Pumps – Expansible chamber type – Elongated flexible chamber wall progressively deformed
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-14
2011-10-25
Kramer, Devon C (Department: 3746)
Pumps
Expansible chamber type
Elongated flexible chamber wall progressively deformed
Reexamination Certificate
active
08043077
ABSTRACT:
A micropump that includes: a tube frame including an elastic tube, and a tube guide groove; a cam drive wheel which moves in response to a motor that can be rotated in forward and reverse directions; a first cam is provided with a finger depression section at a circumferential portion thereof; a second cam is provided with a finger depression section at a circumferential portion thereof; and a plurality of fingers provided between the tube and the respective finger depression sections of the first and second cams. The micropump can be in a first state of continuously feeding a fluid by when the first cam is rotated in the forward direction, the first cam pushing and rotating the second cam in the same direction, a second state of rotating only the first cam in the reverse direction, and a third state of stopping the first cam from rotating.
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Gatzemeyer Ryan
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Kramer Devon C
Seiko Epson Corporation
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