Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bellows installation and retention method
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Application No.: US15381782Application Date: 2016-12-16
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Publication No.: US10344751B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Timothy S. Roman
- Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Current Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Main IPC: F04B43/08
- IPC: F04B43/08 ; F04B53/16 ; F04B53/14 ; F04B53/10 ; F04B15/02 ; F16J15/52

Abstract:
A reciprocating pump includes a housing, a rod, a sleeve, a bellows, and a nut. The housing includes a bellows chamber and a working chamber. The rod extends into the reciprocating pump such that the rod extends through the bellows chamber and partly into the working chamber. The rod includes a shoulder. The sleeve is connected to the rod such that the sleeve surrounds a portion of the rod. The bellows is connected to the sleeve such that the bellows surrounds a portion of the sleeve. The nut is attached to a bottom end of the sleeve such that the nut clamps an end of the bellows to the bottom end of the sleeve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170175727A1 BELLOWS INSTALLATION AND RETENTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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