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Liquid dosage piston pump

US4336000A · kind A · utility

33Cited by
6References
19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1979
Grant dateJun 22, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 31, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B53/06
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of removing air or gas bubbles tending to collect in the "dead space" of a piston burette or another liquid dosage piston pump during operation thereof. The venting is performed by sucking a substantial volume of air into the pump cylinder in addition to a certain amount of liquid, and the air and part of the liquid within the pump cylinder is thereafter discharged therefrom. A piston dosage pump for carrying out this method comprises a valve mechanism by means of which the pump cylinder may be selectively communicated not only with a liquid inlet conduit and a liquid outlet conduit, but also with an air inlet passage.

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