Abstract:
A guide and seal assembly for a piston of a drowned piston type pump comprising at least a chamber within which the said piston reciprocates to suck into and supply from the said chamber a liquid. The assembly comprises a ring having a first frontal seat for a first annular seal element having a substantially C-shaped cross-section and an annular groove formed in the inner cylindrical surface of the ring and arranged to accommodate a second annular seal element of substantially U-shaped cross-section; a first and a second annular cavities formed in the ring communicate with each other by means of at least a radial hole, and the first annular cavity communicates with at least a discharge hole for the liquid which gathers in the first cavity.
Abstract:
A pump having first and second pumping chambers and a double-acting reciprocating piston which partly defines the pumping chambers. The piston is reciprocated by a rotatable drive member which may include an eccentric. The rotatable drive member has a peripheral surface which engages first and second wear members lying on opposite sides of the drive member. Each of the wear members is mounted on the piston for at least limited movement toward and away from the drive member. First and second resilient elements are positioned between the first wear member and the piston and the second wear member and the piston, respectively. The resilient elements resiliently support the wear members to provide a good driving connection between the drive member and the piston.
Abstract:
A compressor motor has a flywheel connected directly to a motor shaft which drives two opposed pistons that are simultaneously compressed so that the bearing loads are balanced. A double inlet blower is connected to said shaft and has one inlet for drawing cooling air through a crankcase for cooling the connecting rod bearings. A second inlet draws air through a vent formed in a shroud member. The blower discharges the air from both inlets into the shroud member which then directs the air to the cylinder sleeves and heads for cooling purposes. The cylinder, piston skirts and piston rings are self-lubricated by containing a fluorocarbon thereby substantially reducing the heat generating friction between said members.
Abstract:
To permit dry operation of a piston within the cylinder, the cylinder is made of metal, and the piston is made of polytetrafluorethylene; the piston, preferably, is formed with an annular ring groove extending downwardly from an end face thereof to leave a circumferential lip, the groove having a spring located therein biasing the lip outwardly against the cylinder wall, to provide for sealing contact of the lip against the cylinder wall, which is additionally reinforced by pressure of the gas being compressed by movement of the piston within the cylinder, tending to expand the lip against the piston surface, at the time when the compression is highest, and sealing is the most desired.
Abstract:
A pump having pistons that actuate a pumping device by suction and compression and having novel means for sealing the fluid being pumped from the lubricating fluid and for ensuring lubrication between the pistons and their cylinders. The reciprocation of the pistons is made to pump the lubricating fluid between them and the cylinder and to return the fluid to an internal lubricant reservoir. A swash plate acts also as a circulating pump for sending the lubricating fluid through an external cooling reservoir.