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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Brent R. Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Brian Walter Aznoe, Sherwood, OR (US);
Charles Russell Firkins, Newberg, OR (US);
Darrell Ray Finneman, Albany, OR (US);
James Michael Bonicatto, Portland, OR (US);
Brent R. Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Brian Walter Aznoe, Sherwood, OR (US);
Charles Russell Firkins, Newberg, OR (US);
Darrell Ray Finneman, Albany, OR (US);
James Michael Bonicatto, Portland, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A fluid transport apparatus facilitates flow of fluid from a source to a receptacle. The fluid transport apparatus includes a fluid transport conduit for transport of fluid through the conduit, the conduit being coupled between a fluid supply and a fluid receptacle, a compressor conduit proximate the fluid transport conduit along a portion of the fluid transport conduit between the fluid supply and the fluid receptacle, and a pump coupled to the compressor conduit for injecting fluid into the compressor conduit, and a vent that is operated to selectively enable pressurization and venting of the compressor conduit to compress and decompress the portion of the fluid transport conduit proximate the compressor conduit to pump fluid through the fluid transport conduit.