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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
May. 22, 2019
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Derek R. Shaw, Hopkins, MN (US);
John R. Ingebrand, New Prague, MN (US);
Joseph A. Daniski, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Daniel J. Rogers, Lindstrom, MN (US);
Corey D. Meyer, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A metering pump includes a motor having a motor shaft extending through a drive housing, a carriage assembly disposed around the motor shaft and within the drive housing, a plunger return block mounted to the carriage assembly, a piston disposed along an axis, a carriage bearing disposed on the motor shaft and within the carriage assembly and slidably coupled to the carriage assembly, a cam coupled to the motor shaft to rotate with the motor shaft, and a bearing disposed around the cam to rotate therewith and to contact the stroke adjuster and the plunger return block. The piston also includes a stroke adjuster mounted to the carriage assembly, a plunger having a button-shaped protrusion end, and a drive shaft having a first end connected to the stroke adjuster and a second end having a hook protrusion configured to receive and engage the plunger button-shaped protrusion end.