Abstract: A mechanically actuated traveling valve for use in fluid pumping equipment is provided. More particularly, a mechanically actuated traveling plug valve having a valve seat and a valve plug is provided for use in any positive displacement pump with a reciprocating element (either the plunger or the cylinder) capable of pumping fluids of any viscosity, with any gas to liquid ratio, operating at any inclination angle.

Abstract: Pump dispenser comprising a pump and a container for liquid to be dispensed, the pump comprising a pump body mounted in the neck of the container and a plunger reciprocable relative to the pump body to alter the volume of a pump chamber defined in the pump body and having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet leading through an outlet passage to a discharge opening. The pump cylinder body is retained at the container neck. A vent is provided in the cylinder body wall adjacent the neck edge. A vent block ring is disposed in the cylinder body adjacent the vent, and is moveable between blocked and unblocked positions relative to the vent. The vent block ring has an integral upward projecting formation which is engaged by part of the plunger in a locked-down position of the plunger, so that when the plunger is locked down the vent block element blocks the vent, while in a relatively extended position of the plunger the vent block element is in the unblocked position.

Abstract: A dispenser pump has a plunger operable in a body including an outer cylinder body having a vent opening in its sidewall and a body insert fitting into the top of the body cylinder and providing an external collar through which the plunger stem operates. The body insert has a lock-down thread to lock down the plunger for shipping. The insert also has an undulating annular vent-control bead extending right round its cylindrical outer surface, engaging the cylinder wall with interference for either blocking or unblocking the vent opening, according to whether the vent-control bead lies above or below the interior vent opening, by rotation between the body cylinder and body insert. The rotation can be driven by rotation of the plunger head, which makes a catch engagement with the top of the body insert. Blocking the vent during shipping reduces leakage.

Abstract: A piston for a single-stroke pump includes a pump rod, a seal ring extending about the pump rod and having a central bore, and a retaining device disposed on the pump rod and retaining the seal ring on the pump rod. In a forward stroke, the seal ring is in a first position whereby the seal ring sealingly engages the pump rod such that the seal ring and pump rod drive a fluid out of the pump chamber. When transitioning to a return stroke, the seal ring is maintained stationary relative to the pump cylinder until retaining device engages seal ring, such that seal ring is in a second position. With the seal ring in the second position, a flow path is opened between the seal ring and the pump rod, allowing fluid to flow into the pump chamber to prime the pump the next pump cycle.

Abstract: A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.

Abstract: A cryogenic pump for pumping cryogenic fluid is provided. The pump includes a pump assembly adapted for exposure to cryogenic fluid that includes a plurality of pumping elements disposed about a pump axis. A drive assembly drives the pumping elements to pump cryogenic fluid. A plurality of actuating elements are arranged circumferentially about the pump axis, each actuating element operatively interconnecting the drive assembly with a respective one of the pumping elements. Each actuating element includes a first portion disposed a first radial distance from the pump axis and a second portion disposed a second radial distance from the pump axis with the first radial distance being less than the second radial distance at ambient temperature.

Abstract: A reciprocable liquid pump having a priming cylinder affixed beneath the lower valve housing, and a priming piston rod affixed to the lower end of the pump piston valve assembly. A priming piston and priming valve are affixed to the lower end of the priming piston rod, the priming piston being slidable over a limited range of movement along the priming piston rod and having a central opening with a beveled valve seat. The priming valve forms a conical valve surface which is engageable against the priming piston valve seat to provide a controllable flow path through the center opening of the priming piston.

Abstract: This invention relates to a vacuum pump. The pump includes a pump housing (10) having upper and lower cylindrical, partly liquid filled, compression chambers (11 and 12 respectively) which are separated from each other and in which an upper and a lower part (14, 15) of a piston (12) is movable. The piston has a passage (21) which is provided with a check valve and which provides communication between the upper and the lower chamber (11 and 12 respectively). The upper chamber communicates, via an opening (26) which is provided with a check valve, with a liquid filled de-aeration receptacle (27). The lower chamber (12), during a part of the movement of the piston, via an inlet (33), communicates with the space being evacuated.

Abstract: A reciprocating pump which substantially eliminates cavitation problems without imposing capacity and flow limitations to maintain a net positive suction head.

Abstract: A reciprocating priming piston pump is provided with a piston check valve which provides improved performance by minimizing the pressure drop there through. A dog-bone shaped seat is slideably located inside a piston which in turn slides inside the cylinder of the pump. The piston is restrained at one end by seating upon the valve seat and its outer end by contact with the displacement rod. Rounded surfaces on the valve seat contribute to smooth flow and a slotted guide fingers in the upper end of the piston allow ample flow into the upper chamber from the lower chamber.

Abstract: A pump is disclosed comprising a piston plunger with a valve disposed in it. The ratio of the flow area on either side of the valve is optimized.

Abstract: A fluid pump is disclosed having a plunger reciprocating within a working cylinder and a standing intake retention valve. The plunger comprises a stem having affixed to it a plug and a stop, a body being slidably engaged to the cylinder an located on the discharge side of the plug and on the intake side of the stop. Upon the upstroke of the plunger, a plug surface engages with a body seal and therefore pumps the fluid before it. Meanwhile, fluid flows in behind the plunger through the standing intake retention valve. Optionally, a standing discharge retention valve is employed to alleviate the vapor lock condition caused by the combination of counterpressure effect and gases in the fluid. On the downstroke, the plug disengages from the body, allowing fluid to flow noncompressibly past the plunger. Wiper means keep the cylinder surface clean of precipitated solids, so as to prevent abrasion to the sliding exterior surface of the body.

Abstract: Two flanged sleeves, closed and valved at one end, and a bonnet with two gudgeons act as a cylinder-piston mechanism for pumping. The upper sleeve is movable and spring-loaded, accepts and is filled with liquid. When the bonnet is depressed, through its gudgeons, upper valve is closed, upper sleeve is pushed down, lower valve is constrained open, and the content is pumped into a discharge.

Abstract: A positive displacement pump particularly useful in pumping viscous fluids which may or may not contain gases, including water vapor, and/or suspended solids in which the actual flow equals the theoretical maximum flow through a check valve associated with the pump, said pump including a piston having a plug valve incorporated therein which has limited reciprocable movement within an extension of the piston, and, also, within a cage which is reciprocable within said extension, the flow area within the piston downstream from the plug being at least equal to the flow area past the plug.

Abstract: A positive displacement pump particularly useful in pumping viscous fluids which may or may not contain gases, including water vapor, and/or suspended solids in which the actual flow equals the theoretical maximum flow through a check valve associated with the pump, said pump including a piston having a plug valve incorporated therein which has limited reciprocable movement within an extension of the piston, the flow area within the piston downstream from the plug being proportioned, by restriction if necessary, to equal the flow area past the plug.

Abstract: A non-return valve for use in plastic injection molding is disclosed comprising an elongated body having a threaded end for connection to one end of a reciprocating feed screw. A first removable valve seat insert is received over a cylindrical portion on the valve body and is in abutment with a shoulder formed on the body. A second removable valve seat insert is also received over the cylindrical body portion and is axially spaced from the first valve seat by a tubular spacer. A ring-shaped valve member having valve surfaces on each end face thereof is disposed between the first and second valve seat inserts. An anti-rotation pin is mounted in the valve body and extends into a keyway type notch formed into the first valve insert. The axial clamping force developed by the threaded connection between the valve body and the feed screw functions to clamp the valve seat inserts and the tubular spacer into assembly.

Abstract: In a screw injection molding machine comprising a non-return device at the screwhead, said device comprising a pressure ring which is displaceable on the screwhead between front and rear abutments, is guided in the cylinder by its outer periphery and defines a flow gap with its inner periphery, a check valve for closing the flow gap against reverse flow is disposed near the front of the pressure ring whereby to facilitate rapid response of the non-return device without loss of material and obtain a substantially constant weight of injected material, particularly in the case of materials of low viscosity. The check valve may comprise a lightweight washer or valve ring.

Abstract: A fluid pump with a standing valve above a traveling piston within a housing bore. The traveling piston is mounted on a rod which extends through the housing to a drive mechanism. The traveling piston is constructed so that on the downstroke fluid may pass through a valve in the piston to the bore area above the piston. At the bottom of the downstroke side inlet ports are exposed above the traveling piston to allow more fluid to enter into the bore area above the traveling piston. There is a bottom inlet for fluid to enter during the downstroke of the traveling piston. The upper standing valve raises during the upstroke to unseal outlet ports.

Abstract: A power generator comprising: body means having three chambers separated from each other by fixed fluid-tight partitions and having a central bore. Shaft means are rotatably mounted in the central bore of the body means with at least one end of the shaft means extending from the body means. At least two drive cylinders are mounted in the central one of the chambers in the body means, each of the drive cylinders include two pistons which are slidably mounted in opposition with each piston having two opposite working faces. The piston rods are attached to the corresponding ones of the pistons traversing a respective of the partitions through stationary fluid-tight joints for allowing the piston rods to move therethrough on a pure translational movement. Two swash plate means are provided. Each of the swash plate means includes a respective lateral one of the chambers.