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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Chuo University, Hachioji, JP;
Taro Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kota Wakamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Haruka Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
CHUO UNIVERSITY, Hachioji, JP;
Abstract
A pump unit and a pump capable of detecting characteristics of a conveyance article and a method for detecting the characteristics of the conveyance article. A pump unit includes an outer cylinder; an inner cylinder disposed on an inner circumference side of the outer cylinder; and a pressure supply chamber provided between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, the pump unit being configured to convey a conveyance article in the inner cylinder by supplying a pressurizing medium into the pressure supply chamber and thereby causing the inner cylinder to expand inwardly in a radial direction, in which the pump unit further includes a conveyance article information acquiring device configured to acquire information on the conveyance article in the inner cylinder at a time when the inner cylinder is expanded.