Pump module
AssigneeMedaxis AG
InventorsBeat Moser, Adrian Zweifel, Beat Widmer, Martin Butler, Lukas Christen, Roman Good, Daniel Napoletano
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Abstract
A pump module with a casing having at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocatingly movable manner and may include a sealing element which, in pumping operation, abuts in a sealing manner against a cylinder. An embodiment of a pump module, which is easy to produce and can be disinfected or sterilized in a simple manner, includes a pump piston that can be fixated in a parking position in which the sealing element does not abut against the cylinder.
Claims14
A pump module comprising a casing in which at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocating manner and provided with at least one sealing element which in a pumping operation sealingly abuts against a cylinder, and further comprising a locking element which is arranged on said casing and which in a parking position, in which said sealing element does not abut against said cylinder, interacts with a locking counter-element provided on said pump piston for fixing said pump piston in the parking position;
- wherein said locking element comprises a pawl formed integrally on the casing and elastically preloaded radially against the pump piston, and said locking counter-element comprises two radial projections provided at an axial distance from one another between which said locking element engages in the parking position.
A pump module comprising a casing in which at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocating manner and provided with at least one sealing element which in a pumping operation sealingly abuts against a cylinder, and further comprising a locking element which is arranged on said casing and which in a parking position, in which said sealing element does not abut against said cylinder, interacts with a locking counter-element provided on said pump piston for fixing said pump piston in the parking position;
- further comprising a conical in-feed device disposed ahead of said cylinder, wherein the smallest inner diameter of said conical in-feed device substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of said cylinder;
- and wherein in the parking position said sealing element is arranged in said conical in-feed device such that a radial gap is set between said sealing element and a casing wall circumferentially surrounding said sealing element to allow for at least one of a fluid and a gas to flow around the pump piston for sterilization or disinfection.
A pump module comprising a casing in which at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocating manner and comprises a plunger body provided with at least one sealing element which in a pumping operation sealingly abuts against a cylinder and further comprising a cylinder insert which is associated with said pump piston and which in pumping operation encloses said sealing element between itself and said plunger body and wherein an end face of said cylinder insert abuts against a valve block which forms inlet and outlet passages to said cylinder insert and receives inlet and outlet valve elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.