Abstract: A vacuum pump including a housing having a suction flange and an outlet opening, a plurality of stationary and rotatable pump-active elements arranged in the housing, a rotor shaft for supporting the rotatable elements, a system of gas bearings for supporting the rotor shaft, with the gas bearings being substantially formed of stator elements with gas delivery conduits and gas outlets, and a system of resilient elements for connecting the stator elements with the bearing housing.

Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a housing and a compressor subassembly resiliently supported within the housing. The compressor subassembly includes a motor drivingly coupled to a compressor mechanism by means of a shaft and a motor enclosure is connected to the compressor mechanism and encases the motor. A pair of grommets are disposed between the housing and the compressor subassembly whereby the compressor subassembly is resiliently suspended within the housing. The compressor mechanism discharges compressed gas into the housing through an aperture located in the motor enclosure and a quantity of oil is disposed in a lower portion of the housing. The aperture is submerged in the quantity of oil and the discharge gas exiting through the aperture is urged through the quantity of oil forming a sound damping foam. A main bearing is connected to the motor enclosure.

Abstract: A vibration-damping device capable of reducing the transmission of noise caused by a water pump of a hybrid vehicle, for example, to a vehicle compartment. The vibration-damping device includes a cushion member, a pump mounting member, and an elastic support member. The cushion member supports the pump, and includes holding portions each with a slit formed between an upper and lower surface thereof for insertion therein of end edges of a pump extension member that extends from the pump. The pump mounting member includes inverted L-shaped cross-section retaining portions provided on an upper surface thereof, the supporting portions being disposed between the retaining portions and the upper surface of the pump mounting member to retain the cushion member to the pump mounting member. The elastic support member engages a lower side of the pump to provide support against lateral deflection of the pump.

Abstract: An inducer fan assembly for use in a multi-poise furnace that includes an inducer housing having a fan opening in one wall through which the inducer fan can be inserted into the housings. The fan opening is closed in assembly by a cover. The motor is secured to a support plate having three circumferentially spaced tabs thereon that are bent outwardly at an angle of about 45° from the plane of the plate. Resilient vibration isolators are mounted in each tab and are arranged to act against receiving brackets mounted on the cover to dampen vibration produced by the motor.

Abstract: The mounting arrangement (10) for a fluid displacement device (12) comprises an inflatable cushion device (16) adapted to support the fluid displacement device (12) and in fluid communication with the fluid displacement device (12). A portion of the fluid displaced by the fluid displacement device (12) inflates and/or maintains inflated the cushion device (16).

Abstract: A rotary compressor assembly is provided which effectively reduces the vibration and noise occurring during the operation of the rotary compressor of the assembly. The compressor is fixedly mounted on a supporting plate. Vibration dampening members are received in corresponding supporting holes in the plate and serve to support the plate in spaced relation to an installation surface. The geometric center of the supporting holes is disposed so as to coincide with the center of gravity of the rotary compressor including an associated accumulator. As a result, the load is uniformly applied to each dampening member, and the rotary compressor is supported in a stable manner, thereby effectively reducing the vibration and noise associated with compressor operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a spring supporting structure of a linear compressor which is capable of reducing the horizontal length of the compressor by reducing the overall length which adds the length of an inner resonance spring to the length of an outer resonance spring by placing at least three inner resonance springs and outer resonance springs so as to cross each other to the cylindrical direction vertical to the center line of a inner/outer spring supporters placed between an inner stator assembly and an outer stator assembly fixedly formed on a frame elastically installed inside of a casing in order to make the magnet assembly perform the linear reciprocating motion, and placing the part of the elastic region of the certain inner resonance spring so as to overlap with the elastic portion of the adjacent outer resonance spring.

Abstract: A multi-use clean air fan and fan motor mount assembly comprising a bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, a fan motor mount, motor mount supports, a fan motor and a fan, the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector having a long outer wall, and a short inner wall, the fan motor mount suspended within the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector by motor mount supports fastened between the outer wall of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector and the fan motor mount, an aperture defining a central opening in the top of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, the fan and fan motor having a common longitudinal axis with the longitudinal axis of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, the fan having a series of vanes extending outwardly from the central longitudinal axis of the fan, the inside of the long outer wall of the bifurcated conical inlet and blown air deflector surrounding more than half of the longitudinal heig

Abstract: The mounting arrangement (10) for a fluid displacement device (12) comprises an inflatable cushion device (16) adapted to support the fluid displacement device (12) and in fluid communication with the fluid displacement device (12). A portion of the fluid displaced by the fluid displacement device (12) inflates and/or maintains inflated the cushion device (16).

Abstract: A hermetic compressor having a noise absorbing member disposed in an enclosed casing for noise reduction is provided. The noise absorbing member substantially in a circular disk shape is attached to an inner surface of an upper side of the upper shell to reduce various machine noises generated during an operation mode of the compressor. The noise absorbing member includes a circular disk, a hole formed at the center portion of the circular disk, and a plurality of extending portions radially and outwardly extending from the circular disk. The noise absorbing member is attached to the upper shell and simultaneously fitted around a crankshaft stopper which supports the hole of the noise absorbing member and adheres onto the upper shell.

Abstract: A hermetic motor compressor includes a generally spherical casing having a generally spherical side wall and a first downwardly curved bottom wall, an integrated structure accommodated in said casing and having a compression section and a drive section integrally formed with each other, and a plurality of supporting units for elastically supporting the integrated structure. A plurality of legs are secured to the first downwardly curved bottom wall, and each of them is of the same shape as the downwardly curved bottom wall.

Abstract: A linear compressor disclosed herein includes a cylinder whose axial direction is directed to a horizontal direction. The linear compressor comprises a cylinder supported in a hermetic vessel by a supporting mechanism, a piston slidably supported along an axial direction of the cylinder concentrically with the cylinder, and a linear motor for generating thrust force by forming a magnetic passage by a movable portion secured to the piston and a stationary portion secured to the cylinder. The supporting mechanism comprises first and second coil springs supporting the cylinder from its opposite ends in the hermetic vessel, and at least one of the first and second coil springs comprises a plurality of coil springs which are juxtaposed to each other.

Abstract: The coupling (20) for transmitting rotation in a synchronous permanent magnetic rotor motor with a central rotor shaft (21), the load (24) being for instance the impeller of a drain pump, comprises a cavity (27) that receives one end of the rotor shaft (21), a radial cam (22) attached to the rotor shaft (21), and a noise and vibration cushioning member which engages with the cam (22). The elastic cushioning member (25) is housed in said cavity (27) compressed and subjected to a friction force in opposition to the rotation of the rotor shaft (21), limited so that it undergoes a cushioning displacement during motor starting under the impacts of the radial cam (22).

Abstract: A linear compressor comprises a cylinder 10, a piston 20, a linear motor comprising a movable member 40 as well as a stationary member 50, a piston body 28, a discharge mechanism 60, a spring mechanism 70, a vessel 80, a supporting mechanism 90 and the like. A cylindrical holding member 41 is contact with a flange 24 connected to the piston and supported concentrically with the piston 20. A permanent magnet 42 is sandwiched between the cylindrical holding member 41 and a cylindrical body 43. Cylindrical inner yoke 51 and outer yoke 52 of the stationary member 50 are fixed to the cylinder 10, and held concentrically with the piston 20. With the above structure, the movable 40 is smoothly moved together with the piston 20, and a fine gap between the movable member 40 and the stationary member 50 is always maintained stationary. Further, since the linear motor is in contact with the piston 20, the overall length of the linear compressor is shortened, and the linear compressor is reduced in size.

Abstract: A rotary-screw air compressor having a separator, a cooler fan assembly, and a mounting apparatus. The separator has a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber separates compressed air and coolant. The second chamber separates compressed air and moisture. The separator is disposed in a chasm formed by a first platform. The mounting apparatus elevates a motor and air end vertically above and spatially apart from the separator. A cooler fan assembly is vertically above the motor and air end. The cooler fan assembly has a first heat exchanger vertically above a second heat exchanger. A shroud having an opposite open end is connected to the first heat exchanger at one open end and the shroud is connected to the second heat exchanger at the other open end. A cooler fan is disposed completely within the shroud and between the first and second heat exchangers.

Abstract: In a fuel supply apparatus for vehicles, a fuel pump is supported in a sub tank through cushioning members. Each cushioning member includes a plurality of resilient parts having a wavy shape in cross section in a radial direction and a plate width in an axial direction. The resilient parts thus support the fuel pump resiliently to absorb vibrations of the fuel pump caused in the radial direction, while withstanding the weight of the fuel pump and the reaction force generated upon fuel discharge operation of the fuel pump. The cushioning members are resin-molded unitarily with an inlet-side cover and an outlet-side cover which are fitted in the axial side ends of the fuel pump. The cushioning members have respective engagement parts which are fitted with the sub tank. The sub tank has stoppers which restrict the fuel pump from moving in the axial direction under a condition that the fuel pump is assembled with the sub tank.

Abstract: A rotary compressor having a piston provided integrally with a blade is contained in a hermetic vessel which is operated at a suction pressure of the rotary compressor and not to discharge pressure. The rotary compressor includes a compression mechanism portion having a cylinder which includes a suction port formed in a cylinder chamber, a piston which eccentrically revolves in the cylinder, a blade which is integrally formed with the piston and partitions the cylinder chamber into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber, and a driving shaft for revolving the piston.

Abstract: A motor is secured to a housing by securing bolts. These bolts are threaded into screw-threaded holes formed in the housing so as to be parallel to an axis of rotation of a motor driven shaft, which drives radially reciprocal plungers that are disposed in diametrically opposed pump bores located on either side of the shaft. The screw-threaded holes are arranged close to, but offset from, the pump bores so that extrapolations of the screw-threaded holes do not intersect the pump bores or cavities in which pressure pulsation dampers or reservoirs are defined, enabling the housing to be small and low in vibration and noise.

Abstract: A pump for moving liquids has an elastomeric housing disposed around the pump. The housing has at least four sides which are primarily planar, whereby the pump can be supported on the bottom of one of the flat sides by orienting the pump so that one of the primarily planar sides is down. This allows the pump to remain in such chosen orientation and the elastomeric housing, which is typically rubber, will substantially prevent vibration of the pump to be transmitted to the surroundings of the pump.

Abstract: A hermetic compressor assembly and method of assembling a hermetic compressor. The assembly includes a housing, a compression mechanism, an electric motor in driving communication with the compression mechanism, a plurality of suspension spring supports, and a suspension spring for each. The motor and compression mechanism comprise a subassembly that is installed in the housing. The support has first and second portions and a border between the portions. The first support portion is attached to the housing. The second support portion has an arcuate opening at the border between the portions, such that the second portion can be bent inwardly at this border. The suspension spring extends between the support second portion and the subassembly.

Abstract: An air blower assembly for use with spas having a blower-and-motor unit snugly mounted inside an intake housing using a pair of ring-shaped elastomeric gaskets. An outlet housing having a smaller diameter than the intake housing but larger than the motor portion of the blower-and-motor unit, is telescopically positioned inside the intake housing and around the motor portion of the blower-and-motor unit to doubly enclose the motor portion. A muffler, having a muffler inlet port leading directly to a concave air dam, covers an air inlet port on the intake housing to block a straight-line path to the air inlet port.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic gear pump power pack (10), including a hydraulic pump disposed in a pump reservoir (12) and an electric motor disposed in a motor housing (14), are secured together to form a single assembly. The pump reservoir (12) and the motor housing (14) are secured together by a pair of mounting brackets (18) that also serve to attach the power pack (10) to a vehicle structure (20).

Abstract: Vertical support and vibration isolation of a compressor casing is provided in single large vibration isolator. Additionally side torsion isolators are axially and radially spaced from the large vibration isolator and are circumferentially spaced from each other. The compressor may be located in a shell supporting the side vibration isolators.

Abstract: A washer pump apparatus is provided which has a simple structure and a small number of parts, which can be manufactured easily and at a low-cost, and in which a breathing hole, which communicates an interior of a motor portion of a washer pump with the atmosphere, is made sufficiently waterproof. In the washer pump apparatus, an inlet of the washer pump is mounted to a washer tank via a grommet. A vent groove, which communicates with the breathing hole of the motor portion, is formed at the grommet, and a vent hole is formed between the vent groove and the washer tank. Accordingly, satisfactory waterproofing is ensured, and the interior of the motor portion is open to the atmosphere. Because of a simple structure of forming the vent hole at the grommet, another part such as a waterproofing cover or the like is not needed, and a number of parts used does not increase. The washer pump apparatus can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.

Abstract: The automotive fuel pump module includes a sealed housing containing a fuel reservoir and a fuel pump for mounting within the fuel tank of a vehicle. A flange is secured to the wall of the fuel tank and lies in communication with the outlet of the fuel pump by a pair of pivotally connected arms for flowing fuel from the reservoir within the housing to outside of the fuel tank and to the fuel rail. A torsion spring biases the arms such that the reservoir body is referenced to the bottom of the fuel tank from the flange of the module. A pressure regulator may be provided within the housing for returning excess fuel to the reservoir. A mounting cup includes a pocket for receiving a pin on the housing cover for vibrationally isolating the pump and housing from one another and preventing rotation of the pump relative to the housing.

Abstract: A cost-efficient vibration-isolating mounting for motors including a pressed or stamped metal motor mount (12) upon with the motor is mounted and a vibration-isolation pad (14) upon which the motor mount (12) is mounted. A clamp formation (42) at each end of the vibration-isolation pad (14) so that a respective thru-bolt (48) secures the motor mount (12) and the assembled vibration-isolation pad (14) to a supporting floor (16) or wall structure. The vibration-isolation pad (14) includes a set of bumpers (40) at each corner to retain the motor mount (12) in place on the top of the vibration-isolation pad (14).

Abstract: Improvement of the suspension of hermetic compressors for refrigeration in the interior of a hermetically closed shell (A) through a suspension (S) formed by a set of helicoidal springs (1), which extremities have upper (2) and lower (3) means of support and fitting to the corresponding parts of the compressor (C) and the shell (A); said upper and lower means of fixation of each spring (1) presents a truncated conical tip (4) for penetrating the internal diameter of the spring, while on the opposite end, it includes a flange (5) for seat, foreseeing inclusively an upper perforation (6) for the penetration of a pin (P) existent on the corresponding part of the compressor (C) so that the compressor (C) can be fixed in a springy way to the interior of the shell (A), using seating surfaces (7A), helicoidal or spiraled, practically the shape of one coil, where a step (8) that confers fitting and, at the same time, encloses the uneven circular surface that compensates the unevenness resulting from the tip (9) of th

Abstract: A power source and a human contacting portion of a portable power tool, with a vibration-proof member and a spacer placed between them, are tightened by fastening and connecting means in the direction approaching each other. The spacer serves to limit compressive power of the vibration proof member which acts between the power source and human contacting portion within effective vibration-proof range of the vibration-proof member by utilizing the fastening and connecting means, This does not cause the vibration absorbing effect of the vibration-proof member to be lost. In addition, there is no need to check the fastening degree achieved by the fastening and connecting means, thus allowing easy attachment of the vibration-proof member thereto. Alternatively, vibration-proof members may be placed between the power source side and the working member side without spacers if the vibration proof members support the power source apart from the working member.

Abstract: An elastomeric compressor mount has a hollow convex cylindrical head portion which is passed upwardly through a corresponding opening in a support foot portion of the compressor to place an annular portion of the foot in an annular mount groove which is disposed between its head portion and a larger cylindrical base portion of the mount. When a securement bolt is passed axially through a fastening opening in the mount and tightened into an underlying base pan opening, the convex mount head portion is downwardly and radially outwardly deformed to cause the annular foot portion to be resiliently squeezed between the head portion and the underlying base portion of the mount. In a second embodiment of the mount its convex cylindrical head portion is of a solid configuration, and is joined to the mount base portion by an annular flange section coaxially disposed therein.

Abstract: An apparatus is configured for mounting a blower motor into a blower housing. The blower housing has an interior region for receiving the blower motor. The apparatus comprises a top shell configured to surround a top portion of the blower motor and a bottom shell configured to surround a bottom portion of the blower motor. The top and bottom shells are configured to hold the blower motor in the interior region of the housing without a rigid connection between the blower motor and the blower housing. The top shell cooperates with the bottom shell to define an air intake manifold to provide flow of intake air to the blower motor.

Abstract: A stator stopper structure for a hermetic compressor includes a mechanism wherein one of a pair of spring supports extended downwardly from a lower surface of each of a pair of stator stoppers which support a stator in the hermetic compressor is formed shorter than the other of the pair of spring supports. The structure allows the spring supports to prevent the stator stopper which receives a larger bending momentum from being bent due to a vertical impact on the hermetic compressor during its handling or transportation.

Abstract: A compressor fixture structure for a refrigerator comprises a plurality of compressor fixture structure units. Each of the compressor fixture structure units includes a support, a moving member, a spring, a compressor support, a fixing shaft, and hollow cylindrical buffer members. The support has a first spring fixing member on the center portion thereof and two side walls at both ends each upper portion of which is outwardly slanted. The moving members have an upper plate and a lower plate and a second spring fixing member formed on the lower plate. The spring is fixedly inserted between the first spring fixing member and the second spring fixing member. The compressor support is placed on the moving member. The fixing shaft is inserted through the moving member and the compressor support. The two hollow cylindrical buffer members are fixed between the slanted upper portion and the lower plate, respectively.

Abstract: A compressor device, more particularly a two-stage compressor device (1), consists of a low-pressure compressor (4), a first compartment (7) of a cooling part (6) connected to the low-pressure compressor (4) by a first flexible connector (21), a high-pressure compressor (5) which is connected to the exit (11) of the first compartment (7), a second compartment (8) of the cooling part (6) which is connected to high-pressure compressor (5) by a second flexible connector (22), and a conduit (15) which is connected to the exit of the second compartment (8) for the discharge of the compressed gas. Flexible connections (21-22) are situated at opposite sides of a compression part (3) formed by the low-pressure compressor (4) and the high-pressure compressor (5), such that flexible connectors (21-22) extend substantially opposite each other. The arrangement of flexible connectors (21-22) in compressor device (1) avoids the transmission of movements and vibrations from compression part (3) to cooling part (6).

Abstract: A motor and reciprocating piston assembly is mounted in housing halves using elastomeric mounting members interposed between the assembly and each half. There are three spaced sleeve-like mounting points on each side of the assembly and three similarly spaced sleeve-like bosses on the housing halves. The mounting members have three mounting portions received in the mounting points and bosses. The three mounting portions are connected by integral arms.

Abstract: A fuel feeding module has a fuel pump, a coarse fuel filter, a fine fuel filter, a storage cup to be arranged on a bottom of a fuel tank, the fuel pump with the coarse fuel filter being surrounded by the storage cup, the storage cup having a wall which at least in portions is formed double-walled, the individual walls together forming a completely enclosed intermediate chamber in which the fine fuel filter is arranged, the intermediate chamber having a supply connection connected with a pressure connection of the fuel pump in a region of the fine filter and also having a discharge connection in a region of the fine filter.

Abstract: The fluid end of a reciprocating pump contains a plurality of manifold cylinders for pumping fluid. The fluid end has an improved liner assembly with a shaft, a coaxial piston, and a liner with a liner seal on an outward end. The liner and seal abut an inner wall of the manifold to prevent pressurized fluid leakage between the liner and the manifold. The liner is pressed against the manifold by an adjustment mechanism which is mounted to a housing surrounding the pump. The adjustment mechanism is spaced axially away from the manifold wall and allows the liner to self-adjust to the wall without the need for a liner bushing. A support device is provided for assisting in the vertical alignment of the liner assembly prior to the liner being pressed tightly against the manifold wall.

Abstract: The disclosure involves a prime mover and a pump-mount adapter mounted thereto. The adapter includes a central housing and a plurality of arms extending radially outwardly from the housing and coupled to the prime mover. Resilient mounts are used for such coupling and a rigid compression limiter prevents such mounts from being compressed to the degree that substantial resiliency is lost. The housing contains a liquid lubricant for lubricating the pump. A resilient seal device is between the housing and the prime mover and retains the lubricant in the housing. And after assembly, the housing is maintaining in a spaced relationship to the prime mover. The new mounting arrangement permits relatively generous manufacturing tolerances while yet permitting the prime mover and adapter-mounted pump to radially and angularly "self-align" during assembly.

Abstract: A linear compressor includes a casing, and a cylinder member suspended by springs from the casing. The cylinder member forms a compression chamber in which a piston is reciprocated by a linear motor. The motor includes a first stator situated inside of the piston, and a second stator situated opposite the first stator outside of the piston. The cylinder member comprises spaced apart first and second cylinder blocks with the second stator clamped therebetween. The first cylinder block contains the compression chamber, and the second cylinder block carries a hollow guide extending into the piston, with the first stator mounted on an outer surface of the guide. The piston includes an axial shaft reciprocally guided within the hollow guide. The piston carries a first magnet. A coil disposed between the first and second stators generates a magnetic field passing across the magnet to cause the piston to reciprocate.

Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus for a motor vehicle including a plastic canister, three evenly-spaced tubular struts on the canister, a plastic cover, a regulator pod on the plastic cover, and a pair of sockets on the cover and a socket on the regulator pod defining three evenly-spaced sockets on the cover adapted for plug-in reception of the tubular struts. The canister is inserted into a fuel tank of the motor vehicle through an access port. The cover closes the access port. A fuel pump in the canister delivers fuel to a high pressure conduit outside of the fuel tank through a high pressure fluid connector on the cover. A branch from the high pressure conduit is connected to a return fluid connector on the cover. The regulator pod has a return passage from the return fluid connector to the aforesaid socket on the regulator pod.

Abstract: A circulation and heating device for a hot tub, consisting of a motor-pump-unit and a pipe forming a stand, whereby said pipe ends in a dry portion of the pump housing, and contains a rod shaped resistance heating element with the leads on one end which receive their power supply from inside said dry portion, and that the water conveyed through the pipe leaves through a lateral opening of the pipe which communicates with the suction side of the pump.

Abstract: A vibration damping arrangement for improving the structure-borne noise isolation of a hydraulic unit forming part of a slip-controlled brake system from a vehicle. The hydraulic unit is supported elastically on the vehicle, below its center of gravity, on three rubber spring elements. In this arrangement, the rubber spring elements are situated both in front of and behind a vertical projection of the center of gravity and symmetrically in and on both sides of a vertical plane passing through the center of gravity. In addition, the three rubber spring elements are arranged along the lateral surface of an imaginary circular cylinder, on the horizontally extending longitudinal axis of which the center of gravity of the hydraulic unit lies. The rubber spring elements are formed of disk springs, the ends of which, carry fastening elements, extend approximately tangentially to the lateral surface of the imaginary circular cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention is a wobble plate pump typically used in a reverse osmosis water purification system. The pump has a piston that is coupled to a wobble plate by a rocker arm. The piston has a stem which snaps into a corresponding sleeve of a diaphragm. The diaphragm is attached to the rocker arm and extends across the inner diameter of the pump to provide an inner pump seal. The piston stem and diaphragm sleeve extend through an access opening in a diaphragm support plate. The access opening of the wobble plate has an inner lip defined by a first relatively small radius near the center of the pump and a second relatively larger radius at the outer portion of the pump. The dual radiuses allow the piston to symmetrically reciprocate about a surface of the diaphragm support plate without inducing excessive stresses in the diaphragm. The symmetrical reciprocating motion maximizes the compression ratio of the pump. The piston reciprocates within a pump chamber defined by a manifold plate.

Abstract: A brake fluid pressure controller for use in a motor vehicle having a hydraulic unit. including a housing and a pump mounted in the housing. A motor for driving the pump is coupled to the housing. The hydraulic unit and the motor are mounted through shock-absorbing rubber mount to a vehicle body. The rubber mount is supported on a support portion formed on the end cover of the motor. This eliminates the need for machining and extra parts and reduces the machining cost.

Abstract: A constructional unit comprising a hydraulic machine having a drive or driven shaft and of a support by which the hydraulic machine is held with the interposition of material which deadens solid-conducted noise. Low noise emission of the hydraulic machine is obtained in the manner that the support extends over the hydraulic machine in particular in the direction towards the shaft and that the hydraulic machine is supported on the support via material which deadens solid-conducted noise, present between its outer wall surface and the support. In this way the noise emission can be reduced in a simple manner.

Abstract: A diaphragm pump with a driving motor has arranged in a case (5) at lease one drive (3) for transferring the pump movement to a pump diaphragm (4a). The case (5) of the diaphragm pump is essentially formed by at least one extrusion (6) configured to accommodate the drive(s) (3) and the driving motor (2). The extrusion (6) carries the driving motor (2), the drive(s) (3) and the pump head(s) (4). The extrusion (6) enables the pump case (5) to be specially dimensionally stable, to be manufactured at reasonable price, and has substantially smooth external surfaces. It is therefore easy to clean.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibroisolating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner adapted to absorb and inhibit the vibrations generated in a suction motor from being transmitted to a body of the vacuum cleaner to thereby reduce the noise resulting from the vibration to a minimum, and at the same time, to improve the ease of assembling and to decrease manufacturing cost by way of a simplified construction. The vibration generated in the suction motor during operations is absorbed and inhibited at a front side of the motor by a vibroisolating ring which is tightly disposed between a front motor case and the suction motor. The vibration is also absorbed and inhibited at a rear side of the motor by the rear surface packing which is disposed between a rear motor case and the motor. The apparatus thereby reduces generation of noise resulting from the vibration of the suction motor to a minimum and provides for relatively silent operation of the vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: A centrifugal air blower has a housing with an inlet side wall through which a circular air inlet is formed. A cylindrical electric drive motor coaxially extends through the inlet opening and is drivingly coupled to a centrifugal impeller rotatably disposed within the housing. The motor is supported on the inlet side wall by a mounting system including a plurality of metal mounting rods each having an inner end, an outer end, and an elongated intermediate portion. The inner rod ends are welded to circumferentially spaced locations of a belly band structure coaxially clamped to the drive motor, and the outer rod ends are connected to resilient support assemblies arranged in a circumferentially spaced array on the outer side of the housing inlet side wall around the blower inlet opening.

Abstract: A vibration isolating mounting for an electric fuel pump on a plastic retainer of a reservoir in a motor vehicle fuel tank includes a tubular wall on the plastic retainer and a plurality of elastic tubes squeezed between the tubular wall and the fuel pump to support the fuel pump on the tubular wall in radial static equilibrium. In a first preferred embodiment, the elastic tubes are formed integrally with an elastic sleeve fitted over the fuel pump. In a second preferred embodiment, each of the elastic tubes has a pair of diametrically opposite integral radial webs closely received in vertical slots in the tubular wall and in a tubular inner retainer around the fuel pump.

Abstract: A fuel pump is mounted within the fuel tank of an automobile on a bracket attached to a flange which sealingly covers an opening in the fuel tank. The bracket has side members with materially altered sections for increasing the energy absorption capability of the bracket. Materially altered sections can take the shape of oblong slots or circular apertures in a center section of the side members, or notches along the edges of the side members. Crimped sections in the side members also serve to absorb energy imparted to the bracket.

Abstract: A worm pump for delivering a metal melt comprises a mounting flange, and a tubular pump housing mounted on, and suspended from, the mounting flange, the pump housing defining a lower inlet for receiving the metal melt and an upper outlet for delivering the metal melt. A drive motor is mounted on the mounting flange, the drive motor having a pump shaft extending into the tubular pump housing and comprising a conveyor screw between the inlet and outlet. A guide supports the pump shaft at a lower end thereof, and a universal joint is provided at an upper end of the pump shaft above the upper outlet, the universal joint permitting the pump shaft to pivot and the guide being arranged to support the pump shaft during a pivoting motion.