US3635592A - Electrically operated double-diaphragm pump - Google Patents

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US3635592A
US3635592A US34999A US3635592DA US3635592A US 3635592 A US3635592 A US 3635592A US 34999 A US34999 A US 34999A US 3635592D A US3635592D A US 3635592DA US 3635592 A US3635592 A US 3635592A
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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
    • F04B45/00—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04B45/04—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms
    • F04B45/043—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms two or more plate-like pumping flexible members in parallel
    • 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
    • F04B45/00—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04B45/04—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms
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  • the coupling member consists of a tube with [58] Fie'ld 413 418 480 a solid part in its middle to which the arm is fixed and the R H diaphragms are fixed, one to each end ofthe tube, by means of pins, one of which is fixed to each diaphragm and which fit one in each end of the tube.
  • the pins may have heads which fit [56] References Cited in internal sockets within the tube to hold the pins in the tube UNITED STATES PATENTS as the arm osclllates- 3,545,894 12/1970 Lowitz ..417/412 4 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures l I I I6 PATENTED m Y 8 m2 Attorney ELECTRICALLY OPERATED DOUBLE-DIAPHRAGM PUMP
  • This invention relates to electrically operated doublediaphragm pumps for use, for example, for aerating the water in aquan'a, of the kind in which the two diaphragms are actuated by a common oscillating arm situated between them, the arm being oscillated by an alternating current vibrating armature motor.
  • the oscillating arm is attached to the wall of a surrounding housing and is connected to each of the two diaphragms by means of a separate linkage. That is to say there is an individual linkage for each of the two diaphragms, one on each side of the arm.
  • Such pumps operate quietly owing to the opposite movements of the two diaphragms, with one diaphragm making a suction stroke while the other makes a discharge stroke and vice versa, but they have the disadvantage that the two linkages which include a number of pivots require considerably maintenance and can give trouble brought about by wear. This is a serious disadvantage when the pump has to operate continuously as is necessary for aerating aquarium water.
  • the double linkage has been replaced by a rigid connection between the oscillating arm and each diaphragm, but this makes it necessary to modify the pump so that the diaphragms are no longer operated by a common arm, but instead two separate arms are provided, one for each diaphragm.
  • two separate arms are provided, one for each diaphragm.
  • the electromagnet of the motor it is necessary for the electromagnet of the motor to have an E-shaped core. This kind of core occupies a great deal of space.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an electrically operated double-diaphragm pump of the kind described above which is free from the disadvantages of the present forms of such pumps and which is of simpler and more compact construction and has a longer working life than the existing pumps.
  • each diaphragm is connected to the oscillating arm through a resilient coupling member.
  • the coupling member Preferably there is a single coupling member through which both of the diaphragms are connected to the oscillating arm, the coupling member being made of rubber or of rubberlike plastics material.
  • a resilient coupling member or members leads to several important advantages. First of all, it is no longer necessary to use a linkage consisting of a number of parts pivotally connected to each other. The construction of the pump is therefore made simpler and less expensive. Secondly the pump is more reliable in operation and finally the E-shaped core which was necessary in some forms of prior pump may be replaced by a U-shaped core which is more compact.
  • the two diaphragms are coaxial with each other and the coupling member is in the form of a tube which has the diaphragms attached one to each end and has a solid middle part to which the arm is fixed.
  • the diaphragms When the coupling member is in the form of a tube. the diaphragms may be attached to it by means of pins which fit one in each end of the bore of the tube.
  • FIG. 1 is a section through a resilient coupling member forming a part of the pump
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the pump with part of a surrounding housing removed to show interior details.
  • the pump comprises a rectangular housing II in which a core 12 of a field electromagnet is mounted.
  • the core 12 is of the usual U-shaped kind used in AC vibrating armature motors and carries an exciter coil 13 which, in use, is connected to an AC supply.
  • the core 12 has a pole shoe l4 and an armature 15, in the tom of a permanent magnet, is at tached to the end of a resilient arm 10' which is mounted on the top wall of the housing 11.
  • the two poles of the permanent magnet armature 15 are directed towards the pole shoe M and a gap between the armature and the pole shoe is adjustable.
  • the arm 10 is fixed to a resilient coupling member 1 in the manner shown most clearly in FIG. I of the drawings.
  • the coupling member 1 is made of rubber although it may alternatively be made of plastics material of a. rubberlike resilience.
  • the member 1 is in the form of a tube with a solid middle part 8 which extends through a hole in the arm 10 and has an annular groove 9 around it in which the part of the arm surrounding its hole fits.
  • the tubular end parts of the coupling member l have blind bores 2 and 3 with enlarged sockets 4 and 5 at their inner ends.
  • Two pump chambers 16 and 17 are mounted on the sidewalls of the housing 1] and are arranged symmetrically one on each side of the oscillating arm 10.
  • the pump chambers l6 and 17 are provided with diaphragms 6 and 7 respectively and these diaphragms are mounted coaxially with each other and coaxially with the coupling member I.
  • the two diaphragms 6 and 7 each have a coupling pin fixed centrally to them and the two pins fit in the blind bores 2- and 3 in the coupling member 1.
  • the pins have heads which fit in the sockets 4 and 5 to resist withdrawal of the pins. In this way the two diaphragms 6 and 7 are connected to the oscillating arm 10 so that as the arm oscillates, the diaphragms 6 and 7 move to and fro.
  • the two pump chambers 16 and 17 have air inlets and also air outlet connections 18 and 19 respectively which, in use, are connected to an air supply tube. As the diaphragms 6 and 7 move to and fro, air is sucked into the chambers 16 and 17 through their inlets and is discharged through the air outlet connections 18 and 19. The chamber 16 discharges air while the chamber 17 is drawing air in and vice versa.
  • the oscillating arm 10 is mounted on the top wall of the housing 11 by means of a rubber bush 20 which extends through a hole in the top wall and through a hole in a bent over part of the arm 10.
  • the bent over part of the arm 10 is held in position on the bush 20 by a bolt 21 the head of which acts on the bent over part of the arm 10 through a washer 22.
  • a knurled adjustment nut 23 is screwed onto the bolt 21 and adjustment of the nut 23 moves the arm 10 upwards or downwards to a limited extent and so adjusts the gap between the armature 15 and the pole shoe 14.
  • an actuating arm having an opening oscillatably mounted between a pair of opposed and coaxial pump diaphragms
  • an alternating current vibrator annamre motor operatively connected to said actuating arm for oscillating it substantially along the axis of said coaxial pump diaphragms
  • a tubular unitary coupling member of rubber or rubberlike plastics material having a solid central portion and being operatively connected at opposite ends to said pair of op posed pump diaphragms, so that oscillation of the arm reciprocates said pair of diaphragms via said coupling member to operate said pump, said coupling member extending through said opening of said arm and forms a positive connection therewith.
  • a pump as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means defining an opening in said arm, and means defining an annular groove extending around said solid part in the middle of said tube, said coupling member extending through said opening fitting in said groove.
  • a pump as claimed in claim 3 further comprising means defining sockets within said tube, one adjacent each end thereof, and heads on said pins, said heads fitting in said sockets to resist withdrawal of said pins from said tube.

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US3784334A (en) * 1972-04-03 1974-01-08 Johnson Service Co Electromagnetically driven fluid compressing apparatus
US3838944A (en) * 1971-08-27 1974-10-01 E Kolfertz Diaphragm pumps with pressure equalising chambers
US4154559A (en) * 1977-05-16 1979-05-15 Enomoto Micro-Pump Mfg. Co. Electromagnetic reciprocating pump
US5066204A (en) * 1989-07-07 1991-11-19 Rena S.A. Diaphragm pump
US6164932A (en) * 1998-10-05 2000-12-26 Kabushiki Kaisha Tominaga Jyushi Kogyosho Aquarium pump for use both as an air pump and a water pump and aquarium apparatus with a passage aquarium
US6270681B1 (en) * 1999-04-30 2001-08-07 Mg Industries Aeration pond with oxygen recycling
US6354817B1 (en) * 2000-01-03 2002-03-12 Horng Jiun Chang Pressurized air supplying device for vehicle
US20040047738A1 (en) * 1998-03-20 2004-03-11 Humpheries James C. Automatic optimizing pump and sensor system
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US2194535A (en) * 1937-04-15 1940-03-26 Vedee Corp Electric translating device
US2267280A (en) * 1937-10-15 1941-12-23 Hermes Patentverwertungs Gmbh Device for conveying fluids
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US3746478A (en) * 1971-06-25 1973-07-17 Metaframe Corp Wall-mount air pump
US3838944A (en) * 1971-08-27 1974-10-01 E Kolfertz Diaphragm pumps with pressure equalising chambers
US3784334A (en) * 1972-04-03 1974-01-08 Johnson Service Co Electromagnetically driven fluid compressing apparatus
US4154559A (en) * 1977-05-16 1979-05-15 Enomoto Micro-Pump Mfg. Co. Electromagnetic reciprocating pump
US5066204A (en) * 1989-07-07 1991-11-19 Rena S.A. Diaphragm pump
AU626771B2 (en) * 1989-07-07 1992-08-06 Rena S.A. Diaphragm pump
US20040047738A1 (en) * 1998-03-20 2004-03-11 Humpheries James C. Automatic optimizing pump and sensor system
US7168925B2 (en) * 1998-03-20 2007-01-30 Humphries James C Automatic optimizing pump and sensor system
US6164932A (en) * 1998-10-05 2000-12-26 Kabushiki Kaisha Tominaga Jyushi Kogyosho Aquarium pump for use both as an air pump and a water pump and aquarium apparatus with a passage aquarium
US6270681B1 (en) * 1999-04-30 2001-08-07 Mg Industries Aeration pond with oxygen recycling
US6354817B1 (en) * 2000-01-03 2002-03-12 Horng Jiun Chang Pressurized air supplying device for vehicle
US20070102233A1 (en) * 2005-11-07 2007-05-10 Eiko Electric Products Corp. Air pumping device with silencing effect for aquarium

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