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Pump driving mechanism

US4397616A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1981
Grant dateAug 9, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18248
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pump driving mechanism of this applications is formed by supporting a piston body 3 provided with a piston rod 9 and an elastic arm 18 movable in directions vertical to reciprocally moving directions of the piston body, between respective free ends of a pair of elastic leg pieces 16 and 17 fixed at one end and freed at the other end, and connecting an eccentric shaft 23 driven to be rotated by a motor 22 to a shaft bearing 21 formed at a free end of the elastic arm 18, whereby a low noise reciprocating movement within a cylinder 14 is provided to a piston rod 9 by rotations of the eccentric shaft 23.

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