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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Hajime Miyazaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuo Kawasumi, Chino, JP;
Inventors:
Hajime Miyazaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuo Kawasumi, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/14 (2006.01); F04B 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/14 (2013.01); F04B 43/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluid transporter includes: a rotor; a fluid delivery channel which has a groove having a circular-arc shape around a rotation axis of the rotor and disposed on a surface of a channel frame opposed to the rotor, and a sheet-shaped elastic member sealing an opening of the groove; and a plurality of pressing members disposed between the rotor and the elastic member to sequentially and repeatedly open and close the delivery channel from the upstream side to the downstream side by deforming the elastic member in accordance with the rotation of the rotor.