Abstract: A pump for transferring fragile and aggressive liquids such as human blood and comprising a pumping chamber along with a pair of fluid inlet ports arranged in oppositely disposed relationship on the chamber, and one or more outlet ports arranged transversely and medially of the inlet ports. A rotor is positioned within the pumping chamber having a dual-conical configuration converging toward opposed polar end regions and with an axis of rotation extending between the polar regions. The rotor includes magnets which are arranged at radially spaced locations and with a magnetic drive positioned to deliver rotational driving energy to the rotor. The sole support for the rotor are the hydrodynamic forces acting upon the rotor during its operation, with the rotor body having a relative density of between 10% and 90% of the relative density of the fluid being pumped.

Abstract: An improved transmission vent system for centrifugal compressors comprises a motor compartment, a transmission chamber, an impeller for moving refrigerant in a downstream direction, a guide vane located upstream of the impeller, and a vent pipe connected between the transmission chamber and an area upstream of the impeller and downstream of the guide vane. Refrigerant can be vented from transmission chamber to the area upstream of the impeller and downstream of the guide vane in order to eliminate the pressure differential between the transmission chamber and the compressor suction area upstream of the impeller during start-up.

Abstract: A hand pump includes a piston slidably engaged in a housing for separating the housing into two chambers. A tube is secured on top of the housing. The piston includes two annular grooves for receiving two sealing rings. A piston rod has one end secured to the piston and has the other end extended outward of the housing. The piston may pump the air in upper chamber into the tube when the piston moves upward, and the air in the lower chamber may be pumped into the tube when the piston moves downward. The tube includes two mouths for engaging with different tire valves.

Abstract: A blood pump used for heart-lung machines comprising an impeller, a casing having a suction inlet and a delivery outlet and rotatably encasing the impeller, a magnetic driver disposed outside the casing, and a magnetic attraction force adjuster. The impeller has a rotationally symmetric shape, such as a conical shape, is equipped with vanes having a pumping function on the side surface thereof and is also equipped with magnets, such as permanent magnets. The magnetic driver for rotating the impeller in cooperation with the magnets comprises a magnet assembly magnetically connected to the magnets and a rotation driver for rotating the magnet assembly. The magnetic attraction force adjuster adjusts the magnetic attraction force generated between the magnets and the magnet assembly by adjusting the gap between the magnets and the magnet assembly or by adjusting the exciting current of electromagnets when electromagnets are used for the magnet assembly.

Abstract: A compressor has a swash plate tiltable between a maximum and minimum inclining angles with respect to an axis of the drive shaft according to a difference between pressures in a crank chamber and a suction chamber. An electromagnetic valve is disposed in a pressure passage, and opens or closes the pressure passage according to instruction of an external computer. This instruction is based on an operation status of the compressor so that the electromagnetic valve adjusts the pressure in the crank chamber. The pressure passage connects the crank chamber and the suction chamber. The swash plate is inclined toward the maximum inclining angle when the pressure passage is open to release the pressure in the crank chamber to the suction chamber. The swash plate is inclined toward the minimum inclining angle when the pressure passage is closed to increase the pressure in the crank chamber.

Abstract: A two-rotor, sliding member rotary compressor with an inner rotor, an outer rotor, and at least three sliding members between the inner rotor and the outer rotor. The inner rotor has an outer surface which contains at least one flat portion. The inner rotor is supported by support shafts on each of its ends. The compressor is comprised of a first end plate located on a first end of said inner rotor and a second end plate located on a second end of said inner rotor; each of the end plates supports the inner rotor through a set of bearings. The compressor also has a center housing with a circular interior having an inner surface that is eccentric to the inner rotor, an inlet port, and a discharge port. The outer rotor has a circular exterior that surrounds the inner rotor but is eccentric thereto.

Abstract: Methods are provided for minimizing damage to blood in a blood pump wherein the blood pump comprises a plurality of pump components that may affect blood damage such as clearance between pump blades and housing, number of impeller blades, rounded or flat blade edges, variations in entrance angles of blades, impeller length, and the like. The process comprises selecting a plurality of pump components believed to affect blood damage such as those listed hereinbefore. Construction variations for each of the plurality of pump components are then selected. The pump components and variations are preferably listed in a matrix for easy visual comparison of test results. Blood is circulated through a pump configuration to test each variation of each pump component. After each test, total blood damage is determined for the blood pump. Preferably each pump component variation is tested at least three times to provide statistical results and check consistency of results.

Abstract: A cassette latching mechanism generally including an articulating clamp mounted on the end of a pneumatic cylinder. The clamp interacts with a slot, tab or tang on the cassette housing to hold the cassette firmly within a surgical console.

Abstract: A motor pump assembly incorporates a motor unit and a pump unit and has an outer surface to which a heating element such as a frequency converter is attached. The motor pump assembly comprises a motor having a main shaft, a pump casing encasing the motor and having an inner surface which contacts a fluid handled by the motor pump assembly, an impeller provided on the main shaft and housed in the pump casing, and a heating element which generates heat due to an electric loss and is attached to an outer surface of the pump casing.

Abstract: A reciprocating type compressor including a cylinder block (1), a cylinder head (3) joined to the outer end of the cylinder block (1) and provided with a discharge chamber (3b) or a suction chamber and a valve plate (4) held between the cylinder block (1) and the cylinder head (3) has an auxiliary discharge chamber (16) (or an auxiliary suction chamber) formed in a portion of the cylinder block (1) surrounded by an arrangement of cylinder bores (1a) formed in the cylinder block (1), and the auxiliary discharge chamber (16) (or the auxiliary suction chamber) is communicated with the discharge chamber (3b) (or the suction chamber) by means of at least one through-hole (17) to reduce the discharge pressure pulsation or suction pressure pulsation to thereby reduce the vibration of the gas-conduit line and, when the compressor is incorporated into an climate control system of a vehicle, to reduce noise in the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A blower muffling apparatus includes a blower chamber for housing a blower therein, an exhaust chamber positioned adjacent the blower body side of a blower disposed in the blower chamber, communicating in one of upper and lower portions with the blower chamber, and having an exhaust port in the other portion, a muffling passage chamber disposed adjacent the blower chamber in the axial direction of the blower, and having one end communicating with the other portion of the exhaust chamber and the other end communicating with a discharge port of the blower through a flexible exhaust duct, and a duct accommodating chamber for accommodating the flexible exhaust duct therein, each of the chambers being surrounded by a sound-absorbing material. Exhaust gas of the blower is discharged from the flexible exhaust duct through the muffling passage chamber and the exhaust chamber to thereby absorb exhaust noise of the blower.

Abstract: An air compressor includes a compressor unit, an intake regulator valve connected to the compressor unit, and intake filter connected to the intake regulator valve, an oil separator connected to the compressor unit, an oil supply line connecting the lower part of the oil separator to various points inside the compressor unit, and an oil return line connecting the oil collector unit to the passage connecting the intake filter and the intake regulator valve. The passage connecting the intake filter to the intake regulator valve has a section of reduced cross-sectional area, including an inner tube having holes to connect to a surrounding hollow region. The oil return line opens into the passage at a point higher than the level of oil in the intake regulator valve.

Abstract: An improved mixing unit and check valve for a fluid pumping system wherein gradient proportioning is performed at high pressure are described. The mixing unit has lining means disposed on the inner surface of the chamber for preventing frictional contact between the steel of the chamber and the surface of the rotor. The lining means is formed of a polymeric material selected for frictional compatibility with the rotor, and avoids formation of undesirable particulates by friction with the rotor surface. The check valve has a poppet comprising a midsection dimensioned to provide forward and rearward surfaces against which fluid flow will exert force, a first arm extending transversely from the midsection first side toward the valve inlet, a second arm extending transversely from the midsection second side toward the valve outlet, and first and second resilient seals respectively annularly disposed about the first and second arms.

Abstract: A pump mechanism adapted to float on a reservoir of liquid characterized by a floating enclosure provided with an internal chamber, an open cycling container, disposed within the chamber, an output pipe coupled to the cycling container and coupled to a swivel joint, which is connected to the lower wall of the enclose. A pressurized gas and/or steam source inlet tube, allows pressurized gas to enter the chamber. The interplay between the force of gravity and the force of buoyancy activated by the force of an expanding gas and/or steam are the factors which cycle this device in a pumping action. In operation the cycle begins with the chamber full of liquid and the cycling container resting on the bottom of the chamber. The pressurized gas forces liquid out of the chamber through the pipe located within the cycling container. This continues until the pressure has emptied the cycling container. The pressurized gas will now vent through this pipe.

Abstract: A waste water pump station is provided for two submersible pump units which are attached to connection units on the station wall or on a shelf of the wall. The two connection units are attached in a reversed manner with respect to one another making it possible to mount them very close to the wall.

Abstract: A compressor which provides for minimum clearance in the compression chamber while substantially reducing the heat normally experienced by the piston during the compression stroke of a compressor of this type. The suction valve(s) of the compressor is concentrically mounted in the piston while the discharge valve(s) is concentrically mounted in a stationary position within the cylinder. Since the high heat of compression occurs at the discharge valve, the piston will be much cooler than in prior art compressors of this type which improves the efficiency of the compressor and which substantially extends the operational life of the piston rings.

Abstract: A medical infusion pump (10) for delivering liquids to a patient includes an elastomeric pump chamber (140) contractable between a refill position and a discharge position. An inlet valve (122) is operatively associated with an elastomeric inlet (142) supplying liquid to the pump chamber (140). The inlet valve (122) is selectively positionable in an open position permitting and a closed position preventing flow of liquid between the inlet (142) and the pump chamber (142). An outlet valve (124) is operatively associated with an elastomeric outlet (144) which conveys liquid from the pump chamber (140). The outlet valve (124) is selectively positionable in an open position permitting and a closed position preventing flow of liquid between the outlet (144) and pump chamber (140). A pump motor (256) and associated plunger (120) contracts and expands the pump chamber (140) between the refill position and the discharge position.

Abstract: A combined constant-speed, variable-volume, piston-type air pump and peristalic pump. The air pump has a "minimum gap", i.e., has a piston head which is closely adjacent to the cylinder head at the completion of the compression stroke. The piston intake stroke is selectively adjustable between a maximum and a minimum position to thus vary the volume of air pumped. A motor means drives both pumps simultaneously. The peristalic pump comprises a pump housing mounted on a frame, having an inner circumferential track and a central opening. A rotor is positioned in said central opening, and has at least two rollers mounted thereon for rotation about axes parallel to said shaft axis. Flexible, compressible, hollow tube means is positioned between said rollers and said track.

Abstract: A universal threaded adapter to mount between a pump and a tank can be of two types. The universal threaded adapter is assembled from an adapter body with a tank to adapter gasket seal mounted therein, and a conversion plate, which may be bolted or otherwise secured to both the adapter body and the pump; to thereby efficiently join the pump to the tank. With the dual phase adapter attached to the pump through the mixing threads, the adapter may be shipped separately from the pump. The pumping mechanism provides an aperture with a seal to achieve the desired pumping device while at the same time permitting the required mixing.

Abstract: An air compressor in which oil loss due to the pressure in the cylinder becoming negative during an unload can be prevented, thereby protecting an outlet-side unloader valve. An air leak hole with a specific ventilating resistance is formed between a valve body and a valve seat of an intake-side unloader valve when the intake-side unloader valve is closed. Also, a valve seat portion is provided, which cuts off a sliding portion of the outlet-side unloader valve from the outlet passage when the outlet-side unloader valve is opened.