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Diaphragm pump

US5165869A · kind A · utility

73Cited by
14References
24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 1992
Grant dateNov 24, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B43/009
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A piston-driven fluid pump including a drive chamber containing drive fluid and a drive diaphragm forming a wall of the drive chamber. The pump also includes a spill containment chamber disposed adjacent the drive chamber and containing drive fluid, with a pumping diaphragm forming a wall of the spill containment chamber. A pump chamber assembly is disposed adjacent the fluid containment chamber, and is in fluid communication with a source of fluid to be pumped. A selectively actuable piston pressurizes the drive fluid in the drive chamber, and a pressure compensation device, disposed in fluid communication with the drive chamber, provides selectively variable pressure relief to the drive chamber.

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