Abstract: The thrust piston pump of a delivery apparatus for liquid media and the like is provided with a valve arrangement in the suction passage. The valve arrangement has two valve seats acting in opposing manner and is associated with a single common valve body. This permits a rapid transfer of the valve body into the closed position engaging on the valve seat, particularly during operation in an inverted position. In addition, the discharge passage has a mechanically openable discharge valve which can be simply opened by displacing the actuating head of the pump with respect to a collar of the pump piston.

Abstract: A thrust piston pump for the delivery of media has a spring constructed in one piece with the piston rod of a piston unit and located in the pump chamber, which is guided on a sloping surface formed by an internal cone. The piston rod is constructed in such a way that an axially resiliently compressible, sleeve-like piston collar can be fitted from the outer end of the piston rod. The fastening cap can be constructed in one piece with a flange edge, a ring packing and/or a component of the cylinder casing, particularly its cylinder cover. This leads to high pump reliability, in the case of simple construction and easy assembly.

Abstract: A dispenser or delivery apparatus for flowable media, particularly very viscous or gel-like media, has a dosing chamber body (38) located within the stored medium and the body (38) moves backwards and forwards over part of the pump stroke of the pump piston (10) of a thrust piston pump (8). Body (38) defines the piston bath (53) for pump piston (10) surrounding pump chamber (59) and the valve body (48) of an intake valve (47) for pump chamber (59). Accompanied by reliable filling of pump chamber (59) and small piston paths, this leads to a very accurate dosing of the medium quantity discharged per piston stroke.

Abstract: A thrust piston pump for an active substance dispenser has two equiaxial, position-rigid, interconnected pistons running in the same direction, namely a pump piston passing in and out of an otherwise closed pump chamber and a larger presuction pistion located downstream thereof, in whose associated pressure chamber is located the pump chamber end opened by the passing out of the pump piston. This leads to a very accurate dosing of the discharged active substance quantity, accompanied by a simple construction and high operational reliability.

Abstract: The discharge pump of a discharge apparatus for flowable media is provided with a ventilating channel for the ventilation of the active substance dispenser and the resulting ventilation connection along the channel passes through a bacteria filter. The filter is arranged on a casing of the pump disposed within the reservoir, the filter facing an opening on the casing for the ventilating passage, at a slight spacing from the pump casing. Thus, bacteria which otherwise could penetrate with the ventilating air passing along the ventilating channel from the discharge pump into the reservoir, is held back within the discharge pump.

Abstract: A vacuum-tight and pressure-tight closed storage space in a container is constructionally combined with a thrust piston pump projecting thereinto and a drag piston slidably guided therein and in the initial position of the thrust piston pump is hermetically sealed by an exhaust valve mechanically closed in forcibly controlled manner. The drag piston is adapted to the thrust piston pump in such a way that the storage space can be emptied substantially free with the thrust piston pump.

Abstract: A dosing mechanism in the form of a manually operable, single-acting piston pump, which dispenses a given quantity of a substance, e.g. in atomized form, during each actuating stroke has a counter. For this purpose, a counting ring mounted in rotary manner on a base part is provided, which is advanced by one step per actuating stroke by an indexing device with cooperating and correspondingly bevelled ribs, so that in each case a different character in the counting ring appears at a window in the actuating pusher casing. Two projections cooperating with one another in a given position of the counting ring form a locking device against further actuation of the atomizing pump, when a given number of strokes have been performed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for pre-charging the pump chamber of a discharge pump on a container such as a fluid atomizer primes the pump for dependable operation thereafter. The method includes opening the outlet valve of the discharge pump by operating the pump to its full displacement, and applying a vacuum to draw container contents into the pump chamber, just up to the outlet valve. The apparatus for practicing the method includes a controllable vacuum head adapted to engage an outlet channel of the container, the vacuum head also being movable to engage and move the pump. The apparatus can incorporate an indexing feeding arrangement for delivering articles to the vacuum head, and a blast of pressure may be applied upon completing the process, to release the containers from the vacuum head and securely close the pump outlet valve.