<p>A liquid jet pump having a structure wherein a liquid inside a container is sucked up into a cylinder (3) through a suction valve (9) by moving up and down a vertical moving member (4), and the liquid inside the cylinder is jetted from a nozzle (29) through a stem (28) and a discharge valve (31). A plurality of protruding ribs (10) are formed in a circumferential direction at the lower end portion inside the cylinder, an engagement recess (11) is formed inside the upper surface of each rib, and the lower end of a coil spring (38) for biasing upward the vertical moving member (4) is anchored to each engagement recess (11). According to this arrangement, both inner and outer sides of the lower end of the spring allow the passage of the liquid. <IMAGE></p>