Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder including a cylindrical cylinder portion and a cylinder head portion provided on one side of the cylinder portion, and a piston mechanism reciprocably fittedly inserted on an inner peripheral side of the cylinder portion and including a piston defining a compression chamber and a non-compression chamber. A bottomed hole-shaped valve body housing portion is formed at the cylinder head portion. The valve body housing portion is opened to a piston side facing the piston in an axial direction of the cylinder portion. Further, a discharge valve unit and a valve holding member are provided in the valve body housing portion. The discharge valve unit is inserted in the valve body housing portion. The valve holding member holds the discharge valve unit in the valve body housing portion, and includes a communication hole establishing communication between the valve body housing portion and the compression chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a compressor capable of achieving a reduction in overall size and an improvement in vehicle mountability by using a linear motor. The compressor 1 comprises a linear motor 2 having a reciprocating mover 6, a compression unit 9 having a piston 11 connected to the mover 6 at one end side of the linear motor 2 so as to reciprocate and a cylinder 10 slidably accommodating the piston 11 to form a compression chamber 10B, and an air dryer 17 connected to a cylinder head 14 of the compression chamber 10B of the compression unit 9 and filled therein with a desiccant 17C. The air dryer 17 is disposed along the axis in the movement direction of the mover 6 the piston 11.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a geared architecture configured to rotatably couple a turbine and a compressor of an engine to rotate the compressor at a different speed than the turbine and a fan. A method of adjusting rotational speeds within a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.

Abstract: A screw compressor includes screw and gate rotors, a cylindrical wall, and a slide valve including a valve body and a guide portion. The valve body extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical wall and has a crescent shape in a cross section in a perpendicular direction to the axial direction. A radius of curvature of an inner arc shaped curved surface of the crescent shape is substantially equal to a radius of curvature of an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical wall. A radius of curvature of an outer arc shaped curved surface of the crescent shape is smaller than the radius of curvature of the inner arc shaped curved surface, and a central angle of the outer arc shaped curved surface is 180° or less. The guide portion allows movement of the valve body in the axial direction and restricts movement in the perpendicular direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. The linear compressor includes a piston, a cylinder, a frame, a first bearing gap formed between an inner circumferential surface of the frame and the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, a second bearing gap formed between an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and the outer circumferential surface of the piston, a bearing inflow passage and a bearing side passage formed in the cylinder such that fluid flows from the first bearing gap to the second bearing gap.

Abstract: A control unit for a solenoid pump, the solenoid pump including: an inlet port, an outlet port, and a first through-bore connecting the inlet and outlet ports; a plunger disposed within the first through-bore and including a second through-bore; a spring arranged to urge the plunger toward the outlet port; a solenoid coil disposed about a portion of the plunger and arranged to displace the plunger toward the inlet port in response to direct current coil power applied to the solenoid coil, the control unit including a microcontroller operatively arranged to control the solenoid coil, a first transistor operatively arranged to receive an external signal and communicate the signal to the microcontroller to control the solenoid coil, and a second transistor, arranged between the microcontroller and the solenoid coil, the second transistor operatively arranged to energize and de-energize the solenoid coil in response to the microcontroller.

Abstract: A valve unit for pumps includes a first chamber communicating with an inlet conduit and with a discharge conduit, a second chamber communicating with the first via a first valve seat and with an outlet conduit. A first obturator body housed within the second chamber opens and closes the first valve seat. A third chamber communicates with the second chamber and partially defined by a sliding plunger. A second obturator body, rigidly connected to the plunger and housed within the first chamber, opens and closes the second valve seat. An internal cavity in the second obturator body communicates with the first chamber, a connection conduit in the second obturator body, communicates with the discharge conduit and with the internal cavity via a third valve seat. A third obturator body housed within the internal cavity of the second obturator body opens and closes the third valve seat.

Abstract: A screw member that has passed through a holder insertion hole and a resistor insertion hole being screwed into an internal threaded hole fixes a holder and a resistor to a bottom wall of a motor housing member. Thus, the resistor is attached to the motor housing member using the screw member that attaches the holder to the motor housing member. This reduces the space in the inverter accommodation chamber.

Abstract: An air compressor includes a compression machine configured to generate compression air, a main tank configured to store therein the compression air, an extension tank configured to store therein the compression air, a connection pipeline provided between the main tank and the extension tank to be removably inserted thereto, and a fastening unit configured to releasably connect the main tank and the extension tank with each other.

Abstract: The compressor presents a first and a second cylinder block arranged in V and defining, respectively, a first and a second cylinder, and being affixed on a base block, each cylinder housing a respective piston driven by a crankshaft which is housed and supported on the base block. The first and the second cylinder block incorporate, respectively, a first and a second duct portion having an outer end open to the interior of the cylinder head of the respective cylinder, and an inner end open to a third duct portion incorporated to the base block, said duct portions forming a compressed air duct connecting the first cylinder to the second cylinder.

Abstract: A system of pumps wherein a first hydraulic motor operatively connected to a first master pump can hydraulically drive a second hydraulic motor operatively connected to a second slave pump. A hydraulic fluid outlet of the first hydraulic motor is fluidically connected to a hydraulic fluid inlet of the second hydraulic motor whereby the first hydraulic motor, operatively connected to the first pump, drives the second hydraulic motor, operatively connected to the second pump, in a hydraulically synchronized manner.

Abstract: An oil pump fixation detecting apparatus includes an oil pump, a discharge state switching unit, a target oil pressure setting unit, a pressure regulator, and a fixation determining unit. The discharge state switching unit performs control of switching a discharge state of the oil pump from a full-discharge state to a partial-discharge state. The fixation determining unit determines that the oil pump is not fixed in the full-discharge state in a case where oil pressure in a high-pressure oil passage has dropped by a predetermined value or more within a predetermined time, and determines that the oil pump is fixed in the full-discharge state in a case where the oil pressure in the high-pressure oil passage does not drop by the predetermined value or more.

Abstract: An inflator includes a mouthpiece, an adjustment mechanism, and an air cylinder mechanism that includes a large-diameter cylinder permitted to move relative to the mouthpiece. When the large-diameter cylinder is moved away from the mouthpiece, air from external environment is sucked into a first space of the air cylinder mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is operable to switch between a pressure relief state, where air in the first space is released to the external environment when the large-diameter cylinder is moved toward the mouthpiece, and a sealed state, where the air in the first space is injected into the mouthpiece when the large-diameter cylinder is moved toward the mouthpiece.

Abstract: An Example can include an elongate pump barrel extending along a length and defining an elongate hollow piston chamber. The Example can include a piston slidably movable within the piston chamber to compress air within the piston chamber. The Example can include a piston rod connected to the piston. The Example can include a handle connected to the piston rod to reciprocally slide the piston in the piston chamber. The Example can include a piston rod seal disposed around the piston rod and coupled with the elongate pump barrel. The Example can include a downward opening air intake passage, located away from the rod seal, in fluid communication with a top of the piston.

Abstract: A compression device (1) includes compression portions, a suction line, connection lines, a discharge line, and display portions (d) configured to display pressure values, pressure gauges (PG1 to PG6) provided for at least one of the suction line, the connection lines, and the discharge line and a housing (40). The housing (40) includes a peripheral wall (42) and a door (44). The pressure gauges (PG1 to PG6) are situated at positions to face the door (44).

Abstract: A diaphragm pump (10), in particular for use as a detergent dosage pump, comprises a pump housing (12) with at least a first check valve (14) and a second check valve (16), a fluid chamber (18), a diaphragm (20) defining a wall of the fluid chamber (18) and reciprocatingly movable, a stepping motor (28) as driving means for reciprocating said diaphragm (20), wherein the stepping motor (28) comprises a controller (34) for actuating the stepping motor (28), and an external control unit (36) for operating the controller (34) of the stepping motor (28), wherein the external control unit (36) is connected to the controller (34) by a power supply line (38) for transmitting an operating signal (42, 46) to the controller (34), wherein the operating signal (42, 46) is a start signal for operating the diaphragm pump (10), in particular the stepping motor (28), at preset parameters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cathodes electrodes compositions suitable to provide a pumping mechanism which exhibits an extremely high pumping speed and capacity of noble gas suitable to be used in several vacuum devices as for example sputter ion vacuum pumping systems comprising them as active element.

Abstract: A blower includes an impeller housing, an impeller rotatably secured to the housing and an electric motor. The motor has a motor housing with a central portion and a radially extending portion extending from the central portion, a venturi chamber adjacent the motor housing and opposed to the impeller housing, a stator secured to the central portion of the motor housing, a rotor rotatably secured to the central portion of the housing, and at least one heat generating electrical component secured to the radially extending portion of the motor housing. The impeller housing has a first air pressure therein and the motor housing has a second air pressure therein different that the first air pressure. The venturi housing and the motor housing define a passageway therebetween whereby the difference in air pressure generates air flow within the motor housing to cool the at least one heat generating electrical component.

Abstract: The invention relates to reciprocating piston pumps, in particular, to a reciprocating double acting well pump driven by a linear submersible permanent magnet motor. The essence of the claimed invention lies in the fact that the upper pumping plunger pair of a pump module of a double acting linear electric submersible pumping unit is configured to intake a double volume of a borehole fluid sufficient for one operating cycle and contains delivery traveling and inlet fixed valves with a directional pusher, closing by straight oncoming flow of the borehole fluid. Also a separator of downward and upward flows of the borehole fluid with low and high-pressure passages is installed above a cylinder of the pumping plunger pair. Wherein the low-pressure passages are performed in fluid communication with a borehole fluid delivery port from an annulus, containing a filtration and gravitational gas separation zone.

Abstract: A fan wheel has a hub cup and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from an outer wall of the hub cup, which is in particular at least substantially cylindrical. Each blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least one blade, the progression of a relative position of the blade's leading edge and/or the progression of a relative position of the blade's trailing edge has an aperiodically wave-like shape. There is also described a radiator fan module with a fan wheel of the type described above, and a motor vehicle with such a radiator fan module.