Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for effecting volume control suitable for use with a compressor for compressing a compressible fluid, such as a refrigerant of the refrigeration cycle, wherein a suction fluid is forcedly closed while a suction step is being performed and the fluid drawn up to then by suction into each working chamber is subjected to adiabatic expansion during the rest of the suction stroke. The fluid in the working chamber subjected to adiabatic expansion is then subjected to adiabatic compression in initial stages of a compression stroke following the suction stroke only for a period corresponding to the period of the adiabatic expansion. An on-off control valve is mounted in a fluid suction passage and operative to be brought, when it is necessary to effect volume control, to a closed position while the suction stroke is being performed, to thereby interrupt the flow of the fluid through the fluid suction passage to the working chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed which may be used in removing contaminants from underground petroleum storage tanks. A positive displacement pump and piping manifold are used to withdraw contaminants from an underground tank and pump those contaminants into a receiving drum. A startup suction valve is utilized to control the rate at which withdrawal is initiated and a bypass valve controls the rate of withdrawal from the tank as the cleaning operation is performed. A sample connection at the pump discharge provides means for determining the contaminant-to-product ratio of fluid being withdrawn from the underground tank. The bypass valve may be adjusted to maximize the contaminant-to-product ratio and minimize the loss of petroleum product.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump includes a number of plungers of the fill/spill port control type, the plungers being hydraulically connected in pairs and through a single shuttle valve to a single fuel spill port controlled by a single solenoid controlled spill valve, the plungers being operable in sequence and in succession to condition one plunger at a time for fuel pressurization while the remaining plungers are in various other phases of operation refilling their fuel chambers with fuel or preparing the air fuel chamber for pressurization.

Abstract: An outdoor water holding and pumping system comprising a water tank into which is recessed a pump housing such that water in the tank surrounds and insulates the housing. A pump is disposed in the pump housing for pumping water from the tank to a desired location. The pump housing has a door providing access to the pump from outside the tank. The system preferably includes a housing conduit which extends from the housing to the base of the tank so that conduits to and from the tank can extend underground, through the tank, and to the pump without being exposed. Reserve conduit means are also preferably provided to provide a reserve supply of water to the pump. The system elements are preferably connected for transporting as a unit.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump assembly comprises a plunger rotatably and telescopically mounted in a pump cylinder and having a plurality of fuel supply slots which are as many as the engine cylinders and movable in response to rotation of the plunger for selective communication with a pair of fuel inlet ports in the pump cylinder. The fuel supply slots are half as many as the engine cylinders and angularly equally spaced at a first angle. The fuel inlet ports are angularly spaced from each other at a second angle which is equal to the product of the first angle and [(1/2)+n (n=0 or a positive integer)].

Abstract: A multipressure compressor machine is described capable of delivering gas or vapor at several different discharge pressures from a single compressor which may be using suction gas or vapor also at several different pressures.

Abstract: A hydrostatic drive system for an excavator is provided having a primary energy source on the excavator, at least one pump installed in a housing for supplying several consumers, a connection between each pump and consumer effected through at least one control block and at least one connection from a consumer through a rotary transmission to the pump and wherein at least some of the pumps, distributors, control blocks and rotary transmission are joined into a common block.

Abstract: In a high-performance, high-pressure liquid chromatography system, gradient elution of solvent components from a plurality of component reservoirs can be accomplished according to a programmed temporally variable ratio by a single reciprocating pump. The pumping cycle comprises a plurality of fill strokes with intervening pumping strokes. During one of the fill strokes of the cycle, a proportioned mixture of solvent components is admitted to the pump chamber from the respective reservoirs by means of proportioning valves. During each of the other fill strokes of the cycle, only a single solvent component is admitted to the pump chamber. Consequently, a relatively low concentration of a particular component can be delivered by the pump with precision over a complete pumping cycle, although a comparatively higher and therefore more accurately measurable concentration of that component is admitted to the pump chamber during any given fill stroke.

Abstract: A system for supplying foam liquid concentrate via a concentrate pump to one or more water pump discharge outlets. The concentrate pump is powered by a variable output hydraulic drive which in turn is automatically modulated independently of the level of operation of the water pump by a control system which is responsive both to the water pressure developed by the water pump and to the foam liquid concentrate pressure developed by the concentrate pump.

Abstract: Pump apparatus, for delivering oil to an oil burner which is supplied with oil in excess, the excess oil being collected in a vessel, includes a pump receiving oil partly from an oil tank and partly from the collection vessel, for delivering the oil to the burner. The pump is provided with separate inlets for oil from the tank and vessel. In the inlet for oil from the tank there is mounted a shut-off valve adapted for opening under the action of a sub-pressure on the pump suction side. In the inlet for oil from the collection vessel there is mounted a valve adapted for actuation by the head of liquid in the collection vessel for opening or closing when said head is respectively above or below a given level.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compact rotating hydraulic drive comprising (a) a housing, (b) a pumpshaft mounted in the housing for both linear translational and rotational movement, (c) a plurality of pumping units operated by rotational motion of the pumpshaft, (d) a valve spool mounted on the pumpshaft but rotatable relative to the pumpshaft, and (e) means selectively operative upon linear translation of the pumpshaft to rotate the valve spool back and forth between a first angular position in which the output of the pump is directed in one manner and a second angular position in which the output of the pump is directed in another manner.

Abstract: A windshield washer having a jet nozzle adapted for ejecting a washing liquid to a windshield, a first reservoir for containing a first liquid such as water, a second reservoir for containing a second liquid such as a detergent solution, and a pump having a rotor for feeding the first or second liquid to the jet nozzle. By rotating the rotor selectively in the forward or reverse direction, the desired first or the second liquid is ejected from the jet nozzle as the washing liquid.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump and valve unit is disclosed which is particularly useful in a system using a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the cab of a truck. The unit includes a pump which is connected to a valve intake chamber which, in turn, opens axially into a flat end of a larger valve chamber. An annular thrust seal is slidably mounted in the valve intake chamber, and spring means biases the thrust seal against the flat end of a valve spool which is rotatably mounted in the valve chamber. The valve spool has a pair of flow passages therein which connect respective ports in the flat end of the valve spool with corresponding ports in the cylindrical surface of the valve spool. The ports in the cylindrical surface of the valve spool register with a second pair of cooperating flow passages which deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure from the unit to a system such as a hydraulic cylinder, and return hydraulic fluid from such system to the unit.

Abstract: To control the flow of fluid from a positive displacement pump to a consumer line, a rotating shutter periodically opens return flow nozzles which permit the pressure-free return of the pumped fluid to a fluid reservoir. In order to provide hydraulic balancing of the forces on the shutter, the return flow nozzles are disposed symmetrically with respect to the axis of the rotating shutter. Pressure peaks which occur when the return flow nozzles are closed cause undesirable noise generation and these pressure peaks are reduced by the disposition of separate check valves associated with each of the symmetric flow conduits. The use of separate check valves reduces the length of the fluid column which must be accelerated upon nozzle closure. To reduce the opening stroke of the check valve, the edge of the valve seat meanders thereby extending its effective length. Axial play of the rotating shutter is controlled by the disposition of a spring loaded glide block.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying molten bituminous material to an elevated level in which the molten bituminous material is pumped by a pump through a valve and up an upstanding supply pipe to the elevated level the supply pipe is in communication through two ports of the valve with the interior of the vat for free draining under gravity of the body of bituminous material from the supply pipe back to the vat when the supply of molten bituminous material to the elevated level is discontinued. While the supply of molten bituminous material to the elevated level is discontinued the bituminous material is pumped through two further ports of the valve for recycling back into the vat, preferably at an end of the vat remote from the pump inlet in order to ensure substantially complete circulation of the molten bituminous material within the vat.

Abstract: Apparatus for conveying a blood sample through a flow cell which measures characteristics such as pH, PCO.sub.2, and PO.sub.2 of the sample and for pumping a wash solution through the cell between samples. The flow cell inlet is selectively connected (1) to a sample-filled syringe for driving sample through the flow cell or (2) to a reservoir of the wash solution. The flow cell outlet is connected by a conduit to a waste receptacle. A rotor of a combined peristaltic pump and valve coacts with an elastomeric tubular section of the conduit. The rotor and the elastomeric section are movable in a transverse direction relative to each other between (1) a first or pumping position wherein the rotor compressively engages the section for pumping fluid wash solution through the cell and the conduit and (2) a second or relaxed position wherein the rotor is released from the section to provide an open unrestricted channel for the flow of sample driven by the syringe through the cell.

Abstract: This invention provides a container delivery system for vending apparatus for vending containers. The delivery system comprises a container store and dispenser, an arm moveable in to and out of the path of travel of a cup dispensed by the container dispenser for receiving the dispensed container to support it temporarily at an angle to its path of travel and an ingredient dispenser mounted to one side of the container dispenser for dispensing a charge of material into the angled container and a guide to guide the container after it has been released by the arm to a discharge part formed in the body of the vending apparatus.

Abstract: A gate valve is threadedly attached to an influent port of a motorized pump of a vehicular fire engine at all times. Thus it is not necessary to stop the pump, remove a cap and connect a water supply hose to the influent port. Instead the supply hose is connected to the gate valve, the valve is purged of air, and then opened to connect the new source without air hammer, or flow interruption. A pressure relief valve on the suction side of the gate, relieves pump pressure whether the gate is open or closed.

Abstract: An unloader assembly for a gas compressor having a compressor suction chamber and a compressor cylinder with a compressor piston slideable therein for effecting one-way gas flow through a suction valve assembly mounted in the compressor suction chamber, said suction valve assembly having a central passage therethrough. An unloader piston is slideably movable in the central passage of the suction valve between a first position closing a plurality of ports in the suction valve each providing communication between the suction chamber and the suction valve central passage and a second position opening the ports. A clearance bottle is mounted on the compressor and a valve controlled aperture permits communication between the suction chamber and the clearance bottle until closed by a clearance bottle valve.

Abstract: An electric steam-spray iron having a pump and a bi-stable valve in a single housing for drawing water from a reservoir and delivering it to either a spray nozzle or a steam generating chamber which communicates with steam ports in the sole plate. The valve's stable state is changed by rocking movement of the pump's piston.