Abstract: A pulsation damper and noise attenuator assembly comprising a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port fluidly connecting the interior of the housing to the flow path of the fluid flow system. A base is mounted to the housing and comprises a vent fluidly connecting the interior of the housing to an external fluid source. A sealing member such as an expandable bellows or piston is seated within the housing and creates a fluid tight seal between the fluid flow path and the external fluid source sealing member. The external fluid biases the sealing member in a forward direction. The sealing member acting against the N.sub.2 fluid under pressure absorbs the full force of the hydraulic shock waves or pulsation within a high pressure fluid flow system as the assembly is mounted directly within the flow path of the fluid. The shock wave is exposed across the full face of the sealing member and dampened prior to the fluid continuing along the flow path.

Abstract: A fluid pumping assembly for particular use in delivery of sterile fluid used in surgical procedures, includes a pump control structure to which a replaceable fluid pumping cartridge is connected and disconnected to provide convenient replacement and disposability of the cartridge. The pump cartridge is self-contained in that it includes a fluid pump which is adapted for automatic connection to a pump drive structure when the cartridge is inserted into the assembly, so that the sterile fluid is pumped only through the pumping cartridge and fluid flow is entirely isolated from the pump control structure to ensure that the fluid is maintained sterile during pumping. The cartridge can include a selectively activated pulsation control to enable discharging the fluid from the cartridge in either a continuous flow or pulsating flow of the fluid. The pump control structure can provide a pneumatic drive system which cycles pressurized air to drive the pump.

Abstract: An overflow protector for a sump having a wall defining an open top reservoir includes a stop member forming an abutment along the wall of the reservoir, a floating sleeve member movable between a non-operable position contained within the reservoir and an operable position projecting from the reservoir for increasing the storage capacity of the reservoir, and a sealing arrangement for sealing the sleeve member against the abutment when the sleeve member moves to its operable position.

Abstract: An improved apparatus and method for self-service dispensing of purified water with enhanced efficiency and safety. Personal injury and property damage caused by inadvertent impact of the movable dispensing spout is prevented by use of an adjustable slip clutch connected to the spout drive motor. Additionally, intermittent delivery of small quantities of purified water i.e. "topping off", is achieved without a motorized pump through manual tapping of an accumulator tank of variable storage capacity, containing a pressurized internal bladder. When emptied, the accumulator tank activates a motorized pump to provide for refilling the tank.

Abstract: A high pressure hydraulic pump output compensator which utilizes a free-floating piston in a closed cylinder forming a lower and an upper chamber. One end of the cylinder is connected to the input of a hydraulic pump operating in excess of 1,000 psi. The lower chamber further includes a hydraulic input and an output port. Compressed air is provided to the free-floating piston at the opposite end of the chamber which exerts a force downwardly on the free-floating piston. The output pressure from the hydraulic pump compresses the air within the cylinder until such time as the compressed air and water pressure are equalized. As the output from the hydraulic pump drops during its working cylinder, the compressed air forces the piston downward to maintain the hydraulic output pressure.

Abstract: In a pump having a piston, supported displaceably in a pump cylinder, for aspirating a pressure fluid via a feed line and for expelling this pressure fluid into a line, particularly a brake line, the pump cylinder is intended to rest with a stop ring on a shoulder of the housing. This housing shoulder is adjoined by an annular chamber having a filter, which toward the housing forms an annular gap into which the feed line for pressure fluid discharges. The pump cylinder stop ring is intended to include a radius of curvature and to rest on the housing shoulder, also having a radius of curvature in the region of a bearing face.

Abstract: The invention relates to a two-cylinder thick matter pump having a piston storage which is filled during the thick matter feed with the feed cylinders and evacuated by the hydrocontrolled storage piston into the feed pipe between the strokes of the feed pistons to reduce the pressure drop and the undelivered amount in the feed pipe. The inventive proposal is that the hydrocontrol of the storage piston (10) is served by a working piston (8) to be acted upon hydraulically on both sides, that is controlled with the feed cylinders and whose limits of travel, with the limits of travel of the storage piston (10), are fixed on the storage driving cylinder (7) when the storage cylinder (4) is fully evacuated and is filled.

Abstract: An accumulator includes a tubular housing mounted directly on a pump housing so that the accumulator chamber is located in near proximity to the pump chamber. The accumulator chamber may be defined partly by a check valve that isolates the pump from pressure surges while they are being damped by the accumulator. In a preferred arrangement, the accumulator housing has a threaded connection to the pump housing.

Abstract: A pumping unit, particularly for waterblasters and similar equipments, comprising the pump, the control unit, and the pressure damping device to form a single body, although they can be separated from each other. The pump has one double-acting plunger.

Abstract: An economical to manufacture and simple to install and remove gas charged fluid pressure accumulator including a cup-shaped accumulator body with an integral dome at one end and an integral in-turned annular lip at the other end, a piston slidably disposed in the accumulator body, and an external screw thread on the accumulator body. The accumulator body is screwed into a threaded counterbore until the annular lip bears against a bottom wall of the counterbore with a fluid port of the manifold inside of the projection of the lip on the bottom wall. A seal ring in a groove in the bottom wall of the counterbore bears against the annular lip to seal the chamber of the accumulator defined between the bottom wall and the piston.

Abstract: In an accumulator in which a peripheral edge of a bladder dividing the interior of a shell into a gas chamber and a liquid chamber is attached to the shell, the radius of curvature of an inner wall of the shell defining the gas chamber is larger than that of an inner wall of the shell defining the liquid chamber. This construction ensures that the diameter of the bladder can be relatively increased, the deflection of the bladder with a variation in pressure in the gas chamber and in the liquid chamber can be increased, and the radius of curvature of a curved portion of the peripheral edge of the bladder can be increased, there by contributing to an overall improvement in the durability of the bladder.

Abstract: A radial piston pump is described with dual pistons which are slidingly accommodated within a bushing coupled end to end to a valve body. Automatically controlled suction and discharge valves for a pressure chamber are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal axis of the pump. The pistons are sealed by means of elastomeric seals compressed by an end of the valve body and bushing under pressure of a threaded sealing plug installed in the pump housing. The valves, valve body and bushing form a cartridge separately assembled and installed as a unit in the housing. The threaded sealing plug is formed with a damping chamber for damping of pressure pulsations.

Abstract: The pump (10) with integral sump (100) comprises a pump body (12) having therein a bore (18) in which is disposed a resiliently biased and reciprocating pump piston (30). One end of the pump piston (30) is received within an end opening (22) of the bore (18) and a central opening (42) of an outlet member (40). The outlet member (40) includes outlet valve openings (45) each housing a coil spring (41) or elastomeric member (41A) biasing a valve member (43) against a valve seat (49). The valve openings (45) communicate with an interior opening or pumping chamber (44) of the outlet member (40) wherein a spring member (46) biases an inlet valve (60) against an inlet seat plate (70). The inlet seat plate (70) has a central opening (72) communicating on one side with a sump chamber (110). A sump sleeve (90) is located sealingly within the bore (18) and abuts the inlet seat plate (70), contains therein a slidable sump piston (98) biased by a sump spring (96), and has a plurality of inlet openings (92).

Abstract: A pulsation damper and noise attenuator assembly comprising a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port fluidly connecting the interior of the housing to the flow path of the fluid flow system. A base is mounted to the housing and comprises a vent fluidly connecting the interior of the housing to an external fluid source. A sealing member such as an expandable bellows or piston is seated within the housing and creates a fluid tight seal between the fluid flow path and the external fluid source sealing member. The external fluid biases the sealing member in a forward direction. The sealing member acting against the N.sub.2 fluid under pressure absorbs the full force of the hydraulic shock waves or pulsation within a high pressure fluid flow system as the assembly is mounted directly within the flow path of the fluid. The shock wave is exposed across the full face of the sealing member and dampened prior to the fluid continuing along the flow path.

Abstract: A hydraulic actuating system and method comprises a pump which continuously circulates hydraulic fluid out of a reservoir into a pressure line limited to a predetermined maximum pressure by a pressure-limiting valve and a control valve connected to the pressure line controlling flow of hydraulic fluid to an operating cylinder. A clearance volume in communication with the pressure line collects compressed air entrained in the hydraulic fluid flow which upon opening of the inlet valve expands to displace a portion of the volume of flow of hydraulic fluid required for actuation of the operating cylinder.

Abstract: A compressor or pump is connected to a discharge plenum. The plenum includes a movable wall whose motion varies the volume of the plenum. The wall is connected to passive elements forming a spring-mass-damper system whose characteristics are selected to damp pressure fluctuations in the plenum which would give rise to pumping system instabilities. In another aspect of the invention, a compressor is connected to a discharge plenum which in turn is connected to an exit throttle. The throttle includes a movable portion whose motion varies the throttle area. The movable portion is connected to passive elements forming a spring-mass-damper system selected to damp pressure fluctuations in the plenum. In another embodiment, the plenum communicates with a fixed area throttle and a variable area throttle. The variable area throttle includes a movable portion connected to passive elements selected to damp pressure fluctuations in the plenum.

Abstract: A mechanically pressurized system for dispensing a product, including a cap that houses a piston, an actuator attached to the cap so as to form a dispensing head assembly, and an expandable reservoir that is mechanically charged by the piston and dispensing head to hold a product for discharge through the dispensing head. The dispensing system is able to produce an aerosol spray without a chemical propellant.

Abstract: The expansion hose specifically for power steering plants of automobile vehicles includes an outer pressure hose with a high lateral volume expansion connected to an inlet side end piece and an outlet side end piece and an inner flexible hollow body as well extending coaxially thereto and which is connected at the inlet side to a nipple plug of the inlet side end piece and extending freely up into the outlet side end piece and into its outlet channel whereby its outer diameter is less than the surrounding outlet channel. A reverse flow of the pressure medium into the space between the outer pressure hose and the inner flexible hollow body takes place through an annular gap formed thereby and the pressure medium flows into this space through radial portholes formed in axial distances distributed in the inner flexible hollow body. In comparison with known expansion hoses simplification is achieved by a doing away with a throttle located in the center of and within the expansion hose.

Abstract: A pulse dampener for use in a pumping system including a reciprocating pump comprising a body having a cavity formed therein and a cover for sealed connection with the body. A diaphragm is secured between the body and the cover for sealing the cavity from said cover. The cover includes an inlet and outlet and the cover and the diaphragm cooperate to define a liquid flow path through the pulse dampener. The body also includes a gas inlet means for receiving gas into a chamber defined by the cavity and the diaphragm. A gas is supplied into the chamber such as to provide a smooth flow through the pumping system. An associated method is also provided.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing system is provided which has first diaphragm pump means, a filter connected to receive the discharge of the first pump, and second diaphragm pump means connected to the receive the discharge of said filter. Hydraulic fluids pumped by cylinder/piston/stepper assemblies independently actuate each of the diaphragm pumps, providing accurate, controllable and repeatable dispense of the subject fluid. In addition, pressure sensing means are provided to indicate the pressure of the actuating hydraulic fluids, and computer controller means may be utilized to monitor, adjust and control the rates and intervals of filtering and dispense of the system in response to said pressure sensing means or otherwise.

Abstract: A piston pump, having at least one delivery plunger to deliver pressure fluid from a suction chamber via a working chamber into a pressure port, is provided with elastic damping elements arranged in the suction chamber to compensate for the occurring pressure pulsations.

Abstract: A pulsation damper for a pumped liquid system has a housing with two axially identical hollow halves which, when joined at their flanges, form a substantially cylindrical cavity. Each housing half has a port on its longitudinal axis for fluid communication with a liquid chamber and a gas chamber defined by a flexible non-porous member. A pressurizing valve is provided, in a manual embodiment, for manually increasing or decreasing pressure in the gas chamber. An automatic pressure compensator is provided in an automatic embodiment and is so sized and configured as to be insertable and removable from the housing of the pulsation damper through the port on the end of housing. Provision is also made for modularly adding volumes of air to increase the effective gas chamber volume.

Abstract: An ultra high pressure fluid end for a reciprocating pump. The pump fluid end has a built-in accumulator characterized by an annular volume chamber defined in a body of the pump end. There may be a plurality of such chambers which are interconnected by a discharge manifold which is also in communication with an outlet of the body. The pump fluid end also uses frictional clamping to connect the pump plunger to the drive end of the pump. The frictional clamping includes a collet assembly comprising a split collet positioned around an end of the plunger, a collet hub disposed around the collet, and an adapter adjacent to the collet hub. Fasteners are used for clamping the collet hub to the adapter and thereby causing the collet to clampingly or grippingly engage the plunger. Coaxial inlet and outlet valves are provided in the body. A pressure retainer is disposed in the body around the plunger, and packing is used to seal between the plunger and the pressure retainer.

Abstract: A bladder-type accumulator includes a hollow housing having an inner wall surface including a cylindrical surface of a predetermined width, a sheet-like elastically flexible bladder disposed in the hollow housing and dividing an interior space of the hollow housing into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber and a holder which holds a peripheral edge of the bladder against the cylindrical surface of the hollow housing. The peripheral edge of the bladder is shaped such that a relatively large pressure will be applied to at least a partial annular area, having a predetermined width, of the bladder along the peripheral edge thereof.

Abstract: An expansion-type fuse safety device for an accumulator has a fuse packing having a through hole of a diameter smaller than the outside diameter of a sealing portion of the flanged valve casing. The valve casing is inserted into the through hole of the fuse packing so as to project outward from a pressure vessel through a passage hole formed in the pressure vessel. A tightening nut is screwed to the projecting end of the valve casing so that the fuse packing is pressed between the inner surface of the pressure vessel and the flange of the valve casing.

Abstract: Collapse of the cornea into the cavity formed when material such as the lens is removed from an eye in the irrigation-aspiration method is minimized by incorporating a pressure responsive, variable flow resistance element in the aspiration line of the irrigation-aspiration apparatus. A preferred pressure responsive, variable resistance element is a length of thin walled tubing which is easily collapsed to smaller flow path area in response to increasing negative pressure in the aspiration line.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump composed of a pump and an accumulator combined therewith has an outer shell divided into an accumulator cylinder of metal and a tank of resin. The accumulator cylinder and said tank have thicker side portions, respectively, which define therein an outlet oil passage and an inlet oil passage, respectively.

Abstract: An integral pulse attenuator on a high pressure axial piston hydraulic pump includes a frustoconical cavity in boss on a valve block of the pump, a cover over the cavity, a complementary frustoconically shaped flexible bladder in the cavity dividing the latter into variable volume fluid and gas chambers on opposite sides of the bladder, and a plurality of attenuator passages through a web of the valve block from a discharge port of the pump to the fluid pressure chamber in the cavity. When the pump is on, pressure pulses migrate from the discharge port to the fluid pressure chamber and are damped by oscillations of the bladder. When the pump is off, the cavity reinforces the bladder against gas pressure of about 1500 psi in the gas chamber to prevent distortion of the bladder.

Abstract: A pressure vibration damping device in a liquid supply passage for supplying a liquid from a pump to a hydraulic device such as a fluid pressure type suspension of a vehicle, including a pressure pulse absorbing means adapted to be able to accept and return a small amount of the liquid from and to said liquid supply passage so as to absorb momentary changes in the flow rate of the liquid in the liquid supply passage, and a liquid column vibration damping means adapted to be able to apply a substantial flow resistance principally to a high velocity flow of the liquid in the liquid supply passage at a part thereof between the pump and the pressure pulse absorbing means, the high flow velocity being due to pulse flows of the liquid induced by a resonance of pulsating output of the pump and the pressure pulse absorbing means and substantially higher than a mean flow velocity of the liquid corresponding to a normal rate of supply of the liquid through the liquid supply passage.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump which is furnished with a bushing-type closing element (11) for the purpose of damping pulsations of pressure and of the delivery flow. The closing element (11) turns the delivery flow several times and contains a damping chamber. An optimum adjustment of the damping device is possible by varying the external diameter of the end portion (12) of the closing element (11) and by varying the reach of screw of the closing element (11).

Abstract: Improved apparatus (10) for pumping of a viscous, flowable material which minimizes the problem of large pressure fluctuations in downstream conduits (16). The apparatus (10) preferably includes a twin piston cement pump (12) and a flexible material delivery conduit (16). A surge control apparatus (14) operatively couples the pump (12) and the conduit (16). The surge control apparatus (14) includes a primary material-conveying body (40) with an elongated surge chamber (46) extending outward from the primary body (40). The surge chamber (46) includes a slidable piston (48) and means for filling a portion of the chamber with a pressurized fluid (62).

Abstract: A sealed case has first and second housing portions. A motor section is arranged in the first housing portion of the sealed case and has a rotating shaft extending in the second housing portion. A compression mechanism section is arranged in the second housing portion of the sealed case and has first and second cylinders stacked on each other and first and second crank portions which are formed on the rotating shaft in the first and second cylinders, respectively. An accumulator is arranged outside the sealed case so as to substantially oppose an arrangement position of the motor section. A first suction pipe connects the accumulator to the first cylinder of the compression mechanism section. A second suction pipe is arranged outwardly from the first suction pipe so as to connect the accumulator to the second cylinder of the compression mechanism section.

Abstract: A float attachment for hydraulic systems, such as those used in controlling dozer blades, front end loaders, snow plow blades and the like where the blade, bucket or the like is controlled with a double acting cylinder. The float apparatus includes a float cylinder that is connected in parallel with the double acting cylinder. The float cylinder contains a free floating piston and may have, at the end connected to the lowering end of the hydraulic cylinder, a check valve preventing flow into the float cylinder and a pressure relief valve by-passing the check valve. The relief valve controls the pressure of the blade on the ground and allows the blade to float if that pressure is exceeded.

Abstract: A valve structured for attachment in-line with a conduit containing a fluid under pressure. The valve provides a flow path for the fluid, with the flow path including an area whereat all of the fluid passing through the valve must pass between a stationary surface and an interior surface of an elastic tubular member. A liquid filled chamber of the valve is isolated from the flow path, and in communication with an exterior surface of the elastic tubular member. A first pipe is attached to the valve in open communication with the liquid filled chamber. The other end of the first pipe is connected to a pressure vessel. A flexible diaphragm is affixed within the pressure vessel to divide the interior cavity thereof into a first and a second chamber. Both the first chamber and first pipe are completely filled with liquid and in communication with each other.

Abstract: A rotary pump for pumping fuel for internal combustion engines in the form of a vane pump or gear and rotor pump with pumping chambers disposed circumferentially around the rotor. The chambers progressively increase in the inlet area of the pump to draw in fuel and progressively ensmall at the outlet area to discharge fuel under pressure to supply an engine. The pulsations initiated in the pump are absorbed in the pump by a closed chamber exposed to the pump outlet flow, the chamber having flexible walls and an internal pressure above atmospheric to reduce pulses in the outlet and resulting pump noise. The chamber is blow molded with an enclosed volume surrounded by flexible walls.

Abstract: A piston pump, having at least one delivery plunger to deliver pressure fluid from a suction chamber via a working chamber into a pressure port, is provided with elastic damping elements arranged in the suction chamber to compensate for the occurring pressure pulsations.

Abstract: In the sump unit 1 of this invention, the sump unit 1 is installed in the operating fluid passage 4, and the fluid accommodating chamber 1a is formed as a part of the operating fluid passage 4.Therefore, the sump unit 1 does not protrude extensively from the operating fluid passage 4, and the fluid pressure control unit can be designed in more compact form. Because the fluid accommodating chamber 1a of the sump unit 1 is formed as a part of the operating fluid passage 4, the air intermingled with the operating fluid in the fluid accommodating chamber 1a can be easily withdrawn, and this extensively facilitates the air vent of the fluid pressure control unit.

Abstract: An air compressor comprises an air-compressing section and a pulsation-absorbing tank which are arranged isolated from each other, a nozzle, provided for one of the compressing section and the pulsation-absorbing tank, for supplying compressed air from the compressing section into the pulsation-absorbing tank, and a flexible nozzle seal provided for the other one of the compressing section and the pulsation-absorbing tank and having a hole in the center thereof. One end of the nozzle is inserted in the hole of the nozzle seal. With the nozzle inserted in the hole of the nozzle seal, the nozzle seal is applied with the pressure of the air contained in either the air compressing section or the pulsation-absorbing tank and is thus brought into light contact with the outer periphery of the nozzle.

Abstract: A pulsation dampener useful to dampen pressure pulsations in milk flowing between a reciprocating-piston pump and a homogenizer. A rigid tube having a perforated portion is surrounded by an elastomeric sleeve. A rigid sleeve surrounds the elastomeric sleeve. Mounting ferrules are welded to opposite ends of the rigid sleeve. Annular beads at opposite ends of the elastomeric sleeve fit into annular grooves in the mounting ferrules. When matching ferrules are clamped tightly to the mounting ferrules, parts of the elastomeric sleeve are displaced, so as to form seals around the rigid tube. The rigid tube, the mounting ferrules and the elastomeric sleeve respectively are configured so as to permit the rigid tube to be axially withdrawn from or inserted into the elastomeric sleeve, without substantial interference, when the matching ferrules are removed.

Abstract: A unitary pump, regulator valve/pulsation dampener, and interconnecting passageways is provided. The regulator valve/pulsation dampener includes a flexible member disposed in a chamber arranged between the fluid input and fluid output. The diaphragm flexes as a function of the pressure in the chamber to control the opening and closing of a bypass valve member and, in addition, damps out both high and low frequency pulsations generated in the ink by the pump. When the pressure in the system increases beyond a predetermined limit the valve member is opened to divert some of the fluid flow into a bypass passageway until the pressure falls below the predetermined limit. The pressure limit in the system can be varied by adjusting the external pressure applied to the flexible member using an adjustment screw and compression spring.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed twin rotary compressor is disclosed wherein a pair of rotary vane compressors are synchronously, coaxially coupled to respective axial ends of a drive motor by means of a quill disposed in a rotatable rotor thereof. The rotary compressor crankshafts are coupled to the quill with their eccentric portion oriented opposite one another with respect to the axis of rotation. Counterbalancing weights are mounted to the motor end rings oppositely the adjacent eccentric portion with respect to the axis of rotation. A suction accumulator is provided having a pair of tubes extending from fluid outlets on the accumulator to respective fluid inlets associated with the pair of compressors. The tubes pass through a pair of spaced apertures in the housing and effectively mount the suction accumulator to the housing. A method of assembling the compressor assembly, including accumulator, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A pulsation dampener for a downhole reciprocating pump system which is positioned at the lower end of the production tubing just above the barrel of the pump. The dampener has a perforated conduit on which an elastic sleeve is fitted to seal the perforations when in a relaxed position. A housing surrounds the sleeve and forms an annulus between the annulus and the housing which is precharged with gas.

Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a motor vehicle consisting of a housing comprising two housing chambers separated by a wall located inside the housing, in which a reciprocating pump is supported by the wall located inside the housing and is arranged in a first housing chamber which forms a hydraulic fluid reservoir. A drive member for the reciprocating pump is led out of the first housing chamber. A nonreturn valve provided in the wall located inside the housing establishes a fluid communication from the reciprocating pump to a pressure chamber in the second housing chamber, which is separated from a gas pressure reservoir also provided in the second housing chamber by a reservoir piston guided in the second housing chamber.

Abstract: A surgical irrigation and aspiration system for aspirating fluid from a surgical site, such as the eye, including a surgical tool having irrigation and aspiration functions, and an irrigation fluid supply for providing irrigation fluid to the surgical tool. A peristaltic pump pumps aspiration fluid from the surgical site generally through and away from the surgical tool and through an aspiration flow line to a collection container. A dampening mechanism in the aspiration flow line before the pump dampens the oscillations of the aspiration fluid flow, caused by the inherent operation of the peristaltic pump, in the aspiration flow line, and thereby at the surgical site.

Abstract: Device for printers using pressurized fluid medium for recording characters on an information carrier. The device is formed with at least one buffer chamber placed in direct connection with a fluid chamber, which constitutes one side of a wall or plate provided with a discharge. The buffer chamber includes an elastic or at least flexible dividing wall between the fluid chamber and the buffer chamber. The buffer chamber has a relatively small volume and is closed and, in one embodiment, is such that it allows penetration or migration of gas molecules only through the dividing wall.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a membrane fuel pump for an internal combustion engine equipped with a membrane carburetor. The engine is that of a working apparatus and especially a handheld portable tool such as a motor-driven chain saw or the like. The membrane pump includes a drive chamber charged with the pressure inside the crankcase of the engine and a pump chamber separated from the drive chamber by a membrane. The pump chamber is connected at its suction end to a fuel tank via a first check valve and is connected to a pressure controller of the membrane carburetor at its pressure end via a second check valve. The pressure end of the membrane pump is connected with the suction end thereof via a bypass and a throttle is mounted in this bypass. With the throttle bypass between the pressure end and the suction end, the pumped volume is reduced at idle and the pump pressure is smoothed. Disturbances at the membrane carburetor are avoided.

Abstract: A multiple pump supply system having multiple pumps placed in parallel and having a plurality of reservoirs connected to acommon discharge line. The pumps are operated sequentially on demand sensed by a pressure sensor located at the mouth of the first reservoir and controlling a first pump. Multiple sensors located at the mouth of a second reservoir control the subsequent pumps sequentially.

Abstract: A compressor and suction accumulator assembly wherein the suction accumulator is secured in close proximity to the compressor by way of a strap. The strap is engaged with the housing of the compressor and extends circumferentially around the accumulator casing. A spring loop is formed on the strap to establish spring tension at the engagement of the strap and the compressor housing. The spring loop has opposing sides spaced apart a predetermined distance, with each of the opposing sides having a hole disposed therein which is axially aligned with the hole in the opposite side. A screw is received in one hole and extends to the hole in the other side. Rotating the screw results in a constriction of the distance between the opposing sides of the spring. Spring tension is imparted to the strap and a tight connection is created between the accumulator and the compressor.

Abstract: A feed pump, preferably for anti-skid brake systems, having at least one shaft-driven pump piston and at least one compensation element. Some of the brake fluid fed by the pump piston into the brake system during the compression stroke is received in a compensation chamber of the compensation element. During the ensuing intake stroke of the pump piston, an eccentric shaft that also actuates the pump piston actuates a compensation piston of the compensation element, in order to feed the brake fluid that has been temporarily stored in the compensation chamber into the brake system.

Abstract: An ink jet recording head has a liquid supply path communicating with a discharge port for discharging ink therethrough and energy generating means provided correspondingly to the liquid supply path and generating energy utilized to discharge the ink, charactrized in that the liquid supply path upstream of the energy generating means is filled with a filler, and an area in which the percentage of voids increases toward the upstream direction is provided in the upstream portion of the liquid supply path filled with the filler. In a preferred embodiment the filler comprises a plurality of glass balls having increasing diameters in the upstream direction. The use of such a filler increases the frequency response, droplet ejection speed and droplet diameter of the recording head.