Abstract: A rotary pump-motor-meter comprises a rotor assembly including a shaft (38) and one or more hub members (37) coaxially affixed to the shaft, that supports a plurality of flaps (40) disposed about the shaft (38), each of which flaps has a round first edge and a crescent trailing edge and is supported by the hub member (37) pivotably about a pivot axis coinciding with the center of the round first edge disposed adjacent to the shaft (38), which rotor assembly is rotatably disposed within a cylindrical cavity with two port openings in a parallel and eccentric relationship, wherein one or more circular cam guides disposed adjacent to the rotor assembly in a rotable arrangement about a cam axis guides a plurality of cam rollers (41), each of which cam rollers is anchored to one end face of the flaps (40).

Abstract: A positive displacement fluid handling apparatus comprises a hollow circular cylindrical vane guide with a plurality of slotted axial openings included in the cylindrical wall thereof and a plurality of vanes, wherein the hollow circular cylindrical vane guide is disposed rotatably within a circular cylindrical cavity included in the body of the apparatus in an eccentric and tangential relationship to the cylindrical wall of the cylindrical cavity and the plurality of vanes are disposed rotatably about the central axis of the circular cylindrical cavity and respectively engage and extend through the plurality of slotted axial openings included in the hollow circular cylindrical vane guide in such a way that the radial edges of the vanes slide on the circular cylindrical wall of the cylindrical cavity and, consequently, the motion of fluid moving from the inlet to the outlet of the apparatus through a crescent-shaped flow passage between the cylindrical wall of the cylindrical cavity and the hollow circular cy

Abstract: A rotary pump-flowmeter comprises a body including a cylindrical cavity and a rotor assembly including at least one flange disposed within the cylindrical cavity in a rotatable arrangement about an axis of rotation parallel to and offset from the central axis of the cylindrical cavity and a plurality of flaps having a round first edge and a crescent second edge disposed about the axis of rotation and supported by the flange, wherein each of the plurality of flaps is pivotable about an axis of pivot parallel to and offset from the axis of the rotation and coinciding with the center of the radius defining the round first edge of the flap. Each individual flap includes at least one cam roller anchored to one end face of the flap in a rotatable arrangement about an axis parallel to and offset from the axis of the pivot of the flap.

Abstract: The pumping and/or flow measuring device of the present invention comprises a rotationally symmetric assembly of flaps with cross section having a round first extremity disposed adjacent to and about the central axis of the flap assembly and a pointed crescent second extremity pivotable about an axis coinciding with the center of radius of the round first extremity, which flap assembly folding into a circular cross section is supported by at least one flange affixed to a shaft coinciding with the central axis of the flap assembly and rotatably disposed within a cylindrical cavity in an eccentric arrangement, wherein the rotation of the flap assembly expands and contracts the spaces between the flaps and takes in the fluid from a first port open to the expanding spaces between the flaps and discharges the fluid through a second port open to the contracting spaces between the flaps.

Abstract: This invention discloses a device usable as a pump or a compressor or a flow meter that includes a plurality of flaps having a substantially "comma-shaped" cross section assembled in a parallel arrangement wherein the flaps are respectively pivotable about a plurality of pivoting axes axisymmetrically positioned about the central axis of the assembly of the flaps. The outer boundary of the cross section of the assembly of the flaps takes a substantially circular configuration when all of the flaps are pivoted to the fully retracted position. The assembly of the flaps is rotatably disposed eccentrically within a cylindrical cavity having a cross section of a circle or ellipse or other configuration of smooth perimeter which cylindrical cavity includes a fluid inlet and outlet disposed at two substantially diametrically opposite positions across a plane including the central axis of the assembly of the flaps and the central axis of the cylindrical cavity.

Abstract: A fuel dispensing system having a positive displacement vane type fuel meter with an enclosed rotor assembly mounted within a fluid tight housing and connected to a fluid inlet and outlet of the housing to be rotated in direct proportion to the volume of gasoline conducted through the meter and two alternative embodiments of electrical pulse generating means with two Hall effect pickups mounted externally of the housing, ferromagnetic plugs extending through the housing and ferromagnetic means mounted on the rotor assembly to cooperate with the ferromagnetic plugs to generate an electrical pulse with each pickup for each predetermined increment of gasoline conducted through the meter.

Abstract: This volumetric meter comprises a case with at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice interconnected by a circular passage concentric to an annular member rotatably mounted therein and provided with collapsible spaced peripheral vanes so arranged that at any time there are constantly two adjacent vanes in their spread position retaining in said passage between them a constant amount of liquid. (FIG. 2).