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Plunger or floating piston pump

US4572056A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 8, 1984
Grant dateFeb 25, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B53/162
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plunger or floating piston pump which is particularly adapted for use as a small-size metering pump in performing chemical analyses. In a pump head casing there is disposed a plunger guide bushing made of a ceramic material in which a plunger made of sapphire is slidably guided permanently with extreme accuracy in relation to the bore in an annular seal, said annular seal itself cooperating with said plunger in such a way that there is no clearance between the plunger and said plunger guide bushing. In a modification of the invention, said displacement chamber is formed in a pump head liner which is mounted in said pump head casing. The pump head liner is made of a chemically inert material, preferably of a ceramic material.

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