# US 8,539,971 B2 · Air passageway switchable pump head for air pump

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- Number: US 8,539,971 B2
- Document ID: US8539971B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/309,344
- Filed: 2011-12-01
- Published: 2013-04-11
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2011-10-07
- Assignees: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Lopin Wang
- Inventors: Lopin Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539971B2

## CPC

- F16K 31/52416: {comprising a multiple-way lift valve}
- F04B 33/00: Pumps actuated by muscle power, e.g. for inflating
- F16K 11/048: with valve seats positioned between movable valve members
- Y10T 137/3584: Inflatable article [e.g., tire filling chuck and/or stem]
- Y10T 137/3724: With coupling means
- Y10T 137/85994: Manual
- Y10T 137/86879: Reciprocating valve unit
- F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)}
- F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An air passageway switchable pump head includes a housing defining a first air outlet passageway, an air intake passageway and a second air outlet passageway, a connection member mounted in the housing for connection to a valve, a switch valve consisting of a valve seat, a valve body and a spring member, and an operating member mounted at one end of the housing and operable to move the switch valve between a first position where a first air passageway of the switch valve is closed, allowing air communication between a second air passageway of the switch valve and the second air outlet passageway, and a second position where the valve body is moved toward the valve seat and closed on the valve seat to block the second air passageway of the switch valve and the first air passageway of the switch valve is opened.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An air passageway switchable pump head of an air pump, comprising:
a housing comprising an elongated accommodation space, a first air outlet passageway located on one end of said elongated accommodation space, an air intake passageway located on one lateral side thereof in communication with said elongated accommodation space, and a second air outlet passageway located on the same lateral side between said air intake passageway and said first air outlet passageway and kept in communication with said elongated accommodation space;
a connection member accommodated in said elongated accommodation space of said housing and adapted for connection to an air valve of an inflatable object to be inflated, said connection member comprising a through hole kept in communication with said first air outlet passageway;
a switch valve mounted in said housing and kept in communication with said air intake passageway, said first air outlet passageway and said second air outlet passageway, said switch valve comprising a valve seat abutted against said connection member, said valve seat comprising a valve hole located on the center thereof and aimed at the through hole of said connection member to form a first air passageway of said switch valve in communication with said first air outlet passageway of said housing, a valve body axially movably accommodated in said elongated accommodation space of said housing, said valve body comprising a pin facing toward said valve hole of said valve seat and adapted for closing said valve hole to block said first air outlet passageway of said housing, a spring member stopped between said valve seat and said valve body to keep said valve body and said valve seat apart and to form a second air passageway of said switch valve between said valve body and said valve seat; and
a operating member mounted at one end of said housing opposite to said first air outlet passageway and operable to move said switch valve between a first position where said pin closes said valve hole to block said first air passageway, allowing air communication between said second air passageway of said switch valve and said second air outlet passageway, and a second position where said valve body is moved toward said valve seat and closed on said valve seat to block said second air passageway of said switch valve, and at the same time, said pin is separated from said valve hole to open said first air passageway of said switch valve.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pin is mounted with a seal ring adapted for sealing said valve hole of said valve seat when said pin blocks said valve hole of said valve seat.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said switch valve further comprises a check valve adapted for limiting the flowing direction of the intake air coming through said air intake passageway toward said first air outlet passageway or said second air outlet passageway.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 3, wherein said valve body and said pin of said switch valve are separately arranged; said valve body comprises a recessed hole facing toward said valve seat, a through hole located on one lateral side thereof, an accommodation space defined between said pin and said recessed hole and an air passageway disposed in communication between the through hole and accommodation space of said valve body; a valve flap is accommodated in the accommodation space of said valve body and adapted for closing the air passageway of said valve body; said pin defines therein at least one flow passageway in communication between the accommodation space of said valve body and said second air passageway of said switch valve.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 4, wherein said pin comprises a groove axially located on the center thereof, and a side through hole disposed in communication with said groove and forming with said groove said at least one flow passageway in communication between the accommodation space of said valve body and said second air passageway of said switch valve.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing further comprises a flexible tube connected to said second air outlet passageway, said flexible tube comprising an air valve connector located on a distal end thereof.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing comprises a coupling end portion around said air intake passageway for connection to a pump cylinder of an air pump.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing comprises a coupling end portion around said air intake passageway for the connection of a flexible tube.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said valve body comprises a first seal ring and a second seal ring respectively mounted in top and bottom ends of the through hole thereof, said first seal ring being disposed at an outer side relative to said air intake passageway to prevent leakage of air out of the accommodation space of said housing, said second seal ring being set between said air intake passageway and said second air outlet passageway to isolate said air intake passageway and said second air outlet passageway.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The air passageway switchable pump head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said valve seat comprises a first seal ring mounted on one end thereof and partially protruding over an adjacent end face of said valve seat and compressible to achieve airtightness when said valve body and said valve seat are closed together, and a second seal ring mounted on a middle part thereof to keep the space defined by said valve seat and the inside wall of the accommodation space of said housing in an airtight status.