# US 8,540,495 B2 · Dual duty hand pump

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- Number: US 8,540,495 B2
- Document ID: US8540495B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/065,224
- Filed: 2011-03-17
- Published: 2012-04-26
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2010-10-20
- Assignees: Jiao Hsiung Industry Corp.
- Applicants: Chui-Ching Yang
- Inventors: Chui-Ching Yang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540495B2

## CPC

- F04B 33/005: {specially adapted for inflating tyres of non-motorised vehicles, e.g. cycles, tricycles}
- F04B 9/14: Pumps characterised by muscle-power operation {(hand-held spraying or dispensing apparatus using pumps or bulbs B05B11/00)}
- Y10T 137/86099: Hand pump
- 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

A dual duty hand pump has two air channels, a hand grip, a piston rod, a piston, a deflating unit and an inflating unit. The hand grip and the piston are mounted on two ends of the piston rod. The deflating unit and the inflating unit are respectively mounted in the air channels and respectively have two check valves mounted therein in two opposite directions. When the hand grip is lifted and pressed down, air respectively flows in and flows out of the hand pump through the air channel. Accordingly, the hand pump provides a practical and convenient solution to integrate inflating and deflating functions as a whole for users to flexibly select from when the dual duty hand pump is in use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dual duty hand pump, comprising:
a hand grip;
a pump body being hollow and having:
a through hole formed through one end of the pump body and adapted to communicate with outside of the pump body; and
an air inlet and an air outlet channel through the other end of the pump body and adapted to communicate with outside of the pump body;
a piston rod mounted in the pump body and through the through hole of the pump body, wherein one end of the piston rod is connected with the hand grip;
a piston securely mounted on the other end of the piston rod and having a seal ring sealed against an inner wall of the pump body;
a deflating unit mounted in the air inlet channel and having:
a check valve through which air flows in a first direction, the check valve having:
a valve seat being hollow and having a valve gate formed on and protruding radially from an inner wall of the valve seat to partition an inner space of the valve seat into an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
an air vent cover mounted in the upper compartment and having:
an air vent hole formed through the air vent cover; and
multiple stoppers formed on and protruding from one side of the air vent cover facing the valve gate, and spaced with an interval between each other; and
a valve plate movably mounted between the stoppers and the valve gate; and
a connection ring securely mounted in the air inlet channel, being adjacent to a bottom opening of the air inlet channel, and having a threaded hole adapted to engage an air pin;
an inflating unit mounted in the air outlet channel and having:
a check valve through which air flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and
a connection ring securely mounted in the air outlet channel, being adjacent to a bottom opening of the air outlet channel, and having a threaded hole adapted to engage an air pin.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the check valve of the inflating unit has:
a valve seat being hollow and having:
a top;
a bottom;
a valve gate formed on and protruding radially from an inner wall of the valve seat to partition an inner space of the valve seat into an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
a top opening formed through the top of the valve seat; and
a bottom opening formed through the bottom of the valve seat;
an air vent cover mounted in the lower compartment and having:
an air vent hole formed through the air vent cover; and
multiple stoppers formed on and protruding from one side of the air vent cover facing the valve gate, and spaced with an interval between each other; and
a valve plate movably mounted between the stoppers and the valve gate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve gate of the check valve of the deflating unit has a gate hole formed through the valve gate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 2, wherein the valve gate of the check valve of each of the deflating unit and the inflating unit has a gate hole formed through the valve gate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 3, wherein the deflating unit has a gasket, and the gasket is mounted between the check valve and the connection ring and has an air hole formed therethrough communicating with the air vent hole of the air vent cover.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the deflating unit and the inflating unit has a gasket, each of the gaskets is mounted between a corresponding check valve and a corresponding connection ring and has an air hole formed therethrough communicating with the air vent hole of the air vent cover.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 5, wherein the valve seat of the check valve of the deflating unit further has an enlarged head formed on an upper portion of a periphery of the valve seat and having expanded outer and inner diameters, and an outer wall of the enlarged head abuts against an inner wall of the air inlet channel to hermetically seal an inner end of the air inlet channel.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 6, wherein the valve seat of the check valve of each one of the deflating unit and the inflating unit further has an enlarged head formed on an upper portion of a periphery of the valve seat and having expanded outer and inner diameters, and an outer wall of the enlarged head abuts against an inner wall of the air inlet channel to hermetically seal an inner end of the air inlet channel.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 7, wherein the deflating unit further has a blocking plate mounted between the check valve and the gasket of the deflating unit, and the blocking plate aligns with the bottom opening of the valve seat of the deflating unit, hermetically abuts against the inner wall of the air inlet channel, and has an air hole formed through the blocking plate and communicating with the air hole of the gasket of the deflating unit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 8, wherein the deflating unit further has a blocking plate mounted between the check valve and the gasket of the deflating unit, and the blocking plate aligns with the bottom opening of the valve seat of the deflating unit, hermetically abuts against the inner wall of the inlet channel, and has an air hole formed through the blocking plate and communicating with the air hole of the gasket of the deflating unit.

### Claim 11 (depends on 3)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 3, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 12 (depends on 4)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 13 (depends on 5)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 5, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 14 (depends on 6)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 6, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 15 (depends on 7)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 7, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 16 (depends on 8)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 8, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 17 (depends on 9)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 9, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The dual duty hand pump as claimed in claim 10, wherein the piston further has an annular slot formed in a periphery of the piston, and the seal ring of the piston is mounted in the annular slot.