Pumps inventions 07/06

20060165533 - Method and device for recycling gas: A device and method for recycling of gas used during the quenching process in a thermal treatment, for example, in which the gas is removed directly from a quenching chamber and is compressed to the pressure prevailing in the high-pressure container rather than being decompressed into a gas buffer, an...

20060165534 - Displacement control valve for variable displacement compressor: A displacement control valve for a variable displacement compressor includes a valve hole partially forming a supply passage or a bleed passage of the compressor and a valve body having a cross-sectional area changed portion that is movable into and out of the valve hole. The cross-sectional area changed portion...

20060165536 - Swash plate type compressor: In a swash plate type compressor, refrigerant in a discharge pressure region is introduced into a crank chamber through a supply passage while the refrigerant in the crank chamber is drawn out to a suction pressure region through a bleed passage for controlling pressure in the crank chamber, whereby inclination...

20060165535 - Variable displacement compressor: Refrigerant gas is introduced into a suction chamber through a suction line. Refrigerant gas is allowed to flow from the crank chamber into the suction chamber through an outlet line. An open degree adjustment valve (34) has a first valve body for adjusting an open degree of the suction line...

20060165537 - Apparatus providing improvement in the longevity of reed valves: An apparatus for increasing the longevity of reed valves. Machines such as automotive air conditioning compressors operate with a centrally-located rotating shaft that requires lubricant seals. Assembly of such machines with access for installation of one or more shaft seals commonly dictates an annular cavity between the shaft outer diameter...

20060165539 - Device for transmitting the rotating movement to a driven shaft, in particular for fluid recirculating pumps: A device for transmitting a rotating movement from movement generating means to a driven shaft, comprising at least one friction coupling and at least one induction coupling, arranged between said movement generating means and the driven shaft and substantially concentric with each other, wherein said movement generating means consist of...

20060165538 - Fan clutch for an electronics cooling fan: An electronics cooling fan comprises a clutch adapted to disengage and freewheel upon failure....

20060165540 - Auto valve priming pump: A priming pump for fluid delivery arranged with a base defining a flow inlet, a flow outlet, and a control valve positioned therebetween. The priming pump includes a housing assembled to the base with an inlet flow valve positioned in an inlet valve compartment and an outlet flow valve positioned...

20060165541 - Bellows pump: The present invention relates to, among bellows pumps for transporting a liquid with using a bellows which axially extends and contracts, a so-called internal-liquid type bellows pump in which an air chamber is formed outside a bellows and a liquid to be transported is sucked into the bellows. In order...

20060159551 - Arrangement for adjusting rotor position in a roting sluice: The arrangement is for the adjustment of wear of the position of the rotor of a sluice feeder within a feed casing. The rotor has the form of a truncated cone and the play between the rotor and the surrounding casing is adjusted depending on the wear between the rotor...

20060159552 - Hydraulic actuated cavitation chamber with integrated fluid rotation system: A method for initiating cavitation within the fluid within a cavitation chamber is provided. In the cavitation preparatory steps, a hydraulically actuated piston is fully retracted and then the cavitation chamber is isolated. The hydraulic piston is then fully extended after which the chamber is partially opened until a predetermined...

20060159553 - Hydraulic actuated cavitation chamber with integrated fluid rotation system: A method for initiating cavitation within the fluid within a cavitation chamber is provided. In the cavitation preparatory steps, a hydraulically actuated piston is fully retracted and then the cavitation chamber is isolated. The hydraulic piston is then fully extended after which the chamber is partially opened until a predetermined...

20060159554 - Hydraulic actuated cavitation chamber with integrated fluid rotation system: A method for initiating cavitation within the fluid within a cavitation chamber is provided. In the cavitation preparatory steps, a hydraulically actuated piston is fully retracted and then the cavitation chamber is isolated. The hydraulic piston is then fully extended after which the chamber is partially opened until a predetermined...

20060159555 - High pressure pump having plunger: A high pressure pump draws fluid from a fluid inlet into a compression chamber through an inlet chamber. The high pressure pump has a fluid chamber that communicates with the fluid inlet via the inlet chamber. The high pressure pump includes a plunger and a cylinder. The plunger draws fluid...

20060159563 - Air suction device: An air suction device is provided with an air suction system having at least one capacity-enlarged portion, a compression pump compressing air in synchronization with operation of an engine, a compression air control unit, and a vibration plate which is vibration-excited by air compressed by the compression pump and disposed...

20060159556 - Fluid rotation system for a cavitation chamber: A system for achieving bubble stability within a cavitation chamber is provided. The system includes an impeller assembly, the impeller assembly having at least one impeller located within the cavitation chamber. A motor, coupled to the impeller by a drive shaft, rotates the impeller thereby causing bubbles within the cavitation...

20060159562 - Fuel treatment device using a magnetic field: Magnetic fuel treatment devices are disclosed, the devices comprising, in part, a housing body, cover, and magnet, the combination of which forming an inner fuel channel through which fuel may flow for treatment therein. The fuel treatment device that uses a magnetic field to improve combustion and filterability of conventional...

20060159559 - Hydraulic actuated cavitation chamber with integrated fluid rotation system: A method for forming and imploding stabilized cavities within a cavitation chamber is provided. A hydraulically actuated piston is withdrawn to form the desired cavities and then extended to implode the cavities. At least one impeller is rotated in order to stabilize the cavities, the impeller being located within the...

20060159560 - Hydraulic actuated cavitation chamber with integrated fluid rotation system: A cavitation system for forming and imploding stabilized cavities within a cavitation chamber is provided. The system includes a hydraulically actuated driver coupled to the cavitation chamber. A cavitation piston, coupled to a hydraulic piston, forms the desired cavities during piston retraction and then implodes the cavities during piston extension....

20060159561 - Hydraulic actuated cavitation chamber with integrated fluid rotation system: A method for initiating cavitation within the fluid within a cavitation chamber is provided. In the cavitation preparatory steps, a hydraulically actuated piston is partially withdrawn and then the cavitation chamber is isolated. Once the chamber is isolated, the hydraulic piston is further withdrawn in order to form the desired...

20060159557 - Magnetic fluid rotation system for a cavitation chamber: A system for achieving bubble stability within a cavitation chamber is provided. The system includes an impeller assembly, the impeller assembly having at least one impeller blade located within the cavitation chamber. The impeller assembly is magnetically coupled to an external drive system which is used to rotate the impeller,...

20060159558 - Method for rotating cavitation chamber fluids using magnetics: A method for achieving bubble stability within a cavitation chamber is provided. The method uses an impeller assembly having at least one impeller blade, the assembly located within the cavitation chamber. The impeller assembly is magnetically coupled to an external drive system which is used to rotate the impeller, thereby...

20060159564 - Microfluidic driving and speed controlling apparatus and application thereof: The present invention provides an off-chip apparatus and a method for driving micro fluid wherein one or a plurality of impedance members, plunger positioning members and pressure difference design are used to drive the fluid and control the flow speed in a microfluidic system. The present invention also provides a...

20060159565 - Method and system for pumping powder, and powder coating apparatus: A pump system for powder, in particular coating powder, and powder coating apparatus. A time controller (74) is used to introduce compressed gas into a metering chamber as a function of the predetermined delay time elapsed since a predetermined operational point for the purpose of expelling a quantity of powder...

20060159567 - Hand-held vacuum pump and automated urinary drainage system using pump thereof: In the hand-held vacuum pump 1, the main body 1a of the vacuum pump in which the pump room 4a is formed and the electric motor 2 are connected via the shaft coupling 21. The main body of the vacuum pump has the driving shaft 10. One ball bearing 15b...

20060159566 - Multi-stage rotary compressor: A multi-stage rotary compressor to reduce a driving load and prevent a malfunction due to an abrupt pressure rising. In the compressor of the type including first and second compressing units mounted in a hermetic casing thereof to compress a gas, the gas being primarily compressed in the first compressing...

20060159568 - Device for generating a medium stream: The invention relates to a device (1) for generating a medium stream, having a chamber (4), which chamber (4) comprises chamber walls (2, 3) lying opposite one another and at least one medium opening (27, 28, 29, 30) for the medium stream, which medium stream can be generated in the...

20060159569 - Pump device for the hydraulic actuation of a valve: Pump device for hydraulically activating a valve in particular used for oil and gas exploration wherein such a valve may be a safety valve assigned to a riser or a tree, said pump device including a piston cylinder unit from which pressurized hydraulic fluid can be pumped in direction to...

20060159571 - Conveying device: m

20060159570 - Rotary compressor having a discharge valve: A rotary compressor having a housing, a rotor positioned within the housing defining a compression chamber, the rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation, a discharge port in the rotor in fluid communication with the compression chamber, and a valve assembly mounted to the rotor to regulate the pressure of...

20060159572 - Pilot injection pump: The present invention adds a separate pilot pumping chamber and associated pumping plungers and cam followers axially offset from the main pumping chamber and pumping plungers. The axis of the pilot plunger bores is angularly offset from the axis of the main plunger bores so that the pilot plungers are...

20060159573 - High pressure pump having downsized structure: A high pressure pump has a fuel passage and a pump chamber. Fuel flows into the pump chamber through the fuel passage. The high pressure pump includes a valve member and a plunger. The valve member is movable along a movable axis in a substantially axial direction of the valve...

20060159574 - Piston pump: The invention relates to a piston pump whose piston (4), via its upper and lower piston faces, delimits the working space inside the pump cylinder (5) on both sides. The working space (c) is joined via a lever system (19, 22, 25, 28, 31) to two force-guided inlet valves (14,...

20060159578 - Apparatus and method for aligning scroll compressor: Alignment is performed in a short time without reducing aligning accuracy. In performing the determination of the relative positions (alignment) of a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, both revolution compensation and translation compensation are performed by one measurement operation....

20060159577 - Drive mechanism for a power tool: A hollow piston drive mechanism for a hammer drill comprises a crank pin 54 having a cylindrical link member 68 rigidly connected to a part-spherical bearing 70. The part-spherical bearing 70 is slidably and rotatably disposed in a part-spherical recess 72 formed in the crank plate 52, as a result...

20060159575 - Pump: A pump includes a cylinder, a handle, a piston rod connected with the handle at an upper end and connected with a piston at a lower end, a flexible tube communicated with the cylinder, a nozzle communicated with the flexible tube, a first holding element installed on the cylinder in...

20060159576 - Storage bag with fluid separator: The storage bag includes an interior volume for containing food items and a one-way valve element through which air from the interior volume can be evacuated. To prevent fluids and juices from the stored food items from contaminating the valve element, a separator defining a chamber is included that sealingly...

20060153688 - Apparatus and method for controlling operation of compressor: An apparatus for controlling an operation of a compressor includes a controller for generating a control signal for selecting an operation mode of a compressor according to an operation load of the compressor; a first switching unit connected to a motor consisting of a main coil and a sub-coil and...

20060153687 - Hydrogen operated power system: One form of a hydrogen operated power system according to this invention is a fuel cell system (20) provided with a supply system which supplies a gaseous fuel from a fuel supply tank (24) to a fuel cell (22), characterized in that a pump (32) is provided in the supply...

20060153689 - Pump driving method and device therefor: A pump driving apparatus has a characteristic changing section which receives a set pressure, a set flowing amount, a set horse power, and a DC voltage of the converter section as input, outputs modified values of pressure, flowing amount, and horse power, and supplies the modified values to the horse...

20060153690 - Hydraulic vane pump: A hydraulic vane pump includes a plurality of members forming a recession and an orifice in fluid communication with one another and with rotating vane cells at an inlet sector of the pump. Air entrained in the vane cells is exhausted through the recession and the orifice prior to fluid...

20060153691 - Method and apparatus for a molded tube and peristaltic pump: A peristaltic pump (10) and tube (18) system are provided. The peristaltic pump (10) operates to squeeze the tube (18) and push liquid in the tube (18) in the desired direction. The tube (18) is molded, and thus allows for predictable and consistent flow rates....

20060153693 - Administering apparatus comprising a service life timer: An administering apparatus having a service life timer is provided that includes a casing with a reservoir for a container for a product to be administered, a conveying member for the product, an adder for recording and adding a change in the state of the apparatus, and an output means...

20060153692 - Method and system for monitoring a reciprocating compressor: System for monitoring a reciprocating compressor, comprising a unit for measuring parameters relating to the operating state of the compressor, a processing unit for comparing the values of these measured parameters with critical values contained in a database associated with the said processing unit. This processing unit sends a signal...

20060153694 - Pneumatic suction device: A pneumatic suction device (1) comprises a main nozzle (10), through which the expansion of compressed gas is designed to generate, by means of a reaction, suction with a given vacuum and flow rate. At least one secondary nozzle (20), through which the expansion of the compressed gas is designed...

20060153695 - Oil well pump apparatus: An oil well pumping apparatus for pumping oil from a well to a wellhead provides a tool body that is sized and shaped to be lowered into the production tubing string of the oil well. A working fluid is provided that can be pumped into the production tubing. A prime...

20060153696 - Screw pump: A pump comprises a stator and at lest one rotor mounted within a housing. The housing comprises a first fluid channel extending about the rotor, the rotor comprising at least one second fluid channel. A first sensor is configured to output a signal indicative of the temperature of the stator,...

20060153697 - Fluid provider assembly and portable fluid provider system including same: A fluid provider assembly including a fluid provider housing having an intake end having a fluid intake vent and an opposed output end having a fluid output vent. A motor unit is positioned within the housing, and a fluid pressurization unit is interposed between the intake end and the motor...

20060153698 - Rotary fluid machine: A rotary fluid machine is provided in which, among first bearings (23f, 23r) and a second bearing (24) supporting in a casing (11) opposite ends of a rotor (22) that includes an axial piston cylinder group (56) for converting the pressure energy of a working medium into mechanical energy, only...

20060153699 - Apparatus for connecting together at least two compressors used in refrigeration or air conditioning systems: Apparatus for connecting together at least two compressors (17) used in refrigeration or air conditioning systems, which apparatus comprises a suction header (16), a discharge header, an oil header, oil return lines and an oil reservoir, which apparatus is such that the suction header (16), the discharge header, the oil...

20060153700 - Thick matter pump comprising a transport capacity control system: A thick matter pump comprising a conveyance capacity control system. Said thick matter pump comprises a drive motor 50 which is preferably embodied as an internal combustion engine, a hydraulic pump 6 which is preferably embodied as a reversible pump, which has a variable displacement volume V and can be...

20060153701 - Mixer drive mounting apparatus and method: A drive mounting apparatus and method for mixing assemblies, such as a side-entry mixer, that can move the drive of a mixer between a closed position and an open position, and by doing so, can provide an access opening through which maintenance operations can be executed inside the mixer. The...

20060153702 - Engine coupled pump with 90 degree gearbox: A light, powerful and manoeuvrable centrifugal pump unit suitable for fighting fires, emptying flooded compartments and providing auxiliary cooling water on board ships includes a frame (10) which supports a mounting plate (12) through vibration isolating mounts (13). A marine grade water-cooled diesel engine (11) mounted above the plate (12)...

20060153703 - Fluid operated pump: A pumping system comprising a pump (21) for conveying a pumped fluid using an actuating fluid. The pump comprising a rigid outer casing (25) defining an interior space (26), a tube structure (27) accommodated in the interior space (26), the tube structure (27) being flexible and substantially inelastic. The interior...

20060153704 - Compressor ported shroud for foil bearing cooling: A compressor ported shroud takes bearing compressed air from the shroud of the compressor before it is completely compressed and delivers it to foil bearings. The compressed air has a lower pressure and temperature than compressed outlet air. The lower temperature of the air means that less air needs to...

20060153705 - Drive shaft for compressor: A compressor assembly that includes a driveshaft and at least one eccentric press-fit to the shaft. In one embodiment, the driveshaft includes an opening at a first end and the eccentric includes a linking rod press-fit into the opening. During assembly, the first end of the shaft is inserted through...

20060153706 - Internal gear-wheel pump comprising reinforced channels: The invention relates to a gerotor fuel pump (2) comprising ribs (18, 19), which are located in channels (16, 17) that are configured as inlets and outlets and that are situated in housing parts (8, 9). The ribs (18, 19) are positioned transversely to the maximal extension of the cross-sections...

20060153708 - Battery operated spray head having an improved housing: A three part housing for a battery powered spray head includes a left half shell, a right half shell and a hinged top. The batteries are located in the upper portion of the housing below the hinged top (battery cover). The inner front of the top is provided with a...

20060153709 - Battery operated spray head having an improved housing: A three part housing for a battery powered spray head includes a left half shell, a right half shell and a hinged top. The batteries are located in the upper portion of the housing below the hinged top (battery cover). The upper edges of the half shells are provided with...

20060153707 - Battery operated spray head retrofittable onto existing pump spray containers and producing substantially continuous spray: A battery operated spray pump includes a piston pump having a double wave cam which is pushed by a pair of rotating cam pushers coupled to the electric motor via a gear transmission. The double wave cam has an unequal duty cycle, i.e. takes more time to expel fluid from...

20060153710 - Hermetic compressor: By adopting a construction in which a first balance weight is provided at the side end portion of the eccentric shaft portion of the auxiliary shaft portion and a second balance weight is provided at the side end portion of the eccentric shaft portion the main shaft portion, it becomes...

20060153712 - Linear compressor: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor wherein a vibration absorbing unit is mounted at the outside of a compressor shell, whereby the number of elements inside the shell is reduced, resulting in a reduced compressor size. Also, the vibration absorbing unit is enclosed by a protective cover to be protected...

20060153711 - Linear compressor unit: A linear compressor unit including a reciprocating magnet driven by an electromagnetic alternating field. The magnet drives a piston reciprocatingly in a cylinder in a module casing, which casing also encloses a buffer volume. The cylinder is mounted in the casing so that it can oscillate. The cylinder includes an...

20060153713 - Multi pumping chamber magnetostrictive pump: A positive displacement pump includes a magnetostrictive actuator. A single actuator drives multiple pumping chambers. The pump may include two pumping chambers driven in phase by the linear expansion of the actuator at both its ends. The pump may include a third pumping cavity, driven by the transverse expansion and...

20060153714 - Brushless motor pump: A brushless motor pump includes a case; a motor disposed in the case, and including a rotor and a stator; a rotary blade assembly connected to one end of the rotor; a blade housing mounted to the case and encompassing the rotary blade assembly; an excitation unit for energizing the...

20060153715 - Vacuum pumping system and method of operating a vacuum pumping arrangement: A vacuum pumping system comprises a vacuum pumping arrangement comprising: a drive shaft; a motor for driving said drive shaft; a molecular pumping mechanism comprising turbomolecular pumping means; and a backing pumping mechanism. The drive shaft drives said molecular pumping mechanism and said backing pumping mechanism. The system also comprises...

20060153716 - Device for sucking liquid and method for sucking liquid: When a plurality of liquids are simultaneously sucked using a plurality of suction paths connected to a single pump, one suction end may hinder other acts of suction. A multiple valve for connecting each suction path and the pump in a one-by-one manner is disposed between the plurality of suction...

20060153717 - Rotor machine: The invention can be used for reversible pulsationless rotor high-pressure machines which can operate in pump and in motor mode. The inventive machine comprises a working chamber and an additional working chamber, separating jumpers and regulating elements. Said regulating elements are connected to each other with the aid of a...

20060153718 - Peristaltic pump head and tube holder: A tube holder (105) for use with a peristaltic pump includes a housing having a recess (165) for receipt of a pump rotor and a tube race around the recess. The tube race has a first race part and a second race part, a first tube inlet (167a) into the...

20060153719 - Fuel injection pump: A fuel injection pump 100 comprises a thermoelement CSD 47 for advancing injection timing in a cold temperature condition. The CSD 47 uses a piston 46 for opening and closing a sub port 42 formed in a plunger barrel 8. An electronic governor 2 is provided with a mechanism for...

20060153720 - Pump for tail production of oil: A piston pump for submerging in an oil well, consisting of four pistons that, by means of a fixed interlock (105) between two opposing pistons and a cog wheel interlock (104) between these and the two other pistons, get two oncoming piston pairs in which the mass forces are balanced....

20060153721 - Dual inlet rotary tool: A rotary device having a housing that has a first fluid inlet and second fluid inlet. A rotor is rotatably mounted in the housing and is in communication with the first and second fluid inlets....

20060153722 - Pump with side surface coating: In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a positive-displacement pump, in particular a vane cell pump, having a pump element, in particular a rotor, which is situated within a contour ring rotatable between two side surfaces where a limited coating is located on one of the side surfaces....

20060147313 - Microdosing apparatus and method for dosed dispensing of liquids: A microdosing apparatus comprises a fluid conduit having a flexible tube with a first end for connecting to a fluid reservoir and a second end where an outlet opening is located. An actuating device with a displacer with adjustable hub is provided, by which the volume of a portion of...

20060147314 - Horizontal compressor end cap: A substantially horizontal compressor including a housing having a main body portion with an open end. An end cap is secured to the main body portion with the end cap being provided with a plurality of apertures. The hermetic terminal body of the compressor is sealably fitted into one of...

20060147315 - Fluid pump control system for excavators: A fluid pump control system for excavators enables fluid pumps to produce hydraulic flows of a quantity great enough to actuate hydraulic actuators for smooth composite operations. The system includes variable displacement fluid pumps, fluid quantity control mechanisms for controlling the discharge quantity of the respective fluid pumps, fluid quantity...

20060147316 - Quiet fluid pump: A quiet fluid compressor which is made up of a motor, a compressor, and a storage tank. The motor and the compressor are cylindrical in shape and are joined to each other. The tank is cylindrical in shape and has a central open area going from the top to the...

20060147317 - Control device of high-pressure fuel pump of internal combustion engine: A control device of a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine capable of improving stability in controlling the drive of the high-pressure fuel pump by limiting the end timing of a drive signal of the high-pressure fuel pump and driving an actuator in a control effective range of...

20060147318 - Oil carry-over prevention from helium gas compressor: The present invention provides a pumped helium circuit comprising a compressor (14) with a high pressure port (16) and a low pressure port (18) each connected to a supplied equipment (61,63,65,67) to respectively supply compressed helium to, and receive compressed helium from, the supplied equipment; a pressure relief valve (12)...

20060147319 - Anti-door jam (adj): The present invention relates to a pumping device for inflating a tube or pumping oil behind pistons in particular hydraulic fluids, such as break fluids or compressed air. The systems use an electro hydraulic pump, a hydraulic hose and pistons or an air compressor and an air tank. The pumping...

20060147320 - Forced air warming unit: A forced air warming unit has a casing with inlet and outlet openings. The casing encloses a scroll housing with a curved inside surface in which a blower is disposed. A circuit board in the casing encloses the blower in the scroll housing. At least one opening penetrates the circuit...

20060147322 - Heat dissipating device in a fan: A heat dissipating device in a fan includes a fan blade assembly with a fan blade hub, a fan base attached to the fan blade assembly and a motor unit attached to the fan base. The fan base has at least a pillow part and is formed with an air...

20060147321 - Radiation device of a fan: A radiation device of a fan includes a fan blade assembly, a fan base attached to the fan blade assembly and a motor unit attached to the fan base. The fan blade assembly has a fan blade hub with at least a slant at the circumference thereof and an air...

20060147323 - Device for supplying air to fuel cells: A device for supplying air to fuel cells includes a compressor connected upstream from the fuel cell, and an expander, which is connected downstream from the fuel cell. The compressor is provided in the form of a claw compressor having at least two intermeshing compressor wheels, and the expander is...

20060147324 - Method and apparatus for scavenging energy during pump operation: A pump comprises a body for at least partially defining a pumping chamber (28); a pump member which undergoes displacement when acting upon a fluid in the pumping chamber; and a piezoelectric element which responds to the displacement of the pump member to generate an electric current. The electric current...

20060147325 - Pumps with diaphragms bonded as bellows: A pump comprises a diaphragm assembly which includes a first diaphragm (22) having a first diaphragm edge (28) and a second diaphragm (24) having a second diaphragm edge (30). The first diaphragm edge (28) and the second diaphragm edge (30) are bonded together so that a bellows chamber (26) is...

20060147326 - Hermetically sealed compressor: A hermetically sealed compressor includes a sealed vessel filled with a coolant and a freezer oil, an electromotive element including a rotor and a stator and accommodated within the sealed vessel, and a compressing element accommodated within an upper region of the sealed vessel and adapted to be driven by...

20060147328 - Seal mechanism for fluid machine: A seal mechanism (10) can reduce noise during operation. The seal mechanism (10) is used for a fluid machine (P) to prevent a fluid from leaking out of a high-pressure space (H) into a low-pressure space (L) in the fluid machine (P). The seal mechanism (10) has an annular seal...

20060147327 - Water-bearing domestic appliance comprising a drainage pump and corresponding drainage pump: A water-bearing domestic appliance includes a retainer for retaining items to be subjected to a liquid treatment and a drainage pump having an inlet through which liquid enters the drainage pump. The drainage pump also includes an outlet through which liquid exits the drainage pump, a pump impeller for conveying...

20060147329 - Active valve and active valving for pump: A pump (20, 120, 320, 420) comprises a pump body (22); an actuator (26); and, one or more active valves (30, 32). The pump body at least partially defines a pumping chamber (28) which has an inlet port (29) and an outlet port (31). The actuator (26) is situated at...

20060147330 - Gasket for compressor: A gasket (10) used in a compressor in which a gas is force-fed, improve the sealability and contribute stored miniaturization of the compressor. The gasket (10) includes a raised portion (35) rising so as to surround a sealed portion. An end (43) of the raised portion (37) and a base...