Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for an improved one-way valve comprising a base for mounting in a chamber with a valve surface engaging with a sealing surface to close an input aperture of the chamber. A flexible web is interposed between the base and the valve surface for resiliently biasing the valve surface into engagement with the sealing surface thereby closing the input aperture. When a fluid pressure from the input aperture exceeds the resilient bias of the flexible web, the valve surface is displaced from the sealing surface for opening the input aperture to permit the flow of the liquid from the input aperture through the chamber into an output aperture. Upon a sufficient fluid pressure within the chamber, the valve surface engages with the sealing surface for closing the input aperture to inhibit the flow of fluid from the chamber into the input aperture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 18, 1992
Date of Patent:
January 4, 1994
Assignee:
Lykes Pasco, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard D. Baron, Malcolm C. Smith, Carl R. Spoeth, Jr., Valdemiro M. Quadros
Abstract: A pump and mixing device for pumping a liquid from a container and mixing with a diluent. The pump and mixing device comprises a body member having an input body portion and an output body portion with a flexible wall defining a pumping chamber between the input body portion and the output body portion. The input body portion has an input aperture for enabling the liquid to flow from the container into the input body portion. The output body portion has an output aperture communicating with the flowing diluent. An input one-way valve is disposed in the input aperture for permitting the flow of liquid only from the container to the pumping chamber whereas an output one-way valve is disposed in the output aperture for permitting the flow of liquid only from the pumping chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 14, 1990
Date of Patent:
May 19, 1992
Assignee:
Lykes Pasco Inc.
Inventors:
Richard D. Baron, Malcolm C. Smith, Carl R. Spoeth, Valdemiro M. Quadros