Pumps inventions 09/06

20060210403 - Method of running a down hole rotary pump: A method of running a down hole rotary pump using a top drive, sucker rod or any drive shaft from surface. A first step involves providing a gear box having an input end and an output end. The gear box is being capable of receiving an input of a first...

20060210404 - Pivoting mechanism for use in a high temperature steam distribution system: A pivoting mechanism for use in a high temperature steam distribution system includes an input member operative to move between a low level position and a high level position. A compression spring having a first end and a second end is also provided. The first end of the compression spring...

20060210405 - Vacuum pressure controller: A vacuum pressure controller for vacuum distillation equipment is controlled to mix a dilution gas with the distillation vapors to control the vacuum pressure to which the distillation equipment is subjected....

20060210406 - Wind turbine with hydraulic transmission: A wind turbine includes a closed loop hydrostatic transmission. The rotor is directly coupled to a low-speed high torque hydraulic motor, which is pressure-reversible to act as a pump. A variable displacement, pressure compensated hydrostatic transmission receives the hydraulic fluid output and drives a generator. The hydrostatic transmission and the...

20060210408 - Hermetically sealed compressor: A hermetically sealed rotary compressor 100 including an electrically-driven element 2, a rotary compressing element 4 equipped with a cylinder 41 having a compression chamber 43 and a hermetically sealed container 1 in which oil 8 is stocked, is equipped with and oil path 62 for injecting the oil 8...

20060210407 - Hermetically sealed compressor and method of manufacturing the same: In a hermetically sealed compressor 100 including a rotary compressing element (4) having at least one cylinder (43A, 43B), and a roller (45) provided to the cylinder so as to be freely eccentrically rotatable, an electrically-driven element (2) for driving the roller (45) and a hermetically sealed container in which...

20060210409 - Grease pump: A grease pump including a gerotor pump. The grease pump includes a head, a source of grease, and a discharge conduit. The head has bores defining an inlet passage and an outlet passage, and additional bores in communication with the inlet passage that lead to an air vent valve and...

20060210410 - Reciprocating pump apparatus and method using same: A reciprocating pump apparatus is disclosed. The reciprocating pump comprises a tubular member, a first electromagnet disposed around the tubular member, and a second electromagnet disposed around the tubular member. The reciprocating pump further comprises a first magnetic hollow piston slidably disposed within the tubular member and a second magnetic...

20060210411 - Reciprocating compressor: A reciprocating compressor includes a driving unit (16) having an outer stator (26) and an inner stator disposed at a predetermined air gap there between, and a moving member positioned between the outer stator (26) and the inner stator (28) and linearly and reciprocally moved; a compression unit (18) having...

20060210412 - Bracketless magnetic pump: A fluid pump assembly is used in combination with a container having a wall. The pump assembly comprises a first casing disposed outside the container in contact with the wall, a first magnetic assembly mounted to the first casing and operatively associated with a drive motor, a second casing disposed...

20060210413 - Reversible inflation system: A reversible inflation system allowing a single pump to be used for both inflation and deflation of the air bladder. The present embodiment of the inflation system includes a motor and an impeller located within a housing having a diaphragm valve and a slide. Presently, the slide determines the direction...

20060210414 - Turbomolecular vacuum pump: A turbomolecular pump comprises a pumping mechanism and an electric motor (10) for driving the pumping mechanism. The electric motor comprises a rotor (14), a stator and stator windings (20). The stator comprises a yoke [18(1), 18(2)] and a plurality of teeth (16) projecting from the yoke and carrying the...

20060204365 - Apparatus and method for controlling the speed of a pump in a well: A controller for controlling the pump unit of an oil well includes a sensor having a first and second probe for placement in the flow of oil from the well bore. Each of the probes contains a heater. A constant power source is selectively connected to one of the heaters....

20060204366 - Method of transforming a pre-determined force or pressure pattern: The present invention is related to a method of transforming a pre-determined force or pressure pattern on a lid element through said lid element onto a second element having a planar or non-planar surface. According to a first method step an optimized preformation-shape of said lid element and/or said second...

20060204367 - Pump and pump control circuit apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for a pump and a pump control system. The apparatus includes a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor coupled to a pump control system. For the method of the invention, the microcontroller provides a pulse-width modulation control signal to an output power stage in order to...

20060204368 - Air conditioning systems for vehicles: An air conditioning system for vehicles includes a refrigeration cycle having a variable displacement compressor with a displacement control valve, for controlling a discharge amount of the compressor, so that a pressure difference (Pd-Ps) between a discharged refrigerant pressure (Pd) and a drawn-refrigerant pressure (Ps) equals a set value, an...

20060204369 - Variable displacement swash plate compressor: A variable displacement swash plate compressor comprises a rotating shaft, a swash plate fitted on the rotating shaft to engage the rotating shaft slidably and to be variable in inclination relative to the rotating shaft, thereby rotating synchronously with the rotating shaft, a first spring for forcing the swash plate...

20060204370 - Electromagnetic clutch for compressor: When an armature plate is attracted to a rotor so that the turning force of the rotor is transmitted to the armature plate, the turning force of the armature plate is transmitted to a main shaft via a plate spring. An angle (hereinafter referred to as a slope angle) formed...

20060204371 - Compressor assembly having an air-cooled electric motor: An air-cooled electric motor is provided, which may be used in a compressor assembly, including a motor unit with a motor housing out of which a drive shaft extends, such that the drive shaft drives a ventilator, the ventilator includes at least two radially and/or axially separated ventilator sections to...

20060204372 - Apparatus for the distribution of pump-fed concrete to a plurality of casting areas: The invention relates to an apparatus for the distribution of concrete fed by a pump to a plurality of casting areas in building sites, tunnels, wells, and the like, consisting of a single structure (1) supporting a variable-geometry pipe (2) ending with a junction element (5) and part of which...

20060204373 - Hermetic compressor: A hermetic compressor stores oil (106), and houses compression mechanism (105) that compresses a refrigerant gas, in housing (101). Piston (140) is formed with at least two grooves (144) that do not include the edges of top surface (142) and skirt surface (143), on outer circumferential surface (145) of the...

20060204374 - Drive unit for a motor vehicle: A drive unit for a motor vehicle, having an engine unit and an axle differential arranged on the engine unit, as well as having drive shafts for the vehicle wheels disposed at least partially in the crankcase. The separating plane between the crankcase bottom part and the oil bearing housing...

20060204375 - Pressure driven pumping system: A pressure driven pumping system and methods for using pressure driven pumping systems. The pressure driven pumping system may include at least one pumping element. Each pumping element includes a housing having a bore at least partially bounded by first and second outer walls. A first piston is disposed between...

20060204376 - Liquid additive injection pump with mixing chamber and one way valve: A liquid additive injection pump for injecting a predetermined amount of a secondary fluid into a primary fluid stream wherein a fluid mixing chamber is disposed within the pump housing assembly. A gasket having at least one one-way valve is positioned between the pump assembly components and mixing chamber thereby...

20060204377 - Internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor, manufacturing method thereof and displacement ratio setting method: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed...

20060204378 - Dual horizontal scroll machine: A compressor system includes a pair of compressors located in a common shell. A common drive shaft drives both compressors and the drive shaft is powered by a single motor. One or both of the compressors can be equipped with a pulse width modulated capacity control system and a vapor...

20060204379 - Dual volume-ratio scroll machine: The present invention provides the art with a scroll machine which has a plurality of built-in volume ratios along with their respective design pressure ratios. The incorporation of more than one built-in volume ratio allows a single compressor to be optimized for more than one operating condition. The operating envelope...

20060204380 - Dual volume-ratio scroll machine: The present invention provides the art with a scroll machine which has a plurality of built-in volume ratios along with their respective design pressure ratios. The incorporation of more than one built-in volume ratio allows a single compressor to be optimized for more than one operating condition. The operating envelope...

20060204381 - Fluid transferring system and micropump suitable therefor: Disclosed herein is a micro fluid transferring system that comprises a micropump having a chamber, a first fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber, and a second fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber. This system is characterized in that at least one of the first and second fluid transferring...

20060204382 - Radial fan: A radial fan comprises a casing having a side portion and a pot-like casing portion, an impeller wheel arranged therein and having radially extending blades, an electric motor arranged at the side portion, and a pressure chamber which is formed by the casing portion and the side portion. The pressure...

20060204386 - Industrial pump and manufacturing method thereof: In an industrial pump, a bearing provided in a pump main body rotatably supports both end sides of a rotating shaft to which an impeller is attached. A shaft seal apparatus is arranged in adjacent to the bearing. The shaft seal apparatus is cooled by a cooling water introduced from...

20060204387 - External fan: An external fan is mounted on a chassis and includes a retaining stage and a ceramic axis. The retaining stage is arranged on one external side of the chassis and includes a base and a hollow rod erecting on the base. A stator is arranged outside the hollow rod. The...

20060204383 - Electric vacuum cleaner: An electric vacuum cleaner includes a filter, blower, switching element for switching current flowing through the blower, current detecting section, and control section, wherein the control section includes a first control mode in which an amount of airflow flowing through the filter and the blower is restrained and a second...

20060204384 - Water cannon: A water cannon utilizing ultra high pressure to propel a collimated beam of water or other liquid through a nozzle at high speeds at great distances. Ultra high pressure is achieved by multiple serially communicating pumping stations that successively build fluid pressure within respective annular chambers having cross-sectional areas that...

20060204385 - Fuel pump: Fuel pump (10) may comprise a housing (12), a motor (30) disposed within the housing, and a motor cover (16) attached to one end of the housing. The motor may include a motor shaft (32). The motor cover may comprise a bearing retaining portion (22) and a discharge port (26)....

20060204388 - Hose pump: A peristaltic hose pump has a rotor which is rotatable by a drive shaft as well as a support element which extends along a part of the rotor periphery. A flexible hose is inserted between the support element and the rotor. The support element is movable in the direction toward...

20060204389 - Piston-type accumulator: The invention relates to a piston-type accumulator comprising an accumulator housing provided in the form of a cylinder tube (1), inside of which a seperating piston (15), which separates two working spaces (5) and (6) from one another, can be displaced in axial direction within a piston stroke area (19)...

20060204390 - Proportioning pump including integral orifice: Mix and air combine in a mixing chamber of a housing of a frozen product system to form a mixture. A cap received in one end of the housing includes an air inlet, a mix inlet, and two mixture outlets. An integral orifice received in the air inlet regulates the...

20060204391 - Housing mechanism for receiving memory card: A housing mechanism includes a housing, a defending element, and a magnetic unit. The housing has a cavity, and an opening defined in a sidewall of the housing. The opening communicates with the cavity. The defending element is rotatably attached to an inner side of the sidewall adjacent the opening....

20060198735 - Vacuum pump and method of starting the same: The present invention relates-to-a-vacuum pump and a method of starting a vacuum pump. The vacuum pump includes a pump rotor (1) rotatably disposed in a casing (2), and a pump-rotor controller (15) for controlling rotation of the pump rotor (1) in a forward direction or a reverse direction in accordance...

20060198736 - Pump control system for variable displacement pump: A pump control system has pump-displacement controls configured to selectively activate and deactivate a predetermined pump-displacement limit between physical displacement limits of a variable-displacement pump. The pump-displacement controls may be configured to adjust an operating displacement of the variable-displacement pump within a range bounded by the predetermined pump-displacement limit when...

20060198737 - Actuator control apparatus: Herein disclosed is an actuator control apparatus, comprising primary control means for producing a control signal used to control an operation of an actuator in accordance with an instruction signal indicative of an operation of the actuator, secondary control means for producing a control signal in accordance with the instruction...

20060198738 - Reciprocating pump: A piston pump for an electronically controllable vehicle brake system including a particularly simple, inexpensive, and space-saving throttle, and a filter hydraulically upstream of it, which prevents the throttle from becoming clogged with impurities. The pressure fluid outlet is routed at least partway along the circumferential surface of the bushing...

20060198739 - Fan drive for fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger: A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment....

20060198740 - Diaphragm pump: A diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid includes a housing, a pump chamber defined in the housing, a first diaphragm for sealing the pump chamber, a pressure control chamber defined in the housing adjacent to the pump chamber via the first diaphragm, a second diaphragm for sealing the pressure control...

20060198741 - Air pump with air flow control: An air pump includes a housing, a motor, an impeller and an air flow controller. The housing confines a receiving space, and has a first end portion formed with a first port unit, an opposite second end portion formed with a second port unit, and an intermediate portion between the...

20060198742 - Downhole uses of piezoelectric motors: A sampling system used in collecting samples of connate fluid from within hydrocarbon bearing formations. The sampling system comprises a sonde disposed within a wellbore formed proximate to the formation of interest. The sonde includes a sample probe insertable into the formation and a drawdown pump in fluid communication with...

20060198743 - Pump device: A pump device has an impeller rotatable in a pump space, a rotational shaft interconnecting a rotational drive source and the impeller, a rotational shaft casing having a bearing assembly and/or a seal assembly, a first blocking flow mechanism, having a discharge section for discharging a portion of a main...

20060198744 - Skipping frequencies for variable speed controls: A control for an electric motor is utilized to avoid operation in or near the resonance frequencies for the electric motor and its associated system components. The resonance frequencies can be identified experimentally at the design stage, or during operation of a component and electric motor. During start-up, shutdown or...

20060198745 - Hand-operated inflator: A hand-operated inflator with dual cylinder is provided. Once the cylinders are pulled out on two sides of the central block to form a line axially, and a clamp plate at mid point in between the two cylinders is turned to the transversal position to lock the cylinders in place,...

20060198735 - Vacuum pump and method of starting the same: The present invention relates-to-a-vacuum pump and a method of starting a vacuum pump. The vacuum pump includes a pump rotor (1) rotatably disposed in a casing (2), and a pump-rotor controller (15) for controlling rotation of the pump rotor (1) in a forward direction or a reverse direction in accordance...

20060198736 - Pump control system for variable displacement pump: A pump control system has pump-displacement controls configured to selectively activate and deactivate a predetermined pump-displacement limit between physical displacement limits of a variable-displacement pump. The pump-displacement controls may be configured to adjust an operating displacement of the variable-displacement pump within a range bounded by the predetermined pump-displacement limit when...

20060198737 - Actuator control apparatus: Herein disclosed is an actuator control apparatus, comprising primary control means for producing a control signal used to control an operation of an actuator in accordance with an instruction signal indicative of an operation of the actuator, secondary control means for producing a control signal in accordance with the instruction...

20060198738 - Reciprocating pump: A piston pump for an electronically controllable vehicle brake system including a particularly simple, inexpensive, and space-saving throttle, and a filter hydraulically upstream of it, which prevents the throttle from becoming clogged with impurities. The pressure fluid outlet is routed at least partway along the circumferential surface of the bushing...

20060198739 - Fan drive for fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger: A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment....

20060198740 - Diaphragm pump: A diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid includes a housing, a pump chamber defined in the housing, a first diaphragm for sealing the pump chamber, a pressure control chamber defined in the housing adjacent to the pump chamber via the first diaphragm, a second diaphragm for sealing the pressure control...

20060198741 - Air pump with air flow control: An air pump includes a housing, a motor, an impeller and an air flow controller. The housing confines a receiving space, and has a first end portion formed with a first port unit, an opposite second end portion formed with a second port unit, and an intermediate portion between the...

20060198742 - Downhole uses of piezoelectric motors: A sampling system used in collecting samples of connate fluid from within hydrocarbon bearing formations. The sampling system comprises a sonde disposed within a wellbore formed proximate to the formation of interest. The sonde includes a sample probe insertable into the formation and a drawdown pump in fluid communication with...

20060198743 - Pump device: A pump device has an impeller rotatable in a pump space, a rotational shaft interconnecting a rotational drive source and the impeller, a rotational shaft casing having a bearing assembly and/or a seal assembly, a first blocking flow mechanism, having a discharge section for discharging a portion of a main...

20060198744 - Skipping frequencies for variable speed controls: A control for an electric motor is utilized to avoid operation in or near the resonance frequencies for the electric motor and its associated system components. The resonance frequencies can be identified experimentally at the design stage, or during operation of a component and electric motor. During start-up, shutdown or...

20060198745 - Hand-operated inflator: A hand-operated inflator with dual cylinder is provided. Once the cylinders are pulled out on two sides of the central block to form a line axially, and a clamp plate at mid point in between the two cylinders is turned to the transversal position to lock the cylinders in place,...