EP0330530B1 - Pumpe mit Vorverdichtung - Google Patents

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EP0330530B1
EP0330530B1 EP89400211A EP89400211A EP0330530B1 EP 0330530 B1 EP0330530 B1 EP 0330530B1 EP 89400211 A EP89400211 A EP 89400211A EP 89400211 A EP89400211 A EP 89400211A EP 0330530 B1 EP0330530 B1 EP 0330530B1
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piston
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Pierre Amiel
Jean-Louis Bougamont
Alain Behar
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Silgan Dispensing Systems Le Treport SAS
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1038Pressure accumulation pumps, i.e. pumps comprising a pressure accumulation chamber
    • B05B11/1039Pressure accumulation pumps, i.e. pumps comprising a pressure accumulation chamber the outlet valve being mechanically opened after a defined accumulation stroke
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/1001Piston pumps

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  • the subject of the invention is a pump of this type, very effective despite its great structural simplicity: the precompression essentially results therefrom from the radial deformation of a part of the body, without preventing it from being accompanied by compression. of air inside the latter.
  • the part of the body in question has at least one side wall of non-circular main section, which leads the material to work not only in extension but especially in bending.
  • the inlet is also preferably closed with a drawer seal, which improves operating accuracy.
  • the pump bodies are usually drawn by circular or slightly divergent circular segments, the narrowest of which corresponds to the location of the gasket. 'admission and which are connected by widening step by step to form in particular the well of the return spring and then the chamber where the piston head moves.
  • the deformable part will advantageously retain an essentially cylindrical or slightly different shape, with straight generator segments, for example slightly conical; but its section will be flattened, for example elliptical, or better generally polygonal, in particular close to an equilateral triangle or a square, or even star or polylobed.
  • This substantially prismatic part connects two others of necessarily circular sections: that of the threshold and of the intake joint; that of the exhaust threshold, the vent and the corresponding seals, on which the piston slides. It could even be helical but it is not desirable that the radial deformation can thus be accompanied by a significant elongation.
  • the wall of the main chamber is cylindrical over almost its entire height, connecting to the circular zone of the end 12 c , carrying the admission threshold 13, and to that also circular 12 a from the seat of the exhaust gasket by two conical parts, still circular in the version shown.
  • this cylindrical portion 12 b is widened section and radially deformable, but because either circular trilobal as shown in Figure 4; its walls, thinned in the narrow region of the chamber, advantageously create a slight tightening on the rim 17 of the piston.
  • FIG. 6 shows that the cross section of the lower part 22 b of the pump body is this time star-shaped, and more exactly hexalobed; moreover, a slight obliquity of its ribs gives its longitudinal section, visible in FIG. 5, a slightly hyperbolic profile with a low undercut. This increases the nervousness of the wall of this body, which here consists of polyethylene.
  • Figure 5 comprises two half-sections represented in intermediate positions, one on the left end of compression, when the exhaust port 28 has unmasks, the other right at the end of rise of the piston 24, that is to say at the start of aspiration of a new dose of liquid.
  • the intake tube here forms an integral part of the lower part 22 c of the body.
  • the seal 26 has four active spans. The first two are interior and sliding. One, 26 a , in the form of a guide ring on the nozzle above the orifice 28 a could, if need be, be omitted; the other, 26 b , in the form of a lower lip, also serves as a high stop for the piston on the upper edge 27 b of its flange 27; advantageously, the lower edge 27 a of the latter serves on the contrary as a low stop for the piston on the body.
  • the other two bearing surfaces are external, 26 c sliding in the shape of a lip in the clearance 22 a , with a complementary seal at the bottom stop, finally 26 d at the top stop on the cup 21.
  • the three stops are oblique, mainly on the bearing 26 d with the collar of the cup and antagonistically on the reverse of the seat 26 b with the collar of the piston to increase the tightening, therefore the seal at rest under the effect of the return spring 25.

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  • Reciprocating Pumps (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Preparation Of Compounds By Using Micro-Organisms (AREA)
  • Compressors, Vaccum Pumps And Other Relevant Systems (AREA)
  • Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
  • Supply Devices, Intensifiers, Converters, And Telemotors (AREA)
  • Nozzles (AREA)

Claims (12)

1. Pumpe mit einem Kolben (4), der einen Schieber im Inneren eines Körpers (2) bildet, welcher eine Ausströmöffnung (8a) verdeckt oder freilegt, wobei er eine Vorverdichtung bewirkt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß diese Vorverdichtung im wesentlichen durch eine Radialverformung eines nicht-kreisförmigen Querschnitt aufweisenden Teiles (2b ...) des Körpers erfolgt.
2. Pumpe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der verformbare Teil zumindest eine Seitenwand aufweist, die im wesentlichen flach ist oder eine geringe Gesamtkrümmung hat.
3. Pumpe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der verformbare Teil einen allgemein polygonalen oder sternförmigen Querschnitt hat.
4. Pumpe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der verformbare Teil im wesentlichen zylindrische oder davon wenig abweichende, beispielsweise leicht konische oder hyperbelförmige Form aus geradlinigen Erzeugendensegmenten hat.
5. Pumpe nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Wände des verformbaren Teiles (12b) am Kolben klemmen, sobald sie in der Ruhestellung sind.
6. Pumpe nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kammer in ihrem oberen Teil (2a, 22a) kreisförmigen Querschnitt hat, sich aber dann in einen im wesentlichen prismatischen Schacht (2b, 22b) verjüngt.
7. Pumpe nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kammer (12b) vergrößerten Querschnitt hat und über nahezu ihre gesamte Höhe radial verformbar ist.
8. Pumpe nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Körper (12, 22) ferner eine leichte Längselastizität hat.
9. Pumpe nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kolben (4 ...) einen Stift (4b ...) trägt, der dazu bestimmt ist, als Dichtungs- und Führungs-schieber an der Einlaßkante (3 ...) zu wirken.
10. Pumpe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie mit äußeren Entlüftungsöffnungen (29) versehen ist und daß die Ausströmdichtung (26) die Form einer dünnen Hülse hat, die mit leichtem Spiel zwischen dem Körper (22) und der Kappe (21) in einer Ausnehmung (22e) im oberen Teil der Kammer festgelegt ist und zumindest drei aktive Ansätze hat, von denen der eine (26b) in Form einer unteren Lippe gleitet, welche zugleich als oberer Anschlag für den Kolben (24) dient, ein anderer (26c) in Form einer Lippe gleitet, die zugleich als unterer Anschlag in der Ausnehmung wirkt und schließlich ein dritter (26d) als oberer Anschlag an der Kappe und in der Ruhestellung als Gegenspieler zum ersten wirkt.
11. Pumpe nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die beiden entgegengesetzten Anschläge (26b, 26d) schräg ausgebildet sind.
12. Pumpe nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, däß eine Ausströmdichtung am oberen Ende des Kolbenweges vorgesehen ist und an der Außenseite die Ausströmöffnung (28a) in der Ruhestellung verdeckt.
EP89400211A 1988-01-26 1989-01-26 Pumpe mit Vorverdichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0330530B1 (de)

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FR8800852A FR2626253B1 (fr) 1988-01-26 1988-01-26 Pompe a precompression

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FR2626253A1 (fr) 1989-07-28
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