Diaphragm pump

US4049366A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Erich Becker · Springe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 1976
• Grant date: Sep 20, 1977
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F04B43/009
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A diaphragm pump, especially a vacuum pump for gases, includes at least one diaphragm extending transversely through the pump housing and defining therewith a pumping chamber. Drive means connected to the diaphragm moves the latter between a suction stroke at which gas is sucked into the pumping chamber through an inlet and a compression stroke in which the gas is pushed out of the pumping chambers through an outlet. The diaphragm is clamped at its outer periphery to the pump housing and at its central portion to the drive means moving the diaphragm between the suction and compression strokes. In order to avoid vibrations of the diaphragm during its operation, the space within the pump housing on the side of the diaphragm facing away from the pumping chamber is maintained at a pressure smaller than the inlet pressure of the gas during the suction stroke whereby striking of the unclamped portion of the diaphragm against the surface of the pump housing defining the pumping chamber is avoided and the useful life of the diaphragm increased.