Abstract:
There is provided a wobble plate piston water pump for use in a pressure washer and driven by a driving source, the water pump includes a pump body, a wobble plate, four or more pistons and a water passage defined by a water inlet and a water outlet. The driving source being electric powered and having a power consumption of less than or equal to a 15 ampere draw at 120 volts or 220 volts or the driving source being gas powered and having an engine displacement of less than or equal to 250 cubic centimetres.
Abstract:
A pump dispenser has a deformable pump chamber constituted by first and second part-chambers each having a respective resiliently deformable faceted chamber wall and a connecting conduit communicating between them. They may be moulded in one piece and require no separate restoring spring. The first and second part-chambers may be disposed in line between a pump body providing an inlet valve from a container and a movable actuator cap providing a valved outlet.
Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a pump cassette comprising: a primary reciprocating membrane pump having a pumping chamber with an inlet of the reciprocating membrane pump fluidly connected to a first inlet of the cassette; a mixing chamber having an inlet fluidly connected to an outlet of the reciprocating membrane pump, and an outlet fluidly connected to an outlet of the cassette; a first metering pump having an inlet fluidly connected to a second inlet of the cassette, and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet of the mixing chamber; and a second metering pump having an inlet fluidly connected to a third inlet of the cassette, and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet of the reciprocating membrane pump, wherein 1) the pump cassette is arranged to receive a first fluid into the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump via the first inlet of the cassette, and to receive a second fluid via the third inlet of the cassette, the second fluid being pumped by the second metering pump into the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump, 2) the pump cassette is arranged to receive a third fluid via the second inlet of the cassette, the third fluid being pumped by the first metering pump into the mixing chamber, and 3) a pre-determined volume of first fluid and second fluid are mixed in the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump, and then pumped into the mixing chamber to be mixed with a pre-determined volume of third fluid pumped by the first metering pump.
Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a pump cassette comprising: a primary reciprocating membrane pump having a pumping chamber with an inlet of the reciprocating membrane pump fluidly connected to a first inlet of the cassette; a mixing chamber having an inlet fluidly connected to an outlet of the reciprocating membrane pump, and an outlet fluidly connected to an outlet of the cassette; a first metering pump having an inlet fluidly connected to a second inlet of the cassette, and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet of the mixing chamber; and a second metering pump having an inlet fluidly connected to a third inlet of the cassette, and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet of the reciprocating membrane pump, wherein 1) the pump cassette is arranged to receive a first fluid into the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump via the first inlet of the cassette, and to receive a second fluid via the third inlet of the cassette, the second fluid being pumped by the second metering pump into the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump, 2) the pump cassette is arranged to receive a third fluid via the second inlet of the cassette, the third fluid being pumped by the first metering pump into the mixing chamber, and 3) a pre-determined volume of first fluid and second fluid are mixed in the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump, and then pumped into the mixing chamber to be mixed with a pre-determined volume of third fluid pumped by the first metering pump.
Abstract:
A device for generating a synthetic jet is described. The device can include a flap (102), an actuator (106) coupled to the flap and a chamber including an aperture. The flap forms a portion of the chamber. The flap (102) is configured to oscillate in a flapping motion such that fluid is alternately drawn into the chamber via the aperture and expelled from the chamber via the aperture to form the synthetic jet. In some embodiments, multiple flaps can be used on a device to generate the synthetic jet.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tube pump comprising a tube and a pump element inserted in the tube, where the pump element comprises a rod element and a first and a second non-return valve member positioned a distance apart on the rod element. The valve members are oriented in the same direction relative to the rod element so as to allow for a fluid flow in the tube through the first valve member, along the rod element, and through the second valve member. The tube comprises an at least partly flexible tube portion between the valve members such that a repeated deformation of the flexible tube portion acts to alternately close and open the valve members thereby generating a fluid flow through the tube. The invention further relates to a pump element comprising at least two non-return valve members connected by a rod element, and for insertion in an at least partly flexible tube in such tube pump as mentioned above, thereby acting to generate a fluid flow through the tube upon repeated deformation of the tube between the two valve members. The pump element may comprise a connecting part for coupling to another tube and may comprise a sealing part establishing a fluid tight connection to a part of the tube. The invention further relates to a method for creating a flow of a fluid within an at least partly flexible tube by means of a pump element as mentioned above.
Abstract:
A tube in a pumped fluid system can become obstructed by a clog. The clog is automatically cleared in response to an obstruction signal (B) by modifying the pumping cycle which is normally used to pump the fluid. In particular, the pumping cycle is stopped after a compression stroke (BDC'-TDC) to apply sustained high pressure in the clogged tube, using the same fluid and the same pump, to expel the clog from the tube. The obstruction signal (B) is derived by measuring the pressure due to viscosity (C) effects have subsided. Therefore, if the pressure remains elevated, a determination of an obstructed state can reliably be made which may be caused by a clog.
Abstract:
A fluid pumping cassette comprising a metering pump, the metering pump comprising a fluid pumping chamber separated from an actuation chamber by a flexible membrane; the actuation chamber having an actuation port for connection to a pneumatic air source to provide positive or negative pneumatic pressure to the flexible membrane; the fluid pumping chamber having a first fluid port, second fluid port, and third fluid port for directing the movement of a fluid; a first fluid valve being interposed between the first fluid port and a first fluid path in the fluid pumping cassette; a second fluid valve being interposed between the second fluid port and a second fluid path in the fluid pumping cassette; and a third fluid valve being interposed between the third fluid port and a third fluid path in the fluid pumping cassette, wherein the metering pump is configured to pump a first fluid or air from the first fluid path to the second fluid path by operation of the first, second and third fluid valves; and the metering pump is configured to pump a second fluid from the second fluid path to the third fluid path by operation of the first, second and third fluid valves.
Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a pump cassette comprising: a primary reciprocating membrane pump having a pumping chamber with an inlet of the reciprocating membrane pump fluidly connected to a first inlet of the cassette; a mixing chamber having an inlet fluidly connected to an outlet of the reciprocating membrane pump, and an outlet fluidly connected to an outlet of the cassette; a first metering pump having an inlet fluidly connected to a second inlet of the cassette, and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet of the mixing chamber; and a second metering pump having an inlet fluidly connected to a third inlet of the cassette, and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet of the reciprocating membrane pump, wherein 1) the pump cassette is arranged to receive a first fluid into the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump via the first inlet of the cassette, and to receive a second fluid via the third inlet of the cassette, the second fluid being pumped by the second metering pump into the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump, 2) the pump cassette is arranged to receive a third fluid via the second inlet of the cassette, the third fluid being pumped by the first metering pump into the mixing chamber, and 3) a pre-determined volume of first fluid and second fluid are mixed in the pumping chamber of the primary reciprocating membrane pump, and then pumped into the mixing chamber to be mixed with a pre-determined volume of third fluid pumped by the first metering pump.