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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Mason B. Mount, Mansfield, OH (US);
The Gorman-Rupp Company, Mansfield, OH (US);
Abstract
A pump ( ) includes a chamber ( ) communicating with a fluid inlet ( ) and a fluid outlet ( ) above the centerline thereof to minimize dead air space where air bubbles might form. A connector ( ) having a bend or elbow ( ) is formed at the fluid inlet ( ). Upon actuation of a solenoid ( ), a plunger ( ) carrying a diaphragm ( ) is moved to draw fluid around the elbow ( ), through a valve ( ) positioned at the fluid inlet ( ), through the chamber ( ), and out of the pump ( ) through a valve ( ) positioned at the fluid outlet ( ). The energy of the fluid which might otherwise create a water hammer effect is absorbed by the elbow ( ) prior to reaching the pump ( ).