Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.

A pump system is disclosed. The pump system includes a cavity (102) comprising one or more inlet check valves (120, 122) and one or more outlet check valves (124, 126). A piston (104) having an enlargement (106) at a substantially middle portion of the piston (104). The piston (104) is capable of moving within the cavity (102) for forming a first chamber (116) and a second chamber (118), wherein up movement of the piston (104) the volume in the first chamber (112) is increased and simultaneously the volume in the second chamber (118) is decreased and vice versa.

A pump system is disclosed. The pump system includes a cavity (102) comprising one or more inlet check valves (120, 122) and one or more outlet check valves (124, 126). A piston (104) having an enlargement (106) at a substantially middle portion of the piston (104). The piston (104) is capable of moving within the cavity (102) for forming a first chamber (116) and a second chamber (118), wherein up movement of the piston (104) the volume in the first chamber (112) is increased and simultaneously the volume in the second chamber (118) is decreased and vice versa.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus for dispensing a mixture of at least two liquid components. The apparatus may comprise an A liquid component source fluidly connected with an A liquid component pump driven by a first motor; and a B liquid component source fluidly connected with a B liquid component pump driven by the first motor. Each of the A liquid component pump and the B liquid component pump may comprise at least two chambers. The A liquid component pump and the B liquid component pump may be fluidly connected with a dispenser unit. There may be one or more A liquid temperature regulators between the A liquid component pump and the dispenser unit. Similarly, there may be one or more B liquid temperature regulators between the B liquid component pump and the dispenser unit.

An aspect of the invention refers to a system for cleaning an external vehicle-mounted sensor surface. The system comprises an air nozzle arranged to discharge air onto a sensor surface; an air pump comprising a fluid inlet, an air outlet, an air-fluid interface and a variable volume compression chamber communicated with the air outlet; an air flow control device communicated with the air nozzle and the air outlet for controlling the flow of air therethrough; and a liquid pump communicated with the fluid inlet to supply a flow of pressurized liquid such that the volume of the compression chamber varies to generate a volume of pressurized air with an absolute pressure below 10 bar.

A pump includes multiple piston chambers each including a piston, an inlet valve and an outlet valve. The pump further includes a first input conduit coupled to the inlet valve of each of a first subset of the piston chambers, a second input conduit coupled to the inlet valve of each of a second subset of the piston chambers, and one or more output conduit coupled to the outlet valve of each of the piston chambers. A mixed fluid stream may be formed by supplying a first fluid to the first subset of piston chambers, supplying a second fluid to a second subset of piston chambers, operating the pump to discharge the first fluid through the first subset of piston chambers and discharge the second fluid through the second subset of piston chambers, and combining the first fluid discharge and the second fluid discharge to form the mixed fluid stream.

A pump includes multiple piston chambers each including a piston, an inlet valve and an outlet valve. The pump further includes a first input conduit coupled to the inlet valve of each of a first subset of the piston chambers, a second input conduit coupled to the inlet valve of each of a second subset of the piston chambers, and one or more output conduit coupled to the outlet valve of each of the piston chambers. A mixed fluid stream may be formed by supplying a first fluid to the first subset of piston chambers, supplying a second fluid to a second subset of piston chambers, operating the pump to discharge the first fluid through the first subset of piston chambers and discharge the second fluid through the second subset of piston chambers, and combining the first fluid discharge and the second fluid discharge to form the mixed fluid stream.

An example pressure-driven metered mixing dispensing pump includes a housing, a fluid inlet, a piston disposed in the housing at least partially defining first, second and third chambers, the first and second chambers each in fluid communication with the third chamber, the piston to, in response to first fluid entering the first chamber via the fluid inlet, move in a first direction to decrease the volume of the second chamber thereby ejecting second fluid from the second chamber into the third chamber, a spring to move the piston in a second direction to decrease the volume of the first chamber thereby ejecting at least some of the first fluid from the first chamber into the third chamber thereby mixing the at least some of the first fluid and the second fluid to form a mixture, and an outlet to discharge the mixture from the third chamber.

An example pressure-driven metered mixing dispensing pump includes a housing, a fluid inlet, a piston disposed in the housing at least partially defining first, second and third chambers, the first and second chambers each in fluid communication with the third chamber, the piston to, in response to first fluid entering the first chamber via the fluid inlet, move in a first direction to decrease the volume of the second chamber thereby ejecting second fluid from the second chamber into the third chamber, a spring to move the piston in a second direction to decrease the volume of the first chamber thereby ejecting at least some of the first fluid from the first chamber into the third chamber thereby mixing the at least some of the first fluid and the second fluid to form a mixture, and an outlet to discharge the mixture from the third chamber.

An exemplary foam dispenser includes a housing, a drive motor and a foam pump operatively coupled to the drive motor. The foam pump is secured to the housing and the foam pump includes a housing and a molded multi-chamber diaphragm. The molded multi-chamber diaphragm includes a liquid pump chamber, two or more air pump chambers; and an outlet valve. A mixing chamber is included and located downstream of the outlet valve for mixing foamable liquid from the liquid pump diaphragm with air from each of the two or more air pump chambers. In addition, a foam cartridge and an outlet for dispensing foam are also included.