Cartridge Pump

摘要

The present invention provides a pump cartridge, which is directly connected in-line with one or more filter cartridges in a mounting bracket. It may be paired with an accumulator tank for a pump version, and with no accumulator tank for a smart pump version. The inline design reduces the size of the system, the amount of connections, and the amount of hose required to install the system, which in turn reduces the space required for installation, the number of potential leak paths, and the likelihood of failure of the system due to issues with the hose.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a pump cartridge having a cartridge housing configured with a motor pump unit arranged therein for pumping a fluid in the system, the pump cartridge configured with a pump cartridge mounting, and with a pump cartridge porting to receive the fluid and provide pumped fluid; a filter cartridge configured to receive and filter the pumped fluid and provide filtered pumped fluid, the filter cartridge configured with a filter cartridge mounting and with filter cartridge porting to receive the pumped fluid and provide filtered pumped fluid, the pump cartridge mounting and the filter cartridge mounting being configured to substantially match; the pump cartridge porting and the filter cartridge porting also being configured to substantially match; and an inline mounting bracket having inline cartridge mounting units and inline mounting bracket ports arranged inbetween for providing associated fluid from one inline cartridge mounting unit to an adjacent inline cartridge mounting unit, each of the inline cartridge mounting units being configured to mount either the pump cartridge or the filter cartridge, one inline cartridge mounting unit configured to receive the pump cartridge mounting so that the pump cartridge porting aligns with a set of the inline mounting bracket ports, and another inline cartridge mounting unit configured to receive the filter cartridge mounting so that the filter cartridge porting aligns with a corresponding set of the inline mounting bracket ports.