Devices and methods to drive a pig along an interior tube or pipeline are described herein. The pigging unit may be separate from any large trailer to allow for operation of the pigging unit in locations with spatial constraints. The apparatus generally includes a skid, internal components, access points on the exterior of the skid, and a control device.

A fluid pumping device for portioned dispensation of viscous fluids includes a base, which is configured to be positioned on a substantially horizontal surface. A pipe is engaged to and extends from a top of the base. A pump is operationally engaged to the pipe distal from the base. A spout is engaged to and extends from the base. The spout and the pump are in fluidic communication with the pipe. A socket is engaged to the pump so that the pump is in fluidic communication with a reservoir defined by the socket. The socket is complementary to a neck of a container containing a viscous fluid and thus can threadedly engage the container so that the container is inverted relative to the substantially horizontal surface. The reservoir holds the viscous fluid flowing from the container. The viscous fluid is pumped through the pipe and the spout by the pump.

A magnetic drive pumping apparatus for electronic cigarette liquids and an electronic cigarette product including the magnetic drive pumping apparatus are provided. The magnetic drive pumping apparatus includes a magnetic drive micro-pump including a housing body and a pump body. A pump diaphragm is arranged inside the housing body, and a pump chamber is formed between the housing body and the pump diaphragm. A valve seat and a valve diaphragm are in the pump body. The pump diaphragm, the valve seat and the valve diaphragm jointly define a flow channel of electronic cigarette liquids. The pump diaphragm is fixed with a permanent magnet, and an inner wall of the housing body is fixed with an electromagnet corresponding to the permanent magnet. A liquid storage element includes a liquid tank and an air vent. The inlet of electronic cigarette liquids is connected to the liquid tank for liquids to pass through.

A magnetic drive pumping apparatus for electronic cigarette liquids and an electronic cigarette product including the magnetic drive pumping apparatus are provided. The magnetic drive pumping apparatus includes a magnetic drive micro-pump including a housing body and a pump body. A pump diaphragm is arranged inside the housing body, and a pump chamber is formed between the housing body and the pump diaphragm. A valve seat and a valve diaphragm are in the pump body. The pump diaphragm, the valve seat and the valve diaphragm jointly define a flow channel of electronic cigarette liquids. The pump diaphragm is fixed with a permanent magnet, and an inner wall of the housing body is fixed with an electromagnet corresponding to the permanent magnet. A liquid storage element includes a liquid tank and an air vent. The inlet of electronic cigarette liquids is connected to the liquid tank for liquids to pass through.

Automatic electric actuation of the pumping mechanism of a liquid dispenser apparatus is provided by configuring a hollow tube to cooperate with an electromagnetically driven actuator and further configuring the hollow tube to inter-fit with a stem of a liquid dispensing pump. Actuation of the actuator may, for example, drive the pump stem downwardly to cause a pumping action. Suitable actuators include, for example, solenoids, voice coil actuators and stepping motors.

The invention relates to a method of venting a synthetically commutated hydraulic pump (2). The connecting fluid conduits (8, 16), connecting said synthetically commutated hydraulic pump (2) with a fluid reservoir (7) is vented at least on start-up of the synthetically commutated hydraulic pump (2), using a fluid intake device (14, 17, 20) that connects to a fixed displacement pump (3).

The invention relates to a method of venting a synthetically commutated hydraulic pump (2). The connecting fluid conduits (8, 16), connecting said synthetically commutated hydraulic pump (2) with a fluid reservoir (7) is vented at least on start-up of the synthetically commutated hydraulic pump (2), using a fluid intake device (14, 17, 20) that connects to a fixed displacement pump (3).

A pump including an inlet one-way valve; a pump chamber downstream of and in fluid communication with the inlet one-way valve; a piston slideably engaged with the pump chamber; a piston cavity within the piston and in fluid communication with the pump chamber; a liquid accumulator operable within the piston cavity; an actuator engaged with piston; and an outlet one-way valve downstream of and in fluid communication with the pump chamber.

A system includes a dip tube, a feed line, and a check valve. The dip tube is inserted through an opening in a source of chemical precursor and into the chemical precursor in the source. A portion of the feed line is located in the dip tube. The feed line passes out of the dip tube. The chemical precursor is capable of flowing out of the source through the feed line in a downstream direction. The check valve is located in the portion of the feed line in the dip tube. The check valve permits the chemical precursor to pass substantially only in the downstream direction. The feed line is coupled to a transfer pump that draws the chemical precursor out of the source through the portion of the feed line in the dip tube.

A pump container includes: a container body in which contents are accommodated; a pump unit which is coupled to the top part of the container body and ejects the contents accommodated in the container body; a head part which is coupled to the top side of the pump unit and has a contents-moving hole that causes the contents delivered from the pump unit to move upward; a button part which is coupled to the top side of the head part, operates the pump unit according to a user's press, and has a nozzle formed on one side thereof for ejecting the contents, delivered via the contents-moving hole, to the outside; and a pressure-reducing check valve which is disposed between the pump unit and the contents-moving hole and opens or closes the contents-moving hole according to a press on the button part.