Vibrating membrane fluid circulator
OwnerJean-Baptiste Drevetinventor
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Abstract
A fluid circulator made up of an admission orifice, a pump body and a delivery orifice, the pump body having two rigid walls defining therebetween a circulation space for fluid circulation from the admission to the delivery orifice. A deformable membrane is maintained under tension in the circulation space parallel to the circulation direction and has one edge located near the admission orifice for coupling to a motor generating a periodic excitation force, the circulation space having a cross section perpendicular to the circulation direction which has a size measured along the periodic force direction progressively decreasing from the admission to the delivery orifice.
Claims6
A membrane fluid circulator comprising an internal hydraulic circuit made up in succession of an admission orifice, a pump body and a delivery orifice, the pump body having two rigid walls defining there between a pumping chamber for the fluid extending from said admission orifice to said delivery orifice with a deformable membrane located in said pumping chamber and having two external surfaces facing respectively said walls, at least one of said membrane surfaces and at least one of said walls defining in said pumping chamber a circulation space for the fluid, said deformable membrane being maintained under a tension parallel to the fluid circulation direction from said admission orifice to said delivery orifice, said membrane having one edge located near said admission orifice and provided with means for coupling to motor means for generating a periodic excitation force substantially normal to the external faces of said membrane, said circulation space having a cross section perpendicular to the circulation fluid direction which has a size measured along the periodic force direction progressively decreasing from said admission orifice to said delivery orifice.
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