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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1979
George T Leka, Trumbull, CT (US);
Roland C Paradis, Bridgeport, CT (US);
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a dual-piston reciprocating pump assembly which includes two opposed substantially identical reciprocating pumps, a housing within which the pumps are mounted, a cam mounted on a cam shaft which is driven through a coupling by a stepping motor, each of the pumps including a piston assembly comprising a piston body having a piston end, the other end of the piston body being in the form of a yoke which is mounted for reciprocating motion in the housing, a cam follower carried between the arms of the yoke for engaging the cam face of the cam, a cylinder head having a piston cylinder therein for receiving the piston end, the housing having an end opening for receiving said cylinder head, a guide bushing mounted in the cylinder head for facilitating the assembly of the piston end, an inner bearing bore for the piston end disposed adjacaent the guide bushing, a high-pressure seal disposed adjacent the inner bearing bore, the piston end having substantial radial end play, and a piston spring mounted for urging the piston inwardly to maintain the cam follower in engagement with the cam force;