Abstract: A mortise-tenon jointed air pump has a holding base, an inflation cylinder assembly, an inflation connector assembly, and an air pressure gauge. The holding base has a hollow housing. The inflation cylinder assembly is connected to an inlet end of the housing. The inflation connector assembly is mounted in an exhaust opening of the housing. The air pressure gauge is mounted in a pressure sensing portion of the holding base. The housing of the holding base and a connector of the inflation cylinder assembly are connected with each other by engaging at least one engaging protrusion in at least one engaging groove. Moreover, by inserting at least one retaining block through the housing and the connector, a relative position of the connector and the holding base is locked.

Abstract: An Example can include an elongate pump barrel extending along a length and defining an elongate hollow piston chamber. The Example can include a piston slidably movable within the piston chamber to compress air within the piston chamber. The Example can include a piston rod connected to the piston. The Example can include a handle connected to the piston rod to reciprocally slide the piston in the piston chamber. The Example can include a piston rod seal disposed around the piston rod and coupled with the elongate pump barrel. The Example can include a downward opening air intake passage, located away from the rod seal, in fluid communication with a top of the piston.

Abstract: A pump that includes a body having a base and a top portion, wherein the base is configured to be anchored to the ground and the top portion is detachably connected to an upper plate in the body. The pump includes a handle assembly including a piston rod, handle bar, and cap that are detachably connected to each other by a fastener. The pump includes a tube positioned in the body. The tube slidably receives the piston rod and is connected to an air line. A hose is connected to the air line and extends from the body. The hose has a head configured to engage the nozzle of a tire. When the piston rod is moved downward within the tube, air is displaced from the tube and through the air line to the hose such that the head dispenses air.

Abstract: A portable pump includes a cylinder, a nozzle, a valve, a piston rod, a tube, and a pressure sensing device. The nozzle connects with the cylinder and includes a passage connectable with the inflatable. The valve is mounted between the cylinder and the nozzle. The piston rod has a rod hole and is connected with a piston and a handle. The handle includes a recess. The tube is connected with the valve. The pressure sensing device is disposed in the recess. The pressure sensing device can measure a pressure value of the air flowing into the recess and is connectable with a mobile electronic device via wireless transmission for indication.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A fuel pump for an automotive vehicle includes a housing having an opening extending therethrough, and a piston slidably supported within the opening. A pair of end caps are mounted to the housing, thereby encasing the piston within the opening. First and second pumping chambers are defined by the opening, first and second ends of the piston, and the end caps. Each of the first and second pumping chambers has an inlet adapted to allow fuel to flow into the pumping chambers and an outlet adapted to allow fuel to flow out of the pumping chambers. A drive device is adapted to move the piston back and forth within the opening, thereby alternately increasing and decreasing the volumes of the first and second pumping chambers.

Abstract: A dual cylinder apparatus for a reciprocal hermetic compressor with a cylinder body having two open ends. A pair of valve plate units are disposed at both ends of the cylinder body, and have refrigerant discharge holes formed therein. A pair of pistons are movably disposed in the cylinder body and reciprocate therein. A piston bar having one end connected to a connecting rod is slidably supported on the valve plate units and reciprocate thereon while supporting the pistons. The piston bar has a refrigerant discharge hole through which a refrigerant, located in between the pistons, is discharged outside the cylinder body. A discharge valve movably disposed between the pistons opens one gap between one of the pistons and the cylinder body and closes a second gap between the other piston and the cylinder body.

Abstract: A gas compressor and method according to which a plurality of inlet valve assemblies are angularly spaced around a bore. A piston reciprocates in the bore to draw the fluid from the valve assemblies during movement of the piston unit in one direction and compress the fluid during movement of the piston unit in the other direction and the valve assemblies prevent fluid flow from the bore to the valve assemblies during the movement of the piston in the other direction. A discharge valve is associated with the piston to permit the discharge of the compressed fluid from the bore.

Abstract: A dual cylinder apparatus for a reciprocal hermetic compressor with a cylinder body having two open ends. A pair of valve plate units are disposed at both ends of the cylinder body, and have refrigerant discharge holes formed therein. A pair of pistons are movably disposed in the cylinder body and reciprocate therein. A piston bar having one end connected to a connecting rod is slidably supported on the valve plate units and reciprocate thereon while supporting the pistons. The piston bar has a refrigerant discharge hole through which a refrigerant, located in between the pistons, is discharged outside the cylinder body. A discharge valve movably disposed between the pistons opens one gap between one of the pistons and the cylinder body and closes a second gap between the other piston and the cylinder body.

Abstract: A fuel pump for an automotive vehicle includes a housing having an opening extending therethrough, and a piston slidably supported within the opening. A pair of end caps are mounted to the housing, thereby encasing the piston within the opening. First and second pumping chambers are defined by the opening, first and second ends of the piston, and the end caps. Each of the first and second pumping chambers has an inlet adapted to allow fuel to flow into the pumping chambers and an outlet adapted to allow fuel to flow out of the pumping chambers. A drive device is adapted to move the piston back and forth within the opening, thereby alternately increasing and decreasing the volumes of the first and second pumping chambers.

Abstract: A high-volume low pressure hand operated air pump comprised of a tube body with a plunger shaft inserted into one end thereof and a check valve at the other end thereof with a floating seal secured to the internal end of the plunger shaft comprised of a captured double sided annular disk having a closed cell foam plastic seal on one side thereof and a plastic stiffener of the same plastic material integrated thereto for supporting the foam sealing side thereof

Abstract: A compressor includes a housing having an upward extending tube coupled to a pressure gage. A piston is slidably received in the housing and has an annular groove for loosely receiving a sealing ring and has one or more notches communicating with the annular groove of the piston. A gear is driven by a motor and coupled to the piston with an eccentric pin for moving the piston along the housing in a reciprocating action. The gear has one half of greater teeth than that of the other half for increasing the driving effect of the compressor.

Abstract: A pump which performs a pumping function by reciprocally moving a piston by driving a connecting rod so as to maintain a pump chamber in an airtight condition with a diaphragm sandwiched between a piston disposed on a side of a pump chamber and the connecting rod, wherein the diaphragm has a planar plate like form as a whole and a curved portion which is transformed around the piston so as to be brought close to the piston.

Abstract: A pump includes a main body, an inner tube mounted in the main body, and a hollow piston slidably mounted in the main body and partially receiving the inner tube. A piston is mounted in the main body and slidable along the inner tube. Two O-rings are mounted in two annular grooves in an outer periphery of the piston. A plug is secured to a lower end of the inner tube and includes two O-rings in two annular groove in an outer periphery thereof. A handle is attached to the piston rod for manual operation. The annular grooves of the piston and the plug include notches arranged in a manner to allow air to be outputted during each stroke of the piston rod.

Abstract: A pump includes a main body, a piston slidably received in the main body, and a hose having a first end attached to an end of the main body and a second end attached to the piston. A handle is attached to a piston rod, which, in turn, is attached to the piston. Air is outputted to a main passage via the hose during an outward stroke. Air is outputted to the main passage via a hole defined in the end of the main body during an inward stroke.

Abstract: An air pump with dual air intakes includes a pump body having an enclosed end with a securing point at its inner side for retaining a diaphragm, and an open end connecting to a cover. The cover has a securing point at its inner side for retaining a diaphragm. The cover and the enclosed end are provided with multiple air inlets. The diaphragms may cover the air inlets. The cover has a central hole through which a piston rod passes. A piston is connected to an inner end of the piston rod and is provided with an annular groove with through holes communicating with the piston rod. The annular groove is fitted with an annular gasket. A pump head is connected to a projected end of the piston rod. The pump head is connected to an air outlet and a check valve communicating with the piston rod. When the piston displaces, air is drawn in via the ends of the pump body through the annular gasket and the annular groove into the piston rod via the through holes and is then discharged via the check valve and the air outlet.

Abstract: A hand pump includes a piston slidably engaged in a housing for separating the housing into two chambers. A tube is secured on top of the housing. The piston includes two annular grooves for receiving two sealing rings. A piston rod has one end secured to the piston and has the other end extended outward of the housing. The piston may pump the air in upper chamber into the tube when the piston moves upward, and the air in the lower chamber may be pumped into the tube when the piston moves downward. The tube includes two mouths for engaging with different tire valves.

Abstract: An air pump with dual air intakes includes a hollow pump body, a securing cover, a piston rod, a piston, an air outlet, a check valve, an air duct and a handle. The pump body has one end connected to the air outlet and the check valve. The peripheral rim of the pump body near the air outlet is provided with multiple air inlets. A diaphragm is disposed at the inner side of the peripheral rim. The other end of the pump body is connected to the securing cover provided with multiple air inlets. A diaphragm is secured to the inner side of the securing cover. Both diaphragms may cover the corresponding air inlets. The piston is connected to one end of the piston rod and is provided with an annular groove at its periphery. The annular groove has through holes communicating with the piston rod and is fitted with an annular gasket. The piston rod has fitted therein the air duct connecting to the air outlet. The other end of the piston rod projects from the pump body and connected to the handle.

Abstract: The disclosed manually operated bicycle pump is portable on the frame of a bicycle and need not be detached from the bicycle frame when in use. The disclosed pump transfers substantially the same volume of air to a pneumatic tube or tire on both inward and outward strokes and preferably employs a more efficient double u-cup seal structure in the piston head assembly. In addition, the disclosed pump preferably employs a more efficient and easily manufacturable flex value structure to seal or open an air inlet port. The disclosed pump design allows the body of the pump to be anchored such that the user is free to use a more efficient set of human musculature to operate the pump.

Abstract: A hand pump includes a housing having two chambers communicated with each other. An attachment member is secured to the front portion of the housing. A piston is slidably engaged in one of the chambers and includes two annular grooves for receiving two sealing rings. A piston rod has one end secured to the piston and has the other end extended outward of the housing. The piston may pump the air in front of the piston into the attachment member when the piston moves forward, and the air in the rear portion of the piston may be pumped into the attachment member via the other chamber.

Abstract: An improved pump structure including a shaft tube, a pivot tube, a piston element, a push and pull element and a handle element. The shaft tube is inserted inside the tube. The pivot tube's two ends are respectively connected to the handle element and the piston element. The piston element is disposed in the air chamber of the push and pull element. By an ingenious arrangement of holes, tubes and unidirectional valves, the reciprocating travels of the push and pull element permit simultaneous pumping and air intake, increasing the pumping efficiency.

Abstract: An air pump piston is provided peripherally with a first leakproof ring and a second leakproof ring, which are located respectively and contiguously at both ends of the piston. Located peripherally between the first and the second leakproof rings is a radially disposed air hole. The piston is fastened at the second end thereof with a piston rod such that the air hole of the piston is in communication with an axial passageway of the piston rod. The piston is further provided peripherally between the first leakproof ring and the air hole with at least one first duct disposed radially. The piston is still further provided peripherally with at least one second duct which is disposed radially and located between the second leakproof ring and the air hole. The piston is provided at the first end thereof with an air admitting hole in communication with the first duct. The piston is provided at the second end thereof with an air duct in communication with the second duct.

Abstract: An air pump comprises a head; an air guiding tube fastened at one end thereof with the head and at another end thereof with a two-way air admitting piston; a first cylinder fitted over the two-way air admitting piston such that the first cylinder can be caused to move back and forth; a first one-way valve disposed in the anterior end of the first cylinder; a second piston disposed in another end of the first cylinder; a first one-way valve permitting air to enter only the first cylinder; a second cylinder fitted movably over the second piston; and a second one-way valve disposed in the second cylinder to permit air to enter only the second cylinder which is fastened with the first cylinder without being able to move in relation to the first cylinder.

Abstract: A body having a longitudinal axis, and parallel bearing surfaces at opposite axial ends thereof, has grooves formed therein, adjacent both axial ends thereof for receiving sealing rings therein. The body is interposed between fluid-control valves which are centrally supported, in spaced-apart disposition on a reciprocable rod, for abutting engagement thereof with the outermost peripheries of axial ends of the valves to support the valves and prevent bending moments from being exerted on the valves, and the grooves-receivable sealing rings offer enhanced fluid sealing over that carried by the valves themselves.

Abstract: The present invention is a compressor using an Oldham-type assembly functioning as a piston to provide a compressing pump. An orbiting plate is eccentrically mounted on the crankshaft, and a compressing pump body is fixed within the interior of the housing. An Oldham piston is disposed within the compressing pump and has tabs which engage slots on the orbiting plate. The side walls of the pump body prevent movement of the Oldham piston in a first direction so that the orbiting of the plate causes the piston to reciprocate in a second, orthogonal direction. Suction valves on the piston control entry of refrigerant into the compressing pump, and discharging valves control refrigerant discharge.

Abstract: A manually operable spray pump with a double-action pump and a detachable fluid reservoir. A pump cylinder has valves at each end to admit air into one of two pump chambers formed by a piston and means to simultaneously force air from the other chamber down a shaft and out over a fluid discharge port, thereby pulling fluid from the reservoir and spraying it from the device.

Abstract: A hand pump having a cylinder and piston in which the piston head is formed with an annular channel having an opening in the base of the annular channel in free communication with the interior of a hollow piston rod. A pair of radially-projecting stops extend outwardly from the base of the channel adjacent the opening. A pair of O-rings are positioned within the channel with one on either side of the stops with the O-rings having an inner diameter closely fitting the surface of the base and an outer diameter when in an unstressed position engage in a sliding relation the inner surface of the cylinder. Chambers are formed on either end of the piston head and are provided with valve inlets.

Abstract: The assembly, designed for use in combination with a straight-cylinder, gas-compression chamber, has a center bolt which is threaded at opposite ends thereof to receive a pair of valve sets. Each of the latter has a ported valve seat, valve guard, and ported valve plate. The guard is set about the bolt, and against a shoulder formed on the bolt therefor. The seat is centrally threaded, to engage one of the threaded ends of the bolt, and it and the guard confine the valve plate therebetween. In that one of the valve sets is turned 180.degree. from the other, i.e., the two guards being in confrontation, and the two seats remotely disposed, vis-a-vis, the one valve set is open to fluid flow, while the other is closed, as the assembly is reciprocated in such a straight-cylinder, chamber. Identical valve sets, on different, short bolts set in end closures of such a chamber, serve as gas inlet valves, while the reciprocable assembly carries the discharge valves.

Abstract: The invention provides a hand-operated pump for fluids in general, which comprises a body inside which a cylindrical hollow is provided, inside which a plunger is slidingly mounted, such a plunger dividing said hollow into a first variable-volume chamber and a second variable-volume chamber, said pump comprising unidirectional valve means which control the intake of fluid from the outside into said chambers, and the delivery of fluid from said chambers to the outside, said plunger being suitable to be reciprocatingly driven by means of an outer handle according to a to-stroke during which the handle is taken away from the pump's body, during said to-stroke fluid being intaken from the outside into the second chamber, and fluid being delivered from the first chamber to the outside, and according to a fro-stroke, during which the handle is approached again to the pump's body, during said to-stroke fluid being intaken from the outside into said first chamber, and fluid being delivered from the second chamber to

Abstract: A positive displacement pump useful under zero-gravity conditions is primed by the capillary wicking action of a fluid accumulator and a set of capillary plates located in a pair of pumping chambers. The fluid accumulator and capillary plates are closely spaced plates designed to draw water into the pumping chamber.

Abstract: A manually operated dispensing pump has dual pump mechanisms, one pump being operable in a normal upright position and the other pump being operable when the apparatus is inverted. The dual pumps are fed from the same storage vessel for the media to be pumped. A preferred embodiment arranges the dual pumps successively along the same axis, each having suction ports and valves operable to enable the respective pump when the apparatus is correctly positioned and to seal off the pump when the other pump is enabled.

Abstract: An articulated marine structure for an offshore body of water which is subject to wave movement. The structure includes at least two floating elements which are pivotally joined along a common edge to permit relative movement between the respective elements in response to wave action. An energy accumulator is operably connected to the respective floats, and is actuated by movement of either float whereby to initiate conversion of wave energy into an alternate, usable energy form.

Abstract: A diaphragm pump including an eccentric circular cam or crank shaft, a connecting rod rotatably connected at one end to the eccentric circular cam or crank shaft, a pair of diaphragms each having one surface serving as pressure receiving surface, center disks mounting the central portions of the pair of diaphragms on the opposite sides thereof, a first housing cooperating with one of the diaphragms and the center disks to define a first discharge chamber, a second housing cooperating with the other of the diaphragms and the center disks to define a second discharge chamber, a third housing cooperating with the pair of diaphragms and the center disks to define a suction chamber, a connecting member connecting the other end of the connecting rod to the center disks in the radial center and in the middle of the thickness thereof in order to minimize any swinging movement of the center disks which would otherwise be caused by reciprocatory swinging movement of the connecting rod, and guide means for guiding the c

Abstract: A pump having a hollow cylinder, and a piston slidably received in the cylinder, with the piston dividing the inside of the cylinder into two chambers. A hollow piston rod has one end connected to the piston and the other end extending out of the cylinder, and means is provided for attaching the other end of the piston rod to an inflatable member. The pump has one-way valve means adjacent each end of the cylinder to permit passage of air into each chamber, while preventing passage of air out of the chambers. Valve means is carried by the piston to establish communication between either of the chambers and the piston rod when the pressure in either chamber exceeds the pressure in the piston rod and inflatable member.