Abstract: In a pump for pumping molten metal including a motor mounted to a motor mount, a base having an impeller chamber, a shaft connected to the motor at one end, an impeller connected to the other end of the shaft and rotatable in the impeller chamber, and support structure between the motor mount and the base comprising portions having lower ends fixed to the base, the improvement comprising: a quick release clamp carried by the motor mount for securing the motor mount to the support structure portions to form a pump assembly, the clamp having portions releasably clamping upper ends of the support structure portions, whereby a subassembly of the base and the support structure portions can be replaced as a unit when the clamp is opened.

Abstract: A radial piston pump having a shaft which is mounted in a pump housing an eccentric in the shaft and a stationary piston ring surrounding the eccentric. The piston ring receives the pistons arranged in radial direction to the shaft and surrounding the eccentric. The piston ring is provided with bore holes that open toward the eccentric, for receiving the pistons. The bore holes are closed off at their ends facing away from the eccentric by respective closure plugs. The piston ring is surrounded by a portion of the pump housing, e.g., an annular wall part, so that a liquid filled chamber is defined at least between the closure plugs and the inner side of the portion of the pump housing.

Abstract: A compressor has an internal refrigerant gas passage selectively connected to and disconnected with an external refrigerant circuit separately provided from the compressor. The compressor has a reciprocable piston in a cylinder bore formed in a housing for compressing gas supplied from the external refrigerant circuit to the internal refrigerant gas passage. A drive shaft is rotatably supported by the housing. A swash plate is supported on the drive shaft for integral rotation with and inclining motion with respect to the drive shaft. The swash plate is movable between a maximum incline and a minimum incline. A disconnecting apparatus disconnects the internal refrigerant gas passage from the external refrigerant circuit when the swash plate is at its minimum incline. A restricting member restricts the amount of gas to be passed through the internal refrigerant gas passage in association with the disconnecting apparatus when the swash plate moves.

Abstract: A positive displacement inductive pump includes a housing having first and second ends, and a bore extending from the first end to the second end. A piston is positioned entirely within the bore and defines at least one substantially enclosed displacement chamber. The piston includes a metal rod, and a corrosion resistant lining that completely encapsulates the metal rod. First and second inductive coils are each wrapped around an outer circumference of the housing and are each alternatingly energizable to produce respective first and second induced magnetic fields causing metal piston to move to oppositely located first and second positions within the bore. At least one check valve assembly is attached to one of the first and second ends and is in communication with the at least one displacement chamber.

Abstract: An electronic control system dynamically varies the output capacity of a compressor by controlling plural valves associated with the compressor to provide pressurized air to a distribution system at an appropriate rate. The control system operates in any of three modes for standalone operation, including continuous run, auto/dual pressure band, and target pressure modes. In the first two modes, pressure bands are dynamically calculated based on load and unload values entered by an operator. These electronic control systems can also be connected in a peer-to-peer network to coordinate control of up to 16 compressors feeding the same distribution system, so as to maintain a desired target pressure in the system. A modem connected to the system supports remote diagnostics, monitoring, and control. Specialized startup, operating, and shutdown diagnostic algorithms prevent damage to the compressor and avert unsafe operating conditions.

Abstract: An aquarium pump comprises an air cylinder provided therein with an air admitting chamber, an air inputting chamber, an air outputting chamber, an air discharging chamber, an air winding chamber, and an air cap. As the air cap is actuated, the atmospheric air is drawn into the air cylinder in which the speed of the atmospheric air is reduced by the winding air ducts and the volute air ducts of the chambers. As the air cap is compressed, the air is forced out of the air cylinder via an air output tube without making noise.

Abstract: A pump arrangement having a mechanical pump in series with a vacuum compartment on an inlet side of the mechanical pump. The vacuum compartment has a suction line flow connected to the supply of liquid to be pumped and draws that liquid by vacuum to the inlet of the mechanical pump. The mechanical pump includes an outlet for delivering the liquid to be pumped.

Abstract: An IV pump for delivering fluid through a resilient, deformable tube to improve the accuracy, consistency, and predictability of flow through the tube, wherein a plurality of pinching fingers occlude the tube against a flat portion of a pressure pad, and a plurality of pumping fingers interspaced between said pinching fingers deform the tube (without occluding it) from different directions against a V-shaped portion of the pressure pad to pump the fluid downstream as well as to urge the tube to restore its cross-sectional area.

Abstract: An axial-flow blood pump has a rotor suspended in ball-and-cup bearings which are blood-cooled but not actively blood-lubricated. The ball-and-cup structures are made of highly heat-conductive material and are in heat-transferring contact with heat-conductive stator blades that serve as heat sinks for the bearings. The ball-and-cup structures are radially much smaller than the stator blades. The ball-and-cup interface has so small a gap that the ball-to-cup structures present an essentially continuous surface to the blood flow.

Abstract: An improved suction noise muffler mounting apparatus for a hermetic compressor which is capable of more simply mounting a suction noise muffler to a cylinder head, for thus reducing the number of fabrication processes and increasing the productivity of a hermetic compressor, which includes a suction noise muffler head having a protrusion having a predetermined height and formed on the upper surface thereof and integrally engaged to an upper end of the suction noise muffler, and a fixing member provided for mounting the suction noise muffler to a portion of the cylinder head.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tuned resonant oscillating mass pump, and particularly a pump structure and assembly which can be conveniently and readily mounted inside automotive tires for the purposes of maintaining optimum tire pressure and generating of electrical power from the movement of the tuned oscillating mass in such pumps. The oscillating mass can be a pendulum or a freely moving weight or a ball rolling within an arcuate chamber.

Abstract: A vibrating compressor having a housing with an inner tube and an outer tube formed concentrically. The inner tube is connected with the outer tube via an end plate. The end plate being disposed at one axial end of the inner tube and the outer tube to form a housing closed end and a housing open end. A permanent magnet is fitted to an inner circumferential surface of the outer tube. A driving coil is provided in a gap between the permanent magnet and the inner tube. A cylinder is fitted into an inside of the inner tube and a hollow piston equipped with a valve is inserted into the cylinder. The hollow piston is connected to the driving coil via a bobbin and is supported by support springs in such a manner as to perform reciprocating motion. A cylinder head connected to the housing forms a compression chamber at an end of the cylinder and compressed fluid is discharged from the compression chamber by the reciprocating motion of the piston.

Abstract: Method and circuit configuration for controlling the flow rate of an electromotively driven hydraulic pump which is activated by a variable pulse/pulse-break train for controlling the auxiliary pressure supply of a brake system including anti-lock control (ABS) and traction slip control by brake management (BASR). The generator voltage produced by the pump motor during times of pulse break is evaluated as a standard of the rotational speed of the pump. The nominal value of the pump speed is compared with the actual value of the pump speed in a control circuit, and the new correcting variable for the pump activation is derived from the difference.

Abstract: An air passage insert for an oil fill spout disposed on a side of an oil crankcase which includes an air communication passageway having a first end thereof disposed within an interior portion of such oil crankcase at a position above an oil full level and a second end thereof being in communication with atmosphere for communicating air from such interior portion of such oil crankcase in a space located above such oil full level. There is an further provided an attachment device which is engageable with both such air communication passageway and such oil fill spout for attaching the air communication passageway at least to one of such oil fill spout and such interior portion of such oil crankcase thereby enabling air to be vented from such space located above such oil fill level during an oil filling process.

Abstract: A diffusion pump is provided with an outer body and a chimney positioned within the outer body. A top cap is positioned about the top of the chimney to form an annular passageway (or an annular array of passageways) therebetween. A guard ring is positioned generally above the top cap. Coolers cool the outer body and the guard ring and working fluid present in the base of the outer body is heated to cause evaporated oil to pass up the chimney. A baffle, substantially thermally isolated from the guard ring, is contained within the outer body.

Abstract: There is provided a displacement control system for a variable displacement hydraulic pump which has a displacement control piston assembly (6) having a large diameter chamber (7) for operating a displacement control member (5) of the variable displacement hydraulic pump selectively in a direction of smaller displacement and in a direction of larger displacement, first control valve (8) and second control valve (9) for selectively communicating the large diameter chamber of the displacement control piston assembly with a pump discharge line and a tank, the first control valve being placed at a supply position by the pump discharge pressure, and at a drain position by a spring associated with the displacement control piston assembly via a feedback lever, and the second control valve being placed at a first position by the pump discharge pressure for communicating the pump port and the large diameter chamber and at a second position by a load pressure for communicating the pump port and the large diameter chamb

Abstract: A self-contained electric fuel pump having a d.c. motor with an armature having a commutator plate. An outlet end assembly has an inner cover and an outer cover. The inner cover is provided with brushes which contact the commutator plate. Electrically conductive pins mounted on the inner cover are electrically connected to the brushes. The outer cover is disposed over the inner cover and has electric terminals for connection to a source of d.c. current. The outer cover has choke coils connected to the terminals and electrically conductive tabs connected to the choke coils. When the outer cover is assembled on the inner cover, the tabs engage the pins to complete an electric circuit to the brushes.

Abstract: A compact electro-hydraulic unit in which an electric motor drives an hydraulic pump having pinions and a pump body, with a cavity containing the pinions, the pump body comprising sound wave absorbing cavities surrounding at least partially the cavity containing the pinions. Some at least of the cavities communicate, by means of a side surface of the pump body, with a chamber of a cover leading to a fitting of a utilization circuit and with an outlet of the cavity containing the pinions, the cavities being supplied with a hydraulic fluid under high pressure.

Abstract: A molten aluminum pump comprised of an impeller attached to a vertical rotary shaft, the shaft forming a connecting portion between a motor and the impeller and being comprised of a refractory material without a radial bearing surface. The impeller is housed within a pumping chamber of a base member wherein rotation of the shaft and impeller draws molten aluminum into the chamber and forces the molten aluminum through an outlet in the chamber. The motor is secured to the shaft with a rigid coupling and at least one bearing journaling the coupling.

Abstract: A variable capacity type slant plate type compressor including a crank chamber, a suction chamber and a discharge chamber is disclosed. The crank chamber is linked by a first communication path to the suction chamber, and is linked by a second communication path to the discharge chamber. A first valve control mechanism is disposed within the first communication path and second valve control mechanism is disposed within the second communication path. Fluid communication between the crank and suction chambers is controlled by the first valve control mechanism so that the suction chamber pressure is maintained at one predetermined constant value while fluid communication between the crank and discharge chambers is continuously closed. Fluid communication between the crank and discharge chambers is opened by the second valve control mechanism when the predetermined constant value of the suction chamber pressure must be increased.