Abstract:
This invention concerns a valve (2), with at least one channel (3) running through it, allowing a fluid (F3) to be directed by transfer means within a device (1), the device (1) featuring at least one face (4), possibly flat, the valve (2) consisting of a film (7 or 16), flexible and/or which can be deformed, fixed on all or part of the face (4) of said device (1), and a film actuator (7), which enables said valve (2) to be activated or deactivated, this actuator consisting of an electrical power source.It also consists of a test sample card (1) equipped with at least one valve (2), and a process for actuating the valve (2), as described above.The invention is particularly applicable in the field of diagnosis.
Abstract:
The invention relates to membrane pumps for delivering liquids. More specifically, a pump is provided having a pump housing with a pump cavity formed between first and second wall portions thereof, and an pump membrane pump membrane having first and second membrane surfaces arranged within the pump cavity, whereby a pump chamber is provided between the first wall portion and the first membrane surface, and an actuation chamber is provided between the second wall and the second membrane surface. Inlet means comprising an inlet valve in fluid communication with the pump chamber, and outlet means comprising an outlet valve in fluid communication with the pump chamber are provided. The pump membrane has a maximum volume position, and a drained volume position in which the first membrane surface in a stretched state abuts the first wall. To drive the membrane, actuating means for periodically shifting the pump membrane between the maximum volume position and the drained volume position is provided, thereby, in a situation of use, providing a flow of fluid.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a bellows pump which is able to accurately pump out a fixed amount of fluid, even with the fluid of high temperature with granular bits included. The bellows pump 3 is comprised of bellows 20 formed in a shape of accordion, nozzles 30u and 30d arranged at the both ends of the bellows 20, and check valves 40u and 40d arranged at the fluid-flow-inlet 23u and fluid-flow-outlet 23d at the both ends of the aforementioned bellows 20 respectively, wherein each of the aforementioned check valves 40u and 40d is comprised of a valve base 41 with its downstream surface concaved with more than one holes pierced through it, a valve body 44 made of elastic thin body which is fixed to the downstream surface 41b of the aforementioned valve base 41 with a hole 46 formed at its center for allowing the flow of the fluid, and a pressing element 47 which adds pressure to the aforementioned valve body 44 allowing it to be compressed against the downstream surface of the aforementioned valve base 41, and aforementioned valve body 44 adheres closely to the downstream surface 41b of the aforementioned valve base 41 by the pressing force of the aforementioned pressing element 47.
Abstract:
An apparatus for conveying thick matter is provided including a delivery line, a thick matter pump connected to the delivery line for conveying thick matter from the pump through the delivery line in an output direction, and a restraining member positioned in the delivery line. The restraining member includes a first group of finger lamellae that are radially arranged and have openings therebetween. Each of the finger lamellae of the first group includes an end secured on the inner surface of the delivery line and an unattached end extending diagonally in the output direction and toward the inside of the delivery line. The finger lamella thereby define a pass-through opening therein for enabling flow of thick matter through the restraining member such that the pass-through opening increases in size when thick matter flows in the output direction and decreases in size when there is no flow of thick matter or when thick matter moves in a direction opposite to the output direction. The restraining member also includes a second group of finger lamellae which have openings therebetween and are arranged relative to the finger lamellae of the first group such that the finger lamellae of the second group at least partially cover the openings between the finger lamellae of the first group.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fuel pump for pumping fuel, comprising a piston (2) and a diaphragm seal element (3), which seals on an inner annular seal seat (4) and an outer annular seal seat (5), wherein the following equation is satisfied: (Ra2−ra2)/(ri+L)2=ra/ri, where ri is the inner radius of the inner seal seat (4), ra is the inner radius of the outer seal seat (5), Ra is the outer diameter of the piston (2) and L is a difference between an outer radius (Ria) of the inner seal seat (4) and the inner radius (ri) of the inner seal seat (4). The invention further relates to a method for operating a fuel pump.
Abstract:
A method of assembling an air pump in a tire is provided including: opening an axial air passageway of an elongate flexible air tube at one end; inserting one by one a plurality of one-way check valves into the air passageway from the one end to form an axial array of spaced apart check valves along the air passageway, each check valve having an external nominal width greater than a nominal width of the air tube passageway; establishing a press fit engagement between each check valve and air tube internal sidewalls defining the air passageway to place each check valve at a respective preferred position within the air passageway; retaining the check valves in the respective preferred positions within the air passageway by radial pressure from the air tube internal sidewalls and closing the one end of the flexible air tube.
Abstract:
There is provided a system for supplying a fixed amount of fluid in which the reverse flow of the fluid is eliminated and a precise fixed amount of the fluid can be delivered. In a system for supplying a fixed amount of fluid comprising a fluid accommodating unit comprising a fluid accommodating bag and a pump connected to the fluid accommodating bag and a fluid supplying device body in which the fluid accommodating unit is detachably disposed and a pump driving mechanism for driving the pump is disposed, the pump of the fluid accommodating unit is a bellows pump having two check valves; the check valve comprises a valve base having through-holes formed therein and whose downstream surface is curved to be convex toward the downstream and a valve body made from an elastic thin plate for covering the downstream surface of the valve base and having a hole at the center thereof; and the pump driving mechanism drives a bellows so as to expand and contract it at a predetermined stroke.
Abstract:
There is provided a system for supplying a fixed amount of fluid in which the reverse flow of the fluid is eliminated and a precise fixed amount of the fluid can be delivered. In a system for supplying a fixed amount of fluid comprising a fluid accommodating unit comprising a fluid accommodating bag and a pump connected to the fluid accommodating bag and a fluid supplying device body in which the fluid accommodating unit is detachably disposed and a pump driving mechanism for driving the pump is disposed, the pump of the fluid accommodating unit is a bellows pump having two check valves; the check valve comprises a valve base having through-holes formed therein and whose downstream surface is curved to be convex toward the downstream and a valve body made from an elastic thin plate for covering the downstream surface of the valve base and having a hole at the center thereof; and the pump driving mechanism drives a bellows so as to expand and contract it at a predetermined stroke.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a micro-machined fluid-flow device (10) comprising a substrate (12) possessing a flow duct (14), a deformable thin layer (18) such a pump membrane or a valve-forming membrane. According to the invention, the thin layer (18) is a rolled metal sheet, preferably made of titanium, and connected to the substrate (12) in the zone (20) overlapping the flow duct, by an anodic bonding. The invention is applicable to making a valve.
Abstract:
A valve includes a first plate, a second plate, a spacer disposed between the first plate and the second plate, and a flap movably disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate includes a plurality of first holes extending through said first plate and the second plate includes a plurality of second holes extending through said second plate. The second holes are substantially offset from the first holes. The spacer forms a cavity between the first plate and the second plate and is in fluid communication with the first holes and the second holes. The flap has holes substantially offset from the first holes and substantially aligned with the second holes, and the flap is operable to be motivated between said first and second plates in response to a change in direction of the differential pressure of the fluid across the valve.