Abstract:
A high pressure fuel pump includes a cylinder having a pressurizing chamber and a plunger inserted into the cylinder. The plunger is axially reciprocated by a lifter to pressurize fuel in the pressurizing chamber. A seal member encompasses a portion of the plunger that is projected from the cylinder. The seal member disconnects a cylinder side space surrounded by the seal member from a lifter side space outside the seal member. The seal member has an annular lip portion that contacts a peripheral surface of the plunger, and the annular lip portion has a pair of lips separated from each other in an axial direction of the plunger. An axial distance between the lips is greater than a stroke of the plunger. As a result, fuel does not enter the lifter side space, and lubricating oil does not enter the cylinder side space.
Abstract:
A high pressure fuel pump includes a cylinder having a pressurizing chamber and a plunger inserted into the cylinder. The plunger is axially reciprocated by a lifter to pressurize fuel in the pressurizing chamber. A seal member encompasses a portion of the plunger that is projected from the cylinder. The seal member disconnects a cylinder side space surrounded by the seal member from a lifter side space outside the seal member. The seal member has an annular lip portion that contacts a peripheral surface of the plunger, and the annular lip portion has a pair of lips separated from each other in an axial direction of the plunger. An axial distance between the lips is greater than a stroke of the plunger. As a result, fuel does not enter the lifter side space, and lubricating oil does not enter the cylinder side space.
Abstract:
The invention is a method and apparatus for significantly improving the performance of a reciprocating pump by delivering the pumping fluid at a desired pressure and flow rate with minimal flow fluctuations. The compressibility of the pumping fluid directly effects volumetric flow rate and mass flow rate. The method includes the step of sensing various pump parameters related to said compressibility and adjusting the pumping speed to make appropriate accommodations. In particular, the compressibility of the pumping fluid is effected by the adiabatic heating of the pumping fluid during compression, variations in pumping fluid density, leaks in the check valves of cylinder/piston seals and the primary and secondary switching losses in the fluid flow occurring when the primary and secondary pistons reverse direction.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for flushing the plunger of a positive displacement pump which handles a suspension of abrasive particles. Flush liquid is introduced at two or more locations to the packing surrounding the pump plunger. The larger volume of flush liquid is introduced in front of the packing to wash abrasive particles from the plunger in the usual manner. A smaller volume is introduced intermediate front and back sets of packing rings. Initially the back packing rings provide the seal for the plunger, but when they wear, flush liquid from between the two sets of packing rings leaks past the back packing rings to furnish an indication of the wear. The front packing rings now provide the seal, and it is known that the back packing rings should be replaced.
Abstract:
A swivel hook has a hook member with a frustoconical projection terminating in a cylindrical extension of diameter less than the smaller diameter end of the frustoconical portion. The mounting member for the swivel hook has a frustoconical hole into which the frustoconical projection is fitted. The elements of the swivel hook are adapted to be cast of a metal or molded of a plastic, in such a manner that the bearing surfaces of one of the elements forms a part of the die for the bearing surfaces of the other element. During the casting or molding process, the cylindrical extension is beyond the frustoconical hole, and the elements are moved relative to each other following casting or molding to move the cylindrical extension into alignment with the frustoconical hole.