Pumps inventions 02/08

20080050246 - Fluid system with pump activation device: The invention provides a fluid system with a pump activation device. The fluid system can include a tank containing fluid and a conduit connected to the tank for the distribution of fluid. The fluid system can include a pump apparatus that increases fluid pressure through the fluid system in response... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080050247 - Electromagnetic pump: An electromagnetic pump has a supply section and a magnetic force pumping section wherein flow of an electrically conductive material through the supply section is opposite to the flow of the material in the magnetic force pumping section in some examples. Multiple coils surround the supply and magnetic force pumping... Agent: Philip O. Post Indel, Inc.

20080050248 - Method for transportation of liquids by steam or compressed air and a device for realization of the method: Inside the device a second volume is formed by providing a cylinder (2) with opened bottom. A tube (10) with an inside valve (5) are installed in the cylinder (2). The movement of valves (3), (4), (5) is synchronized and depends on the position of the cylinder (2). The proposed... Agent: Rumen Mudrov

20080050249 - Progressive vortex pump: PROGRESSIVE VORTEX PUMP. The objective of the present invention is to provide a progressive vortex pump, which has multiple stages, which works at the center, eliminating totally system vibration. All components of this pump are metallic, which can work at very elevated temperatures.... Agent: James W. Kayden Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080050250 - Air supply system with reduced oil passing in compressor: An air supply system includes a compressor having a compression chamber, an inlet port through which air flows into the compression chamber and an outlet port through which air exits the compression chamber, an unloader which causes the compressor to be in an unloaded state when a desired system air... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080050251 - Reciprocatory fluid pump: A reciprocatory fluid pump includes an armature assembly which is reciprocatably mounted to the housing by a pair of spaced leaf springs extending parallel to each other and fixed at their opposite ends to the armature assembly and housing, respectively, so as to define therewith a four-sided parallelogram in which... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080050252 - Bearing housing, and motor assembly and vacuum cleaner having the same: Disclosed are a bearing housing, and a motor assembly and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The motor assembly includes: a motor housing; a motor installed in the motor housing, for supplying suction force; an impeller rotatably installed on a rotation shaft of the motor; an impeller cover coupled to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080050253 - Treadle training machine with an oil pressure unit: A treadle training machine with an oil pressure unit comprises a body: two treadles installed on the body; an oil pressure unit installed between the body and the two treadles for generating resistance force to the treadles. The oil pressure unit includes an oil pressure rod having a head at... Agent: Tsung-yu Chen

20080050254 - Dual action air pump: A dual action air pump has a body and a piston assembly. The body has an air chamber, an air channel and an elongated hole, which are defined longitudinally in the body parallel to each other. The air chamber has two ends, one of the ends has an outlet with... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080050255 - Pumping device: A pumping device comprises barrel including a first tube having a first end and a second end and a second tube which surrounds the first tube. A head for connecting to a valve attached to the first end of the first tube. A pumping means includes a rod having an... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080050256 - Diaphragm pump and manufacturing device of electronic component: A diaphragm pump 1 has a base block 2, a diaphragm 8 and a drive unit for driving the diaphragm to reciprocate. The base block 2 has three or more liquid flow paths, each having three recesses 23 through 25 or more recesses. The diaphragm 8 and the respective recesses... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20080044293 - Pump arrangement with speed control: A pump arrangement for bodies of water or containers with water subject to biological influences has at least one water pump and a control device controlling the speed of the water pump. At least one temperature sensor measures the water temperature and provides signals of the measured water temperature. The... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080044294 - In-line jet pumps and methods of use: A jet pump comprising (A) a housing which defines at least a suction chamber, a suction inlet and a suction outlet; (B) a nozzle assembly disposed within the housing which nozzle assembly is sized and configured to receive at least a pressurized fluid and eject the pressurized fluid as a... Agent: Sieberth & Patty, LLC

20080044295 - Portable bailer: A portable bailer is used to remove liquid such as water from a watercraft, such as an open-topped powerboat or rowboat. The bailer features an electrically actuated liquid pump contained within a one-piece protective external molded housing also containing a suitable battery such as a suitable rechargeable battery in close... Agent: Laura Mary Goliat

20080044296 - Air compressor with removable manifold: An air compressor assembly includes a compressor configured to provide a source of compressed air and a manifold assembly removably coupled to the compressor and configured to distribute the compressed air to one or more pneumatic tools. The manifold assembly is configured to be coupled to the compressor via an... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080044297 - Power steering pump relief system filter: Accordingly, the present invention provides a power steering pump having a filter that removes contaminants from fluid flowing through the relief system of the power steering pump. The power steering pump includes a housing having a longitudinal bore communicating with a fluid outlet. A fluid discharge port communicates with the... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080044298 - High pressure pump, frame and housing assembly: The invention is a high pressure pump, frame and housing assembly including a high pressure pump, electric motor, belt drive, metal frame, plastic housing and noise absorbing sheets that combine to suppress vibration, attenuate noise and allow viewing of the motorized pump assembly. The motorized pump produces a flow rate... Agent: Jeffrey S. Sokol Cook & Franke S.c.

20080044299 - Apparatus, system and method for loading and offlloading a bulk fluid tanker: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for loading and offloading a bulk fluid tanker. The apparatus to load and offload a bulk fluid tanker includes a housing configured to attach to at least one of a bulk fluid tanker tractor and a bulk fluid tanker trailer. Additionally, the apparatus... Agent: S. Scott Gordon Advantage Patent Services, Inc.

20080044300 - Air pump: Lifetime required of mobile-use fuel cells is secured and prolonged, stabilized pump performance is maintained by preventing bearing seizure and abnormal wear. The shaft (101) of a pump mechanism section (100) and the shaft (201) of a motor section (200) are integrated, and the shafts (101, 201) are supported by... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080044301 - Electromagnetic fuel pump: In a plunger type electromagnetic fuel pump, a cost reduction is achieved by reducing a number of parts in conjunction with a layout of a check valve and making a cleaning step after assembling unnecessary. In an electromagnetic fuel pump (1) which pressure-feeds a fuel from a pressurizing chamber (6)... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080044302 - Electromagnetic fuel pump: The invention can secure an improved pump operation while minimizing a loss of a magnetomotive force generated by an electromagnetic coil and making it possible to achieve a compact structure and a weight saving of an apparatus, in a plunger type electromagnetic fuel pump. In an electromagnetic fuel pump (1)... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080044303 - Lubricant dosing pump and dosing method with two pistons movable with respect to one another: The invention relates to a method for dosing a lubricant as well as a lubricant dosing pump. To be able to accurately dose the small lubricant quantities necessary in minimal quantity lubrication, it is provided according to the invention that at least two pistons are moved from an initial position... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080038117 - Pumping system employing a variable-displacement vane pump: A pumping system has a variable-delivery vane pump. The pump has hydraulic pressure regulating dissipating devices for imparting to the oil, in a regulating chamber, a pressure lower than the delivery pressure.... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080038119 - Bicycle pump: A bicycle pump having illuminating devices for enabling it to be used in the dark, which includes a pump portion, a nozzle and a pressure gauge mounted on the body portion, the pressure gauge having an inlet connected to a lower end of the pump body and an outlet connected... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080038120 - Two stage conical liquid ring pump having removable manifold, shims and first and second stage head o-ring receiving boss: A first head of a liquid ring pump has an inlet, an outlet, a shaft receiving aperture extending there through, and an internal end. The internal end includes a boss with a side wall. The boss is received by a pump body. An interstage manifold is removeably coupled to the... Agent: James B. Conte

20080038118 - Pumping system: The present invention provides a pumping system (60) comprising: a pumping mechanism (64); a motor (51) for driving the pumping mechanism; a drive control (50) for controlling the motor; and means (52) for monitoring at least one state within the system; wherein, to improve the performance of the system, the... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20080038121 - Compressor sound suppression: A compressor apparatus has a housing (22) having first (53) and second (58) ports along a flowpath. One or more working elements (26, 28) cooperate with the housing to define a compression path between suction and discharge locations along the flowpath. A check valve (70) has a valve element having... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (utc)

20080038122 - Electric axial flow pump: a stator 6 having a field coil 10, a rotor 3 including a cylindrical hollow shaft 4 having open ends surrounded by the stator and a plurality of magnets 5 fixed around the hollow shaft, and a flow generation section 2 fixed inside the hollow shaft for rotating integrally with... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080038123 - Processing and/or operating machine comprising an ionic liquid as the operating liquid: The invention relates to a processing or working machine comprising a liquid as the operating liquid wherein the invention is characterized in that an ionic liquid constitutes said operating liquid. The invention also relates to the use of operating fluids in processing or working machines, wherein an ionic liquid constitutes... Agent: Innovar, LLC

20080038124 - Medical pump: The invention relates to a medical pump, especially for water jet surgery, in which a pump unit assembled as a single use article can be reversibly connected to a pump actuating device. In order to simplify one such arrangement, the pump actuating device is also used to open up the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080038125 - Piezoelectric pump and piezoelectric vibrator: There is provided a piezoelectric pump including a piezoelectric vibrator formed by stacking a piezoelectric body on at least one of the front and rear surfaces of a shim made of a conductive metal thin plate, and a housing that makes the peripheral edge of the piezoelectric vibrator liquid-tight to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080038126 - Assembly for transporting fluids: An arrangement for pumping fluids has an electronically commutated external-rotor motor (20). The latter has a stator (22) arranged on a stator carrier (34) and a rotor (26) joined to a first permanent magnet (67), which rotor is rotatably journaled, in a bearing tube (30), with respect to the stator... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080038127 - Screw compressor: A screw compressor is for use of a screw chiller, and comprises a pair of screw rotors and a casing housing the screw rotors, a capacity control valve for varying a ratio of volume, a motor for driving the screw rotors and an inverter for varying the rotational speed of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080038128 - Micropump for peristaltic pumping of a liquid medium: The invention relates to a micropump for peristaltic pumping of a liquid medium and to a device which contains a peristaltic micropump and which is for metered administration of a liquid drug.... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20080038130 - Fluid delivery device identification and loading system: A medical pump includes a chassis having a fixed seat, and a main carriage having a carriage footing for receiving a fluid delivery device and restricting its movement. An actuator automatically moves the main carriage between open and closed positions to engage the fluid delivery device to the seat. The... Agent: Brian R. Woodworth

20080038129 - Tube cassette unit and liquid conveyance device using the same: A tube cassette unit including a flexible conveying tube, a discharge nozzle inserted into one end of the conveying tube and a relay pipe inserted into the other end, a discharge side holding part for coupling and holding the one end of the conveying tube to the discharge nozzle, and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080038131 - Piston pump for thick materials: In a multi cylinder thick materials pump (1) for feeding concrete in particular, whose at least two feeding cylinders (3, 5) feed the thick material from a pre filling container (7) into a feed line, and a shift valve (9) for alternatively connecting the feeding cylinders, having a feed line... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080031740 - Fluid conveyance system and fluid conveyance device: A fluid conveyance system includes: a fluid conveyance device including a micro pump module which compresses a flexible tube communicating with a fluid containing receptacle and discharges a fluid, a memory device furnished on the micro pump module which stores individual identification data of the micro pump module, and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080031741 - Jet pump slip joint with axial grooves: A uniform leakage flow device for the slip point of piping systems, and particularly in reactor pressure vessels, selectively imposes a steady, uniform flow of fluid through the slip joint between two adjacent pipe surfaces to thereby eliminate the detrimental flow-induced vibration associated with the unsteady and non-uniform leakage of... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20080031742 - Arrangement and method for treatment of compressed gas: An arrangement for use with a liquid cooled and/or lubricated compressor (10) for compressing gas, and incorporating provision to add liquid for cooling purposes to the gas prior to entry of the gas into the compressor, in which down stream of the compressor there is a liquid/gas separator (11) to... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20080031743 - Frame mounted pump: An apparatus for use in combination with a tractor having a hydraulically adjustable rearwardly facing three-point implement hitch and a rear power takeoff is described for use in evacuating a body of water. The apparatus includes a mounting frame attachable to the rearward facing three-point implement hitch. A pump having... Agent: William J. Mason Maccord Mason PLLC

20080031745 - Axial piston machine: An axial piston machine, in particular to an air-conditioning compressor for motor vehicles, including a drive unit for taking-in and compressing a pressure medium The drive unit is rotatably driven by a shaft, the rotatable movement of the shaft is convertible into the reciprocating motion of the pistons in the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080031744 - High-pressure pump for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine: A high-pressure pump having a rotationally driven drive shaft and at least one pump element which has a pump piston driven at least indirectly in a reciprocating motion by the drive shaft which piston is guided in a cylinder bore and with its end remote from the drive shaft defines... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080031746 - Method and device for regulating fluid pump pressures: A method is provided for regulating fluid pump pressures by detecting an elevation differential between a fluid flow control device and the distal end of a fluid line in communication with the fluid flow control device. A fluid flow control device, for instance a peritoneal dialysis device, is at a... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080031749 - Power transmission mechanism: A first rotor is rotatably supported by a housing. A second rotor rotates integrally with a rotary shaft. A power transmission mechanism is capable of transmitting power from the first rotor to the second rotor. When supplied with a current, an electromagnetic coil is capable of causing the armature plate... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080031748 - Centrifugal pump: The invention relates to a centrifugal pump comprising a pump housing made of injection-molded plastics with a first housing part, which is designed as a single piece with a suction connection and a pressure connection, and comprises a sealing area, by means of which said first housing part is joined... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080031747 - Reciprocating pump with reduced noise level: The present invention is directed to a reciprocating motor pump (1) suitable to generate compressed gas with a reduced noise level of at most 55 dB, wherein said pump (1) includes a pump casing comprising:—a gas inlet nozzle (3);—a gas chamber;—a cylinder chamber (4) comprising a piston (5);—an inlet valve... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20080031750 - Turbocharger housing, turbocharger and a multi-turbocharger boosting system: A turbocharger housing comprises a main body (1) for bearing a shaft (2) for carrying a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel (3), and a seal portion (4) to seal a clearance between the shaft (2) and the turbocharger housing, wherein said seal portion (4) is formed by an insert... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20080031751 - Sump pump control system: A sump pump control system for monitoring and driving AC pumps that are supplied by directly either by AC utility power, or converted DC battery power. AC power is continuously monitored and the control automatically switches to DC battery supply in the case of power failure. DC battery power is... Agent: Electro-matic Products Co Attn: Robin Groth

20080031752 - Sump pump control system: A sump pump control system for monitoring and driving AC pumps that are supplied by directly either by AC utility power, or converted DC battery power. AC power is continuously monitored and the control automatically switches to DC battery supply in the case of power failure. DC battery power is... Agent: Electro-matic Products Co.

20080031753 - Compressor: An object is to provide a highly efficient compressor while improving a refrigerant leakage, enhancing a performance of a compressor, improving durability, and enhancing reliability. The compressor comprises: a compression element comprising a cylinder in which a compression space is constituted; a suction port and a discharge port which communicate... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080031754 - Piston pump: A piston pump including a pump housing, a piston provided at the inner bore of the pump housing and assembled with an annular sealing member to form a pump chamber. The piston is configured to slide at an inner wall of the inner bore. The annular sealing member is assembled... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080031755 - Variable flow fluid pump: A pump assembly including a resilient dome attached to a base plate, which together define a chamber. A flapper, supported on a raised center boss on the base plate, seats against a raised annular valve seat to selectively expose fluid inlet apertures in the base plate. The dome has a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP