever the pump chambers are pumping a fluid so as to generate a higher pressure in one cavity relative to the other cavity, of the fluid from the higher-pressure cavity to the lower-pressure cavity sufficient to maintain hydraulic prime of both cavities.

Abstract: A pump (1) includes a pumphouse (2) having an inlet (3) for admitting a medium at a suction side of the pump and an outlet (4) for discharching the medium at a delivery side of the pump. A pumping device is rotatably arranged on an axle (6), the axle being driven by a driver including a rotor and a device for coupling energy to the rotor. A medium tight shell (11) is arranged around the rotor and the axle; and a first canal (18) extends from a first location at a level near or beyond an axial bearing to a second location (24) in the pump where a lower pressure is dominant than at the first location.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a supplying self-suction unit, and more particularly to a supplying self-suction unit which includes a self-suction barrel which has a suction pipe connected with a storage tank, a water pipe interlinked with an inlet of a pump and a non-return valve installed in the top. A supplying barrel is included which has a bottom inlet pipe interlinked with an outlet of the pump. An outlet pipe extends from the top of the supplying barrel, and a non-return valve is installed in the top of the supplying barrel.

Abstract: This invention relates to an air compressor and in particular to one which includes a valve controlling device having a check valve and a cover. The check valve is fixedly mounted on said cover and is connected with a pipe. The check valve including a spring, a ball and a packing with the spring urging said ball against said packing thereby sealing said pipe. The cover is fixedly mounted on a cylinder so that air in said cylinder can flow out of said cover. A passage is formed between said cylinder and said cover and communicated with said check valve, a power breaker, an exhaust valve, and a pressure gauge. The power breaker is fixedly connected with said cover has via a connector and having an adjusting knob, a diaphragm, a main body, and two conducting members. The main body has an interior chamber in which is fitted a piston, the piston receiving a spring and having a protuberance on which is fitted a circular conductor.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system for internal combustion engines that includes a fuel pump module adapted to be disposed within a fuel tank, with a pump inlet disposed at a lower portion of the tank for drawing fuel therefrom and a pump outlet for delivering fuel under pressure to the engine. An air/vapor purge valve is operatively coupled to the pump outlet. The purge valve is constructed to be open when air and/or vapor is pumped by the fuel pump to purge such air and/or vapor to the surrounding tank, and to be responsive to presence of liquid fuel under pressure at the pump outlet to close the purge valve and prevent passage of liquid fuel therethrough to the surrounding tank.

Abstract: A windscreen washer pump has a casing which may be connected to a cleaning liquid reservoir and formed by a body member and by a cover which may be connected together. The body member is formed with a tubular suction extension, a pumping chamber and a discharge nozzle and a bent tubular extension attached to the cover by means of a passage member. The casing accommodates an impeller, a sealing joint and an electric motor for driving the impeller. The bent tubular extension contains a float which may make an electrical circuit across the free ends of the conductors housed in the passage member and connected to the terminals of the cover, and a stop valve preventing the liquid from flowing to the float chamber when the impeller is operating.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of lubricating systems for small watercraft that might become inverted and wherein a lubricant reservoir supplies lubricant under gravity to a lubricant pump when the water pump is operating in a normal upright condition. An air return line extends from the lubricant pump back to the reservoir to pump air which may enter the lubricant pump back to the reservoir. Arrangements are provided for insuring that air cannot flow from the lubricant reservoir to the lubricant pump through the supply line when the watercraft is inverted and also for precluding lubricant pressure in the air return line from acting to force air back to the lubricant pump when the watercraft is inverted.

Abstract: A motor compressor unit comprises a hermetically sealed housing, a vibration motor with a rotationally vibrating drive shaft, and a symmetrical twin free-piston compressor comprising two oppositely disposed identical free pistons which can be reciprocated in respective cylinders by the drive shaft. In order to minimize piston drift from the center position, each cylinder is formed with a duct connecting the respective compression space to the space between the housing and the motor-compressor where the suction pressure prevails, which ducts are situated at equal distances from the respective cylinder end walls and can be closed by the respective pistons. As a result of this, the pressure in both cylinders is built up with the same swept volume and piston drift is minimized.

Abstract: A vacuum pump that includes an electric motor and a pump module mounted to the motor housing with the motor shaft being rotatably coupled to a pumping mechanism within the pump module. A pump inlet and a pump outlet are respectively coupled to the pumping mechanism within the pump module for pumping air from the inlet to the outlet upon operation of the motor. An inlet valve is carried by the pump, and is selectively movable by an operator between an open position in which the pump inlet port is coupled to the pumping mechanism and a closed position in which the inlet port is isolated from the pumping mechanism. In this way, the pumping mechanism may be connected to a system under service by placing the inlet valve in the open position to evacuate the system, and may be isolated from the system under service without disconnection therefrom by placement of the inlet valve in the closed position during service on or charging of the system.

Abstract: A submersible pump assembly is mounted within a pressure vessel or jacket for use at the surface for an injection well. The jacket has an inlet which connects to a feed pump for supplying feed water under pressure. The motor, seal section and pump mount within the jacket, with a discharge conduit extending out a discharge end of the jacket. The support for the jacket inclines the jacket at an inclination relative to horizontal. This causes any gases in the feed water to migrate toward and accumulate at the upper end of the jacket. A bleed off valve is employed to bleed off the accumulation of gases.

Abstract: Two plungers in the dual plunger pumps are selectively operated by either short-stroke cams or long-stroke cams which are disposed on a rotary drive shaft. When rotating the rotary drive shaft in one direction, the long-stroke cams are driven to operate the plungers with a large stroke. When the drive shaft rotates in the reverse direction, the long-stroke cams run idle by way of a one-way clutch disposed between the drive shaft and the long-stroke cams, while the short-stroke cams are driven to operate the plungers with a small stroke.

Abstract: The invention consists of a liquid end for a plunger pump, having vertical inlet and outlet, with the suction and discharge valves readily accessible for maintenance without disturbig the suction and discharge piping. The liquid end also includes a relief valve which is accessible without disturbing suction or discharge piping. The passages to and from the relief valve are internal to the housing. Inserts are provided in the valves to eliminate dead space and to facilitate the removal of any trapped air which might adversely affect the performance of the pump.

Abstract: A viscous fluid pressure-feed apparatus which feeds and drains a slurry of a highly viscous fluid in a casing to a filter press, or the like inside, or outside, an elastic film by pressurizing the elastic film through the feed/drain operation by an oil pressure generation apparatus outside, or inside, the elastic film which is supported by the casing. Particularly, a mechanical press-in apparatus such as a screw feeder is disposed at a suction port of the viscous fluid into the elastic film disposed in the casing so as to operate in synchronism with expansion and contraction of the flexible film and to compulsorily supply the slurry having a high viscosity from a slurry tank. Furthermore, a gas reservoir chamber is added to the casing and a gas exhaust valve is disposed in the gas reservoir chamber.

Abstract: A manually operable hand-held unit for eliminating air from a hose to be used as a pool vacuum hose having a quick coupling adaptor for connecting the air-evacuated hose to the inlet of a powered pool skimmer pump to eliminate the necessity of evacuating air from the hose by manually sucking pool water with the mouth.

Abstract: The water supply pump for a carbonator of a post-mix beverage dispenser is provided with a differential pressure valve which, when the pump is in operation and there is a pressure difference that is below the normal delivery pressure drop between the pump intake and discharge sides, opens a vent valve located on the pump discharge side.

Abstract: Selective valves to pass fluids consisting of a body and a housing, provided with a midway communicating passage in which is placed a dynamically governed mechanical system able to separate gases from fluids compressed by a subsurface oilfield pumps. The mechanical system utilizes a pair of half-shells, a ball or equivalent, provided with or acting on a roughness controlled surface which allows only a gas to pass.

Abstract: In a fuel delivery apparatus including a canister in an automobile fuel tank, an electric fuel pump in the canister having two rotating elements from which three stages of pump operation are derived. A housing of the fuel pump has two cavities in which the two rotating elements are disposed. A first element has a web which divides the corresponding cavity into first and second stage pump chambers. The second element in the second cavity cooperates therewith in defining a third stage pump chamber. When the motor is on, vane pockets on one side of the web in the first pump chamber pump fuel from the fuel tank into the canister. Vane pockets on the other side of the web in the second pump chamber pump fuel from the canister to the third stage pump chamber. The second pump element pumps fuel into the interior of the fuel pump at a high pressure compatible with the requirements of internal combustion engine fuel injection systems. Vapor is separated from the fuel in the second stage pump chamber.

Abstract: A decompression device for suction pumps having a pumping chamber and a plunger formed with a resilient lower lip, which in the end-of-stroke position reaches a lower limit level and which comprises at least one protuberance in the surface of the pumping chamber extending on both sides of the lower limit level and determining a lower edge and an upper edge, between which at least one continuous slot extends.

Abstract: A solution pumping system including a disposable pump cassette is disclosed, with the system configured for efficient and accurate preparation of parenteral admisture solutions. The system includes a pump driver having a reciprocable pump plunger and a plurality of associated valve actuators. The disposable pump cassette of the system is configured for removable positioning in operative association with the pump driver, and includes a positive displacement pump configured for operation by the reciprocable pump plunger. The pump cassette further includes a plurality of liquid inlets, and at least one liquid outlet joined in fluid communication with the inlets. By selective operation of the valve actuators of the pump driver, one or more selected source solutions are drawn through the pump inlets by the positive displacement pump, and directed through the pump outlet to an admixture solution container.

Abstract: A selective valve to pass fluids consists of a body, and a housing, and is provided above and in the middle with a communicating passage for low surface tension and viscosity fluid, there being shells inside the body, seated upon the aforesaid housing, said shells consisting of a surface of a shape and a size that is controlled, a soft surface, and orifices, a sealing surface created in the control area of the shells where it meets the housing. There are below and in the middle, a communicating passage in touch with the fluid compressed by the pump. Preferred versions of the selective valve are provided with controlling blades and a ball and roughness controlling surfaces instead of the shells.

Abstract: A gas removable pump for liquid comprising a housing having an inlet for introducing a liquid thereinto and an outlet for feeding the liquid therefrom, a drive shaft extending into the housing, a pump disposed within said housing and secured to the shaft for co-rotatin therewith, the pump dividing in a liquid-tight manner the interior space of the housing into a suction side and a delivery side. A chamber is confined around the shaft within at least one of the suction side and the delivery side of the housing and is arranged to generate a vortical flow of the liquid introduced therein to thereby separate gas-rich liquid which gathers in an axially central portion of the chamber. A collecting space for collecting the liquid containing little gaseous contaminants is provided in at least one of the suction side and the delivery side radially outward of the chamber.

Abstract: A positive displacement type pump for use in a fuel system of an internal combustion engine having a pump housing that includes a pump chamber and a vapor vent valve to allow vapor to flow out of the pump chamber. The vent valve includes a valve seat, a valve and a spring biasing the valve away from the valve seat. During pump operation, the liquid fuel flow pressure within the pump chamber is great enough to seat the valve and prevent fuel from escaping through the vapor vent valve. However, if the internal pressure drops due to a loss of pumping pressure caused by the ingestion of air or vapors, the vent valve automatically opens to allow vapor or air flow through the pump with a resultant cooling effect on the pump assembly.

Abstract: A pump has in a housing a revolvable shaft which drives a piston stroke guide body. Drive pistons are provided with piston shoes which run on the guide face of the piston stroke guide body and drive fluid supply pistons of smaller diameter. The pump preferably has a fluid separator between lubricating and non-lubricating fluid, like for example between oil and water, whereof one of the fluids flows through an inner chamber which is provided with inlet and outlet valves while the other fluid acts in an outer chamber which is open toward the cylinder wherein the fluid supply piston reciprocates. Dead space fillers are provided to prevent losses by compression of fluid and seal means are assembled to prevent leakage of fluid from one into the other of the chambers. The fluid separator may be compressible and expandable within the elasticaly deformable range of the material whereof it is made.

Abstract: A mechanical lubricating oil pump (126) includes a pump body (140) having a cylindrical chamber (142) and a reservoir (150) with an oil supply input (196) supplying oil from an oil tank (114) to the reservoir. A cylindrical rotator (144) is driven by a gear (162) and has a bore (146) receiving a piston (152) axially reciprocal therein and has a radial opening (148) in a cylindrical sidewall thereof communicating with the bore (146). The pump body (140) has an oil and air purge input first passage (168) communicating between the top of the reservoir (150) and the radial opening (148) in the rotator (144) during a first stroke at a first position of the rotator (144) during its revolution. The pump body (140) has an oil and air purge output second passage (180) communicating between a purge outlet (182) and the radial opening (148) in the rotator (144) during a second stroke at a second position of the rotator (144).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the prevention of gas lock in submergible reciprocating insert pumps typically employed in oil and gas wells. A plurality of openings are formed in the midportion of the body of the pump barrel. These openings allow fluid from the tubing string to enter the intake chamber of the barrel during a portion of the upstroke permitting equilibration of the pressure differential therebetween. Commercially available pumps can be modified easily to provide a pump in accordance with this invention.

Abstract: A fuel pump includes a connecting pipe having an open end disposed at the lowest point in a pressure chamber supplied with fuel by a pressure valve. The connecting pipe is connected to a mixture-former and the pressure chamber has in its upper region a ball valve with a return line which leads to a fuel tank. The pressure chamber can have a cavity establishing the lowest region thereof, the open end of the connecting size being disposed in the cavity. A filter can surround the lower end of the pipe to filter the fuel supplied thereto.