Pump system
AssigneeIwaki Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsuyoshi Watanabe, Masao Morishita, Tsutomu Sawada, Toshiki Oniduka
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Abstract
There is provided a pump system excellent in a maintenance ability and compatibility. The pump system comprises a pump (1) for transferring a liquid by alternately supplying air to air chambers (17a, 17b) to extend and contract a pair of bellows (13a, 13b) linked to a shaft (15). It also comprises a switching valve mechanism (2) for switching the air supplied to the pump (1). Switching mechanisms (40a, 40b) are employed to switch the pilot air for controlling the switching operation of the switching valve mechanism (2). The switching mechanisms are detachably attached to cases (16a, 16b) of the pump (1) from outside.
Claims8
A pump system, comprising:
- a pump including
- a pump head having an inlet and an outlet for a target fluid to be transferred and including a valve unit for routing said target fluid from said inlet to said outlet,
- a shaft passing through said pump head for reciprocating therethrough,
- a first and a second flexible members linked to both ends of said shaft to form a first and a second pump chambers at both sides of said pump shaft for introducing said target fluid through said valve unit,
- a first and a second cases for housing said first and second flexible members individually to form a first and a second actuating fluid chambers for introducing an actuating fluid into spaces outside said first and second flexible members, and
- a first and a second switching mechanisms detachably attached to said cases from outside and located in the axial direction at both sides of said shaft, having flow paths formed therein for branching part of said actuating fluid and including movable members reciprocating together with said shaft in a state not fixed to said shaft, in which said movable member opens said flow path to branch part of said actuating fluid as a control fluid when said shaft reaches one of limits of reciprocation;
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- a switching valve mechanism for alternately distributing an actuating fluid supplied from an actuating fluid source to said pair of actuating fluid chambers using said control fluid branched at said switching mechanisms,
- wherein said actuating fluid is alternately introduced into said pair of actuating fluid chambers to drive said shaft back and forth in opposite phases to suck and discharge said target fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.