Thin and Foldable Fluid Pump Carried under User's Clothes
First Claim
1. A thin fluid pump to deliver the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the destination, comprising:
- a round rotator having any number of rollers on its outside edge, a rotating driving means installed inside of said round rotator to drive said round rotator to rotate, a section of elastic pumping tube installed along part of the outer edge of said round rotator and said rollers, an amount controlling means, a controller, flexible fluid tubes and adapters, any number of thin batteries, flexible cables to laterally link said controller, said rotating driving means, and said batteries, and flexible linking means to laterally link said controller, said rotator, and said batteries where there is at least one roller that presses and shuts off said pumping tube at any time;
the input end of said pumping tube is connected to said fluid reservoir and the output end is connected to said destination said fluid tubes and adapters when said fluid pump delivers said fluid directly from said fluid reservoir to said destination; and
the input end of said pumping tube is open and the output end is connected to said fluid reservoir and said fluid reservoir is connected to said fluid destination with said fluid tubes and adapters when said fluid pump pumps the air into said fluid reservoir to deliver said fluid indirectly from said fluid reservoir to said destination so that said controller controls said rotating driving means to drive said round rotator to rotate in the direction from the input end to the output end of said pumping tube;
said rollers that press and shut off said pumping tube press said fluid inside said pumping tube to move along said pumping tube from the input end to the output end when said rotator rotates;
either said fluid is delivered from said fluid reservoir to said destination or the air is pumped into said fluid reservoir to press out said fluid from said fluid reservoir to said destination;
said amount controlling means detects the amount of said fluid that is delivered;
said controller controls said rotating driving means to stop said round rotator when enough fluid is delivered; and
said fluid pump is as thin as said controller, said round rotator, and said rotating driving means and is foldable.
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Abstract
This invention presents three kinds of conceptual models of fluid pump with similar innovation, to design thin and small compartments and laterally link all compartments with flexible means so that the whole fluid pump is thin and flexible. The first one uses the concept of spiral peristaltic pump. The rollers on the thin and round rotator of the thin spiral type of peristaltic pump roll over a section of elastic tube to press out the fluid in the tube. The rotator may be driven by a thin motor, electromagnetic driver, or spring. The second one uses the concept of linear peristaltic pump. The thin motors or electromagnetic drivers press different places of a section of elastic tube or its variation in special sequence to press out the fluid in the tube. The third one uses the concept of distributed processor. It comprises a number of thin and small pumping units where each one uses the elastic force, compressed air, linear motor, or the electromagnetic device to press out limited amount of fluid in the container. The number of pumping units is appropriate so that the user carries enough fluid to be convenient. For all models, the pump is laterally integrated by linking thin and small compartments with flexible means. The pump is as thin as the compartments and is flexible as the compartments are small and are linked with flexible cables, tubes, and other linking means. So, the user will feel comfortable to carry the pump under their clothes or to attach it to the skin.
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1. A thin fluid pump to deliver the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the destination, comprising:
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a round rotator having any number of rollers on its outside edge, a rotating driving means installed inside of said round rotator to drive said round rotator to rotate, a section of elastic pumping tube installed along part of the outer edge of said round rotator and said rollers, an amount controlling means, a controller, flexible fluid tubes and adapters, any number of thin batteries, flexible cables to laterally link said controller, said rotating driving means, and said batteries, and flexible linking means to laterally link said controller, said rotator, and said batteries where there is at least one roller that presses and shuts off said pumping tube at any time;
the input end of said pumping tube is connected to said fluid reservoir and the output end is connected to said destination said fluid tubes and adapters when said fluid pump delivers said fluid directly from said fluid reservoir to said destination; and
the input end of said pumping tube is open and the output end is connected to said fluid reservoir and said fluid reservoir is connected to said fluid destination with said fluid tubes and adapters when said fluid pump pumps the air into said fluid reservoir to deliver said fluid indirectly from said fluid reservoir to said destinationso that said controller controls said rotating driving means to drive said round rotator to rotate in the direction from the input end to the output end of said pumping tube;
said rollers that press and shut off said pumping tube press said fluid inside said pumping tube to move along said pumping tube from the input end to the output end when said rotator rotates;
either said fluid is delivered from said fluid reservoir to said destination or the air is pumped into said fluid reservoir to press out said fluid from said fluid reservoir to said destination;
said amount controlling means detects the amount of said fluid that is delivered;
said controller controls said rotating driving means to stop said round rotator when enough fluid is delivered; and
said fluid pump is as thin as said controller, said round rotator, and said rotating driving means and is foldable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A thin and foldable fluid pump to deliver the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the destination, comprising:
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a controller, an input stage and an output stage, each further comprising;
a driving means and a valve means having an elastic portion where said driving means can press said elastic portion to shut off said valve means that disallows said fluid or the air to flow through said valve means and can release said elastic portion to open said valve means that allows said fluid or the air to flow through said valve means under the control of said controller,any number of dosage stages, each further comprising;
a driving means and a quantifier having an elastic portion and a housing under said elastic portion where said driving means can press said elastic portion to press out said fluid or the air in said housing and can release said elastic portion to let said elastic portion returns to the original shape that draws said fluid or the air into said housing under the control of said controller,flexible and/or hard tubes and adapters to connect the input ends of all said quantifiers to the output end of said valve means of said input stage and to connect the output ends of all said quantifiers to the input end of said valve means of said output stage, and either to connect the input end of said valve means of said input stage to said fluid reservoir and to connect the output end of said valve means of said output stage to said destination when said fluid pump delivers said fluid directly from said fluid reservoir to said destination or to connect the output end of said valve means of said output stage to said fluid reservoir while the input end of said valve means of said input stage is open when said fluid pump pumps the air into said fluid reservoir to press out said fluid from said fluid reservoir to said destination, any number of thin batteries, flexible and/or hard cables or the similar to laterally link said controller, all said driving means, and all said batteries, and flexible linking means to laterally link said controller, said input stage, all said dosage stages, said output stage, and all said batteries where either said input stage shuts off its associated valve means or said output stage shuts off its associated valve means when said fluid is not being delivered so that each hard compartment of said fluid pump is small and all hard compartments are linked by flexible tubes, flexible cables, and flexible linking means;
said fluid or the air is drawn into and pressed out of said dosage stages with the following five-step cycling sequence under the control of said controller;
1) said input stage shuts off its associated valve means;
2) said output stage opens its associated valve means;
3) selected said dosage stages press their associated elastic portions, respectively, to press out said fluid or the air in their associated housings, respectively;
4) said output stage shuts off its associated valve means; and
5) said input stage opens its associated valve means and said dosage stages release their associated elastic portions, respectively, to draw said fluid or the air into their associated housings, respectively;
said fluid is delivered from said fluid reservoir to said fluid destination;
said controller determines how much said fluid is delivered;
said cycling sequence repeats until enough said fluid is delivered; and
said fluid pump is as thin as said controller, said input stage, said output stage, said dosage stages, and said batteries and is foldable. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A thin and foldable fluid pump to pump the fluid pre-stored in said fluid pump to the destination;
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a system controller;
any number of thin pumping units, each further comprising;
a housing, a flexible fluid holder holding said fluid, a piston, a unit controller, and a driving means where one end of said fluid holder is fixed to said piston and the other end is fixed to said housing and said driving means drives said piston to press out said fluid in said fluid holder;
any number of thin batteries;
flexible fluid tubes and adapters to laterally link said fluid holders to said destination;
flexible cables to laterally link said system controller, said unit controllers, said driving means, and said batteries; and
flexible linking means to laterally link said pumping units, said system controller, and said batteries;
so that said system controller determines which pumping unit to deliver said fluid;
each said unit controller controls the associated driving means to drive said piston to press out said fluid;
said fluid pump is as thin as said pumping units, said system controller, and said batteries and is foldable. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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