Abstract: A flow meter is disclosed. The flow meter can include a housing that has a cavity. The flow meter can also include a deformable tube that is disposed in the cavity. The deformable tube can comprise a portion of a flow path of a fluid substance. The flow meter can further include a cam that is rotatably coupled to the housing. A portion of the cam is configured to press against a portion of the collapsible tube so as to deform the portion of the collapsible tube. The cam can be configured to rotate in response to a flow of the fluid substance in the flow path.

Abstract: A rotary pump comprising a housing (1) defining an annular chamber with inlet and outlet ports (12;11), a flexible annular diaphragm (3) forming one side of the chamber spaced opposite an annular wall of the housing (1), and a partition (13) extending across the chamber. The diaphragm (3) comprises an outer surface which engages the annular wall of the housing (1), and an inner surface opposite the first surface, wherein the outer surface is configured to be pressed progressively against the opposite wall of the housing (1), by a rotating means, to force fluid around the chamber. The rotary pump also comprises a reinforcement ring (4) surrounding the rotating means, and which comprises an embedded portion (30) embedded in an inner portion of a central region of the diaphragm (3), and a support portion (34) having a radially outwardly facing surface (35) which faces and supports the inner surface of the diaphragm (3) adjacent to the reinforcement ring (4) during operation of the rotary pump.

Abstract: A rotary pump comprising a housing (1) defining an annular chamber with inlet and outlet ports (12;11) spaced apart around the chamber, a flexible annular diaphragm (3) forming one side of the chamber spaced opposite an annular wall of the housing (1), the diaphragm (3) being sealed at its edges to the housing (1), a partition (13) extending across the chamber from a location between the inlet and outlet ports (12;11) to the diaphragm (3). The diaphragm (3) is configured to be pressed progressively against the opposite wall of the housing (1) to force fluid drawn in at the inlet port (12) on one side of the partition (13) around the chamber and to expel it at the outlet port (11) at the other side of the partition (13). The outer face of the annular diaphragm (3) has a trough (40) at the part of the diaphragm (3) which faces the inlet port (12) and/or at the part of the diaphragm 3 which faces the outlet port (11).

Abstract: A pump device (10) for pumping a fluid, having a hydraulic enclosure (12) that comprises an annular section, a pump ring (14) that is deformable and which defines an annular pump chamber at least in certain regions, a pump ring carrier (16) that is solidly connected to the pump ring (14), a first connector and a second connector, which first connector and which second connector are in fluid communication with the pump chamber, wherein the pump device (10) is set up in such a way that at least one measure influences a parking position of an eccentric (18) such that said parking position is preferred in the region of a clamping member (114), the measure being selected from: a) at least one recess in the hydraulic housing, which recess locally widens the chamber for the pump ring (14) in the axial direction, b) a geometry of the pump ring carrier (16), in which the pump ring carrier (16) has an enlarged diameter on its inner side facing the eccentric (18) in the angular region of the clamping member (114), and c

Abstract: The invention regards a micro dosage peristaltic pump (3) for micro dosage of a fluid, comprising: a housing (4) with an inner surface (5) comprising at least one circular section (6), a flexible tube (8) placed upon the at least one circular section of the surface, a flexible layer (9) placed between the surface and the flexible tube, at least one compression element (10), driving means for moving the at least one compression element in an eccentric circular motion having a circular circumference (14), whereby the at least one compression element is peristaltically engaged at the circumference with the tube placed upon the circular section of the surface.

Abstract: A fluid pump comprising a conical body having an apex, a base and defining a lateral surface between the apex and base; a mating surface defined by a pump plate; a flexible membrane having a first face comprising a first part which is attached to at least a portion of the lateral surface of the conical body and a second part which is free, and having a second, opposite face secured around its periphery to the mating surface; and a driver adapted to drive the conical body; wherein the mating surface includes a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port, the fluid inlet port being spaced from the fluid outlet port; the driver includes a drive shaft and a drive plate carried by the distal end of the drive shaft, wherein the drive plate is inclined with respect to a plane normal to a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft such that the drive plate drives the conical body to precess about its apex in use such that at any given time the flexible membrane defines a contact portion in contact with the mating surface wher

Abstract: A peristaltic pump (10) comprises a drivable rotor (14), having at least one pressing member (15), and a cylindrical stator (12) in which the rotor (14) is rotatable. Flexible tubing (22), having an inlet side (24) and an outlet side (26), extends circumferentially around the cylindrical stator (12) against an inner wall (12a). The peristaltic pump (10) includes a radially deformable ring (28) positioned between the rotor (14) and the circumferentially extending flexible tubing (22). The ring (28) is deformed by the pressing member (15) upon rotation of the rotor (14) and this compresses the flexible tubing (22) against the inner wall (12a) of the cylindrical stator (12) to convey liquid along the flexible tubing (22). The radially deformable ring (28) includes a ring anchor (30) which prevents rotation of the radially deformable ring (28) during rotation of the rotor (14).

Abstract: Pump device has pump housing with annular portion; a deformable pump ring that defines annular pump chamber; a first connection and a second connection in fluid communication with the-pump chamber; an eccentric rotatable relative to the pump housing and arranged such that the eccentric deforms the-pump ring and pump ring presses against the annular to pump fluid along the-pump chamber from the-first to the-second connection depending on the current rotational position of the eccentric. A clamping element presses the-pump ring against the-annular portion of the pump housing in a clamping link region. The pump ring has at least one recess for accommodating at least part of the clamping element and is dimensioned to provide a distance between the radially inner side of the clamping element and the-pump ring.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pump device for pumping a liquid, comprising a hydraulics housing (12, 212), in which a pump ring (14, 214), a pump ring support (16, 216) and an eccentric (18), which can be driven by a shaft (20), are accommodated. The hydraulics housing (12, 212) has an annular portion (22, 222) and a first and a second lateral section (24, 26, 224), the two lateral sections (24, 26,224) being arranged opposite each other. The pump ring (14, 214) is mounted between the two lateral sections (24, 26, 224) of the hydraulics housing (12, 212) at least in some portions. On a side facing away from the pump ring support (16, 216), two first projections (28, 228), which run in the axial direction of the shaft (20), are each in contact with one of the two lateral sections (24, 26, 224).

Abstract: The invention relates to a pump device for pumping a liquid having a hydraulics housing (12), in which a pump ring (14), a pump ring support (16), and an eccentric (18) are accommodated, which eccentric is to be driven by a shaft (20), which defines an axial and a radial direction, wherein the pump ring (14) has a first axial side (45) and a second axial side (47), wherein the hydraulics housing (12) comprises an annular portion (22) and a first and a second lateral section (24, 26), wherein the two lateral sections (24, 26) are arranged opposite each other, wherein the pump ring (14) is arranged, at least in some portions, between the two lateral sections (24, 26) of the hydraulics housing (12), and wherein on the first axial side (45) and the second axial side (47), the profile of the pump ring (14) in each case follows a contour with an S-formed curve (32) with a convex section (34) and a concave section (36), wherein the convex section (34) lies further outwards in a radial direction of the shaft (20) in

Abstract: A pump device for pumping a liquid, has a hydraulics housing (12), in which a pump ring (14) with a contact surface (46), a pump ring support (16) and an eccentric (18), which can be driven by a shaft (20), are accommodated. The hydraulics housing (12) has an annular portion (22) and a first and a second lateral section (24, 26), the two lateral sections (24, 26) being arranged opposite each other. The pump ring (14) is mounted between the two lateral sections (24, 26) of the hydraulics housing (12) at least in some portions. The profile of the contact surface (46) has a contour with a curvature that changes at least in portions, and specifically in such a way that the curvature increases at least in some portions towards the ends of the contact surface (46).

Abstract: A peristaltic pump includes a housing in which a tube mounting case is formed in which a pump head is rotatably supported. The pump includes a tube unit provided as a replacement part consisting of a flexible tube and a tube fixture which holds the tube at two positions. The tube unit is insertible in the tube mounting case so that by displacing the tube fixture, the tube enters into tensioning engagement with the pump head. A tensioning device is arranged on the housing or on the tube mounting case in the form of a lever mechanism for tensioning displacement of the tube fixture by at least one lever element. A locking or clamping mechanism forms an undercut which upon reaching a tube tensioning position engages in a counter-locking/clamping mechanism arranged on the tube fixture for locking the tube fixture and the tensioning device in the tube tensioning position.

Abstract: A staged peristaltic pump system and related methods are disclosed. The system may be configured such that the working fluid pressure differential across any individual stage of the system is smaller than the pressure across the entire system. In some embodiments certain components of each stage may be sealed from fluid communication with an external environment, though working fluid may be configured to cross the boundary of the seal. In some embodiments, stages may be pressurized with respect to an external environment.

Abstract: The invention concerns a wobble pump base module and a wobble pump system. The invention-based wobble pump base module (40) comprises a wobble pump drive system (43), a wobble device (41), a receptacle (42) for a pump module (1) and a pretensioning device (56), wherein the pretensioning device (56) flexibly pretensions the pump module (1) housed in the receptacle (42) against the wobble device (41).

Abstract: The invention-base pump module comprises a linear pump channel which is curved at least in sections, a pump channel inlet and a pump channel outlet, wherein the pump channel inlet and the pump channel outlet are connected with the pump channel for supplying a fluid into the pump channel and discharging a fluid from the pump channel, so that through a periodically rotating deformation of the membrane a fluid can be pumped through the pump channel from the pump channel inlet to the pump channel outlet, wherein in the section between the pump channel inlet and the pump channel outlet the pump channel is designed in a way that differs from a genuine circular design.

Abstract: The rotary diaphragm pump has a flexible, resilient diaphragm band surrounding an elliptical frame within a case having four chambers surrounding an elliptical core. An articulating mechanism has a plurality of wheels traveling along the elliptical edges of the frame. The mechanism extends and retracts as the wheels move from maximum extension along the major axis of their elliptical tracks to minimum extension at the minor axis of their tracks. This mechanism drives a pair of actuator rollers along the inner surface of the diaphragm, periodically forcing the diaphragm into the surrounding chambers to produce the pumping action. Each chamber has an inlet port and an outlet port. The various ports may be interconnected to provide one or more multi-stage pumps in combination with one or more single-stage pumps, as desired. Two or more pumps may be joined in tandem to provide greater capacity from a single drive shaft.

Abstract: The rotary diaphragm pump has a flexible, resilient diaphragm band surrounding an elliptical frame within a case having four chambers surrounding an elliptical core. An articulating mechanism has a plurality of wheels traveling along the elliptical edges of the frame. The mechanism extends and retracts as the wheels move from maximum extension along the major axis of their elliptical tracks to minimum extension at the minor axis of their tracks. This mechanism drives a pair of actuator rollers along the inner surface of the diaphragm, periodically forcing the diaphragm into the surrounding chambers to produce the pumping action. Each chamber has an inlet port and an outlet port. The various ports may be interconnected to provide one or more multi-stage pumps in combination with one or more single-stage pumps, as desired. Two or more pumps may be joined in tandem to provide greater capacity from a single drive shaft.

Abstract: An eccentric screw pump has a plurality of segments extending along an axis and together forming a tubular casing generally centered on the axis and a plurality of axially extending stator shells of elastic material together forming inside the casing a tubular stator having axially opposite ends each having centered on the axis a frustoconical end seal surface. The stator shells are separable from the casing segments. An intake housing has a connecting flange formed centered on the axis with a frustoconical flange surface fitted with one of the end seal surfaces of the stator, and an output fitting has a connecting flange formed centered on the axis with a frustoconical flange surface fitted with the other of the end seal surfaces of the stator. A rotor extends axially in the stator, the stator being clamped by the casing against the rotor.

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to rotary pumps. The claimed rotary pump comprises: an hollow housing having a side wall and end-face walls; a shaft rotatably positioned in the housing essentially in parallel with the side wall, the distance between the housing side wall and the shaft is variable; deformable rollers that are arranged and adapted to move, when the shaft rotates, between the housing side-wall and the shaft, while moving their deformation being maximal in the region of the minimal distance between the housing side-wall and the shaft; and sealed cavities, each of which cavities being defined by two contiguous rollers, the housing's side wall and end-face walls; the sealed cavities being adapted to communicate with the suction port as their volume increases, and communicate with the delivery port as their volume decreases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vane pump with variable discharge volume, and comprising a pump housing; a cam ring having an elliptical cross-section for its inner circumference and outer circumference to form a compression chamber wherein a compression medium is compressed, and is accommodated in said pump housing so that it may rote; a rotor hat is accommodated such that a plurality of vanes may appear frequently on the outer circumference to undergo rotations in the compression chamber of said cam ring and compress said compression medium; and a cam ring rotation controller that contacts the outer circumference of said cam ring, and rotates said cam ring if the discharge pressure of said compression medium is equal to or more than its pressure setting and stops the rotation of said cam ring if the discharge pressure of said compression medium is less than its pressure setting to control rotations of said cam ring.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump assembly includes a pump body including a mounting pin coupled thereto. A removable cassette is slidably received on the mounting pin and is secured to the pump body via a retaining feature. The mounting pin is also configured to allow the removable cassette to rotate into and/or out of an installed position, or to position(s) therebetween.

Abstract: A flexible tube portion for an irrigation line connected to a supply of fluid for surgical or dental use is disclosed, wherein the flexible tube portion cooperates with rollers of a peristaltic pump for distributing fluid, and it includes means which, between two free ends thereof, define a distance, which, combined with the length of the tube portion, gives the tube portion a determined profile enabling its positioning directly underneath the raceway of the rollers of the pump. Also disclosed is a peristaltic pump including a plurality of rollers that roll over a flexible tube portion of an irrigation line connected to a supply of fluid for surgical or dental use, wherein it includes means for receiving the flexible tube portion in front of the plane in which the rollers move, then bringing the flexible tube portion underneath the rollers, and then pressing the tube portion against the rollers.

Abstract: A displacement machine has at least two adjacent working chambers which are defined by: a) a common first wall section made of an elastic material; b) a common second wall section; and c) a movable element which is movable with respect to the first wall section, which movable element has a press-on section that presses the first wall section against the second wall section to form a common sealing region between the two adjacent working chambers, which common sealing region moves with the movement of the press-on section. At least one of the first and second wall sections is provided with a non-smooth profile on the inner side of the working chambers.

Abstract: A pump is formed by a housing (10) having an inlet (11) for connection to a source of fluid and an outlet (12) for pumped fluid. A rotor (15) is rotatable within the housing and the inlet (11) and the outlet (12) are spaced apart around the path of the rotor (15) in the housing. The rotor (15) has surfaces (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) that form, with the housing (10), closed chambers (18a, 18b, 18c, 18d) which travel around the housing (10) to convey fluid from the inlet (11) to the outlet (12). The housing (10) carries a seal (14) that is located between the inlet (11) and the outlet (12) in the direction of travel of the rotor (15). The seal (14) co-operates with the rotor surfaces (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) as the surfaces (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) pass between the outlet (12) and the inlet (11) to prevent the formation of a chamber during said passage and so prevent fluid flow from the outlet (12) to the inlet (11). Such a pump is easily and cheaply produced and is particularly useful in medical applications.

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to rotary pumps. The claimed rotary pump comprises: an hollow housing having a side wall and end-face walls; a shaft rotatably positioned in the housing essentially in parallel with the side wall, the distance between the housing side wall and the shaft is variable; deformable rollers that are arranged and adapted to move, when the shaft rotates, between the housing side-wall and the shaft, while moving their deformation being maximal in the region of the minimal distance between the housing side-wall and the shaft; and sealed cavities, each of which cavities being defined by two contiguous rollers, the housing's side wall and end-face walls; the sealed cavities being adapted to communicate with the suction port as their volume increases, and communicate with the delivery port as their volume decreases.

Abstract: A tube pump comprising a flexible tube, a pressing member capable of generating a negative pressure in the tube by sequentially pressing the tube from as the pressing member moves from an upstream portion of the tube to a downstream portion of the tube during a pump operating process, a rotating member which includes a cam surface which the pressing member comes in sliding contact with when the pressing member moves between a pump operating position where a negative pressure is generated in the upstream portion of the tube and a pump non-operating position where the negative pressure is not generated, and a rack member corresponding to the cam surface which includes a plurality of teeth, wherein the pressing member is provided with a pinion member capable of engaging with the rack member when the pressing member rotatably moves between the pump non-operating position and the pump operating position.

Abstract: A Moineau stator for a downhole drilling motor and a method for fabricating the stator are disclosed. The stator includes an internal helical cavity component fabricated from an improved elastomeric material formulated to provide both high resilience and good processability. For example, in one exemplary embodiment the elastomer material includes rheological parameters ML in a range from about 1.0 to about 4.0 lb·in and MH in a range from about 75 to about 110 lb·in according to ASTM D2084 at 380 degrees F. Stators in accordance with this invention may exhibit improved efficiency (and may thus provide improved torque output) as compared with conventional stators without substantially increasing manufacturing costs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resilient material lined stator and method of forming. A method of forming a resilient material lined stator can include disposing a resilient material tube 400 with a profiled helical inner surface 401 into the bore of a body 420. A cast material 410 can be disposed therebetween. The cast material 410 can bond to the body 420 to form a resilient material lined stator or the body 420 can be removed. The cast material 310 can include a conduit 312 or conductor 314 extending therethrough. The cast material 310 can include a pathway 316 formed therethrough. The resilient material can be an elastomer.

Abstract: An enclosure for a medical pumping device generally comprises a front shell, a back shell and a polymeric substrate interposed therewith. The polymeric substrate comprises at least one gasket seat corresponding to the perimetric edge of each shell. In use, various components are securely placed within the plurality of component compartments within the polymeric substrate and thereafter encased within the enclosure between the front shell and back shell. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the polymeric substrate also serves to form bumpers about the edges of the enclosure when the shells and substrate are assembled together.

Abstract: A fluid handling pump for precise metering applications includes a flexible impeller mounted on a shaft that is eccentric to the centerline of a cylindrical chamber of the pump's housing. The impeller includes a plurality of flexible walls, that cooperate with an integrally molded hub and a rim like spokes, to define a plurality of compressible chambers. During rotation of the impeller, the volume of the compressible impeller chambers varies from a maximum in passing the pump's suction port to a minimum when sweeping past the pump's discharge port. In this way, a peristaltic pumping action takes place.

Abstract: A rotary diaphragm fluid pump includes a rigid tubular body with internal annular groove, a tubular flexible diaphragm whose central portion is caused to orbit by an eccentrically driven bearing. Preferably the diaphragm is a moulding which features an elastic fixed abutment between the inlet and outlet ports, and internal reinforcement to ensure that the full diaphragm stroke is achieved. Two such pumps may compliment each other to produce a pulsation free output.

Abstract: A membrane pump has a housing which includes a pump head provided with an internal recess. The pump head is further provided with an inlet opening and an outlet opening which communicate with the recess and are disposed next to one another near an edge of the housing. A membrane extends across the recess and is clamped at its edges by the housing. The membrane and recess together define a pumping chamber. A segment of the membrane is held stationary against the pump head by a clamping finger and forms a seal with the pump head. The seal extends radially between the inlet and outlet openings from the periphery of the pumping chamber to its center. A drive successively urges circumferrentially successive segments of the unconfined part of the membrane into sealing engagement with the pump head to thus direct fluid from the inlet opening to the outlet opening.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump having a shaft mounted within a housing and coupled with a rotor to induce nutation in a wobble plate. A pump diaphragm is located and affixed to one side of the wobble plate and at its periphery to the housing. A backup diaphragm is employed on the other side of the wobble plate and provides a resilient coupling through a driven plate with the rotor. A pump casing associated with the diaphragm defines a pump cavity with the pump diaphragm. An inlet and an outlet having ball check valves or flapper valves control flow. An insert in the pump diaphragm has an oblong minor cross section and is employed to couple with the wobble plate. Mounting elements on the insert extend from one side of the diaphragm which may be formed in the relaxed state and biased inwardly toward one another for mounting to the wobble plate. A boss associated with the diaphragm and a cavity associated with the wobble plate help to further strengthen the diaphragm at the insert.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump having a shaft mounted within a housing and coupled with a rotor to induce nutation in a wobble plate. A pump diaphragm is located and affixed to one side of the wobble plate and at its periphery to the housing. A backup diaphragm is employed on the other side of the wobble plate and provides a resilient coupling through a driven plate with the rotor. A spherical mount supports the wobble plate and is spring biased such that the mount and the resilient coupling provide a resilient mounting for the nutating wobble plate. A pump casing associated with the diaphragm defines a pump cavity with the pump diaphragm. An inlet and an outlet having ball check valves or flapper valves control flow. The pump diaphragm includes a ridge selectively positioned at the intersection with the diaphragm frame plate and with the wobble plate to increase resistance to liquid pressures on the diaphragm.

Abstract: An infusion pump system for continuously injecting a medical substance contained in a supply chamber into a catheter connected to the body of the patient. The system includes a flattening means driven by a motor (10) and designed to flatten a portion (42) of the infusion tube and exert pressure in order to inject the medicinal substance into the catheter. The flattening means includes a rigid member such as a circular plate (32) of which the axis (34) has a geometrical position determined according to a hub (12) driven by the motor (10) in such a way that said axis (34) of the plate intersects the axis (14) of the hub at a fixed point (X). The plate (32) has projections (38, 40) which flatten the catheter (42) as the motor (10) rotates. A fork (43) held by a ball (44) prevents the plate (32) from rotating relative to the catheter. Friction on the walls of the catheter (42) is thus avoided and high infusion accuracy may be achieved.

Abstract: An improved rotor for use with a segmented peristaltic cartridge comprising a housing and a cover for assembly, said assembled housing and cover defining a pumping chamber which holds the improved rotor, a rotor sleeve and a section of flexible tubing wrapped around the rotor and connected to respective inlet and outlet ports of the cartridge. The flexible rotor includes an eccentric structure wherein flexible beam members provided on an outer surface of the rotor form a compliant member which improves the flexibility of the rotor assembly to avoid excessive compression loads or high torque and/or dynamic leak back or low torque for the tubing in the cartridge.

Abstract: An eccentric drive rotates inside a ring that is hinged to a plate and an astomeric curtain is wrapped around the ring and across an articulated plate. The curtain moves along a cylindrical wall inside the pump cavity to move fluid from an inlet to an outlet end of the chamber. Two or more chambers can be coupled in series or in parallel with one another.

Abstract: An actuator including a housing having an internal cavity, a flexible but inextensible belt mounted so as to form an open-ended loop within the cavity, and a seal/port assembly closing the open end of the loop and providing for fluid flow into the loop. One end of the loop is fixed. Fluid flow into the loop moves the belt and causes the area enclosed by (and in preferred embodiments the length of the periphery of) the loop to increase.

Abstract: A peristaltic diaphragm pump comprises a drive shaft, two nutating members having inner surfaces and a flexible tubular member wound at least 360.degree. around the axis of rotation defined by the drive shaft such that the nutating members nutate to peristaltically compress the tubular member between the inner surfaces and to provide a continuous linear sealing as the drive shaft is rotated. Each of the inner surfaces is shaped like a truncated cone with the slope in the radial direction linearly changing around its axis and a shaft therethrough is affixed obliquely so as to wobble with respect to the drive shaft.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprising at least one flexible cylinder or semicylinder (chamber) formed from (a) at least one flexible, rectangular sheet attached to a rotor, which in turn is connected to a rotatable shaft, and (b) a pair of parallel end plates contacting the sheet's end surfaces and the engine's housing, which plates contain inlet and exhaust ports (valves) for gases and/or liquids, fuel injectors and spark- or glowplugs as well, and the cylinder's volume is periodically varied by at least one roller contacting the flexible sheet's curved surface at radial distances smaller and up to the rotor's (or chamber's) radius, thereby forcing the gases out, or into the flexible cylinder or semicylinder via the ports, respectively.

Abstract: A chamber of a peristaltic pump is described wherein a segment of the stator is removed so that said chamber containing the rotor and resilient tube may be stored with the resilient tube not pinched by the eccentric rotor. When the chamber is to be used, a cap is snapped over the chamber which completes the missing segment of the stator and the rotor is engaged to the motor shaft. When the rotor turns in the stator with all segments snapped together, liquid is conducted from inlet to outlet ports.

Abstract: A pressure pump for fluids having a pressure member 12, 12a of generally circular periphery, means 14, 14a for moving the pressure member in an orbital motion about an axis of rotation, and a sleeve member 16, 16a made of a pair of hinged jaws 22, 22a positionable about the pressure member and spaced for receiving and retaining flexible tubing 18, 18a in an annular space between the pressure member and the sleeve member with the tubing surrounding the pressure member for pumping of fluids through the tubing. In accordance with this invention the jaws define end surfaces which abut together in the closed position having slots 34, 34a defined through the end surfaces communicating between the annular space and the outside to receive lengths of the flexible tubing occupying the annular space and extending into and out of the annular space through the slots.

Abstract: A pressure pump for fluids in flexible tubing, which comprises a pressure member of generally circular periphery adapted for orbital motion about an axis of rotation. A sleeve member is positioned about the pressure member and defines channel means for receiving and retaining the flexible tubing in a predetermined position between the pressure member and sleeve member, and surrounding the pressure member. The sleeve member may be divided into a pair of substantially semi-circular jaws attached together at one end in hinged relation, to permit opening and closing of the jaws about the pressure member to facilitate installation of the tubing.

Abstract: An integral tube-loading assembly for a peristaltic pump having an eccentric motor shaft mounting a rotor within a housing wall including a trunnion mounted on the rotor shaft, a first link pivotally mounted on the trunnion, a second link pivotally mounted on the first link, a tube-loading pin member carried in a slot in the second link, the trunnion and first and second links being positioned on the rotor so that the pin member is always directed at the maximum spacing between the rotor and the housing wall, and a threaded bore in the rotor for receiving the pin member in a stowed condition.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump comprising a housing member containing a member having resilient walls defining a lumen, a shaft is rotatably mounted in the housing and carries a pumping member thereon extending radially of the shaft which acts on the lumen in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the shaft. The defined lumen is preferably elliptical in cross-section.

Abstract: A hose pump comprises a housing in which a drive shaft is mounted. The shaft is provided with an obliquely extending shaft piece on which a swash plate is mounted. The swash plate end face presses against a hose which lies in an annular groove located in the underside of the housing cover. The swash plate does not substantially rotate relative to the housing or to the hose and therefore exerts substantially no shear on the hose.

Abstract: A pressure pump for fluid in which tubing is wound about an orbitally movable pressure member inside of a sleeve member which is defined by a pair of pivotally mounted, substantially semi-circular jaws to permit opening and closing of the jaws about the pressure member to facilitate installation of tubing. Sliding gripper means may be carried by the pump and positioned to interact in one position with grippable means on the free ends of the jaws to hold them in closed relation, and for the sliding gripper means to be moved to a second position to permit the jaws to open. Simultaneously, the sliding gripper means can serve as a latch for a lid of the casing in which the pump is carried. Also the casing may have a partition with groove means having an enlarged portion for receiving joined connectors in the tubing, and a power source such as a battery may be attached to a removable portion of the casing in such a manner as to prevent accidental reverse installation of the battery.

Abstract: A pump functioning as a vacuum pump or a pressure pump employing the angular position belt valve is disclosed. Said angular position belt valve comprises a plurality of axial holes disposed within a cylindrical pulley, each of which axial holes has one or more openings to the cylindrical surface of said pulley, which is wrapped by a belt over a predetermined wrap angle. When said pulley is rotated, said holes remain closed by the belt as long as those holes are within the wrap angle. When said holes are rotated out of the wrap angle, those holes become open instantly until they are rotated back into the wrap angle.

Abstract: A fluid driving or fluid driven machine includes an outer cylinder housing stationary piston. The piston includes a generally annular flexible band of smaller circumference than the inner circumference of the cylinder, and a rotary body accommodated within the band. The rotary body has three rollers for urging the band against the inner surface of the cylinder at three angularly spaced locations so that the band defines with the cylinder three working chambers. Two separating members mounted on the cylinder are biased into contact with the band.When the rotary body is rotated the band makes nonslip contact with the wall and rotates the working chambers about the axis of the rotary body. Each separating member separates each working chamber as it passes into two discrete enclosures. A port is located on each side of each separating member to allow communication with the two discrete enclosures. The machine can be operated as a compressor when the rotary body is driven or as an engine to drive the rotary body.

Abstract: A pump is formed by a housing (10) having an inlet (11) for connection to a source of fluid and an outlet (12) for pumped fluid. A rotor (15) is rotatable within the housing and the inlet (11) and the outlet (12) are spaced apart around the path of the rotor (15) in the housing. The rotor (15) has surfaces (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) that form, with the housing (10), closed chambers (18a, 18b, 18c, 18d) which travel around the housing (10) to convey fluid from the inlet (11) to the outlet (12). The housing (10) carries a seal (14) that is located between the inlet (11) and the outlet (12) in the direction of travel of the rotor (15). The seal (14) co-operates with the rotor surfaces (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) as the surfaces (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) pass between the outlet (12) and the inlet (11) to prevent the formation of a chamber during said passage and so prevent fluid flow from the outlet (12) to the inlet (11). Such a pump is easily and cheaply produced and is particularly useful in medical applications.