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Compact piezoelectric fluidic air supply pump

US4648807A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 14, 1987
Grant dateMar 10, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B43/046
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The piezoelectrically driven diaphragm of an air pump is extended through a chamber and commmunicating outlet passage of the pump's housing. During vibration of the diaphragm, air pulses are alternately expelled through the outlet passage portions positioned on opposite sides of the diaphragm. The air pulses are collected in a rectifying device, carried by the housing, for delivery to a fluidic device or system.

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