Cooling of a drive system for diaphragm pumps
AssigneeBerlin Heart GmbH
InventorsMatthew Oakley, Norbert Schwiertz
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Abstract
A drive unit for a diaphragm pump may be provided, wherein the drive unit comprises a hollow body and a piston which is arranged so as to be movable in the first hollow body along an axis of the hollow body, wherein the piston divides the hollow body into a first chamber, which is connectable to the diaphragm pump, and a second chamber, which is coupleable to a gas reservoir. The second chamber comprises an inlet valve and an outlet valve, such that a gas flow is drawn into the chamber via the inlet valve and is forced out of the chamber via the outlet valve.
Claims8
A drive unit for a diaphragm pump, the drive unit comprising:
- a first hollow body;
- a piston, wherein the piston divides the hollow body into a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber being configured to supply fluid to the diaphragm pump and the second chamber having an inlet valve and an outlet valve, wherein the second chamber is configured to draw a gas flow through the inlet valve and to force the gas flow out through the outlet valve to an outlet line;
- a motor driving the piston via a spindle extending through the second chamber from the motor to the piston, wherein the motor is disposed below the second chamber;
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- a heat sink comprising a monolithic first heat sink disposed below the second chamber and directly adjacent to the motor so as to be thermally coupled thereto, wherein the heat sink is thermally coupled to the motor and thermally and fluidically coupled to the second chamber via the outlet valve;
- wherein the outlet line is disposed within the first heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.