Transfer pump assembly

A transfer pump configured to pump a material from a bucket having an annular lip defining an opening into the bucket, the transfer pump comprising:

• a fluid module configured to extend at least partially into the bucket to contact the material within the bucket, the fluid module including a reciprocating pump having a piston configured to reciprocate along a pump axis to pump the material, and the fluid module including a pump outlet through which material is output from the reciprocating pump;
• a drive module removably mounted to the fluid module by a static interface and a dynamic interface, wherein the drive module is structurally supported by the fluid module at the static interface and wherein the drive module transmits reciprocating mechanical motion to the fluid module to cause pumping at the dynamic interface, the dynamic interface is formed by a head disposed within a receiving slot, the drive module configured to displace the piston by the head and the receiving slot, and the dynamic interface is broken with the head removed from the receiving slot;
• a stand directly connected to the fluid module and spaced radially from the pump axis of the fluid module such that the stand is disposed outside of the bucket with the fluid module extending into the bucket, the stand configured to interface with a surface outside of the bucket to support the transfer pump on the surface;
• wherein the drive module includes electronic components of the transfer pump and the fluid module does not include any of the electronic components such that the electronic components are separable from the fluid module by breaking the static interface and the dynamic interface;
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• wherein the static interface and the dynamic interface are configured to be broken by shifting the drive module radially away from the pump axis;
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• wherein the drive module is disposed fully above a connection between the stand and the fluid module, the drive module is disposed fully above the pump outlet, and at least a portion of the pump outlet is disposed vertically between the static interface and the connection between the stand and the fluid module;
• wherein the drive module includes a drive housing within which an electric motor is disposed, wherein a drive link extends into a drive cavity of the drive housing to interface with the piston, the drive link connected to the piston to cause reciprocation of the piston;
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• wherein the dynamic interface is formed within the drive cavity of the drive housing of the drive module and the static interface is disposed external to the drive housing of the drive module.

A transfer pump configured to pump a material from a material supply, the transfer pump comprising:

• a fluid module configured to extend at least partially into the material supply to contact the material within the material supply, the fluid module including a reciprocating pump configured to reciprocate along a pump axis to pump the material;
• a stand directly connected to the fluid module and spaced radially from the pump axis, the stand configured to interface with a surface outside of the material supply to support the transfer pump on the surface;
• a drive module removably mounted to the fluid module by a static interface and a dynamic interface, wherein the drive module includes an electric motor operatively connected to the reciprocating pump to power reciprocation, the drive module further including a drive link that is connected to the electric motor to be reciprocated by a rotational output of the electric motor and the drive link connected to a piston of the reciprocating pump to cause reciprocation of the piston, and the drive module including a drive housing within which the electric motor is disposed, wherein the drive link extends into a drive cavity of the drive housing to interface with the piston;
• wherein the drive module is structurally supported on the fluid module at the static interface such that the drive module is connected to the stand through the fluid module, and the drive module transmits reciprocating mechanical motion to the reciprocating pump at the dynamic interface;
• wherein the drive module is mountable to the fluid module in a plurality of orientations such that the drive housing of the drive module extends in a different radial direction relative to the pump axis in each of the plurality of orientations and such that the drive housing is oriented differently relative to the stand in each of the plurality of orientations;
• wherein the drive module is configured to mount to the fluid module from a first side of the fluid module in a first orientation of the plurality of orientations, and the drive module is configured to mount to the fluid module from a second side of the fluid module different from the first side of the fluid module in a second orientation of the plurality of orientations;
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• wherein the drive module is configured to mount to the fluid module by the drive module moving radially towards the pump axis to form both the static interface and the dynamic interface, and the drive module configured to dismount from the fluid module by the drive module shifting radially away from the pump axis to break the static interface and the dynamic interface;
• wherein the dynamic interface is formed within the drive cavity of the drive housing of the drive module and the static interface is disposed external to the drive housing of the drive module.

A transfer pump configured to pump a material from a material supply, the transfer pump comprising:

• a fluid module configured to extend at least partially into the material supply to contact the material within the material supply, the fluid module including a reciprocating pump configured to reciprocate along a pump axis to pump the material, the fluid module further comprising:
• a mounting frame;
• a cylinder extending from the mounting frame in a first axial direction along the pump axis;
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• at least one receiver extending from the mounting frame;
• a drive module removably mounted to the fluid module by a static interface and a dynamic interface, wherein the drive module includes an electric motor operatively connected to the reciprocating pump to power reciprocation, and wherein the drive module is structurally supported on the fluid module at the static interface, and the drive module transmits reciprocating mechanical motion to the reciprocating pump at the dynamic interface, the drive module further comprising a drive mount having at least one post extending from the drive mount, wherein the at least one post is configured to extend into the at least one receiver to form the static interface;
• wherein the drive module is mountable to the fluid module in a plurality of orientations such that a drive housing of the drive module extends in a different radial direction relative to the pump axis in each of the plurality of orientations;
• wherein the at least one post extends into the at least one receiver from a first end of the at least one receiver with the drive module disposed in a first mounting orientation of the plurality of mounting orientations, and wherein the at least one post extends into the at least one receiver from a second end of the at least one receiver with the drive module disposed in a second mounting orientation of the plurality of mounting orientations;
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• wherein, when the at least one post is disposed in a corresponding groove formed on a top surface of the at least one receiver, a first axial distance between a center of a receiving opening of the at least one receiver and the at least one post disposed in the corresponding groove is same as a second axial distance between a center of a head of a piston disposed on a lower outer surface of a drive link of the drive module and a center of a top portion of a receiving slot of the drive link, and wherein the receiving slot is configured to receive the head of the piston.