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Confectionary pumps

  • US 4,259,042 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1979
  • Issued: 03/31/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pump for confections comprising:

  • a cylinder, a piston within said cylinder, driving means connected to said piston,a check valve assembly including a valve body, an inlet check valve, and an outlet check valve, one end of said valve body being tightly enclosed within an end of said cylinder,said valve body having an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway therethrough communicating respectively from outside said cylinder through said valve body and out respective openings in said one end thereof to space within said cylinder,said inlet check valve being a resilient duck-bill type having a tubular portion at one end thereof and a converging portion with an intermediate slit at the other end thereof, said tubular portion being fit tightly over said opening of said inlet passageway in said one end of said valve body,a perforated member as a partition within said cylinder extending from said tubular portion of said inlet check valve to said cylinder, said perforated member being spaced from said one end of said valve body to provide a mixing space therebetween, said outlet passageway having an opening through said one end of said valve body into said mixing space,said outlet check valve being positioned in said outlet passage to permit flow of fluid from said cylinder,an air passageway communicating from the atmosphere to space within said cylinder, and a check valve within said air passageway to check flow of fluid from said cylinder.

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