Oil drain and suction pump

• US 8,240,433 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chuan Jiing Enterprise Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Chuan Jiing Enterprise Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Tseng, Tien-Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): Dondero, William E
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUSE, MARK KENNETH
• Application Number:
  US11/905,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20100254838A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,782 Days
• Field of Search: 184/1.5, 184/6.28, 184/24, 184/26, 184/27.3, 184/28, 184/32, 184/38.1, 184/39, 184/55.1, 184/58, 184/105.1, 417/85, 417/86, 417/118, 417/127, 417/199, 417/374, 417/437
• US Class Current: 184/1.5
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 23/021 the pump being immersed in the reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 23/025 the pump being located directly adjacent the reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 9/14 Pumps characterised by muscle-power operation hand-held spraying or dispensing apparatus using pumps or bulbs B05B11/00

Abstract

A pump providing oil suction and oil drain functions includes a barrel and a lid; a first passage is disposed on a bottom of the barrel; the lid contains a second passage, a third passage, and a fourth passage; a regulating member is disposed on the lid to connect the third passage through the second passage and to allow air to flow in sequence from an oil storage space, the third passage, the second passage, a pipe, the first passage, a ventilation pipe, and the fourth passage into the ambient air for producing suction in oil suction operation; and to connect the fourth passage through the third passage for the ambient air to flow in sequence through the second passage, the pipe, the first passage, the ventilation pipe, the fourth passage, and the third passage to enter into the oil storage space for producing pressure during the oil drain operation.

Claims

1. An oil suction and oil drain pump comprising:

a barrel including an oil storage space, a first passage being disposed on a bottom of the barrel, and the first passage being provided with a leading in hole and a leading out hole;

a lid coupled to a top portion of the barrel to define an enclosure, wherein said lid is formed with a second passage, a third passage, and a fourth passage extending laterally inside said lid between a top and a bottom surfaces thereof, a pipe being disposed within the enclosure, a lower end of the pipe being disposed on a bottom portion of the barrel and connecting through the leading in hole of the first passage, an upper end of the pipe being connected to the lid, a pull rod being disposed within the pipe, one end of the pull rod in the pipe being connected to a compression portion to compress air flowing through the pipe, the pull rod penetrating through and extending out of the lid, the second passage containing a first air inlet and a first air outlet, the first air inlet terminating at a side wall extending between said top and bottom surfaces of said lid, wherein said first air outlet connects to the pipe via an opening on a top portion of the pipe, the third passage being provided with a first through hole and a second through hole, said first through hole terminating at said side wall of said lid, wherein the second through hole connects to the oil storage space, the fourth passage being provided with a second air inlet and a second air outlet, the second air outlet of said fourth passage terminating at said side wall of said lid, wherein the second air inlet is formed in said lid in vertical alignment with said leading out hole formed in said bottom of the barrel, and wherein a ventilation pipe is attached at one end thereof to said second air inlet of said fourth passage and at another end thereof to said leading out hole, thereby connecting said second air inlet to the leading out hole of the first passage via said ventilation pipe disposed within the oil storage space to allow air to flow in sequence through the second passage, the pipe, the first passage, and the ventilation pipe to the fourth passage; and

a laterally displaceable regulating member disposed at said side wall of the lid, said regulating member being formed with an air duct, wherein during an oil suction operation, said regulating member is laterally displaced along said side wall of the lid into alignment position with said first air inlet of said second passage and said first through hole of said third passage to establish air communication therebetween through said air duct, thereby connecting the third passage to the second passage and connecting the fourth passage to the ambient air to allow air in the oil storage space to be drained from the second air outlet of the fourth passage for producing the suction action; and

wherein during an oil drain operation, said regulating member is laterally displaced along said side wall of the lid into alignment position with said first through hole of said third passage and said second air outlet of said fourth passage to establish air communications therebetween through said air duct, thereby connecting the fourth passage to the third passage and connecting the first air inlet of the second passage to ambient air for the air to enter through the second through hole of the third passage into the oil storage space for producing pressure to drain the oil.

2. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the first passage is laterally disposed on the bottom of the barrel;

the first air outlet of the second passage connects to the pipe via a first perforation disposed on the lid;

a second through hole of the third passage connects to the oil storage space via a second perforation disposed on the lid; and

the fourth passage connects to the ventilation pipe via a third perforation disposed on the lid.

3. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein a leak-proof structure is disposed at openings respectively of the first air inlet of the second passage, the first through hole of the third passage, and the second air outlet of the fourth passage;

the leak-proof structure being assembled with the regulating member to prevent airflow to escape from between the leak-proof structure and the regulating member when the regulating member is executing alternative switch for regulating.

4. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein a one-way valve is provided in the ventilation pipe that connects to the first passage and the fourth passage to restrict a direction of air flow from the first passage towards the fourth passage.

5. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein an oil pipe for the oil to flow through is disposed at and penetrates through the lid.

6. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein a lever is disposed on the top surface of the lid in operative communication with said regulating member to facilitate operation of the regulating member.

7. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein an oil pouring orifice is further disposed on the lid.