Liquid feed pump and liquid chromatography device
AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation
InventorsNobuhiro Tsukada, Daisuke Akieda, Shinya Ito, Kenichiro Nishiki
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Abstract
A liquid feed pump which increases the liquid flow velocity in a stagnation area in the pressure chamber of a plunger pump, thereby improving the liquid replacement speed in the plunger pump. When the liquid in the liquid feed pump is replaced, a first plunger slides back and forth in the space between a lower limit point and an upper limit point, and the second plunger stops at least temporarily at a position near to the upper limit point or slides back and forth for a shorter distance than when the liquid feed pump usually feeds the liquid.
Claims12
A liquid feed pump which sucks or discharges a liquid, comprising:
- a first plunger pump which sucks or discharges the liquid by sliding of a first plunger;
- a second plunger pump which sucks or discharges the liquid by sliding of a second plunger;
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- a liquid replacement mechanism which replaces the liquid to be introduced into the liquid feed pump, wherein
- the first plunger pump and the second plunger pump are connected in series in a channel in which the liquid moves,
- the first plunger is structured to be able to move between a first lower limit point and a first upper limit point in the first plunger pump,
- the second plunger is structured to be able to move between a second lower limit point and a second upper limit point in the second plunger pump,
- in the second plunger pump, a second plunger seal for sealing between a main body of the second plunger pump and the second plunger is located at a position nearer to the second lower limit point than to the second upper limit point,
- when the liquid in the liquid feed pump is replaced, the first plunger slides back and forth in a space between the first lower limit point and the first upper limit point, and
- when the liquid in the liquid feed pump is replaced, the second plunger stops at least temporarily at a position nearer to the second upper limit point than to the second lower limit point or slides back and forth for a shorter distance than when the liquid feed pump sucks and discharges the liquid.
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