Pumping device

• US 7,367,366 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2005
• Issued: 05/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liao, Po-Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Isabella; David J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Italiano; Rocco
• Application Number:
  US11/189,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20070023365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: 417/126, 417/118, 417/65, 417/85, 417/86, 417/127, 210/776, 184/1.5, 141/61, 141/95, 141/198, 141/26, 141/65
• US Class Current: 141/26
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 33/00 Pumps actuated by muscle power, e.g. for inflating
• CPC Class Codes: F04F 1/02 using both positively and negatively pressurised fluid medium, e.g. alternating
• CPC Class Codes: F04F 1/06 the fluid medium acting on the surface of the liquid to be pumped F04F1/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F04F 3/00 Pumps using negative pressure acting directly on the liquid to be pumped siphons F04F10/00

Abstract

A pumping device includes a container having a cover structure. A piston is movably received in the container and is manually operable. The cover structure has an air inlet valve and a slide switch, which, when properly set, allow air to be sucked into or expelled out of the container by the manual operation of the piston to increase or decrease the internal pressure of the container for oil suction and oil drainage. The pumping device also includes another slide switch, whereby when both slide switches are properly set, the internal pressure of the container is increased or decreased due to the supply of pressurized air from an external source and oil can be sucked into and drained out of the container accordingly.

Claims

1. A pumping device comprising:

a container body having a bottom base adapted to fix on a fixture surface and an open top to which a cover structure is mounted;

a support frame arranged inside the container body, a piston shaft being formed in the frame, a piston being movably received in the shaft and coupled to a piston rod which has a free end extending beyond the cover structure for manual operation;

a first channel defined in the bottom of the container body and having an inner end in fluid communication with the piston shaft with an inner check valve therebetween, the first channel having an outer end to which an outer check valve is mounted;

a second channel defined in the cover structure and connected to the outer check valve by a conduit that is connected to the second channel by a first slide switch;

an air inlet valve comprising a base formed on the cover structure and defining a T-shaped air channel having a transverse passage in which a control handle is movably received, the control handle forming at least one recesses which is positionable to selectively open and close the T-shaped air channel;

a third channel defined in the cover structure and spaced from the second channel, the third channel having a first end to which a combination of second slide switch and vacuum generator is mounted and an opposite second end to which a pressurized air control valve is mounted;

a floater switch arranged inside the container body and connected to the third channel; and

wherein by selectively setting the air inlet valve and the first slide switch, air is selectively drawn into and expelled out of the container body to selectively increase and decrease internal pressure of the container body, which in turn sucks oil into the container body or drains oil out of the container body through an opening defined in the cover structure; and

wherein by selectively setting the first and second slide switches to supply pressurized air to the container body, internal pressure of the container body is selectively increased and decreased to suck oil into the container body or drain oil out of the container body through the opening defined in the cover structure.

2. The pumping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover structure defines a through hole in which a relief valve is mounted, the relief valve comprising a plug-like body movably received in the hole and a biasing element between the body and the cover structure to normally close the hole an expanded end of the body and to open the hole when the internal pressure of the container body exceeds a threshold determined by the biasing element.

3. The pumping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston has a circumference in which a plurality of notches is defined for pressure balance during the movement of the piston in the piston shaft.

4. The pumping device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an oil hose extending through the opening defined in the cover structure and comprising a fastening device that attaches the oil hose to the opening, the fastening device comprising an anchoring base and a rotatable member, which are threadingly tightened together, and clamping means on opposite sides of the rotatable member and engageable with a side flange of the opening to fix the hose to the opening of the cover structure.

5. The pumping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover structure forms a receptacle opening that communicates with a storage chamber formed inside the container body for storages of pipes and tools.