EP0260464A1 - Pompe de dosage - Google Patents

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EP0260464A1
EP0260464A1 EP87111972A EP87111972A EP0260464A1 EP 0260464 A1 EP0260464 A1 EP 0260464A1 EP 87111972 A EP87111972 A EP 87111972A EP 87111972 A EP87111972 A EP 87111972A EP 0260464 A1 EP0260464 A1 EP 0260464A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/02—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B23/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04B23/04—Combinations of two or more pumps
    • F04B23/06—Combinations of two or more pumps the pumps being all of reciprocating positive-displacement type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/0009—Special features
    • F04B43/0045—Special features with a number of independent working chambers which are actuated successively by one mechanism
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B53/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B23/00 or F04B39/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B53/06—Venting

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  • the invention relates to a metering pump according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a metering pump is known from DE-OS 26 51 614.3.
  • the diaphragm pump acts as a pre-feed pump.
  • a piston pump with the necessary piston seals is provided as a metering pump.
  • the piston seals have a limited lifespan when dosing aggressive media, so that such pumps are not suitable for dosing aggressive media.
  • Dosing pumps for aggressive media are known. With these, however, there is the problem that air or gas accumulates in the pump chamber and the performance of the pump then drops until a manual venting is carried out. This is particularly disadvantageous for outgassing media and when changing dosing agent containers.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a metering pump of the type described in the introduction, which is self-priming and self-venting on the one hand and, on the other hand, is resistant to aggressive metering media.
  • the metering pump 1 has a pump head 2. This has a pump chamber 3 extending in the vertical direction. At the lower end of the pumping chamber, seen in the vertical direction, there is a suction channel 4, which is connected to a suction line 6 via a suction valve 5. The suction line 6 leads into a dosing agent container 7.
  • a riser 8 opens.
  • the upper end of the riser as seen in the vertical direction leads via a pressure valve 9 to a connection 10 that can be connected to a metering point.
  • a metering membrane 11 is clamped in the pump chamber in the manner shown in FIG. 1 and is firmly connected on its rear side to a plunger 12.
  • the plunger has a stop 13. Between this and a fixed frame plate 14, a compression spring 15 is provided, which biases the membrane 11 in the suction position.
  • a shaft 18 is supported which carries a metering eccentric 19.
  • the end 16 of the plunger is biased by the compression spring 15 to the metering eccentric 19.
  • a transverse bore 20 opens as directly as possible at the upper end of the riser 8, that is to say directly in front of the pressure valve 9. This leads into the valve chamber 21 of a ventilation valve formed by a diaphragm pump 22. At the end of the transverse bore 20, a valve seat 23 is incorporated. In the upper region of the valve chamber 21, seen in the vertical direction, there is a riser pipe 23, which is connected to a return line 25 via a pressure valve 24. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this leads back into the dosing agent container 7.
  • the membrane is firmly connected to a tappet 26 on its side facing away from the valve chamber. Between the back of the membrane and a wall part 27 of the housing, a compression spring 28 is provided, which is biased so that the membrane is initially held in the closed position shown in FIG. 1.
  • the end of the plunger facing away from the membrane is adjustably connected to a yoke 29 by a lock nut 30.
  • a second eccentric 31 runs on the shaft 18.
  • the second eccentric 31 is designed such that the plunger 26 is moved in the desired angular range such that the diaphragm 35 of the diaphragm pump performs a suction stroke against the compression spring 28.
  • the two eccentrics 19 and 31 are so angularly offset from each other that the cycle shown in Fig. 2 takes place. It follows from this that the valve formed by the diaphragm pump 22 closes a small time period 36 before the pressure stroke of the metering diaphragm 11 is carried out. If the metering stroke is carried out, the vent valve formed by the diaphragm pump opens a small time period 42 after the metering stroke has ended. During this period, the suction stroke 43 of the membrane 11 has already started. The vent valve closes by placing the membrane 35 in the position shown in FIG. 1 a short time period 44 before the end of the suction stroke. This ensures that no gas can enter the system during the pressure stroke.
  • the locking spring 28 can be designed in such a way that it yields at a certain pressure in the pump head, so that the vent valve also acts as a pressure relief valve.
  • FIG. 3 initially has all the features shown in FIG. 1.
  • a non-return valve 38 is provided between the riser 8 and that formed by the diaphragm pump 22 . This accelerates the venting.
  • the plunger 26 is not pulled back into the suction position by the motor 34 but by a separately controlled lifting magnet 39.
  • the excitation of the solenoid 39 is controlled by a controller 40.
  • a sensor 45 is provided which detects the rotational position of the metering eccentric 19 and delivers an output signal to the controller 40 via this rotary position in order to ensure the synchronization of the metering stroke of the membrane 35 with the membrane 11 in the manner described above.
  • the controller 40 is designed in such a way that the membrane 35 does not follow each stroke of the membrane 11, but rather a predetermined number of working cycles of the membrane 11 remain in the closed position shown in FIG. It is thereby achieved that the membrane 35 is used much less without the pump performance of the pump as a whole being impaired.
  • the controller 40 can be set so that the number of skipped strokes through the membrane 35 is adjustable depending on the medium to be conveyed and its tendency to outgas.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Feeding, Discharge, Calcimining, Fusing, And Gas-Generation Devices (AREA)
EP87111972A 1986-09-19 1987-08-18 Pompe de dosage Expired - Lifetime EP0260464B1 (fr)

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AT87111972T ATE50321T1 (de) 1986-09-19 1987-08-18 Dosierpumpe.

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DE3631984A DE3631984C1 (de) 1986-09-19 1986-09-19 Dosierpumpe
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