CN1075881C - Fluid change system - Google Patents

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CN1075881C
CN1075881C CN95197966A CN95197966A CN1075881C CN 1075881 C CN1075881 C CN 1075881C CN 95197966 A CN95197966 A CN 95197966A CN 95197966 A CN95197966 A CN 95197966A CN 1075881 C CN1075881 C CN 1075881C
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The present invention relates to a fluid change system (10) used for changing fluid, namely the lubricating oil of a motor, which is provided with a portable suitcase device (12) and a supplementary device (14) for supplementing oil to the suitcase device, wherein the suitcase device is provided with a waste fluid storing tank (22), a new fluid storing tank (20), a compressed air tank (18) and a four-way control valve (56). Supplementary through holes (58, 60, 62, 64, 66) are used for supplementing the suitcase device, the new fluid storing tank is filled with new fluid and is supplemented with compressed inert gas by the through holes, the waste fluid storing tank is emptied and is placed in a vacuum state, and the compressed air tank is filled with compressed air again. A user can exert extra vacuum on the waste fluid storing tank by a venturi tube (84), and a computer (212) controls supplementary sequences.

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Fluid change system
The present invention relates to fluid conversion field, relate in particular to self-changing's fluid change system of using by oneself for the amateur, this system is used for removing from vehicle and machine then and there including, but not limited to waste fluid materials such as various types of motor-oils, hydraulic oil, transmission oil, lubricating grease, various freezing mixtures with the improved procedure handle, and to vehicle and the new fluid of machine supply.Wherein, collect this kind waste materials and supply new material, all need not cleaning this system after using this system, and waste fluid can not lose, and conversion is all finished in safe but also efficient mode not only each.
The motor of vehicle and machine and the lubrication system in the motor, requiring its oiling agent is lubricant oil, and oil purifier, periodic replacement.
Under the situation of automobile, be lubricated oily conversion, by tradition and be still at present a big basin or funnel are placed automobile oil groove below, taking away oil drain plug makes oil depend on gravity to discharge, old oil purifier is taken off from cylinder block, load onto new oil purifier, again oil drain plug is loaded onto, and inject new oil to motor.The waste oil that is collected must be with reprocessing.
Be listed in a kind of harmful waste that must handle now owing to highly recognize the harm of motor-oil to environment, this oil plant, the processing of motor waste oil has been become routine, few people do not note this part thing.Another problem that is not suggested as yet is residual this problem of old oil purifier that waste oil is arranged.These old oil purifiers are often arbitrarily thrown away in the open air by the people.
Part is owing to these problems, and in recent years, special-purpose quick oil plant conversion facility is popularized.These facilities of lubricant oil supply are fast promised and fast and easily service generally are provided, and occupy waste oil and old oil purifier.These facilities are collected the motor waste oil with bucket or groove usually, and waste oil is then transported or taken away by oil delivery truck.These commercial facilitys carry out the expense that the oil plant conversion is received, and surpass used new oil plant and new oil purifier cost 3 to 6 times usually, even more.
Would rather oneself render a service for vehicle or supply not rise special-purpose equipment to carry out the people of oil plant conversion receipts than high cost for many, how not only safety but also treat and dispose waste oil legally and useless oil purifier still is an individual problem greatly.Under the situation of old oil purifier,, and often can not accepted by the people along with the motor waste oil with the old oil purifier of crossing even this oil purifier has drained also still residual considerable waste oil.Hobby person's formula end user that uses by oneself becomes jar to become bottle ground to buy a new oil plant often, old oil plant is emitted in the oil extraction dish, and collected waste oil is reinjected in the new Carburetor, or adorn with other containers and to collect waste oil.The end user also is faced with such problem: how to handle collect Residual oil in waste oil, old oil purifier and the oil-collecting disk.In addition, accept waste oil and the oil purifier that gives up because other people are unwilling, many people just can not suitably dispose waste oil, be stained with oily container and oil purifier, so all can endanger environment.In fact, the new oil plant of institute's sale of electricity motivation, quantity is above being collected about 69% of waste oil.Although some oil has been burnt in vehicle, the final home to return to of many this waste oils is unlawfully abandoned in the strong wind and is blown off to open-air, throws the lake with on the ground waste, or exists in the container for a long time dullly.
For many machines, vehicle and aircraft, cooling fluid, hydraulic fluid and lubricant oil or the like must regular replenishment and/or replacings.In many cases, their fluid conversion is not only difficult but also dirty and messy.Under the personal aircraft situation, the oil plant conversion process is often not only consuming time but also dirty and messy.Under the situation of mining machinery and equipment, mining environment often stirs up a cloud of dust, thereby must frequent change oil plant and lubricating grease, and when new oil plant of machine supply and lubricating grease, is difficult to not sneak into dust.
No. the 4th, 193,487, the U. S. Patent of Takeuchi with the 4th, 095, No. 673, disclose that a kind of fresh oil is sold and waste oil is removed mixing arrangement, this device is used to make vehicle to remove waste oil and replenishes fresh oil.
No. the 5th, 349,980, the U. S. Patent of Spiegel, a kind of vehicle that service module is housed is disclosed, this module is that old oil plant of motor and special-purpose oil plant are recovered in the shared waste fluid storage tank with waste fluid, and supplies new fluid, thereby is client's vehicle service.
The U. S. Patent of Parker discloses a kind of device the 5th, 370, No. 160, is used to remove old fluid and imports new power transmitting fluids, thereby be the transmission service of vehicle.
Correspondingly, still need a kind of system, it is with low cost, can prevent waste fluid befouling environment and easy to use in all cases.
One object of the present invention provides a kind of fluid change system, and it is easy to use, and cost is basically unlike the cost height of used motor oil plant.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind ofly not only to the new oil plant of vehicle supply, and collects the oil plant transformation system of waste oil that vehicle is removed.
Another purpose of the present invention, provide a kind of oil plant transformation system that has a portable unit, this device can be rented by the client, at removal motor waste oil and after the new oil plant of vehicle supply motor, can return to supplementary device and be replenished, so that this portable unit is used by another client immediately again.
Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of oil plant transformation system, adopts vacuum and compressed inert in its portable unit, so that remove waste oil respectively, supply new oil plant.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of machine that supplies, the fluid change system that vehicle and aircraft are used, and it makes the conversion of fluid and/or replenishes, and supplies new fluid and carrying out at machine, vehicle or aircraft then and there with cleaning and free of contamination mode.
These purposes of the present invention and other purposes provide following system and reach:
Being used at machine, vehicle or aircraft conversion fluid is the rapid fluid transformation system of oil plant.This system has a portable unit (" suitcase " device sometimes hereinafter referred to as) and the supplementary device that this suitcase device is used.This suitcase device has a cover canister assembly, it contain a waste fluid storage tank of collecting and store waste fluid with vacuum, a storage and supply the new fluid reservoir of new fluid and one deposit compressed-air actuated compressed air cylinder.Four-way valve is controlling that waste fluid flows into the suitcase device and new fluid flows out this device.The suitcase device has some additional apertures, by these apertures, and can drain waste fluid and being placed under the vacuum state of can be reinjected new fluid and replenish compressed inert of new fluid reservoir, waste fluid storage tank, compressed air cylinder can be by the pressurized air that reinjects.By an operated Venturi tube of the air in the pressurized air, the user is added in extra vacuum on the waste fluid storage tank.These parts all are contained in the shell of suitcase device.The suitcase supplementary device provides a position that the suitcase part can be cooperated, and this device also has an additional aperture that has some blow ports to cooperate collector, and these blow ports match with the additional aperture of above-mentioned suitcase device.A computer is being controlled additional order, and Yun Hang each valve is in this order being controlled sources such as collecting a used conduit of waste fluid from pressurized air, inert gas, vacuum, new fluid and from the suitcase device and flowing through the fluid of blow port.
Fig. 1 is that the part of several coaxial round cans in the fluid change system of the present invention exposes top view, is the form that is used for the personal formula oil plant transformation system of amateur of automobile;
Fig. 2 is the exposure figure of several coaxial round cans in the personal formula oil plant transformation system of amateur of the present invention shown in Figure 1;
The amateur of Fig. 3 formula oil plant transformation system view of using by oneself shows some coaxial round cans, and piping layout, Venturi tube, each aperture and four-way valve;
The amateur of Fig. 4 formula oil plant transformation system suitcase part top view of using by oneself has removed the lid of this part and has exposed the part that the Consumer of this system of use can see;
The amateur of Fig. 5 formula oil plant transformation system four-way valve top view of using by oneself, shown in this valve mediate, waste fluid valve and new fluid valve are all closed;
Fig. 6 is the top view of four-way valve shown in Figure 5, shown in the position for waste oil being sucked state in the waste oil storage tank with vacuum;
Fig. 7 is the top view of four-way valve shown in Figure 5, shown in the position be from new oil tank the supply new oil plant state;
Fig. 8 is the top view of four-way valve shown in Figure 5, shown in the position be waste oil by after being siphoned away with vacuum and the state before the fresh oil supply;
The top view of Fig. 9, the suitcase of this system partly is placed in the situation in the supplementary device among demonstration the present invention;
Figure 10 is the control panel front elevation of supplementary device.
At first referring to Fig. 9, fluid change system 10 of the present invention has two major components-suitcase part 12 and replenishes part 14.Hereinafter, for the main implementation of one, this system is described to " amateur use by oneself formula oil plant transformation system " sometimes.Yet this system can be used for being machine, vehicle and the diversified fluid of aircraft conversion.Suitcase part 12 is parts that the personal person of hobby can rent from automotive parts store, bazaar or other retail sectors with the core expense.When suitcase part 12 is rented, can fill fully with new motor oil plant, nitrogen, pressurized air, and its waste oil storage tank can be found time, so that the waste oil of admitting the Consumer from vehicle, to collect.So just using suitcase part, the end user carries out the oil plant and the oil purifier conversion that hereinafter will illustrate onboard.After the oil plant conversion was finished, the personal person of hobby can return lease land to the suitcase 12 of having annotated waste oil so that return the core expense, and this suitcase part 12 can be replenished in additional part 14, and is ready to use for other Consumers again at once.Generally illustrated after the system 10, each parts, part and the operational circumstances of this system has been described in more detail below.
Suitcase part 12 of the present invention has multiple parts.Its canister assembly 16 is shown among Fig. 1 to 3.This assembly comprises 3 coaxial storage tanks 18,20 and 22, each storage tank have sidewall 24,26 and 28 and the sealing bottom 30,32 and 34.18,20 and 22 1 of these three storage tanks within another, its sidewall 24,26 and 28 and bottom 30,32 and 34 separate each other so that fluid flows.The unlimited napex of three storage tanks all is to be connected on airtightly on the terminal part 36.For example, lightweight cylinder of steel 18,20 and 22 and the situation of metallic seal part 36 (or plate) under, the upper end portion of each jar can be welded on the steel terminal part, at first in the welding jars 18, then in the welding jars 20, welding is outer jar 22 then.Also useful binders is through each jar and/or be connected on the hermetic unit 36.Also available other materials for example aluminium or highstrenghtpiston is made storage tank 18,20 and 22 and terminal part 36.In an embodiment of canister assembly 16, reach 6 quarts of oil plants in order to make the oil plant conversion, coaxial storage tank 18,20 and 22 volume can be as mentioned below, but also other sizes.
The storage tank size that function is good, example can be as the coaxial storage tank 18,20 and 22 of following size.Compressed air cylinder 18 is: 7.57 liters of length 44.5cm, diameter 15.25cm, volumes; New fluid reservoir 20 is: 8.33 liters of length 53.35cm, diameter 20.30cm, volumes; Waste fluid storage tank 22 is: 8.33 liters of length 60cm, diameter 25.4cm, volumes.
Be used for store compressed air (hereinafter referred to as " compressed air cylinder 18 ") for interior jar 18, middle jar 20 is used to store new oil plant (hereinafter referred to as " new oil tank 20 "), and outer jar 22 is used to store the waste oil of collecting from vehicle (hereinafter referred to as " waste oil storage tank 22 ").5 apertures 38,40,42,44 and 46 break-through are arranged on the end plaste 36.Aperture 38 is used to connect waste oil storage tank 22, so that not only when this system is replenished and be standby, discharge vacuum, and also (when making the vacuum forfeiture when sucking the excess air) imposes vacuum to this jar when the user needs.Aperture 40 in the new oil tank 20 is used for filling with inert gas nitrogen for example to this jar, so that a new oil plant is released new oil tank 20.Aperture 42 feeds compressed air cylinder 18, and is used for filling with pressurized air to this jar.Pressurized air is used to operate a Venturi tube vacuum generating device, and this device may need to impose to waste oil storage tank 22 usefulness of extra vacuum in the time of can using the suitcase part 12 of this system for the personal person of hobby.New oil tank 20 is connected in aperture 44, and for new oil plant new oil tank 20 discrepancy with (when new oil tank 20 is replenished, being inflow) when new oil plant is outflow when new oil tank 20 is discharged into vehicle.Aperture 46 is used to connect waste oil storage tank 22, and for waste oil 22 discrepancy of waste oil storage tank with (when waste oil storage tank 22 is replenishing when being drained in the process is outflow, is inflows when waste oil is collected from vehicle and enters sump tank 22).
Referring to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, shown in the figure suitcase part 12 of opening wide of system 10.This part has a cover canister assembly 16, the piping layout (circuit) that stretches out from the aperture 38,40,42,44 and 46 of canister assembly 16 is arranged, a Venturi tube vacuum subassembly 52 is arranged, a four-way valve assembly 56 is arranged, also have 5 additional through holes 58,60,62,64 and 66, and the useless/new used hose 68 of oil plant, all these parts all place a case shell 70.Replenish through hole 58,60,62,64 and preferably be hooked on, and just can open when coupling pipe joint in the supplementary device 14 cooperates by the collector arrangement with 66.Fig. 3 shows the case shell of opening fully 70, and its access cover 72 (see figure 4)s are removed, so that expose each parts.Fig. 4 shows the suitcase part 12 of closing access cover 72, but the case shell is opened for the personal person's use of hobby.
Referring again to Fig. 3, vacuum pipe 74 is connecting aperture 38.This pipeline is vacuum pipe 78 and oil outlet tube 80 in joint 76 punishment.Oil outlet tube 80 is connecting additional through hole 58 (the waste oil discharging replenishes through hole 58).Vacuum pipe 78 is communicated with a blocking-valve 82, has only that air could pass through this valve when exerting pressure.Blocking-valve 82 is being connected a Venturi tube 84 by vacuum source pipeline 86.What connecting aperture 42 (it feeds compressed air cylinder 18) is compressed air line 92.This compressed air line 92 is connecting compressed air governor 54, and this regulator is reduced to about 70 pounds/square inch being stored in the compressed air cylinder 18 from 100 to 150 pounds/square inch of compressed-air actuated pressure.Another pipeline 94 is given push buttonvalve 88 pressurized air of regulating.When opening push buttonvalve 88 when pushing starter button 90, pressurized air can flow to a controller on Venturi tube 84 and the blocking-valve 82, thereby make blocking-valve open-minded to Venturi tube 84, so just impose vacuum to vacuum pipe 86, blocking-valve 82 and vacuum pipe 78 and vacuum pipe 74 by opening this moment just form vacuum again on waste oil storage tank 22.When the button 90 of push buttonvalve 88 is inoperative, the pressurized air Venturi tube 84 of just can not flowing through, and do not have extra vacuum through blocking-valve 82 and impose on the waste oil storage tank 22.An arm 96 on the compressed air line 92 is connecting pressurized air and is replenishing through hole 60.
Article one, the nitrogen oil plant replenishes pipeline 98, is connecting the aperture 40 that is communicated with new oil tank 20.Nitrogen replenishes pipeline 98 and is connecting the additional through hole 62 of nitrogen, and is used for replenishing nitrogen in additional process for new oil tank 20., a fresh oil supply line 100 is connecting the fresh oil valve 102 of aperture 44 and four-way valve 56, and this pipeline also has an arm 104 connecting fresh oil to replenish through hole 66., a waste oil collection conduit 106 is connecting the valve 108 of aperture 46 and four-way valve 56, and this pipeline also has an arm 110 connecting waste oil to replenish through hole 64.
The inventor has found that internal volume is about 8.33 liters waste oil storage tank 22, can suck about 5.68 liters or motor waste oil still less well.
Four-way valve assembly 56 designs to such an extent that at first must remove waste oil, could supply new oil plant then, and the function of this four-way valve assembly 56 illustrates referring to Fig. 5 to 8.Four-way valve assembly 56 comprises that has the waste oil ball valve 108 that control handle 120 flows with the regulation and control waste oil, and one has control handle 124 to regulate and control the moving fresh oil ball valve 102 of new oil flow.Waste oil adjusting control valve 108 is adjacent to each other with fresh oil adjusting control valve 102.Waste oil adjusting control valve 108 has a waste oil inlet 126, and a waste oil outlet 128 that is connecting waste oil collecting pipe 106.Fresh oil adjusting control valve 102 has a new oil-in 130, and it is connecting new oil supply pipe 100, and this valve also has a new oil export 132.Waste oil inlet 126 is connected to each other with new oil export 132 new/waste oil junction point 134 at four-way valve assembly 156, this junction point is connecting useless/new used hose 68 of oil plant.A stopping part is all arranged on the control handle 120 and 124, these two stopping parts are engaging the waste oil stops 138 and fresh oil stops 140 that is positioned on the four-way valve assembly 56, with restriction control handle 120 and 124 swing, thereby limit the open and close of adjusting control valve 108 separately and 102.The size and shape of waste oil stops 138 makes waste oil control handle 120 can rotate about half-turn, and the size and shape of fresh oil stops 140 then can make fresh oil control handle 124 rotate about 1/4 circle.
On the handle 120 and 124 of waste oil adjusting control valve 108 and fresh oil adjusting control valve 102, fixing limit rotation dish 142 and 144 respectively.It is circular that this confinement plate 142 and 144 is generally, and have crescent shape recess 146 and 148.Valve 108 and 102 must make at interval the periphery of the circular portion of a confinement plate 142 or 144 can be close to crescent shape recess 146 or 148 to pass through.Below, referring to Fig. 5 to 8, illustrate definitely these two confinement plate 142 and 144 are how to play decision valve 108 and 102 to open such effect.
Referring to Fig. 5, shown in the waste oil valve 108 of four-way valve 56 all close with fresh oil valve 102.On this position, the circumferential section of waste oil confinement plate 142 150 can move in connection with the crescent shape recess 148 of fresh oil confinement plate 144.Therefore, fresh oil valve handle 124 can be prevented from moving from its operating position, and waste oil can not flow in the waste oil storage tanks 22 by waste oil valve 108, and new oil plant also can not flow out new oil tank 20 by fresh oil valve 102.Here it is end user is four-way valve assembly 56 residing positions when the retail establishments obtains.
The waste oil valve 108 of four-way valve 56 shown in Figure 6 is being opened, and 120 of waste oil valve handles have clockwise rotated 1/4 from operating position shown in Figure 5 and enclosed and arrive the enable possition.On this position, the circumferential section 152 of waste oil confinement plate 142 can move in connection with the crescent shape recess 148 of fresh oil confinement plate 144, and continues to prevent 102 unlatchings of fresh oil valve.Contact with vehicle when the oil plant hose is arranged in fluid after (pressing hereinafter described mode), waste oil valve handle 120 is just operated as described above and is drawn waste oil from the oil groove of vehicle.
The waste oil valve 108 of four-way valve 56 shown in Figure 7 arrives operating position shown in Figure 7 and is closed owing to its waste oil valve handle 120 has changeed 1/4 circle again from enable possition shown in Figure 6.On this position, the stops 138 on the waste oil valve handle stops 136 meeting percussion valves, thus prevent that waste oil valve 108 from clockwise rotating again.If change the oil purifier (not shown), the just in time available new oil purifier of user is changed old on this position.Then, can deposit the oil purifier that old oil purifier is placed on a leakproof in the suitcase part 72 in 118 (see figure 4)s of cave.On position shown in Figure 7, the crescent shape recess 146 of waste oil confinement plate 142 can be close to the circumference 154 of fresh oil confinement plate 144, and make the fresh oil confinement plate clockwise rotate 1/4 circle first, its circumferential part 154 is entered in the blank of crescent shape recess 146 of waste oil valve handle 120.This can make fresh oil valve 102 be in the enable possition, and new oil plant will flow out outlet 132 and fluid junction point 134, and flow out by the flexible pipe that is connecting motor of vehicle from new oil tank 20 through new oil-in 130, fresh oil valve 102.
When supplied the new oil plant that closes requested number to motor of vehicle after, fresh oil valve 102 is rotated counterclockwise 1/4 circle will close it, and as the clear demonstration of Fig. 8, thereby crescent shape recess 146 and 148 just faces with each other.
Referring again to Fig. 4, suitcase partly has a cave portion 118 that is used to deposit the oil purifier of using.For this purpose, can be equipped with an anti-bottom pour ladle (not shown) that is easy to seal for depositing oil purifier, so that the oil that leaks on the oil purifier can immersion hand suitcase 12 the insides.Fresh oil valve handle 124 is as indicated above with the operation of waste oil valve handle 120.An indicator board 180 has illustrated the operation requirement of this device.The personal person of hobby can contact useless/new used hose 68 of oil plant, and a valve 182 is arranged on the free end 184 of this assembly.This valve both can be fixed on one and be used for down penetrating in the dipstick mouth with on the soft dipstick suction pipe of removing vehicle oil groove bottom residual stock, also can be directly from the hobby oil extraction person's the oil-discharge trough of using by oneself.
In case make vehicle be communicated with the vehicle lubricating oil system, rotate four-way valve 56 with correct order, promptly, then change old oil purifier with new oil purifier at first from the vehicle waste oil of draining, again with new oil plant injection sky crankcase, this system will move.From vehicle, removing in the process of motor waste oil, before all waste oil is removed, there is air to enter sometimes, cause the vacuum forfeiture in the waste oil storage tank.Compressed air cylinder 18 is storing sufficient pressurized air and is generating Venturi tube 84 with the operation vacuum, will impose vacuum on waste oil storage tank 22 when Venturi tube is opened by button 90, whenever fills a pressurized air and can execute vacuum twice or three times.Under the situation of using the dipstick suction pipe, this suction pipe is being placed the depositing before the cave 118 of anti-bottom pour ladle and suitcase part 12, available its drain oil bottom the old oil purifier.
After the personal person of hobby has finished the oil plant conversion, can remove out useless/new used flexible pipe 68 of oil plant together with old filter from car and put back to the suitcase 12.Can shut suitcase 12 then, send the retail establishments place back to, repay the core expense.Take old filter away from depositing cave 118, and suitcase part 12 is put into supplementary device 14, as the clear demonstration of Fig. 9, this suitcase part just can have been used for the another one user again.Supplementary device 14 designs to such an extent that suitcase device 12 can be slided between the cooperation position shown in non-cooperation position shown in the solid line and the dotted line.Supplementary device 14 has a collector 190, and it has some sealably to cooperate and open the coupling pipe joint 192,194,196,198 and 200 of these through holes respectively with additional through hole 58,60,62,64 and 66.Pipe joint 192,194,198 and 200 respectively has a solenoid valve 202,204,208 and 210.Under the situation of pipe joint 196, this joint changes in two solenoid valves 205 and 206.Valve 202,204,205,206,208 and 210 is all connecting computer apparatus 212, and this device is being controlled and replenished order automatically.Valve 202 is connecting a waste oil discharging/vacuum pipe 214, and this pipeline is used for to waste oil storage tank 22 discharging vacuum waste oil being discharged from this storage tank.Valve 204 is connecting compressed air line 216, and this pipeline is used for pressurized air input compressed air cylinder 18.Valve 205 is connecting a blowdown piping 217, and when new fluid injected new fluid reservoir 22, this pipeline was discharged air from storage tank.Though blowdown piping 217 is not absolute demand with valve 205, they can help to reinject quickly by reducing back pressure.Valve 206 is connecting compressed nitrogen pipeline 218, and this pipeline is used for the new oil plant of packing under nitrogen pressure.When valve 206 was opened, valve 205 cut out.This nitrogen pressure provides power for new oil plant flows to vehicle from new oil tank 20.Valve 208 is connecting another vacuum pipe 220, and this pipeline is used for waste oil is siphoned away from waste oil storage tank 22.When siphoning away waste oil from storage tank, waste oil blowdown piping 214 is being opened with valve 202 always.Toward this space-time waste oil storage tank 22 impose in the process of vacuum, waste oil blowdown piping 214 is being closed with valve 202 always.Valve 210 is connecting fresh oil and is annotating pipeline 222 again, and this valve is used to new oil tank 20 to replenish.
The computer 212 of supplementary device, the workman is pushed select button 224 to select to portable suitcase device 12 is which quantity in 3 quarts, 4 quarts, 5 quarts of supplies or the 6 quarts of new oil plants actually.Process button 226 that can be shinny shows the process of replenishing order to the workman.Be over and be ready to the time spent again when suitcase device 12 replenishes, will provide a sense of hearing or visible signal, so this device can be used at once again.The computer of supplementary device can be in full automatic mode, drives valve 202,204,205,206,208 and 210, and with correct order supply pressurized air, nitrogen, new oil plant and vacuum, so that emptying waste oil and impose vacuum to waste fluid storage tank 18.The suitcase device is then got ready soon for using again.
An advantage of the personal formula oil plant transformation system of this kind hobby is: its cost can than become with container quart buy the price of oil plant high what, conversion is spent and is hanged down by oil plant than in the service station or quick oil plant conversion facility on the contrary.Another advantage is that this system not only cleans but also easy, and this can prevent that fresh oil and waste oil stream from spilling or random waste oil, and the common and serious problem that the personal formula oil plant conversion of this present just hobby is run into.Another advantage of this system is because it is integrated the waste oil collection with the fresh oil supply, just can avoid the problem that the end user disorderly falls and disposal waste oil causes.
In addition, although understand by the amateur and this system be used for the conversion of motor oil plant or be used for the situation of automobile, but also available this system carries out oil plant conversion or for example conversion of hydraulic fluid, freezing mixture of other fluids, or be used on the machine conversion of other Chemicalss of the machine of the winning equipment in mine, the aircraft on the runway or factory for example such as printing press and other purposes.
Each drawing and above explanation, intention only are to show the present invention with regard to the details of this structure and function mode aspect.In fact, the professional workforce understands, only otherwise deviate from aim of the present invention and scope, just can make an amendment change to it.Though used some buzzwords, just general, illustrative, and be not in order to limit, scope of the present invention is as described in following claims.

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1. for a kind of fluid change system of the device conversion fluid that uses fluid, comprising:
One cover canister assembly, it has one to be suitable under low pressure storing the waste fluid storage tank of waste fluid, a new fluid reservoir that is suitable for storing new fluid and pressurized gas, and a compressed air cylinder;
Some making replenished the additional through hole that pipeline is connected with above-mentioned canister assembly, and by these through holes, (a) above-mentioned new fluid reservoir is annotated with new fluid again and replenished pressurized gas; (b) above-mentioned waste fluid storage tank emptying waste fluid and being placed under the vacuum state, and (c) above-mentioned compressed air cylinder can be by the pressurized air that reinjects, these some through holes have valve, the fluid of being passed through with regulation and control and the discrepancy of air;
One is device discharging waste fluid that uses fluid and the flexible pipe of supplying new fluid;
One cover is being connected the adjusting control valve device of above-mentioned new fluid reservoir, above-mentioned waste fluid storage tank, above-mentioned compressed air cylinder and above-mentioned flexible pipe by each bar pipeline, this adjusting control valve device be suitable for making the user selectively (a) open a pipeline between above-mentioned waste fluid storage tank and above-mentioned flexible pipe, so that allow waste fluid from the device that uses fluid, discharge, reach and (b) open a pipeline between above-mentioned new fluid reservoir and above-mentioned flexible pipe, so that to the new fluid of device provisioning that uses fluid; And
Connecting above-mentioned compressed air cylinder and above-mentioned waste fluid storage tank, and can be by a cover control valve unit operation so that allow the user that vacuum is imposed on a Venturi tube on the above-mentioned waste fluid storage tank.
2. fluid change system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: above-mentioned waste fluid storage tank, above-mentioned new fluid reservoir and above-mentioned compressed air cylinder, settled coaxially one another the inside.
3. fluid change system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the above-mentioned flexible pipe that discharges waste fluid and supply new fluid of being used to is connecting the tubule of a softness.
4. fluid change system according to claim 1 also comprises connecting above-mentioned flexible pipe so that its of matching with the device that carries out the fluid conversion is connected valve.
5. fluid change system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned adjusting control valve device comprises a new Fluid valve and a waste fluid valve, these two valve locations are adjacent and all be connected to a plectane dish that is usually located on the same plane separately, each plectane dish respectively has one section crescent shape recess to be cut into, thereby the position of these two plectane dishes can not make the valve of two adjacency open simultaneously, and above-mentioned new fluid can be switched on be blocked then before, these two plectane dishes require above-mentioned waste fluid to be switched on then to be blocked, thereby collect waste fluid and the new fluid regulation and control order of supply for the device that uses fluid.
6. fluid change system according to claim 1 also comprises a blocking-valve, to prevent the pressurized air forfeiture in the above-mentioned compressed air cylinder.
7. fluid change system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: above-mentioned pressurized gas is a kind of inert gasses of selecting from be made up of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and helium one group.
8. fluid change system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: canister assembly, above-mentioned some apertures and pipeline, above-mentioned adjusting control valve device and above-mentioned Venturi tube all are contained in the shell portion and form a portable unit.
9. fluid change system according to claim 8 comprises that also portable unit can enter an additional station that wherein cooperates, and this replenishes station and comprises:
Have the additional through hole of of some blow ports that can match to cooperate collector, and this collector is opened the above-mentioned valve of above-mentioned additional through hole when cooperation like this with the additional through hole of above-mentioned portable unit;
In order to flow through some valves of fluid of above-mentioned some blow ports of regulation and control;
The source of pressurized air, inert gas, vacuum and new oil plant, and a container of collecting the waste oil in the above-mentioned portable unit.
10. fluid change system according to claim 9, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned additional station also comprises a computer, be under the vacuum state from the discharging of waste oil storage tank and this jar when being in waste oil, above-mentioned compressed air cylinder is annotated with pressurized air again, and above-mentioned new oil tank is annotated with new oil plant again and is pressed with inert gas in order to this portable unit again during the order of usefulness the additional order of this computer regulated this portable unit.
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