Abstract:
A motion-transmitting unit including a reciprocating engine having at least one piston operable for reciprocating motion during operation of the reciprocating engine, and a crankshaft interconnected with the at least one piston to rotate in response to the reciprocating motion of the at least one piston, the crankshaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The motion-transmitting unit further includes a first drive shaft interconnected with the first end of the crankshaft to rotate in response to rotation of the crankshaft and a second drive shaft interconnected with the second end of the crankshaft to rotate in response to rotation of the crankshaft.
Abstract:
A system for using biogases produced as a part of the wastewater treatment process is described. The gasses produced during the anaerobic treatment of wastewater are collected, conditioned, optionally compressed, and combusted in an engine designed for the combustion of biogases. Mechanical power produced by the engine is then used to directly power one or more devices used in the wastewater treatment process such as aerators, mixers, compressors, and the like.
Abstract:
A shallow fluid extractor is configured to remove a low level of a fluid from a designated area. The shallow fluid extractor includes a vacuum pump assembly further including an electrical power source connected to a vacuum and a pump. A pipe assembly is configured within the designated area and connected to the vacuum pump assembly. When the low level of the fluid is reached the vacuum draws the fluid through the pipe assembly into the vacuum pump assembly which is then pumped away by the vacuum pump assembly.
Abstract:
A valve seat member, which partitions between a supply passage and a pressurizing chamber, includes an inner flow path, which communicates between the supply passage and the pressurizing chamber, and an outer flow path, which is placed on a radially outer side of the inner flow path. An inner valve is seatable against an inner valve seat formed in an opening of the inner flow path. An outer valve is contactable with an end surface of the inner valve, which is opposite from the inner valve seat. The outer valve is seatable against an outer valve seat, which is formed in an opening of the outer flow path.
Abstract:
A liquid delivery device for killing weeds. The liquid delivery device includes a main tube, a handle, and a pump housing that includes a pump chamber. A reservoir is disposed in the main tube, and a plunger is connected to the reservoir and positioned in the pump chamber. The plunger is operative to push a liquid contained in the pump chamber through a check valve and dispensing orifices when a user moves the reservoir with respect to the main tube and pump housing. The device also includes a spike extending from the pump housing and an annular stand-off surrounding the spike. The spike is adapted to disrupt the soil and damage the root structure of a target weed.
Abstract:
The continuous fluid delivery systems includes a fluid pumping device comprising a pump housing comprising a base member with a plurality of inlet ports and at least one outlet port and at least two pairs of opposing pistons movably associated with the housing. Each pair of opposing pistons at least in part defines a respective pumping chamber of the fluid pumping device. The pistons in each pair of opposing pistons may be independently controlled such that any one of the plurality of inlet ports or the at least one outlet port is independently selectable to be in fluid communication with one of the respective pumping chambers. A drive system may be interfaced with the respective pistons to at least reciprocally operate the pistons relative to the base member. The pump housing and the at least two pairs of opposing pistons may comprise a disposable unit.
Abstract:
High pressure pump systems for use with waterjet systems and other systems are described herein. A pump system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first multi-cylinder pump having a first crankshaft and a second multi-cylinder pump having a second crankshaft. The first and second crankshafts are operably coupled together (via, e.g., a common drive system) so that the reciprocation cycles of the corresponding pistons or plungers are spaced apart from each other in equal intervals of crankshaft rotation.
Abstract:
A vacuum generation system, in particular for applications to hybrid-drive motor vehicles, comprises a vacuum pump arranged to be independently driven by either an internal combustion engine (11) or an electric motor (12) depending on the vacuum conditions in utilising devices (15) and the operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. A pump for use in such a system and a method of vacuum generation by using the system are also provided.
Abstract:
An electroosmotic pump unit includes at least a first pump element, at least a second pump element, and an electrode. Each pump element includes a tube, an electrically grounded fluid inlet, a fluid outlet electrically coupled to the electrode, and a porous monolith immobilized in the tube and having open pores having net surface charges. When the electrode applies a voltage across the monoliths, a fluid supplied to the first pump element flows through the pump elements in a direction from a fluid inlet of the first pump element toward a fluid outlet of the second pump element. A plurality of electroosmotic pump units may be connected in series in a pump assembly. The electroosmotic pump unit, or pump assembly, may be connected to an apparatus such as a HPLC.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to pump systems having graphene or other atomically thin electrically conductive materials supported by trough-shaped cavities.