Abstract: A plug assembly for the oil gallery of an internal combustion engine. The engine has a cylindrical passage leading from the interior to the exterior thereof. There is a circumferential groove in the passage. The plug includes a seal piece and an outer skirt portion subdivided into a piece having an outer end portion with a radial flange for snugly engaging said engine block, and an axially extending free end portion with a radially extending locking tab porting engaging the circumferential groove. The locking tab can move into and out of registration with the circumferential groove.

Abstract: When an average wait time is low (23, 24) an elevator car (31-34) is parked (39), unable to answer calls, or if a parameter (45) is low (46), the car is shut-down. If wait time is high, a parked car is assigned the call. If no cars are parked, a shut-down car may be assigned based on RRT. If up running cars can answer the call, the down running cars are excluded.

Abstract: In an elevator comprising an entrance frame provided on an entrance leading from a landing hall to a hoistway and having an upper frame (103) and a vertical frame (102, 102), and landing doors (110, 110) arranged on the entrance frame with a gap and to be guided by a sill (104) for opening-closing an opening of the entrance frame, the landing doors (110, 110) have smoke shielding members (120, 130, 111) which are provided on a top portion, side portion, and a bottom portion of the landing doors (110, 110) for preventing the infiltration of smoke. The smoke shielding member (130) on the side portion is in contact with the smoke shielding member (111) on the bottom portion at a lower position, and is in contact with the smoke shielding member (120) on the top portion at an upper position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator car roof railing (1) with collapsible sides (13) hinged on a supporting frame (5) on the car roof (3), characterized in that it includes: two sides (13) that can be folded inwards as an accordion in at least two parts (15), perpendicular to the landing door opening (9) of the elevator shaft and hinged to said supporting frame (5) in their bottom part, an upper rear side bar (17) connected to the rear upper end of each of said folding lateral sides (13), an actuation handle (19) with a length approximately equal to the depth of the elevator car and hinged to said supporting frame (5) or close thereto, in the rear middle part thereof, perpendicular to said landing door opening (9) in the shaft, wherein this handle (19) is connected at least by a rod (35) hinged in the median plane to the upper rear side bar (17), and by a lateral rod with a terminal ball-and-socket joint to the rear part of each of the folding lateral sides (13), wherein said handle (19) can be lifted throug

Abstract: A parking brake for a commercial vehicle equipped with an air-operated service brake is configured in such a way that the actuating energy for the brake is reduced in comparison to a configuration with a spring brake cylinder, while the installation space in the wheel area is minimized. Primary functional parts of the parking brake include an inner race and an outer race, which delimit an annular gap. Displaceable tapered-roller bearings are located in the annular gap. To adopt a release position in opposition to the action of a compression spring, the tapered roller bearings are disengaged from the conical surfaces of the inner race and the outer race.

Abstract: An electromechanical braking system includes a brake rotor, a brake stator, an EMA (52) having a rotor shaft (36), a ram (42) operably connected to the EMA (52) having a first end movable between a first position urging the brake stator against the brake rotor and a second position, a clamp device (32) shiftable between a first clamping position in clamping engagement with the rotor shaft (36) and a second clamping position and a clamp controller (46) for shifting the clamping device (32) between the first and second clamping positions. Also a method of using the braking system as a parking brake.

Abstract: A rope brake for an elevator installation for braking a rope coupled to a car is provided, which has a stop that is immovable in the longitudinal direction of the rope and at least one brake shoe. The rope is led between the stop and the brake shoe, and the brake shoe is adapted to be moved back and forth between a braking position, pressing the rope against the stop, and a release position, releasing the rope. A drive coupled to the brake shoe is provided for releasing the rope. The drive is formed as a linear drive and the at least one brake shoe can be transferred by means of the linear drive into its release position against the action of a braking force acting on it in the braking position. Methods for testing a rope brake for an elevator car having a movable brake shoe are also provided.

Abstract: A damper with a controllable variable damping force, includes a piston and a cylinder provided with a magnetic viscous fluid and piston therein. An interior of the cylinder is divided by the piston into first and second fluid chambers which communicate with each other. A controller energizes a coil provided to the piston, wherein a viscosity of the magnetic viscous fluid in the fluid passage is changed when the coil is energized. When the controller fails to energize the coil, an electric current supply circuit supplies a predetermined constant electric current to the coil. Alternatively, when the controller detects an abnormality in energizing control of the coil, the controller supplies the predetermined constant electric current to the coil. Further, a sub-coil may be provided with the piston, wherein the controller supplies the sub-coil with a predetermined constant electric current whenever the coil is not operating properly.

Abstract: An MR-fluid (magnetorheological-fluid) hydraulic mount includes a hydraulic-mount partition plate assembly and an electric coil. The partition plate assembly has a longitudinal axis, has first and second sides, and has an MR-fluid through orifice extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis from the first side to the second side. The partition plate assembly is devoid of any non-MR-hydraulic-fluid orifice. The electric coil is substantially coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis and is adapted to magnetically influence the MR-fluid through orifice. The MR-fluid through orifice is positioned radially outward of the electric coil.

Abstract: A rotary damper includes a housing and a rotor rotatable in the housing. A clutch is movable toward and away from the housing when said rotor is rotated in first and second directions.

Abstract: A fluidic stablilizer with remote control having every portion of the circuit which connects the housing and the remote control valve within a range that will permit fluid placed in the circuit to flow freely at high speed but that will also create the fluid pressure necessary for effective damping. Furthermore, the cross-sectional area for every portion of the circuit is maintained within such range, preferably by constructing all portions of the circuit between the housing and the remote control valve with stainless steel braided line. And an attachment structure combined with a depression in the bottom of the rotatable wiper contained within the housing except with an aperture exposing the bottom of the rotatable wiper to the outside facilitates mounted the housing below the handlebars of a vehicle since the depression is constructed with such dimensions as to accommodate a stem nut at the top of a steering shaft.

Abstract: A power take-off includes an axially movable bearing that facilitates the assembly of the power take-off without the use of shims or other axial adjustment devices. The power take-off includes a housing, an input mechanism that is supported for rotation on the housing, and an output mechanism that is supported for rotation on the housing. A clutch assembly is provided that is operable in either a disengaged mode, wherein the input mechanism is not connected to rotatably drive the output mechanism, and an engaged mode, wherein the input mechanism is connected to rotatably drive the output mechanism. An actuating mechanism is provided for selectively operating the clutch assembly in the engaged and disengaged modes. The actuating mechanism including a bearing assembly that is supported on the input mechanism and is axially movable to selectively operate the clutch assembly in the engaged and disengaged modes.

Abstract: The assembly is characterized in that the casing (62) of the engine of the motor vehicle carries, fastened to it, an axially projecting sleeve (246), in that the crankshaft (11) is lengthened axially by an extension (111), which firstly penetrates into the interior of the sleeve (246), and secondly serves for fastening the flywheel(13) of the clutch, and in that a bearing (346) is interposed radially between the extension (111) and the sleeve (246), being located radially inwards of the rotor (6).

Abstract: A case flow system includes a case flow roller bed having a proximal portion having a front end, a plurality of laterally extending axles disposed parallel to said front end and longitudinally spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of wheels disposed in a spaced-apart pattern along each of said axles, a distal portion having a rear end, and a movable stop member positioned between the proximal portion and distal portion of the case flow roller bed; at least one lower bar extending laterally and at least partially across the front end of the proximal portion of the case flow roller bed; and a fixed upper bar extending laterally across the front end of the proximal portion of the case flow roller bed, the fixed bar being vertically spaced apart from and above the lower bar so as to define a gap therebetween.

Abstract: A large rectangular rotary table includes a fabricated tubular metal frame having top plates for supporting fixtures and large motor vehicle parts. A center portion of the table frame is supported by an annular turret bearing mounted on a base plate spaced above a floor plate by adjustable leveling screws. A drive unit is also supported by the base plate within the bearing and the center portion of the table frame and includes a planocentric gear reducer driven by an electric servo motor projecting above the table. A laterally projecting torque arm is mounted on the output of the gear reducer and is connected to the table frame by a sliding drive pin assembly which prevents radial loads on the gear reducer when the table is indexed. A fluid actuated table locating pin alternately engages a locating seat on each end of the table after the table is indexed.

Abstract: Filter cigarettes are turned out by a combination unit composed of a cigarette maker coinciding with a substantially horizontal first leg, also a filter tip attachment machine coinciding with a second leg, of which the downstream machine is equipped with an infeed roller turning on a horizontal axis lying transverse to the second leg. The first and second legs extend parallel one with another and are linked by a transfer unit rotatable about an essentially vertical center axis and incorporating a plurality of holders, each designed to take up two cigarette sticks from an outfeed end of the upstream machine and direct them through a semi-circular path to an infeed end of the downstream machine.

Abstract: A vacuum belt conveyor for transferring a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine has a frame construction (15) and an air permeable belt loop (20), which is arranged around rolls (16, 17). The vacuum belt conveyor also has a first vacuum means (22) for creating a vacuum effect for the part of the belt loop (20) that transports the web threading tail (14) and a second vacuum means (23) for creating a vacuum effect in connection with the first roll (16). The second vacuum means (23) is arranged in the frame construction (15) for creating a vacuum to be introduced to the first roll (16) inside the belt loop (20).

Abstract: A reciprocating forward-feed device for the clocked linear forward-feed of stacks of goods over a transport path has a double-arm rotatable forward-feed lever with two pushers which operate in a clocked manner. Forward-feed lever and pusher are driven in a controlled manner by means of a four-arbor arrangement with a linear arbor, rotational arbor and pivot arbor for the pushers linked via guide rods and a return swivel arbor.

Abstract: A plow (P) sits down on movable slats (10) of a reciprocating slat conveyor formed of the movable slats (10) and fixed slats (12) which are between the movable slats (10). The movable slats (10) and fixed slats (12) define valley regions between the movable slats (10). The plow (P) has fingers (92, 106) which extend into the valley regions. During the unloading operations, the plow (P) is moved rearwardly by the moveable slats (10), together with the load (L) that is on the conveyor. When the plow (P) reaches the rear end of the conveyor, it tips rearwardly and discharges the remaining portions of the load (L) off from the conveyor. Then, a teather (T) is wound onto a winch and used for pulling the plow (P) forwardly back into a forward parked position (FIG. 15).

Abstract: The conveyor floor slat is an extruded translucent UHMW polyethylene member with a top plate and two side walls. The top plate has an upwardly facing cargo support surface and a downwardly facing bearing surface between the two side walls. A support and hold down flange with a downwardly facing horizontal support surface and an upwardly facing horizontal hold down surface is integral with the bottom edge of each side wall. The UHMW polyethylene can be formed by extrusion, reduces slat weight and requires less force to reciprocate back and forth to discharge cargo than expected. A rubber like seal can be mounted in a seal holder on the outboard side of one sidewall. A seal contact flange is integral with the outboard side of the other side wall.

Abstract: A motorized conveyor roller having a rotatable portion and at least one non-rotatable portion; including a method of inhibiting contact with a motorized rotatable conveyor roller that drives a conveyor roller that drives a conveyor medium.

Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet and a plurality of container receiving apertures formed in the flexible sheet. An array of the container receiving apertures extend longitudinally across the flexible sheet wherein each container receiving aperture is substantially rectangular and includes an aperture perimeter that increases more than 42% following application to a container.

Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having a row of container receiving apertures formed therein. The flexible carrier further includes a handle integrated with respect to the flexible sheet and may further include a panel integrated with respect to at least one row of the container receiving apertures on an opposite side of the row of container receiving apertures from the handle. A package is formed by fanning out the two rows of container receiving apertures and inserting a plurality of containers, each within a respective container receiving aperture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a case that can house an image pickup apparatus or the like and can be used as a cover of the image pickup apparatus for preventing the adhesion of water droplets to the image pickup apparatus during shooting. The case according to the present invention a first cover portion 20 and a second cover portion 21, and an outer periphery of the first cover portion has the same length as an outer periphery of the second cover portion. The first cover portion and the second cover portion change between a first state where the outer peripheries of the first cover portion and the second cover portion are joined to each other so as to provide a space inside and a second state where the outer peripheries of the first cover portion and the second cover portion are separated from each other with the outer peripheries being partially fixed to each other so that the outer peripheries as a whole assume a substantially T-shape.

Abstract: A pain management kit for the administration of medication and a related method of use is disclosed. The pain management kit includes the primary medical supplies for performing a continuous nerve block procedure, preferably in a single, sterile container. Specifically, the kit may contain medical supplies to create a sterile field, perform a local anesthetic procedure and to perform a continuous nerve block procedure. Preferably, the contents of the kit are arranged in the general order of their use.

Abstract: A tool box has a bottom portion, a pair of side portions, a back portion, a front portion, and a cover rotatably mounted adjacent the back portion. The cover has a horizontal section and a slanted section sloping downwardly from the horizontal section. A partition plate is positioned in the interior of the tool box and has a peg sheet mounted thereto with a row of pegs extending upwardly from the top of the partition plate. The upper ends of the pegs contact or are in close proximity to the horizontal section of the cover when the cover is in its closed position such that tools disposed on the pegs are secured in position. A pair of compartments are positioned in the interior, one near the bottom of the box and one intermediate the bottom and the top, both having a cover structure disposed thereon with peg sheets for maintaining tools in secured and unsecured positions.

Abstract: A closable bag for use in storing items removed from injured, ill, or deceased persons. The bag is suitably of flexible, plastic. The bag has a bag mouth area providing an opening to the bag, a detachable segment disposed in the mouth area and having an aperture and having a bar code number on an exterior surface of the detachable segment, a bag main portion having a recordation area on an exterior surface of the bag main portion and having a corresponding bar code number on an exterior surface of the bag main portion, a closure member in the bag main portion and near the bag mouth area, and a perforated tear strip disposed between the closure member and the opening to the bag mouth area. Also, a kit including a container for storing one or more of the bags. Also, a method for storing personal items, removed from injured and/or ill persons, or from deceased persons, in one or more of the bags.

Abstract: An electronic component tray includes: a tray main body housing an electronic component; and a mark provided by the tray main body to represent mass of the tray main body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wafer storage container which contains a semiconductor wafer one by one and provides a technology to effectively reduce adhesion of particles on semiconductor wafer surfaces during the storage of the wafer. A wafer storage container which contains a wafer one by one, includes: a wafer containing member including a domed-shape recess which abuts on a circumferential edge of the wafer and is capable of holding the wafer; and a cover member which is engaged with the wafer containing member and is capable of sealing the wafer containing member; and a wafer rear surface protection member which is formed into a shape substantially same as an opening of the domed-shape recess and comes into contact with an entire rear surface of the wafer placed so that a front surface is directed the domed-shape recess.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating a mineral from a slurry of mineral and impurities, including a fluid vessel having a first, open end and a second end and a feed well disposed near the first end. The feed well has a first, open end, for receiving the slurry, and a second end. At least one first member is received through the first ends of the vessel and the feed well for providing aerated water, creating a froth in the feed well including substantially the mineral. The mineral froth substantially separates from the impurities and floats out of the feed well towards the first end of the vessel, and a collection unit receives the mineral froth. The impurities and any remaining mineral fall toward the second end of the vessel. A measurement unit is placed within the vessel for measuring at least one of density and pressure of the fluid in the vessel.

Abstract: A material separation device for use in an internal area of a material handling system. The separation device includes a separator member with a body with a plurality of material passageways extending therethrough. The separator member includes a material exit portion. The device also includes an attachment mechanism for securely attaching the separator member within the internal area of the material handling system. A method of manufacturing a material separation device is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for discriminating the kind of a sheet material, comprising: a substrate having a recessed portion; a press member situated so that a sheet material can be deflected using the recessed portion; a support member that is deformed as the sheet material situated to cover the recessed portion is pressed by the press member and thereby deflected; and a sensor for detecting the deformation amount of the support member, wherein the kind of the sheet material is discriminated on the basis of detecting the deformation amount of the support member by the sensor.

Abstract: This invention relates to an arrangement for sealing off a fluid-filled, stationary pressurized compartment from an endlessly circulating, impermeable belt of a machine for producing and/or refining a paper, paperboard, tissue or other fibrous web with the help of at least one seal of the pressurized compartment, whose contact pressure toward the belt is variable, wherein the belt is pressed by the pressurized compartment against a co-driven support element and the fibrous web runs alone or jointly with one or more function belts between the belt and the support element. The sealing is improved in this case, while producing as little leakage and wear as possible, in that the contact pressure of the seal is controlled as a factor of the drive power and/or the drive torque channeled into the belt and/or as a factor of the leakage of fluid through the gap between the seal and the belt and/or as a factor of the pressure of the fluid in the pressurized compartment.

Abstract: A case with a partitioning member in which the welding between a case and a cover and between the case and the partitioning member can be confirmed by an airtightness test. The case with a partitioning member includes a cover and a partitioning member held between the case and the cover. On the inside of a first welding portion in which the case and cover are welded to each other, a second welding portion in which the case and partitioning member are welded to each other is provided, and on the inside of the second welding portion, a third welding portion in which the case and the partitioning member are welded to each other is provided. Holes open to the atmosphere are provided in the case between second and third welding portions.

Abstract: A water filter cartridge (10) has a two-piece housing (14, 18) internally configured with inlet and outlet openings (12, 16), a diffuser (42), and a plurality of diverter plates (56, 32) to optimize liquid flow and to regulate even flow through a charcoal filter medium (40) located inside of the housing.

Abstract: An article holder has a bottom panel having a rear edge, a forward edge, and a pair of opposed side edges. The holder has a back wall that extends upward near the back edge of the bottom panel and has a lower edge, an upper edge, and a pair of opposed side edges. The back wall diverges from a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the bottom panel moving up and away from the bottom panel. A pair of side walls are spaced apart and opposed relative to one another, with one extending forward from a respective one of the side edges of the back wall and generally upward relative to a respective one of the side edges of the bottom panel. The pair of side walls diverge at least slightly away from one another both moving up away from the bottom panel and moving forward from the back wall. A storage receptacle is defined above the bottom panel, forward of the back wall and between the side walls. The storage receptacle has a width that is greater near the top edges of the side walls than near the bottom panel.

Abstract: A rack-mounting system includes a rack with a number of shelves for mounting electronic modular components. At least two modular components are mounted on each shelf, each component with width approximately equal to W/n, where W equals the width of the shelf and n equals the maximum number of modular components to be mounted on a single shelf. Each modular component is fully self-contained, stand-alone, and operates with full independence of the other self-contained, stand-alone components. At least two modular components have the same function. Means is provided for switching out a defective component and switching in a standby component that performs the same function, thus enhancing redundancy.

Abstract: A shipping rack that includes a frame and a support. The support is coupled to the frame such that the support is rotatable with respect to the frame between a loading position and a transport position. The support includes first and second walls in planes that intersect at approximately a right angle for supporting the plurality of panels with edges being supported by the first and second walls respectively. Movement of the glass support from the loading position to the transport position urges the plurality of panels toward the intersection.

Abstract: A tool organizer system has a flat sheet of magnetically attracted material that attracts magnets attached to tools to support the tools on the flat sheet. The system includes position indicators that can be attached at any orientation and position on the flat sheet. The system can be provided as a kit with one or more components. A method of organizing a set of tools provides for efficient use of space and clear association between a tool and a previously selected position and avoids loss of tools by placing them in previously selected positions. A method of making a tool organizer system includes making the system in accordance with requests from a customer. The tool organizer system includes a kitchen tool organizer system that has a container with at least one magnetically attractive side and a handle, allowing the container to retain kitchen tools within the container and magnetically on the side.

Abstract: An etching method of the invention includes arranging droplets including a film-forming material on a substrate, drying each of the droplets to form a dry film having a width smaller than the diameter of each droplet at the time of the arrangement, and performing etching while using the dry film as an etching protective film.

Abstract: A closure having a top wall, an annular side wall depending downwardly from the top wall defining an open bottom, an optional internal thread projecting inwardly from the inner annular surface of the annular side wall, and at least two lugs or two slots in a thread wherein the at least two lugs extend inward from the inner annular surface and at least one lug has a different arc length and at least one of the at least two slots in a thread is of a different arc length.

Abstract: A system includes a container including a sidewall and a closure plane attached to the side wall and including an opening, a neck region on the sidewall being adjacent to the closure plane. The system also includes a closure including a cap closure with a fitment adapted to fit in the opening, a circumferentially depending outer skirt adapted to secure the closure to the neck region of the container, and a hinge attached to the cap closure and the circumferentially depending outer skirt. A method for sealing a closure on a container includes pivoting the closure about a hinge towards a closure plane and engaging a fitment with an opening to provide a friction fit. A method for opening a container having a closure includes disengaging a fitment from an opening and pivoting the closure about a hinge away from a closure plane.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-layered container, including a cover (10), with a plurality of first locking projections (15), and a plurality of container bodies (20) having a plurality of locking flaps (23). Each of the plurality of locking flaps (23) rotatably extends from each of predetermined portions of the circumferential outer surface of the container body (20), with a locking hole (24) provided on the locking flap (23). The multi-layered container further includes an intermediate lid (30) provided between the cover (10) and an uppermost container body (20) or between the container bodies (20). The intermediate lid (30) has a plate-shaped part (31), a coupling part (32) bent into a channel-shape while extending from an edge of the plate-shaped part (31), and a plurality of coupling flanges (35) extending downward from predetermined portions of the coupling part (32), with a second locking projection (25) provided on an end of each of the plurality of coupling flanges (35).

Abstract: A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substantially flat, when said box is collapsed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container suitable for providing insulation wherein the container has an inner shrink film liner. The sidewalls of the container, which can be made from paperboard or other suitable material, are vented to allow ambient air to freely flow through the sidewall of the container during activation of the shrink film with hot liquid or other suitable material. When the container is filled with material having a temperature of from about 130° F. to up to about 212° F., the shrink film is activated and the container provides excellent insulation, thereby allowing the container to be held in a consumer's hand for an extended period without causing burns or excessive discomfort. Methods of making this container are also provided.

Abstract: A cassette for dispensing pills whereby the cassette is coupled to a drive motor that operates in continuous revolution and the internal gears of the cassette translate the continuous motion into a stepping motion, whereby at each step, a system of turning members permit one pill to drop from the cassette into a target container.

Abstract: A dose indicator for a fluid dispenser device, said indicator comprising: a body (4); an actuator (1) that is mounted to turn relative to said body (4) about a first axis, and including drive means (14, 15); and a cylindrical indicator element (2) that is mounted to turn relative to said body (4) about a second axis and including a set of teeth (21) that co-operate with said drive means (14, 15) of said actuator (1) so as to turn each time the dispenser device is actuated, said indicator element (2) further including numeric and/or symbolic indicator means (25) so as to indicate to the user the number of doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from said dispenser device; said actuator (1) co-operating with actuator means (7) secured to said body (4), said actuator means (7) being displaced in translation each time the dispenser device is actuated, and co-operating with said actuator (1) so as to transform the translation of said actuator means (7) into said actuator (1) turning.

Abstract: A manually operated vertically reciprocated pump dispenser has a simplified construction with two separate pumps that pump two separate liquids from a container and keep the two separate liquids separated from each other as they are pumped through the dispenser, mixing the liquids for the first time in a discharge passage of the dispenser just prior to the mixed liquids being discharged from the dispenser. The dispenser has a rotatable sleeve that covers the two pumps and is rotated to lock and unlock a dispenser head that operates the two pumps.

Abstract: An aerosol dispenser utilizes a vertical container filled with a pressurized liquid. An actuator which has a nozzle is positioned on the valve stem which is located on the top of the container. The actuator when pressed vertically or horizontally allows a jet flow of liquid to spray from the nozzle. The dispenser is provided with apparatus for preventing formation of a residual liquid film after termination of the jet flow spray which would otherwise clog the nozzle.

Abstract: To deliver a liquid at high speed and with high accuracy. A device for delivering a fixed quantity of liquid, comprising a pump section for metering the delivered liquid to provide a desired amount consisting of a plunger chamber formed in a cylinder block, and a plunger reciprocating in the plunger chamber, a valve section for switching between liquid flow channels for suction and delivery, a reservoir section for reserving liquid adapted to communicate with the pump section depending upon the position of the valve section, and a delivery section having a delivery port for delivering liquid, the device being characterized in that the pump section and the valve section are disposed connected to each other and that the maximum advance position of the plunger is defined by a plane where the front end surface of the plunger contacts the valve section and pump section. The valve section is removably disposed in the pump section.