(a) Field of the invention
The present invention uses a pneumatic device to drive a reciprocal driving device installed at one side of a main body and in turn driving a driving rod to enable reciprocal movement to a pumping device installed in an oil chamber at another side of the main body, with a sucking tube attached to a lower part of the main body reaching into an oil tank, thereby sucking oil into and out of the oil chamber.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
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Such oil sucking mechanism has the following shortcomings:
To address the problems of labor, time, poor efficiency and possible backflow due to wear and tear in conventional, manual type oil pumps, the present invention has designed a pneumatic automatic reciprocal driving device at one side of a main body and driving a piston having a sucking device installed at another side of the main body and moving reciprocally inside a pumping chamber. A sucking tube is attached to a lower part of the main body and extended into oil. Oil will be pumped into the oil chamber before the piston pumps the oil out, thereby achieving high efficiency in oil pumping speed and volume in time-saving and labor-saving operation.
The foregoing reciprocal driving includes a piston unit that has oil rings on two sides and a recess groove intermediate the oil rings. The piston unit is installed inside the drive chamber on one side of the main body and is pushed by a spring. One end of the piston unit is attached with a driving rod penetrating into the main body. At a specified position on the inside wall of the drive chamber are grooves having a slightly larger width than the oil seals, At the inside center of the piston unit, a valve chamber is installed having a movable post valve. A valve gate at one end of the post valve is capable of sealing the valve opening of the valve chamber. On the piston unit at the valve opening is a channel having an open end. On the piston unit is a through hole communicating between the recess groove and the valve chamber. At the bottom of the drive chamber is a vent hole communicating to the outside. By continuously feeding compressed air into the drive chamber ,the piston unit is pushed back to the end. When the oil seal at the front of the piston unit is located at the grooves on the wall of the drive chamber, compressed air is allowed to flow through the grooves, the groove and the through hole on the piston unit and into the valve chamber to push the post valve outward. Thus, the valve opening is opened permitting the compressed air to flow through the valve opening and the channel and out of the vent hole at the bottom of the drive chamber, causing a pressure loss inside the drive chamber. The piston is then pushed by the spring to return to the front of the drive chamber and is obstructed at the front wall of the drive chamber. As s result, the post valve backs up to seal the valve opening. The operation repeats itself, making the piston unit move reciprocally inside the drive chamber, and causing the driving rod to push and pull repeatedly inside the oil chamber.
One end of the aforementioned driving rod reaching into the oil chamber is attached by a guide bolt to a hermetic cover. On the guide bolt, a piston is movably installed, with the piston having through holes surrounding its side wall. The hermetic cover is capable of sealing all through holes on the piston. When the driving rod pushes forward, the hermetic cover comes close to the side of the piston to seal the through holes. The oil inside the oil chamber at the front of the piston is discharged. Meanwhile, a negative pressure is created inside the oil chamber at the rear of the piston, causing the sucking tube to suck oil into the oil chamber. When the driving rod backs up, the piston slides away from the hermetic cover, because it is obstructed by the oil. The oil at the rear of the piston is permitted to pass through the through holes and fill into the oil chamber at the front of the piston. Such repeated operation pumps oil continuously.
The advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent by examination of the following description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
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The reciprocal driving device 2 includes a piston unit 20 having oil seals 21 on two sides thereof and a recess 22 on the outside thereof intermediate the oil seals 21. The piston unit 20 is installed inside the drive chamber 11 on one side of the main body 1. A spring 4 is installed inside the drive chamber 11 at the rear of the piston unit 20, with the spring 4 pushing against the piston unit 20. A driving rod 5 is attached to the rear of the piston unit 20, with the driving rod 5 penetrating the main body 1 and extending into the oil chamber 12 on another side. At specified locations on the inside wall of the drive chamber 11 are grooves 13 that are slightly wider than the oil seals 21 (shown in
The sucking device 6 has the driving rod 5 reaching into one end of the oil chamber 1211,11 and a guide bolt 51 fixing a hermetic cover 62. On the guide bolt 51 is a movable piston 61 having through holes 611 distributed around a side wall thereof, with the through holes 611 on the piston 61 covered by the hermetic cover 62.
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The piston unit 20 continuously drives the driving rod 5 to move to and fro. When the driving rod 5 is pushed to move forward, the piston 61 on the guide bolt 51 at the end of the driving rod 5 inside the oil chamber 12 moves back to rest against the hermetic cover 62, forcing the hermetic cover 62 to cover the through holes 611 on the side of the piston 61. So when the piston 61 moves forward, a negative pressure is created inside the oil chamber 12 at the rear of the piston 61, and the sucking tube 7 sucks oil into the oil chamber 12 (shown in
Pneumatic driving makes a labor-saving, oil-pumping operation. As a result, oil pumping speed and volume are upgraded to achieve the requirement of high efficiency that cannot be surpassed by conventional, manual oil pumps.
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Though the foregoing disclosure and description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is understandable to all who are skilled in the art, it is also to be understood that modifications of shape and partial variations are included in the subject claim.
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