Wobble plate piston water pump for use in a low flow gas pressure washer or a low current electric pressure washer
OwnerJames Hou, Jiang-yong Gu +2inventors
InventorsJames Hou, Jiang-yong Gu, Ming Liu, Man Chung Kenneth Lam
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Abstract
There is provided a wobble plate piston water pump for use in a pressure washer and driven by a driving source, the water pump includes a pump body, a wobble plate, four or more pistons and a water passage defined by a water inlet and a water outlet. The driving source being electric powered and having a power consumption of less than or equal to a 15 ampere draw at 120 volts or 220 volts or the driving source being gas powered and having an engine displacement of less than or equal to 250 cubic centimetres.
Claims14
A wobble plate piston water pump for use in a pressure washer and driven by a driving source, the water pump comprising:
- a pump body defining five channels;
- a wobble plate disposed in the pump body and having a rear side and a front side, the wobble plate being rotatable around a rotational axis via mechanical connection on the rear side to the driving source, the front side being inclined relative to the rotational axis, the wobble plate comprising a pitch circle having a diameter defined by annular spacing of a plurality of thrust bearings disposed around the wobble plate;
- five equally annularly spaced pistons, each piston located in a respective one of the five channels, the pistons being moveable by the wobble plate so that the pistons are reciprocatable within the channels during rotation of the wobble plate, the pistons defining a pitch circle having a diameter defined by annular spacing of the pistons that is smaller than the wobble plate pitch circle diameter;
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- a water passage defined by a water inlet and a water outlet each in selective fluid communication with one of the five of channels based on a phase of reciprocation of the respective piston for that channel, the water inlet providing low pressure water to the channel while the respective piston for that channel is moving away from the water inlet, and the water outlet receiving high pressure water from the channel while the piston is moving towards the water outlet.
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