Pumps – Expansible chamber type – Inlet and discharge distributors at opposite ends of tubular...
Patent
1994-12-22
1997-01-14
Gluck, Richard E.
Pumps
Expansible chamber type
Inlet and discharge distributors at opposite ends of tubular...
417479, F04B 4305
Patent
active
055932908
ABSTRACT:
A multiple-chamber pump (10, 52, 78) for dispensing precise volumes of fluids. The pump is especially suited for dispensing volumes in the microliter range. At least three chambers (18, 20, 22) comprising preferably spherical segments are sequentially connected by conduits (24, 26, 28, 30) and are closed by a diaphragm member (14) which is movable into or out of the chambers by application of pressure or vacuum on one side of the diaphragm to draw liquid into the chambers and then to expel the liquid from the chambers, either forward or backward according to an operating sequence. Control means are provided for alternating and sequencing the application of pressure and vacuum such that metered volumes of liquid (50) are pumped from chamber to chamber. Tiny, precisely controlled drops of liquid can be dispensed. A plurality of ganged pumps (94) also can be provided in a single pump body (96) to meter independently a plurality of fluids (100, 102, 104) simultaneously. Advantageously, flows can be joined (98) or split (118) between ganged pumps to provide precise combinations of different fluids. Flows in any of the preferred pump configurations can be dispensed to one or a plurality of dispensing destinations.
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Chemelli John B.
Greisch Danny L.
Bocchetti Mark G.
Eastman Kodak Company
Gluck Richard E.
Snee, III Charles E.
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