Delivery pump for fluid containers

• US 4,960,230 A
• Filed: 01/17/1989
• Issued: 10/02/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elettro Plastica SRL
• Original Assignee: Elettro Plastica SRL
• Inventors: Marelli, Luciano
• Primary Examiner(s): Huppert, Michael S.
• Application Number:
  US07/297,125
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 222/309, 222/321, 222/340, 222/341, 222/383, 222/385, 239/333
• US Class Current: 222/321.9
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1007 by adjusting or modifying the pump end-of-sucking-stroke position
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1025 a spring urging the outlet valve in its closed position B05B11/1026 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1047 the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container

Abstract

The pump comprises a chamber divided into a lower cavity occupied by the fluid and an upper cavity at atmospheric pressure. A flexible ring piston sealingly runs in the chamber and is inserted in a slidable way on a stem valve, with which it co-operates to enable or interrupt the outward flow of the fluid. The piston has a tapered section at its lower end, which engages by friction in a corresponding tapered groove of the stem valve to allow delivering of a fine mist with a very low delivery pressure also.

Claims

1. Delivery pump for a fluid container, comprising a pump chamber, a flexible ring piston sealingly axially movable in said chamber intermediate the ends thereof operatively to define therein a lower cavity for containing the fluid to be delivered and an upper cavity for containing air at atmospheric pressure, a stem valve coaxially movably arranged in said chamber and passing slidably through said piston to cooperate therewith selectively to open and close communication of said lower cavity with the outside of said container, first spring means arranged in said lower cavity for resiliently urging the stem valve to a rest position, second spring means arranged in said upper cavity and reacting against a projection formed on said stem valve adjacent the upper end thereof for resiliently urging said piston towards a lower, enlarged end of said stem valve to close said communication, said valve having a tapered groove formed in said enlarged end thereof to receive frictionally a corresponding tapered lower end portion of the piston when in closed position, said stem valve having thereon a body portion located between said projection and said enlarged end thereof and which includes an upper portion of major diameter and a lower portion of minor diameter, and said piston having an internal ring-shaped protuberance which cooperates with said valve body portion to engage said lower portion thereof at rest and said upper portion upon the opening movement of the valve.

2. Delivery pump according to claim 1, characterized in that said valve comprises a tubular section in which a shaped casing provided with said tapered groove is inserted, said shaped casing being further provided with ducts communicating with fluid inlets arranged between the bottom of said tubular section and said shaped casing.

3. Delivery pump according to claim 1, characterized in that said pump chamber is closed at its upper end by a flange provided with a deformable collar turned inwards and engageable with a cooperating portion of said valve to create a seal.

4. Delivery pump according to claim 3, characterized in that said flange is of a deformable material and has a projecting edge operative to create an airtight seal against the neck of the container on which the pump is mounted.

5. Delivery pump according to claim 3, characterized in that said deformable collar includes a terminal part with a plurality of edges, each of which forms an airtight seal with said cooperating portion of said valve.

6. Delivery pump according to claim 3, characterized in that said flange surrounds said valve and has formed therein projecting sectors separated one from the other by passages.

7. Delivery pump according to claim 3, characterized in that the upper part of the collar has a projecting ring in which there are formed therein air vent openings.