摘要 |
A pump apparatus and system wherein a single piston in a single cylinder produces positive pumping action in both of its reciprocating movements into a single-output outlet at one end of said cylinder. A valving system incorporated into the piston itself establishes communication of the pumping medium between one side of the piston and the other within the confines of the single cylinder. Suction of fluid into the cylinder is produced by said piston in one direction only of its rectilinear movement through a one-way valve at the other end of the cylinder. When constructed in conjunction with a vacuum-operated diaphragm for operating the piston, liquid pressure in the cylinder is utilized also to ensure a fluidtight seal between the cylinder and the adjacent vacuum chamber housing the diaphragm.
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