Reciprocating Rigid Pumping Member Patents (Class 417/415)
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Publication number: 20100108185Abstract: An air compressor and tire repairing combination includes an air compressing device for generating a pressurized air, a tire repairing device having a container for receiving a repair liquid, and a tubular member having a bore for receiving the pressurized air and having an inlet port coupled to the air compressing device for receiving the pressurized air, and having an outlet port for supplying the pressurized air out through a nozzle, and having an exit for selectively supplying the pressurized air to the container and to selectively force the repair liquid to flow out of the container and into a faulty tire and to repair and to inflate the faulty tire simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Wen San Chou
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Patent number: 7686596Abstract: A hydraulic pressure amplifier with a housing which has an end face at a low pressure side and an end face at a high pressure side and a circumferential wall between the two end faces, wherein an outlet valve is arranged adjacent the end face on the high pressure side, and an outlet duct for the hydraulic liquid which is under high pressure. In a pressure amplifier of the above-described type, the outlet duct opens into the circumferential wall or extends through a connection plug which is screwed into the end face on the high pressure side and closes off an assembly duct which receives the outlet valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: miniBOOSTER HYDRAULICS A/SInventors: Peter J. M. Clausen, Leif Hansen, Thyge Bollmann, Christen Espersen
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Publication number: 20100074776Abstract: A high pressure pump for use in the injection of liquid chemicals into subsea oil or gas wells, and intended to be positioned in the subsea environment adjacent to the wellhead, comprises a piezoelectric actuator (19) for reciprocating a plunger (22) which acts to compress and expand the effective volume of a pumping chamber (29) having a valved inlet (15) connected to a source of the liquid and a valved outlet (16) to lead the liquid to the well. The device has a minimum of moving parts and in particular avoids the need for any rotating parts and attendant high performance bearings and seals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITEDInventors: Jeremy Leonard Clive Ludlow, Jonathan Geoffrey Gore, Adrian Robert Bowles, Mark Gregory Maylin, Richard Carson McBride, Abdul-Salam Kaddour, Ahmed Yehia Amin Abdel-Rahman
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Patent number: 7677155Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method of statically sealing a reciprocating-type fuel pump, such as a direct injection high pressure piston-type fuel pump. The first embodiment of the invention is a fuel pump comprising a pump body, a fuel reservoir within the pump body, wherein the fuel reservoir is capable of holding fuel and a bellows attached to the pump body, wherein the bellows is a stretchable membrane acting as a static seal. The second embodiment further comprises a diaphragm seal inside the pump body, and adjacent to the fuel reservoir, and a working fluid reservoir adjacent to the diaphragm seal, wherein the working fluid reservoir is capable of holding fluid. The diaphragm seal is a static seal separating the working fluid reservoir and the fuel reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Craig D. Marriott, Karl J. Kreder, III
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Publication number: 20100047093Abstract: A compressor has a hermetic container filled with a lubricant and accommodates an electric element provided with a stator and a rotor and a compressing element, wherein the compressing element includes a shaft, a cylinder block, a piston, a connection mechanism, a bearing, and a thrust ball bearing provided between the rotor and a bearing end surface as an end surface of the bearing, and wherein the thrust ball bearing includes a plurality of balls, a holder portion for holding the balls, upper and lower races disposed on and beneath the balls, a rotation regulation portion for regulating a rotation of the lower race, and a thrust surface provided at the bearing end surface so as to contact with a lower surface of the lower race.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Kiwamu Watanabe
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Publication number: 20100037644Abstract: A condensate pump for an HVAC system includes a reservoir, a solenoid pump assembly with a solenoid pump, and a solenoid pump electronic control module for limiting the amount of energy delivered to the solenoid pump during one half cycle from an AC current source. The solenoid pump is mounted in the solenoid pump assembly by means of shock absorbing material, and the solenoid pump assembly is mounted on a support member with shock absorbing material interposed between the solenoid pump assembly and the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventor: Charles Barry Ward
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Publication number: 20100040490Abstract: In a first embodiment, an electromagnetic pump has a housing including first and second spaced apart electromagnets. A controller for controlling the magnets and a power source for powering the electromagnets within the housing. A removable cassette is in engagement with the housing between the first and second electromagnets and includes a cavity. The pump also has inlet and outlet ports in communication with the cavity and a magnetic piston disposed within the cavity. In preferred embodiments the electromagnets are capable of operating at different strengths and different polarities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventor: Anis Rahman
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Patent number: 7656063Abstract: A rotor is accommodated in a yoke housing. Six magnets are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner circumferential surface of the yoke housing so as to face the rotor. The core is generally cylindrical and includes an annular portion at an anti-output side and a balance at an output side. The magnets have six poles so as to effectively narrow a basal path width of the core in which the line of magnetic force concentrates most and magnetic saturation is likely to occur most. This reduces the diameter of the core. Therefore, the motor is effectively miniaturized in the axial direction and in the radial direction without complicating the formation steps.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoyuki Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 7654802Abstract: A reciprocating drive apparatus has a driving device and a driven device, one of the devices comprising a reciprocating member mounted for movement along a longitudinal axis. At least one rotary member is coupled to one of the devices and a linear bearing assembly has a linear guide rail and a linear slide member with an end coupled to the other device. A connecting link has a first end pivotally connected to the rotary member and a second end pivotally linked to the slide member. Where the reciprocating member is the driven device, rotation of the rotary member will cause the reciprocating member to move back and forth along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Newport Medical Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Richard William Crawford, Jr., Fang Zheng, Charles Edward Beuchat
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Publication number: 20100001697Abstract: A mechanical flow battery comprises a flywheel system in which a spinning axis can be driven by an air-powered motor and the structure of the gyroscope is employed in the mechanical flow battery. The structure of the gyroscope can be constructed by coupling the housing of the flywheel system with a nutation frame which couples a precession frame so that the spinning axis in the flywheel can be isolated from any outside gyroscopic torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Yen-Wei Hsu, Whei-Chyou Wu
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Patent number: 7635022Abstract: A pumping system is described comprising a bracket being vertically fixed onto the connection end of a pump basement and also connected to a wellhead in order to support multiple fixed pulleys fixed on the same plane as the top end of the bracket), an electric motor and a speed reducer also successively being fixed to a lower end of the bracket. The end head of an output shaft of a speed reducer is connected by means of a crank whose top end head is connected with a movable pulley that is on the same plane as the fixed pulleys. A flexible cable vertically hung in the center of the wellhead is successively wound across the fixed pulleys and the movable pulley and then is locked onto the pump basement. The flexible cable is downwardly connected to a plunger element of an upper wellhead canned pump and also to a plunger element of a downhole oil well pump.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignees: Petrochina Company Limited, Daqing Oilfield Company LimitedInventors: Xiuting Han, Huanzhong Dong, Jiamin Zhang, Shuhua Wang, Fengyou Chen, Aiguo Mo
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Publication number: 20090311116Abstract: A piezoelectric pump for pumping a fluid at a high flow rate includes a housing and an actuator located within the housing. An electric voltage applied to the actuator causes the actuator to apply a force to a first diaphragm that is proximate to the actuator. A piston assembly is located within the housing and is moveable between at least a first position and a second position. A first fluid chamber is defined by the housing, the first diaphragm, and the piston assembly. A coupling fluid is located within the first fluid chamber for coupling the first diaphragm to the piston assembly. A second fluid chamber is defined by the housing and the piston assembly. An inlet valve is in communication with the second fluid chamber and an outlet valve is in communication with the second fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Shushan Bai, John C. Schultz, Vijay A. Neelakantan
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Patent number: 7631729Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a compressing unit placed over a motor unit. A crankshaft, which converts rotating action of the motor unit into reciprocating action of a piston of the compressing unit, has (a) a centrifugal pump provided at a lower section of the crankshaft, and (b) a pair of spiral pumps that communicate with the centrifugal pump and have leading grooves running in opposite directions to each other. The crankshaft also includes a pair of eccentric paths at its upper section. The eccentric paths open into an enclosed container and communicate with the spiral pumps respectively. This structure allows production of greater force for transferring lubricant oil regardless of the rotating direction of the crankshaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koichi Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro Yokota, Atsushi Naruse
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Publication number: 20090297374Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a pump includes a turning member and a reciprocating member coupled to the turning member, the reciprocating member performing a pumping motion as the turning member turns. The pump also includes at least one stabilization component in contact with the reciprocating member to stabilize the pumping motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: TXAM PUMPS LLCInventors: Brady Gallwey, Roy Tilford Jackson, Duy D. Nguyen, C. Tom Brannon
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Patent number: 7621723Abstract: A pump apparatus that produces a pumping action for a gas or a liquid is produced in an extremely small and slim form and can be favorably used as a cooling pump apparatus for an electronic appliance or the like. There is provided an electromagnetic pump where a plunger 10 including a magnetic body is provided so as to be capable of sliding inside a cylinder that is sealed at both end surfaces thereof by a pair of frames 20a, 20b with spaces between the plunger 10 and the end surfaces of the respective frames 20a, 20b as pump chambers 30a, 30b, air-core electromagnetic coils 50a, 50b are disposed around an outer circumference of the cylinder, and a fluid is conveyed by passing a current through the electromagnetic coils 50a, 50b to reciprocally move the plunger 10 in an axial direction of the cylinder, wherein intake valves 34a, 34b and outflow valves 36a, 36b that connect the pump chambers 30a, 30b and the outside are provided inside regions of the frames 20a, 20b at the end surfaces of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Okubo
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Publication number: 20090285704Abstract: The present invention provides an air compressor, characterized in that the piston head has a concave portion having a plurality of through holes therein and a reed piece having a smaller area than that of said concave portion is disposed in said concave portion, said reed piece having an opening in its center to allow a seizing member, respectively, which is seized on a top center of said piston head, for freely moving through said opening, and said seizing member having a confining portion to confine said reed piece within a predetermined space for moving so that said reed piece moves toward or away from said plurality of through holes by means of reciprocally moving said piston rod to improve the air compression efficiency while said air compressor is operating.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: Fei-Tyh CHUANG
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Publication number: 20090263263Abstract: A suction device (10) is described. The suction device (10) includes a cylinder (11) having a semi-closed end (113), a suction tip (13) connected to the semi-closed end (113), a piston (12), an elastic member (16) and an electromagnetic member (17). The piston (12) is slidably received in the cylinder (11), the piston (12) and the semi-closed end (113) encloses a working chamber (122). One end of the elastic member (16) is connected to the cylinder (11), the other end is connected to the piston (12). The electromagnetic member (17) causes the piston (12) to slide back and forth in the cylinder (11) to vary the volume of the working chamber (122) by adjusting the magnetic field of the electromagnetic member (17).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: HUNG-CHEN WU
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Publication number: 20090263262Abstract: A linear compressor (1) includes a cylinder (21) with a piston (22) connected through a main spring (19) and a planar spring (20). One or more flat blocks of permanent magnet material (17) with large faces of the blocks facing a stator (15) and defining armature poles are secured to a connecting rod (30). A lateral support (52) acts between the cylind (21) and the connecting rod (30) at a location midway between the permanent magnet material and the piston (22) allowing axial movement of the connecting rod (30) but transferring side loads to the cylinder (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventor: Ian Campbell McGill
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Publication number: 20090263258Abstract: A hydraulic power unit that uses a quantity of media within a cavity adjacent to and surrounding a hydraulic assembly in the housing of the hydraulic power unit to reduce the overall noise of the unit. Additionally, the cavity either seals the media from the moving parts of the hydraulic assembly or isolates the media from the moving parts of the hydraulic assembly to ensure damage to the hydraulic assembly does not result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: SAUER-DANFOSS INC.Inventor: Michael D. Gandrud
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Publication number: 20090257893Abstract: The pump unit according to the invention is formed by assembling a pump module (9) comprising a body having a cavity (10) forming a working chamber, a translationally mobile piston (15) engaging leaktightly in the cavity (10) via a seal (14), at least one channel (12, 13) formed in the body to connect the working chamber to a use circuit, a linear actuating module comprising an actuating member (3) that is translationally mobile coaxially with the piston (15), and a connecting and guiding module (18) for establishing a mechanical connection between the pump module (9) and the linear actuating module (2) and for precise guidance of the piston (15) coaxially with the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventor: Khaled Abousaleh
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Publication number: 20090254246Abstract: In a pneumatic brake system for a motor vehicle, a variable speed electric motor is connected to a high voltage direct current power supply for variable energization, thus varying the operating rate of a compressor and the rate of pressurization of the brake system storage tanks. The operating rate of the compressor is varied responsive to pressure readings taken from the storage tanks during pressurization to minimize energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventors: Aiqi Yang, Colin J. Casey
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Publication number: 20090253994Abstract: A self-actuated cylinder comprising a cylinder housing comprising electro-magnetic force generating means to generate electro-magnetic forces, and a piston within the cylinder housing, wherein the electro-magnetic forces act directly on the piston to displace the piston within the cylinder housing. The self-actuated cylinder can be used as an oscillation spirometer to determine air flow, an input impedance or Forced Oscillation pulmonary mechanics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2006Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Thomas Schuessler, Ilan Benjamin Urovitch
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Patent number: 7591638Abstract: Disclosed is a structure for fixing a motor stator of a reciprocating compressor, the reciprocating compressor comprising: a frame unit mounted in a casing and elastically supported; a reciprocating motor including an outer stator coupled to the frame unit, an inner stator inserted into the outer stator, and a mover inserted between the outer stator and the inner stator; and a compression unit for compressing a refrigerant by receiving a linear-reciprocation driving force of the reciprocating motor, wherein the inner stator and the frame unit contacting the inner stator are coupled to each other by welding. According to this, the structure is simplified and a fabrication cost is reduced by facilitating a fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyuk Lee, Sang-Sub Jeong
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Publication number: 20090226332Abstract: A pump includes a housing with a pumping chamber, first and second check valves, and an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the pumping chamber through the check valves. The housing also includes a linear actuator with a pumping element located in the pumping chamber wherein actuation of the linear actuator induces the pumping element to move in the pumping chamber between the first and second check valves between a first position wherein the pump element moves toward the first check valve and generates a positive pressure in the pumping chamber with the positive pressure maintaining said first check valve closed and opening the second check valve to allow the fluid in the pumping chamber to flow to the outlet, and a second position wherein the pumping element moves away from the first check valve and reduces the pressure in the pumping chamber to allow the first check valve to open and draw in fluid from the inlet into the pumping chamber to thereby pump fluid from the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: HUMPHREY PRODUCTS COMPANYInventors: Thomas H. Tinholt, Jeffrey J. Elsesser
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Publication number: 20090199724Abstract: The evacuation device is configured to remove air from a container via a one-way valve element attached to the container. The evacuation device includes a motor with a rotating shaft that extends along an axis line. The shaft is operably interconnected to a reciprocating element reciprocally movable within a chamber along a direction parallel to the axis line. Reciprocal motion of the reciprocal element draws air into and exhausts air from the chamber. To facilitate the operable interconnection, the evacuation device includes a cam having a cylindrical sidewall mounted to the rotating shaft. Disposed circumferentially into the cylindrical sidewall is a channel. The evacuation device further includes a yoke connected to the reciprocal element and having a follower element received in the channel. Rotation of the cam causes the follower element to move with respect to the channel, thereby converting rotational motion to linear translation. The evacuation device may also include a pressure adjustment feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2007Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Scott Binger, Andrew E. Neltner
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Patent number: 7568424Abstract: A seal carrier is provided for an ultrahigh-pressure fluid system having a plunger configured to reciprocate therein along a longitudinal axis when the ultra-high pressure fluid system is in operation, the seal carrier having an inner surface provided with a first portion configured to captively receive a seal, substantially preventing displacement of the seal in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a second portion configured to circumferentially surround a bearing. The seal carrier is further provided with an outer surface having a recess formed along at least a portion of a circumference thereof, the recess at least partially positioned opposite the first portion of the inner surface along a lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Flow International CorporationInventors: Jordan J. Hopkins, Adrian Hawes
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Publication number: 20090191073Abstract: Magnetic pumping systems and methods of pumping using such systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for pumping fluid comprises: a substantially cylinder-shaped pump housing (200); a magnetic piston (210) residing within the pump housing (200) for displacing the fluid; a magnetic actuator (220) surrounding the pump housing (200), wherein the magnetic actuator (220) is configured to move the piston (210) by a magnetic force between the magnetic piston (210) and the magnetic actuator (220); and a magnetic ring (230) surrounding and attached to the magnetic actuator (220) for increasing a magnitude of the magnetic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Herbert Kopecek, Michael Bernhard Schmitz, Johannes Eckstein, Nicola Marcucci, Stefano Meucci, Carlos Jimenez Haertel
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Publication number: 20090180905Abstract: A pump element includes a pump element housing defining a pump chamber having an inlet and an outlet, and at least a first movable element movable in the pump chamber between a first and a second position. During a movement of the first movable element in the direction from the first to the second position, a flow resistance of a flow path from the first movable element through the inlet is larger than a flow resistance of a flow path between the pump element housing and the first movable element. During a movement of the first movable element in the direction from the second position to the first position, a flow resistance of a flow path from the first movable element through the outlet is smaller than a flow resistance of the flow path between the pump element housing and the first movable element. Thus, during a reciprocating movement of the first movable element between the first and the second position, a net flow through the outlet takes place.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2007Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Heinz Kueck, Daniel Benz, Frank Wolter
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Publication number: 20090175743Abstract: There is disclosed a compressor capable of easily adjusting top clearances in a case where metal gaskets are used as a seal material between a valve plate and a casing main body. In the compressor in which pistons reciprocate in cylinders of the casing main body constituting a casing to perform a compression work and which is constituted by fixing cylinder heads with bolts to the casing main body via the seal material and the valve plate, the seal material to be interposed between the valve plate and the casing body is constituted by superimposing a plurality of metal gaskets on one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Sakamoto, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yoshiaki Koike, Shinya Itabashi
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Patent number: 7556480Abstract: A fluid pump comprising a plurality of piston cylinders (1, 2, 3, 4), wherein each individual cylinder has a piston rod (5, 6, 7, 8) with a piston (9, 10, 11, 12) arranged in the cylinder and a valve housing (13, 14, 15, 16) mounted at the end of the cylinder opposite the piston rod, and a drive arrangement for the piston rods, said drive arrangement comprising two main gearwheels (17, 18) which mesh and rotate in opposite directions. The present fluid pump is characterized in that the reciprocating motion of the piston rods (5, 6, 7, 8), which extend in pairs in opposite directions, is effected with the aid of two beams (19, 20) that are fixed to the end of the respective pair of piston rods opposite the pistons (9, 10, 11, 12), and which extend at right angles relative to the piston rods, and that the beams are connected to the main gearwheels (17 18) by shaft pins (21, 22, 22, 23) which move in pairs in guides (24) provided in the longitudinal direction of the respective beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: EDM Engineering & Drilling Machinery ASInventor: Bjørn Eilertsen
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Patent number: 7544048Abstract: A vibratory pumping machine including a pumping chamber disposed within a housing for the machine having an inlet tube that is insertable into a container having a liquid therein to withdraw the liquid from the container upon actuation of the pumping mechanism also located within the housing. The chamber includes an oscillating rod that engages a resilient outlet member to form a vacuum within the chamber which draws the liquid upwardly through the tube into the chamber for dispensing through the outlet member. A mechanism including the pumping chamber can be utilized to withdraw liquids from within container of various shapes and sizes, as well as to introduce other fluids, such as gases, into containers containing such liquids.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Inventors: Grigori Lishanski, Oleg Lishanski
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Publication number: 20090097994Abstract: An improved apparatus and method are provided, for pumping fluids, such as water and/or hydrocarbons, from a subterranean formation or reservoir, through use of a cranked rod pumping (CRP) apparatus for imparting reciprocating substantially vertical motion to a rod of a sucker-rod pump having a pump stroke. The CRP apparatus includes a motor driven cranked mechanical actuator arrangement. The cranked mechanical actuator arrangement includes a substantially vertically moveable member attached to the rod of the sucker-rod pump for imparting and controlling vertical motion of the rod of the sucker-rod pump. The actuator arrangement may include pneumatic counterbalancing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: UNICO, INC.Inventors: Thomas L. Beck, Ronald G. Peterson, Michael A. MacDonald, Michael D. Dry
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Publication number: 20090092508Abstract: A thrust piston pump apparatus PM1 can be driven by an electric motor 110 and is provided with a pump housing 120, a reciprocating piston 130 assembled into the pump housing 120, and a motion conversion mechanism 40 provided between the reciprocating piston 130 and a rotor 113 of the electric motor 110. In the electric motor 110, a tubular rotor 113 is disposed in a stator (magnet 112), and a cylinder portion 121A of the pump housing 120 is coaxially housed in the rotor 113. The reciprocating piston 130 is assembled into the cylinder portion 121? of the pump housing 120 in such a manner as to be able to reciprocate along a cylinder axis. The motion conversion mechanism 140 converts a rotary motion of the rotor 113 of the electric motor 110 in relation to the pump housing 120 and the reciprocating piston 130 to a reciprocating motion of the reciprocating piston 130.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Isono
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Publication number: 20090068026Abstract: An apparatus for pumping fluids from a geologic formation comprising a submersible motor having a motor shaft, wherein said submersible motor is reversible and has a plurality of speed settings; a pump housing connected to said submersible motor by a motor mount, wherein said pump housing has a lubricant contained therein; and a tube connected to said pump housing having a pump barrel disposed therein, wherein said pump barrel has an upper barrel connector that is connected to a standing valve; whereby a reciprocating motion by a ball nut applies said lubricant on a ball screw, and associated method of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: James Henry, David Henry, Milt Skillman
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Patent number: 7497671Abstract: By adopting a construction in which a first balance weight is provided at the side end portion of the eccentric shaft portion of the auxiliary shaft portion and a second balance weight is provided at the side end portion of the eccentric shaft portion of the main shaft portion, it becomes possible to provide sufficient first balance weight and second balance weight, without spoiling the compact size of the compressor, thus enabling the reduction of noise and vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2004Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Kakiuchi, Takeshi Kojima
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Publication number: 20090047144Abstract: A fluid compressor 10 comprising a stator 22, having a bore shaped first chamber 26 and an annular second chamber 30, and a piston 18 comprising a central piston rod 36 having a first piston head 44 and a concentrically arranged cylindrical piston sleeve 38 having a second piston head 48. The stator 22 and piston 18 together define a first compression chamber 12, a second compression chamber 14 provided concentrically around the first chamber 12, and a third compression chamber 16 provided concentrically around the first chamber 12 and linearly with the second chamber 14. The compression chambers 12, 14, 16 are interconnected via intercooling conduits 72, 74. A hydraulic actuator 20 is coupled to the piston 18 by a hydraulic ram 82. During left to right movement of the piston 18 fluid enters the third chamber 16 and fluid is compressed in the second chamber 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: Gasfill LimitedInventors: Norman Kay Leece, Neill Graham Johnson
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Publication number: 20090047153Abstract: A hybrid hydraulic-electric pumping unit (12) with downstroke energy recovery is disclosed which is operated in a conventional flow mode to supply hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic ram (26), and then is operated in a reverse flow mode to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic ram (26) and turn an electric motor (16) to generate electric power. A single hydraulic hose (48) connects the pump (18) to the hydraulic ram (26), and is used for both passing the hydraulic fluid from the pump (18) to the hydraulic ram (26) and from the ram (26) to the pump (18). The potential energy of the weight of sucker rods (10) lifted in operating the pumping unit (12) is recovered by operating the pump (18) and motor (16) with return of the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic ram (26) through the pump (18), which turns the motor (16) to generate electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventor: Larry D. Best
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Publication number: 20090035629Abstract: A multi-channel pump includes a pump chamber, an inflow passage connected to the pump chamber, two or more outflow passages connected to the pump chamber, outflow side active valves provided so as to correspond to the outflow passages, and a movable body reciprocated to change a volumetric capacity of the pump chamber. The movable body may be a piston reciprocated within a cylinder that is connected to the pump chamber. A control method for a multi-channel pump includes an initial discharge step between a suction step and a discharge step. The multi-channel pump may be preferably utilized in a fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicants: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Yokozawa, Kenji Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20090016913Abstract: Piston assemblies for rocking piston compressors, diaphragm compressors and vacuum pumps are provided wherein the overall mass of each piston assembly is identical to that of the other assembly despite having rod tops, retainers and diaphragms of different diameters and therefore different capacities. Each piston assembly includes a connecting rod connected to a rod top that supports a cup seal and a retainer or retainer plate. The mass of each rod is equal to that of the other rod despite the differing geometries. The mass of each retainer is the same as that of the other retainer despite the differing geometries. The overall length and stroke length of each piston assembly is the same. As a result, centers of gravity of the piston assemblies are continuously balanced on either side of the drive shaft in terms of distance from the drive shaft and in absolute value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: GAST MANUFACTURING, INC., A DIVISION OF IDEX CORPORATIONInventor: Troy Smits
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Publication number: 20090000790Abstract: A short stroke piston pump for recovering oil and/or water from marginal stripper wells, tar sands and coal beds includes a motor connected to one end of a drive rod, the motor capable of moving the drive rod in a generally up and down direction. A piston is connected to another end of the drive rod, the piston and drive rod are disposed in a riser pipe, the piston is adapted to transport fluid up the riser pipe as the piston moves up and down in the riser pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: BLACKHAWK ENVIRONMENTAL CO.Inventor: Mark Bertane
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Publication number: 20080314581Abstract: An unlimited stroke drive method for pumping fluid from an oil well in which the well has a tubing string extending from the earth's surface down to a fluid producing formation. The method includes the steps of positioning a pump barrel within the tubing, an upper end of the pump barrel having communication through a standing valve with the interior of the tubing string, vertically reciprocating a length of flexible cable within the tubing string to vertically reciprocate a plunger within the pump barrel to allow a lower portion to quickly fill with fluid from the producing formation and then to a downward position in which fluid within the pump barrel lower portion is transferred through a traveling valve to an area within the pump barrel above the plunger to move formation fluid from within the pump barrel to the interior of the tubing and thence to the earth's surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventor: T. Leon Brown
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Publication number: 20080314238Abstract: The invention relates to a reciprocating-piston pump having an electromagnetically driveable reciprocating piston, which is mounted with a restoring spring, for feeding a liquid, an impact damper composed of an elastomer for damping an impact of the reciprocating piston at the end of a feed phase, a core flange which is situated opposite the reciprocating piston, with a gap which is dependent on the position of the reciprocating piston being provided between the reciprocating piston and the core flange. Here, the invention is characterized in that the kinetic energy of the reciprocating piston during an early feed interval of a feed phase is absorbed primarily by the restoring spring and the feed of the liquid, and in that the kinetic energy of the reciprocating piston during a late feed interval of a feed phase is absorbed primarily by the hydraulic damping of the liquid present in the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventor: Heiko NEUNER
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Publication number: 20080310977Abstract: A compact compressor comprising a first tubular housing portion; a second tubular housing portion having a first end region open to the first tubular housing portion and a second end region defining a compression chamber and housing a piston; an electric motor carried by the first tubular housing portion; a driving means connecting the piston to the electric motor; a valve plate seated against the second end region of the second tubular housing portion; and an end cover fixed to the second tubular housing portion and acting against the valve plate and providing, internally and through the valve plate, fluid communications between the compression chamber and the suction line and discharge line of a refrigeration circuit to which the compressor is coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.Inventors: Emerson Moreira, Fabricio Caldeira Possamai, Davi Luis Goergen, Marcos Francisco Ietka
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Publication number: 20080304984Abstract: A handheld device includes a casing having a cylinder presenting an opening for placement upon a user's skin. A motor is housed within the casing. A piston driven by the motor oscillates within the cylinder toward and away from the skin of a user to cause a pressure fluctuation thereagainst.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventor: Man-Yan Chan
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Patent number: 7462018Abstract: An air compressor includes a supporting base having an arm extended from a plate, and a cylinder housing formed integral with the arm and the plate and having an outlet tube. The cylinder housing includes three or more ducts extended outwardly from the outlet tube and communicating with the outlet tube, for attaching a pressure gauge, a nozzle or other devices. A piston is slidably received in the cylinder housing. A motor is attached to the plate, and includes a spindle extendible through either the lower or the upper portion of the plate, and coupled to the piston with an eccentric member, to move the piston to the cylinder housing in a reciprocating action, in order to generate pressurized air.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Inventor: Wen San Chou
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Publication number: 20080298988Abstract: An air pump having an adjustable interval between an electromagnetic device and an air chamber includes at least a upper cap, a base, an electromagnetic device, an air chamber and a regulator. The regulator has a rotary knob to drive a bolt and move a coupling member up and down. The coupling member has struts at two sides to force a guiding slot of a coupling seat to move thereby to drive the electromagnetic device to move forwards and rearwards for adjustment. As a result the moving frequency of the crank in the air chamber can be altered to adjust the air supply amount being delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventor: Chiao-Ming Wang
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Publication number: 20080292475Abstract: Driving controlling apparatus and method for a reciprocating compressor capable of stably driving a reciprocating compressor when a reciprocating compressor is operated or an output capacity of the reciprocating compressor is varied, by matching an impedance of the apparatus to an inductance of a motor, and capable of enhancing an efficiency of the reciprocating compressor. The apparatus comprises an output capacity determining unit for determining an output capacity of a reciprocating compressor; an over-stroke preventing unit for preventing an over-stroke of a motor inside the reciprocating compressor; and an impedance matching unit for matching an inductance of the reciprocating compressor to an impedance of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Hyeung-Ju Kim, Chang-Oh Kim, Chel-Woong Lee
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Publication number: 20080286133Abstract: The present invention provides an airflow generator, including a plate, a magnetic brake and a housing. The plate has a pivot point and a swinging end. Two magnetic poles are assembled at predefined locations on the plate nearby the pivot point. The magnetic coil is located opposite to magnetic poles of the plate, then a controller is used to control the magnetization state of the magnetic coil, thus yielding suction and repulsion with magnetic pole and driving the swinging end of the plate. The volume of the generator of the present invention is minimized, but an efficient heat-radiating effect is achieved to resolve the bottleneck of a typical radiator fan, making it applicable to the heat-radiating structure of various small-sized electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: FORCECON TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sin-Wei HE, Te-Chang Chou, Yau-Yuen Tung, Chen-Chi Jao, Ming-Cyuan Shih
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Publication number: 20080267797Abstract: A linear compressor has a rigid frame (11, 12, 13), on which an oscillating body (16) is held via at least one spring (9) so as to be able to effect reciprocating motion and at least one electromagnet (14, 15) is mounted for driving the reciprocating motion of the oscillating body (16), and having a pump chamber (13) forming part of the frame, in which pump chamber a piston, connected to the oscillating body (16), may effect reciprocating motion. The frame (11, 12, 13) is connected in an oscillatory manner to a fixing member (1) for fixing the linear compressor to a support by a diaphragm spring (5, 7, 9) oriented transversely of the direction of movement of the oscillating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Erich Hell, Jan-Grigor Schubert
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Publication number: 20080247889Abstract: A miniature cooling device includes numerous improvements capable of increasing the reliability and useful lifetime of the device, as well as improving electrical power to cooling power conversion efficiency. The improvements include a unitary DC motor shaft design that incorporates a unitary mass flywheel into the shaft element and provides a solid shaft cross-section for increasing magnetic flux density in the DC motor. Additional improvements include a bend resistant flexible vane in the DC motor to compression piston drive coupler, reduced dead space volume within the compression cylinder, improved heat dissipation by a cylinder head cover and an athermalized compressor design that provides uniformly efficient operation over a wide range of operating temperatures. Further improvements include fabrication and coating improvements that increase the life of compression piston and compression cylinder wear surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Uri Bin-Nun, Daniel L. Manitakos