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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1990
Toshiyuki Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Imanishi, Hyogo, JP;
Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A reciprocating pump comprises a plurality of pump sections, each pump section having a suction inlet and a discharge outlet, the inlets all connecting with a common passageway through which the pumped fluid is supplied and the outlets all connecting with a common discharge passageway through which the pumped fluid is discharged. Each pump section includes a bellows which reciprocates to alternately produce suction and discharge strokes, with a change-over period between strokes. A drive control for the bellows delays the start of strokes by the bellows so that when one pump section is in a suction stroke or a change-over period, at least one other pump section is in a discharge stroke. The arrangement reduces variations in pressure in the discharge from the pump.