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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B7/00—Piston machines or pumps characterised by having positively-driven valving
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- F04B7/0208—Piston machines or pumps characterised by having positively-driven valving the valving being fluid-actuated the distribution member forming both the inlet and discharge distributor for one single pumping chamber
- F04B7/0225—Piston machines or pumps characterised by having positively-driven valving the valving being fluid-actuated the distribution member forming both the inlet and discharge distributor for one single pumping chamber and having a slidable movement
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- the present invention is directed to a pump apparatus and, more particularly, to a pump apparatus for filtering a liquid, preferably by reverse osmosis.
- Osmosis is a natural phenomenon whereby a solution containing low solids passes through a semi-permeable membrane into a solution having greater solids concentration. Osmotic flow ceases and reaches equilibrium when the pressure in the higher solids solution equals the osmotic pressure for the membrane. Reverse osmosis occurs when a pressure greater than the osmotic pressure forces water molecules through the semi-permeable membrane in the reverse direction.
- Reverse osmosis devices are known for making potable water from sea or poluted water.
- the conventional reverse osmosis system consists of a pump, a reverse osmosis module and a back pressure valve.
- the pump supplies water to the module.
- the semi-permeable membrane of the module element converts 10 to 20 percent of the unpurified solution to potable water.
- the remaining 80 to 90 percent of the solution passes to the pressure valve, which is set to maintain a pressure in the module somewhat greater than the osmotic pressure of the overflow solution. From the back pressure valve, the solution goes to waste.
- An important object of this invention is to provide a reciprocating plunger pump capable of circulating a large volume of unpurified solution through a reverse osmosis module with an energy input only slightly more than that required to pump the product purified water at the overambient osmotic pressure.
- Another important object of the invention is to provide a pump that can be driven mechanically or by hand lever by simply applying force to the plunger rod.
- Yet another object is to incorporate a hydraulic actuated, three-way valve that opens fully inlet and vent ports resulting in minimum pressure drop at the ports.
- Still another object is to minimize stroke loss due to shifting the three-way valve.
- a further object is to provide a button on the protruding stem, connected to the shuttle of the three-way valve, that can be depressed during start up to hold the vent open to the driving chamber on the rod side of the plunger thereby allowing the reverse osmosis module to fill with solution at a rapid rate while compressing air in the module to make it a very effective accumulator to maintain pressure in the module during suction strokes.
- the apparatus of the present invention includes a pump housing to which a cylindrical canister for a reverse osmosis element is attached.
- the pump housing has a three-step bore to receive the body, the fresh water tube and the overflow tube of the reverse osmosis element.
- the pump housing has a cylindrical bore for receiving the plunger and rod, with the rod extending through a cylinder cap.
- the closed end of the cylinder bore has a pair of counter bores to take the inlet and outlet valve assemblies, respectively.
- a passage is provided between the outlet valve bore and the outer bore for the reverse osmosis element.
- a manifold is attached to one side of the pump housing.
- the manifold has openings at one end for unpurified solution inlet and unpurified concentrate outlet.
- the manifold has an opening at an opposite end for fresh water outlet.
- a passage is provided in the manifold to connect the inlet opening with the inlet valve of the pump cylinder.
- the manifold has an other passage to connect the fresh water tube of the reverse osmosis element with the fresh water opening.
- the manifold has a cylindrical bore to receive a shuttle having a stem that passes through a plug at the open end of the bore. The ends of the bore are in fluid communication with opposite ends of the pump cylinder.
- the shuttle serves as a spool to create a three-way spool valve.
- the closed end of the shuttle bore or a button on the shuttle stem and a projection on the bore plug serve as stops to limit movement of the shuttle.
- the ratio of the shuttle stem diameter to the main shuttle diameter should be the same as the ratio of the plunger rod diameter to the plunger diameter so that the volume of solution in the plunger cylinder combined with that in the valve bore on either side of the shuttle remains constant during any shift of the shuttle from stop to stop. This allows the pump stroke to be reversed at any point and to be reversed smoothly. Because the diameter of the shuttle is small compared to the diameter of the plunger, very small movement of the plunger causes the shuttle to shift. Consequently, very little pump stroke is lost in shifting the three-way valve.
- a central land on the shuttle has an axial length a little more than three times the width of a center port which is in fluid communication with the rod of the cylinder.
- Shuttle travel is limited by stops while shifting the land to either side of the center port.
- the shuttle has a reduced main diameter between the central land and packing lands at opposite ends of the shuttle.
- the axial length of the reduced diameter portions are such that the pressure port on one side of the central land which is in fluid communication with pressurized concentrate from the reverse osmosis element and the vent port on the other side of the central land which communicates with the waste port of the device are both open to respective cavities formed by the reduced diameter portions of the shuttle regardless of location of the shuttle with respect to the stops and the center port.
- the shuttle On a pressure stroke of the plunger, the shuttle is shifted to a position directing pressurized concentrate to the driving chamber or the rod side of the plunger.
- the shuttle On the suction stroke of the piston, the shuttle is shifted to a position allowing the solution in the driving chamber to evacuate.
- the shuttle As a result of the pressure differential across the shuttle created by the sudden acceleration in the inlet water system the instant the central port cracks open, the shuttle moves all the way to the top stop, again opening the center port fully. Until the indicated instant, new solution is not drawn into the pumping chamber due to the constant volumes on opposite sides of the shuttle.
- a mechanical, power driven, reciprocating mechanism or a hand lever may be used to drive the plunger rod of the present pump.
- FIG. 1 is a top view of pump apparatus in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a top end view of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 6 is a composite view in section showing the functional relationship of the various elements.
- FIG. 7 is an elevational view of the pump apparatus as driven by rotary shaft.
- Apparatus 10 includes a housing 12 with a cylindrical tube 14 attached at a bottom end 16.
- a hand lever 18 is pivotally connected at end 26 by nut and bolt combination 28 to one end of a set of links 30 which are pivotally connected at the other ends to a bracket portion 34 of a cylinder cap 90 that is secured to the housing 12 by cap screws 92.
- lever 18 is attached to yoke 22 with nut and bolt combination 20 and with nut and bolt combination 32 to plunger rod 35.
- Yoke 22 pivots at 20 while links 30 pivot at both 28 and the lever attachment to bracket portion 34.
- a manifold 36 is attached to side 38 of housing 12 with a plurality of machine screws 40. Although it iss preferable that manifold 36 be separate and attached to housing 12, it is understood that the two elements could be an integral unit.
- Housing 12 is preferably made from square bar stock and machined appropriately. Cylindrical tube 14 is permanently attached to housing 12 by weld or other conventional attachment mechanism. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a ferrule 44 is permanently attached to the bottom end portion 46 of tube 14 by weld or other conventional attachment mechanism. A plug 48 (see FIG. 4) fits within the end of tube 14 and ferrule 44 and is held in place with a snap ring 50. An O-ring 52 or other similar mechanism provides a pressure seal between plug 48 and cylinder 14.
- a three step bore in bottom end 16 of housing 12 is designed to receive filter element 54, preferably a reverse osmosis element.
- Outer step 56 receives body 58 of element 54.
- Intermediate step 60 receives fresh water tube 62 of element 54.
- Inner step 64 receives overflow concentrate tube 66 of element 54.
- Top end 24 of housing 12 has a bore for forming a pumping cylinder 68 for plunger 70.
- Plunger 70 separates cylinder 68 into a pumping chamber on the valve side of the plunger and a driving chamber on the rod side of the plunger.
- rod 35 is attached to plunger 70, the combination of which is reciprocated, as shown in FIGS. 1-3, by hand lever 18 about fulcrum 28.
- the bottom end of cylinder 68 has a pair of counterbores 72 and 74, as shown most clearly in FIG. 6, which receive intake and exhaust valve assemblies 76 and 78.
- Each valve assembly 76 and 78 includes a seat 80, a poppet 82, a valve spring 84 and a spring retainer 86 assembled together in a conventional fashion.
- Rod 35 passes through a cylinder cap 90 (which is held in place by cap screws 92) and an appropriate seal assembly 94 dynamically seals rod 35 with respect to cap 90.
- a number of reverse osmosis elements are commercially available, and the present invention is not directed to any particular type.
- a typical reverse osmosis element 54 includes a semi-permeable membrane 96 wrapped about fresh water tube 62.
- Body 58 has end members 98 and 100 at either end of membrane 96.
- End member 98 fits snugly and is sealed at U-cup 102 to outer step 56.
- An end spacer member 104 has a plurality of vanes extending outwardly and downwardly to provide a snug fit for the bottom end of element 54 with cylinder 42 and cap 48.
- An impermeable retaining sleeve 106 encircles membrane 96 to keep it in place.
- End members 98 and 100 are spaced from fresh water tube 62 with a plurality of legs 108.
- Overflow concentrate tube 66 is spaced apart from fresh water tube 62 by the different diameter bores of intermediate step 60 and inner step 64 at one end and an enlarged diameter portion 110 of concentrate tube 66 at the other end.
- Water passes through membrane 96 to enter fresh water tube 62. Water which passes through legs 108 of end member 98 and along membrane 96 flows to concentrate tube 66.
- Manifold 36 is preferably made of rectangular cross-section bar stock. Manifold 36 has three tapped openings 112, 114, and 116 for receiving hose fittings .[.11.]. .Iadd.118.Iaddend., 120, and 122. Opening 112 is the seawater or polluted water or unpurified water inlet. Opening 112 communicates with intake valve 76 through passagee 124 in manifold 36 and passage 126 in housing 12. Opening 114 is the waste port. Opening 114 is in fluid communication with vent port 170 of bore 146 and also is in fluid communication with adjustable relief valve 128. Relief valve 128 is conventional and includes ball 134 held against restriction 136 by spring 138 retained by threaded bushing 140. Opening 116 is the fresh water outlet. Opening 116 is in fluid communication with fresh water tube 62 through passage 142 in manifold 36 and passage 144 in housing 12.
- Manifold 36 also has a cylindrical bore 146 forming a chamber that takes a shuttle 148 with an attached stem 150 that passes through a plug 152 in the open end of the bore. At its outer end, stem 150 is fitted with a button 154.
- the closed end of bore 146 is in fluid communication with the closed end of cylinder 68 through first end port 156 in manifold 36 and passage 158 in housing 12.
- the end of bore 146 next to plug 152 is in fluid communication with the rod side of piston 70 through second end port 162 in manifold 36 and passage 164 in housing 12.
- a center port 166 in bore 146 communicates through passage 168 in housing 12 with passage 164 to chamber 160 on the rod side of plunger 70.
- a vent port 170 connects cavity 187, defined as the annular space between the reduced diameter portion 178 of shuttle 148 and the wall of bore 146 with waste or outlet port 114.
- a pressure port 172 connects cavity 189, defined as the annular space between the reduced diameter portion 176 of shuttle 148 and the wall of bore 146 with the passage 130 which is in fluid communication with the concentrate side of element 54 by means of passage 132.
- Relief valve 128 is disposed between passage 132 and opening 114.
- Shuttle 148 has a center land 174, the length of which is slightly more than three times the width of center port 166.
- Shuttle 148 has reduced diameter portions 176 and 178 on opposite sides of center land 174.
- Reduced diameter portion 176 extends between center land 174 and a packing land 180 at the bottom end of shuttle 148.
- Reduced diameter portion 178 extends between center land 174 and packing land 182 at the top end of shuttle 148 for internal attachment with stem 150.
- the length of reduced diameter portions 176 and 178 are such that the cavities formed between them and the wall of bore 146 are always open to pressure port 172 and vent port 170, respectively, regardless of the position of shuttle 148.
- Shuttle 148 moves from an uppermost location wherein the lower end 184 of plug 152 forms a stop for land 182 to a lowermost position wherein the upper end 186 of plug 152 forms a second stop with button 154 making the contact.
- button 150 may be spaced from end 186 with the inner end of bore 146 functioning as the second stop.
- hand lever 18 is disclosed as the preferred embodiment for driving pump apparatus 10, a mechanical drive as shown in FIG. 7 could as well be applied too rod 35.
- multiple cylinders and plungers and driving mechanisms could be designed to operate in conjunction with one another to function the present or multiple equivalents of the present use device.
- FIG. 7 shows a rotary shaft 200 connected through a crank member 202 by link 204 to rod 34' of apparatus 10'.
- Bracket 206 supports shaft 200 with bearings or a bearing surface within bosses 210.
- Bracket 206 is attached to apparatus 10' at cap screws 92'.
- Bracket 206 includes a pair of spaced walls 208 having bosses 210 attached to the outer sides of each.
- Crank 202 is fixedly attached to shaft 200 and rotates with it.
- Link 204 is fastened to crank 202 pivotably with pin 212 while link 204 is fastened pivotably to rod 34' with pin 214.
- the ratio of the cross sectional area of plunger rod 35 to the cross sectional area of piston 70 is the same as and determining the recovery ratio of the reverse osmosis element 54.
- the recovery ratio is the percentage of fresh water as compared with total water pumped per stroke.
- the ratio of the diameter of stem 150 of shuttle 148 to the diameter of land 182 must be the same as the ratio of the diameter of plunger rod 35 to the diameter of plunger 70 to maintain a constant volume of water on opposite sides of plunger 70 and shuttle 148 during the hydraulic shifting of shuttle 148.
- seawater or other impure or unpotable water is directed from a source to hose fitting 118.
- intake valve 76 is opened and feed water is inducted through passages 124 and 126 and intake valve 76 to pumping cylinder or chamber 68.
- plunger 70 begins a pumping stroke.
- feed water is forced through outlet valve 78 and passage 188 to outer bore 56 and along legs 108 of end member 98 to membrane 96.
- hand lever 18 pivots about a fulcrum at nut and bolt combination 28 so as to drive plunger 70 at all times.
- shuttle 148 On the pumping stroke that exerts enough pressure through passage 158 and port 156 to overcome the finger pressure on button 154 and shuttle 148, shuttle 148 will shift to the upper end of chamber 146 thereby closing center port 166 to vent port 170 and opening center port 166 to pressure .[.portt.]. .Iadd.port .Iaddend.172 to allow pressurization of driving chamber 160 during a downstroke of plunger 70. That is, impure concentrate water from tube 66 will flow through passages 132 and 130 to pressure port 172 and the cavity 189 around reduced diameter portion 176 of shuttle 148 to center port 166 and passages 168 and 164 to chamber 160.
- center port 166 opens fully because of the difference in force on the ends of shuttle 148 as a result of shuttle stem 150 passing through to atmosphere. It is also noted that a very small movement of plunger 70 shifts shuttle 148 because the cross-sectional area of shuttle 148 is only, for example, about one-tenth the area of plunger 70. In such a circumstance, the required movement of .[.plungwer.]. .Iadd.plunger .Iaddend.70 is about 0.031 inches for moving shuttle 148 about 0.312 inches. Therefore, only a very small portion of plunger stroke is lost in shifting the valve shuttle.
- a volume of solution equal to the displacement of plunger rod 35 is added to the closed system with each stroke. Pressure in the system continues to build until it exceeds the osmotic pressure of membrane 96. At that point, fresh water migrates through membrane 96 into fresh water tube 62 and passages 144 and 142 to tapped port 116 for connection to a fresh water receptacle. The pressure in the closed system floats to where the fresh water produced is equal to the downstroke displacement of plunger rod 35 during each reciprocation. Adjustable relief valve functions to prevent rupturing pressures from being exerted on membrane 96 if there is a clogging of membrane 96.
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