A valve assembly includes a valve body, a seal, and a supplemental material. The valve assembly configured to reduce the effects of wear and erosion of the seal and valve body by including material with increased hardness. The supplemental material has a higher hardness level than the valve body and is inserted on the contact surface of the valve body. The seal can include a plurality of materials, each having different hardness levels. The location of the supplemental material can vary and the overall radial distribution on the contact surface may vary.

A valve assembly includes a valve body, a seal, and a supplemental material. The valve assembly configured to reduce the effects of wear and erosion of the seal and valve body by including material with increased hardness. The supplemental material has a higher hardness level than the valve body and is inserted on the contact surface of the valve body. The seal can include a plurality of materials, each having different hardness levels. The location of the supplemental material can vary and the overall radial distribution on the contact surface may vary.

The invention relates to a positive displacement pump (10) comprising a pump body (11, 101, 201) comprising an inlet end (16, 116, 216) and an outlet end (18, 118, 218), a pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) arranged between said inlet end (16, 116, 216) and said outlet end (18, 118, 218), at least one membrane (20, 120, 220) active in the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) and mobile between an expanded configuration in which the volume of the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) is maximum and a retracted configuration in which the volume of the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) is minimum, a delivery valve (46, 146, 246) arranged close to the outlet end (18, 118, 218) of the pump body (11, 101, 201), an intake valve (26, 126, 226) comprising an intake mouth (27, 127, 227), an outlet mouth (28, 128, 228) and a valve wall (29, 129, 229) that joins the intake mouth (27, 127, 227) to the outlet mouth (28, 128, 228), the intake mouth (27, 127, 227) being coupled to the inlet end (16, 116, 216) of the pump body (11, 101, 201) and the outlet mouth (28, 128, 228) being inserted in the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230). Said at least one membrane (20, 120, 220), when in the retracted configuration, adheres to the valve wall (29, 129, 229) of the intake valve (26, 126, 226) and the intake valve has the outlet mouth closed.

A piston pump includes a perforated disk as a throttle, in a central hole of which an outlet valve is arranged and its inner edge is fixed externally on a cylinder sleeve base of the piston pump and an outer edge of which lies with prestress on an annular support. Brake fluid displaced out of the piston pump lifts the perforated disk-shaped throttle off from the annular support, with which a dynamic throttle is formed. A throttle channel which negotiates the annular support in the perforated disk-shaped throttle also enables a throughflow in the case of a throttle lying on the annular support.

A membrane vacuum pump has at least one working space which is bounded by a membrane deformable to change the size of the working space and by a wall in which at least one inlet and at least one outlet are formed for a medium which is sucked into the working space which increases in size in so doing in a suction phase and is expelled via the outlet from the working space which decreases in size in so doing in a compression phase. The membrane vacuum pump furthermore has a controllable actuator unit for deforming the membrane by a contactless action on the membrane by means of electrical and/or magnetic fields.

A pump includes a vibrating plate, a flow path forming member, a pump chamber, and a film valve. The vibrating plate is provided with a piezoelectric element, vibrates due to distortion of the piezoelectric element, and has a gap on an outer periphery. The flow path forming member is disposed so as to face the vibrating plate, and has a hole in a portion facing the vibrating plate. The pump chamber is surrounded by the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member, and has a central space communicating with the hole and an outer edge space communicating with the gap. The film valve is disposed in the pump chamber. The film valve is in contact with the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member when a pressure in the central space is lower than a pressure in the outer edge space.

The present invention is a wireless electronic control device, primarily intended to be attached to the impulse valve of a Hydraulic Ram Pump (HRP), enabling remote automatic and manual management of the HRP. The Electronic Ram Pump Controller (ERPC) may be used to control the HRP, through the restriction of the fluids entering/or exiting the pump. In the presented form, the Impulse Valve Manager (IVM), attaches to an impulse valve and restricts, to a varying degree, the aperture size of the impulse valve. Through this control mechanism the HRP may be sealed, started, or tunedeither remotely by a user or automatically through the ERPC's automated systems. The presented version can be augmented with valve actuation and sensing of the impulse cycle. The ERPC may be retrofitted or incorporated into the design of a new HRP.

A pump includes a vibrating plate, a flow path forming member, a pump chamber, and a film valve. The vibrating plate is provided with a piezoelectric element, vibrates due to distortion of the piezoelectric element, and has a gap on an outer periphery. The flow path forming member is disposed so as to face the vibrating plate, and has a hole in a portion facing the vibrating plate. The pump chamber is surrounded by the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member, and has a central space communicating with the hole and an outer edge space communicating with the gap. The film valve is disposed in the pump chamber. The film valve is in contact with the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member when a pressure in the central space is lower than a pressure in the outer edge space.

A turn-back coaxial gas pressurizing pump and gas pressurizing method using the same, relate to the field of gas pressure boosting. The turn-back coaxial gas pressurizing pump includes a primary cylinder, a primary piston, a secondary cylinder serving as a rod of the primary piston, a pressure bar, an air pump bonnet, a secondary piston and a piston rod. The primary cylinder, the secondary cylinder and the piston rod are arranged coaxially. A rear end of the piston rod extends through a first non-returning adaptive valve provided in the primary piston and is fixed on the bottom wall of the primary cylinder. As a result, the two pistons move in opposite directions to boost the pressure.

A valve assembly includes a valve body, a seal, and a supplemental material. The valve assembly configured to reduce the effects of wear and erosion of the seal and valve body by including material with increased hardness. The supplemental material has a higher hardness level than the valve body and is inserted on the contact surface of the valve body. The seal can include a plurality of materials, each having different hardness levels. The location of the supplemental material can vary and the overall radial distribution on the contact surface may vary.