Patents Assigned to Beacon Enterprises, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5141414
    Abstract: An improved pumping device for delicate or easily damaged products is provided with a hopper, or other system for holding the products, and at least one, and preferably two, synchronized piston pumps positioned proximate to the bottom of the hopper. The piston pumps displace the product from the interior of the hopper into a consolidating feed manifold where the product is then dispensed through a discharge conduit into suitable receptacles. Each of the piston pumps preferably includes a pump cylinder with a fixed, elongated, cylindrical sleeve housing and an elongated rotatable cylindrical sleeve positioned within the sleeve housing, both enclosing a piston chamber. A first longitudinal opening or access port is formed in the fixed sleeve housing and a corresponding second longitudinal opening or access portion is formed in the rotatable sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Beacon Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Pierce, Richard W. Dorr