Pump
AssigneeDahon Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsDavid Tak-Wei Hon, Ken Chen, Dongming Huang
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Abstract
A manually operated pump for supplying air to a bicycle comprises an outer tube with one end closed and the other end open. A core tube slides in the outer tube and has a piston assembly on one end and an end socket on the other. There is a hose which slides in the core tube. One end of the hose is connects with an air needle, and the other end connects with an air nozzle assembly. The piston assembly comprises a piston, a piston ring, and a one-way valve communicating with the core tube and the outer tube. A narrowing port is formed in the end socket of the core tube. A foot stand is hinged on an outer side of the end socket of the core tube. The air needle has a head matching the narrowing port.
Claims12
A pump, comprises:
- an outer tube (3) with one end closed and another end open;
- a core tube (4), slidable within the outer tube (3), and is provided with having a piston assembly (2) on one end, the piston assembly (2) including a piston (21), a piston ring (23), and a one-way valve (22) communicating with the core tube (4) and the outer tube (3), the core tube having, on another end thereof, an end socket (7) with a narrowing port (17) formed therein;
- a hose (5) connected with an air needle (6) on one end and connected with an air nozzle assembly (1) on another end, the hose slidable within the core tube (4) the air needle (6) having a head matching with the narrowing port (17);
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- a foot stand (8) is hinged on an outer side of the end socket (7) of the core tube;
- wherein the air nozzle assembly (1) comprises
- a strut bracing (11) insertable into the end socket (7) of the core tube, the strut bracing provided with a spring snap (30) matching the groove (28) of the end socket (7),
- a pressing block (12) disposed on an end surface of the strut bracing,
- a rubber block (14) of air nozzle,
- an air nozzle case (15) rotatably connected to the strut bracing (11), and
- a pin (13) disposed between the pressing block (12) and the rubber block (14) of the air nozzle, one end of the pin (13) connected with the hose (5), and another end of the pin extending through the rubber block (14) and open to a vent hole (31) of the air nozzle case (15);
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- whereby, when the end of the foot stand (8) bears against the air nozzle assembly (1), the foot stand (8) rotates and the end of the foot stand (8) pushes the strut bracing (11) thereby forcing the spring snap (30) of the strut bracing (11) to break away from the groove (28) of the end socket (7) of the core tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.