Pumping device

• US 10,641,254 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liao, Po-Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Plakkoottam, Dominick L
• Application Number:
  US15/947,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20190309739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 417118, 141 26, 141 21, 141 25, 141309, 141 41, 141 44, 13756525
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/0205 by manually operable pumping apparatus hand-held apparatus with pumps for dispensing or spraying liquids or fluent materials B05B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 23/025 the pump being located directly adjacent the reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 53/10 Valves; Arrangement of valves
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 53/1092 and one single element forming both the inlet and outlet closure member
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 9/14 Pumps characterised by muscle-power operation hand-held spraying or dispensing apparatus using pumps or bulbs B05B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/07 with cylindrical slides
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/0712 comprising particular spool-valve sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/18 actuated by a float floats F16K33/00; float-actuated valves in steam-traps F16T1/20, in boilers F22D5/08
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/44 Mechanical actuating means

Abstract

A pumping device includes a barrel, a pump, and a control valve. The barrel has a gas hole. The pump includes a cylinder and a piston movable in the cylinder. The piston partitions the cylinder into a first space and a second space. Air in the first space is able to enter the second space via a one-way mechanism, but not in reverse. The control valve includes a main body and a control element. The main body has a first hole, a second hole, a ventilation hole, an inlet, and an outlet. The first hole and the second hole communicate the gas hole. The inlet communicates the first space, and the outlet communicates the second space. The control element is movable to make the inlet communicate the first hole or the ventilation hole and to make the outlet communicate the ventilation hole or the second hole.

Claims

1. A pumping device including:

a barrel, enclosing a receiving room and having a top portion, the top portion having a gas hole and a fluid opening, the fluid opening being connected with a fluid tube, a free end of the fluid tube extending into the receiving room;

a pump, including a cylinder and a piston, the piston being movably arranged in the cylinder, the piston partitioning the cylinder into a first space and a second space, the piston having an one-way mechanism, gas in the first space being able to enter the second space via the one-way mechanism, gas in the second space being avoided from entering the first space via the one-way mechanism, the cylinder further having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, the gas inlet communicating the first space, the gas outlet communicating the second space;

a control valve, including a main body and a control element, the main body having a cavity, the main body further having a first hole, a second hole, a ventilation hole, an inlet, and an outlet all communicating the cavity, the first hole and the second hole communicating the gas hole respectively via pipes, the ventilation hole communicating air outside, the inlet communicating the gas outlet of the cylinder via a first pipe, the outlet communicating the gas inlet of the cylinder via a second pipe, the control element being movable between a first position and a second position in the cavity;

wherein when the control element is located at the first position, the inlet communicates the ventilation hole instead of the first hole, the second hole, and the outlet, the outlet communicates the second hole instead of the first hole, the ventilation hole, and the inlet;

wherein when the control element is located at the second position, the inlet communicates the first hole instead of the ventilation hole, the second hole, and the outlet, the outlet communicates the ventilation hole instead of the first hole, the second hole, and the inlet.

2. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the cavity partitions the main body into a first side and a second side, an extending direction of the cavity is defined as a first direction, the first hole, the ventilation hole, and the second hole are aligned at the first side along the first direction, the inlet and the outlet are aligned at the second side along the first direction, the inlet is located between the first hole and the ventilation hole, the outlet is located between the ventilation hole and the second hole, the control element includes a control portion and an outer portion, the control portion is received in the cavity, the outer portion is exposed out of the main body for being pushed the control portion to move between the first position and the second position, at least four O-rings are sleeved onto the control portion, the at least four O-rings are spacedly aligned along the first direction and abut against an inner wall of the cavity, according to positions of the O-rings with respect to the main body, the inlet communicates one of the first hole and the ventilation hole, and the outlet communicates one of the ventilation hole and the second hole.

3. The pumping device of claim 2, wherein the at least four O-rings includes a first O-ring, a second O-ring, a third O-ring, and a fourth O-ring, the first O-ring and the second O-ring are separately located at two sides of the inlet, the third O-ring and the fourth O-ring are separately located at two sides of the outlet, when the control element is located at the first position, the first O-ring is located between the inlet and the first hole, the third O-ring is located between the outlet and the ventilation hole, when the control element is located at the second position, the second O-ring is located between the inlet and the ventilation hole, the fourth O-ring is located between the outlet and the second hole.

4. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein a ball-cock valve is disposed in the barrel, the ball-cock valve is movable at a side of the gas hole facing the receiving room, when a level of liquid in the receiving room is higher than a predetermined value, the ball-cock valve is lifted to close the gas hole to prevent liquid in the receiving room from entering the gas hole.

5. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the one-way mechanism includes an annular gap, an annular blocking element, and at least one through hole, the piston has an annular flange at a top thereof, the piston is formed with a receiving portion at a lateral wall thereof, the receiving portion is located below the annular flange for receiving the annular blocking element, the annular blocking element is axially movable in the receiving portion, the annular gap is formed between the annular flange and an inner wall of the cylinder, a side of the receiving portion remote from the annular flange is axially formed with the at least one through hole, the at least one through hole and the annular blocking element are at least partially staggered, the first space of the cylinder is located above the piston, the second space of the cylinder is located below the piston, when the piston moves downward, the annular blocking element is moved upward to block the annular gap so that gas in the second space is avoided from entering the first space, when the piston moves upward, the annular blocking element is moved downward so that gas in the first space is able to enter the second space via the annular gap and the at least one through hole.

6. The pumping device of claim 5, wherein the annular blocking element is an elastic ring, the one-way mechanism includes a plurality of the through holes, the through holes are spacedly arranged an axial direction of the piston.

7. The pumping device of claim 1, wherein the control valve is disposed on an outer wall of the barrel, the barrel and the cylinder are disposed on a seat.

8. The pumping device of claim 3, wherein a ball-cock valve is disposed in the barrel, the ball-cock valve is movable at a side of the gas hole facing the receiving room, when a level of liquid in the receiving room is higher than a predetermined value, the ball-cock valve is lifted to close the gas hole to prevent liquid in the receiving room from entering the gas hole;

the one-way mechanism includes an annular gap, an annular blocking element, and at least one through hole, the piston has an annular flange at a top thereof, the piston is formed with a receiving portion at a lateral wall thereof, the receiving portion is located below the annular flange for receiving the annular blocking element, the annular blocking element is axially movable in the receiving portion, the annular gap is formed between the annular flange and an inner wall of the cylinder, a side of the receiving portion remote from the annular flange is axially formed with the at least one through hole, the at least one through hole and the annular blocking element are at least partially staggered, the first space of the cylinder is located above the piston, the second space of the cylinder is located below the piston, when the piston moves downward, the annular blocking element is moved upward to block the annular gap so that gas in the second space is avoided from entering the first space, when the piston moves upward, the annular blocking element is moved downward so that gas in the first space is able to enter the second space via the annular gap and the at least one through hole;

the annular blocking element is an elastic ring, the one-way mechanism includes a plurality of the through holes, the through holes are spacedly arranged an axial direction of the piston;

the barrel further includes a receiving tube, the receiving tube is a blind pipe, a closed end of the receiving tube extends into the receiving room, an opening of the receiving tube is located at the top of the barrel so that the receiving tube is adapted for receiving pipes.