US 9,541,096 B2Granted

Air pump capable of automatic air supplements

AssigneeDongguan Tiger Point, Metal & Plastic Products Co., Ltd.

InventorChun-Chung Tsai

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Abstract

An air pump capable of automatic air supplements has a housing, a low-pressure blower, a high-pressure blower, a first auto-stop controller, and a second auto-stop controller. The low-pressure blower is used to inflate an inflatable article with low-pressure air and allows the air pump to stop working during inflation automatically. The high-pressure blower is used to inflate an inflatable article with adjustable high pressure air, so that the inflatable article can have a hardness suitable for a user's need, and allows the air pump to stop working automatically during inflation or to supply air automatically during inflation. The air pump can stop working automatically and can supply air automatically without manual work, and can inflate the inflatable article to the hardness suitable for the user's need conveniently.

Claims9

Dependent claims

An air pump capable of automatic air supplements comprising:

a housing having:
a first air port;
a second air port;
a third air port;
a first one-way valve mounted to the first air port;
and
a second one-way valve mounted to the second air port;
a low-pressure blower mounted in the housing and having a fourth air port communicating with the first air port of the housing;
a high-pressure blower mounted in the housing and having:
a fifth air port communicating with the second air port of the housing;
a high-pressure blower casing;
an electromagnetic assembly mounted in the high-pressure blower casing;
and
two open-close mechanisms mounted in the high-pressure blower casing, with the two open-close mechanisms connected to the electromagnetic assembly and driven to open or to close relative to each other by the electromagnetic assembly;
wherein when the two open-close mechanisms are open relative to each other, an air chamber is formed between the two open-close mechanisms and communicates with the fifth air port of the high-pressure blower;
a first auto-stop controller mounted in the housing and having:
a first casing having an inner surface;
a first micro switch mounted on the first casing, with the first micro switch electrically connected to the low-pressure blower and switching the low-pressure blower on or off;
a first sensing film mounted in the first casing, with the first sensing film selectively triggering the first micro switch and having:
an inner surface;
and
an outer surface facing and separated from the first micro switch;
and
a first enclosed chamber surrounded by the inner surface of the first sensing film and the inner surface of the first casing, and communicating with the third air port of the housing;
and
a second auto-stop controller mounted in the housing and having:
a second casing having an inner surface;
a switching switch electrically connected to the high-pressure blower and selectively switching the high-pressure blower on or off;
a second micro switch mounted on the second casing, with the second micro switch electrically connected to the high-pressure blower and switching the high-pressure blower on or off;
a second sensing film mounted in the second casing, with the second sensing film selectively triggering the second micro switch and having:
an inner surface;
and
an outer surface facing and separated from the second micro switch;
a second enclosed chamber surrounded by the inner surface of the second sensing film and the inner surface of the second casing, and communicating with the third air port of the housing;
and
a first control mechanism selectively triggering the switching switch, and driving the second micro switch to move toward or away from the second sensing film.

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An air pump capable of automatic air supplements comprising:

a housing having:
a first air port;
a second air port;
a third air port;
a first one-way valve mounted to the first air port;
and
a second one-way valve mounted to the second air port;
a low-pressure blower mounted in the housing and having:
a fourth air port communicating with the first air port of the housing;
a blower casing having an inlet port and an outlet port;
a dividing panel mounted in the blower casing and dividing an interior of the blower casing into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, with the inlet chamber communicating with the inlet port, with the outlet chamber communicating with the outlet port, and with the dividing panel having a through hole;
an impeller mounted in the outlet chamber and having:
an air-inlet portion corresponding in position to the through hole of the dividing panel;
and
an air-outlet portion corresponding in position to the outlet port of the blower casing;
a switching casing mounted between the first air port of the housing and the blower casing and having an air channel communicating with the inlet port of the blower casing or the outlet port of the blower casing;
and
a motor driving the impeller to rotate;
a high-pressure blower mounted in the housing and having a fifth air port communicating with the second air port of the housing;
a first auto-stop controller mounted in the housing and having:
a first casing having an inner surface;
a first micro switch mounted on the first casing, with the first micro switch electrically connected to the low-pressure blower and switching the low-pressure blower on or off;
a first sensing film mounted in the first casing, with the first sensing film selectively triggering the first micro switch and having:
an inner surface;
and
an outer surface facing and separated from the first micro switch;
and
a first enclosed chamber surrounded by the inner surface of the first sensing film and the inner surface of the first casing, and communicating with the third air port of the housing;
and
a second auto-stop controller mounted in the housing and having:
a second casing having an inner surface;
a switching switch electrically connected to the high-pressure blower and selectively switching the high-pressure blower on or off;
a second micro switch mounted on the second casing, with the second micro switch electrically connected to the high-pressure blower and switching the high-pressure blower on or off;
a second sensing film mounted in the second casing, with the second sensing film selectively triggering the second micro switch and having:
an inner surface;
and
an outer surface facing and separated from the second micro switch;
a second enclosed chamber surrounded by the inner surface of the second sensing film and the inner surface of the second casing, and communicating with the third air port of the housing;
and
a first control mechanism selectively triggering the switching switch, and driving the second micro switch to move toward or away from the second sensing film, wherein the low pressure blower further has a second control mechanism selectively driving the switching casing to move and having:
a bolt connected to the switching casing;
and
a turning button connected to the bolt and protruding out of the housing;
wherein as the turning button is turned, the bolt drives the switching casing to move.

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An air pump capable of automatic air supplements comprising:

a housing having:
a first air port;
a second air port;
a third air port;
a first one-way valve mounted to the first air port;
and
a second one-way valve mounted to the second air port;
a low-pressure blower mounted in the housing and having a fourth air port communicating with the first air port of the housing;
a high-pressure blower mounted in the housing and having a fifth air port communicating with the second air port of the housing;
a first auto-stop controller mounted in the housing and having:
a first casing having an inner surface;
a first micro switch mounted on the first casing, with the first micro switch electrically connected to the low-pressure blower and switching the low-pressure blower on or off;
a first sensing film mounted in the first casing, with the first sensing film selectively triggering the first micro switch and having:
an inner surface;
and
an outer surface facing and separated from the first micro switch;
and
a first enclosed chamber surrounded by the inner surface of the first sensing film and the inner surface of the first casing, and communicating with the third air port of the housing;
and
a second auto-stop controller mounted in the housing and having:
a second casing having an inner surface;
a switching switch electrically connected to the high-pressure blower and selectively switching the high-pressure blower on or off;
a second micro switch mounted on the second casing, with the second micro switch electrically connected to the high-pressure blower and switching the high-pressure blower on or off;
a second sensing film mounted in the second casing, with the second sensing film selectively triggering the second micro switch and having:
an inner surface;
and
an outer surface facing and separated from the second micro switch;
a second enclosed chamber surrounded by the inner surface of the second sensing film and the inner surface of the second casing, and communicating with the third air port of the housing;
and
a first control mechanism selectively triggering the switching switch, and driving the second micro switch to move toward or away from the second sensing film, wherein:
the first control mechanism of the second auto-stop controller has:
a moving element movably mounted above the outer surface of the second sensing film and having a first inclined surface;
a pushing button mounted on the moving element, with the pushing button protruding out of the housing and having a second inclined surface abutting the first inclined surface of the moving element;
and
a restoring spring mounted between the moving element and the second casing, and having two ends respectively abutting the moving element and the second casing;
the second micro switch of the second auto-stop controller is mounted in the moving element and moves along with the moving element;
the switching switch is disposed beside the pushing button;
and
when the pushing button is pushed to move, the moving element is forced to move toward or away from the second sensing film.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/152,134Filed 10 Jan 2014
Published: US 2015/0198168 A116 Jul 2015
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

F04D 29/541
Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers: specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
F04D 25/084
The working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation: hand fans
F04D 25/166
Combinations of two or more pumps ; Producing two or more separate gas flows: using fans
F04D 27/001
Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids: testing thereof; Determination…