An apparatus for the automated filling of cartridges of e-vapor devices may include a filling drum configured to receive at least one cartridge of an e-vapor device. The apparatus may additionally include a needle assembly including at least one hypodermic needle. The needle assembly is configured to transition between a lowered state and a raised state. The lowered state is where the hypodermic needle is moved down into the cartridge, while the raised state is where the hypodermic needle is lifted up and away from the cartridge. The apparatus may further include a pump assembly configured to pump a pre-vapor formulation into the cartridge when the needle assembly is in the lowered state. The pump assembly may include a variable amplitude cam system configured to adjust an amount of the pre-vapor formulation for pumping to the cartridge without changing start and stop times for the pumping.

A multi-stage electric gas pump includes a driving mechanism and an eccentric shaft including a main body having a longitudinal axis, a first eccentric portion, and a second eccentric portion, wherein the first eccentric portion and the second eccentric portion are fixed on the main body. The eccentric shaft is driven by the driving mechanism to produce a first circular movement of the first eccentric portion around the longitudinal axis and a second circular movement of the second eccentric portion around the longitudinal axis, wherein the second circular movement is synchronized with the first circular movement. The multi-stage electric gas pump further includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and a third cylinder. The cylinders in three stages are driven by the eccentric shaft so as to achieve three-stage pressurization of gas.

A reciprocating piston pump includes a pump module, a drive, and an auxiliary piston. The pump module includes a cylinder head, a cylinder and a piston that form a conveying chamber. The piston converts a drive movement of the drive into conveying and suctioning stroke movements. The auxiliary piston is between the drive and the piston. The cylinder, the piston and the auxiliary piston convert the drive movement into auxiliary conveying and suctioning stroke movements, and convert the auxiliary conveying stroke movement into the conveying stroke movement of the piston via a lubricating medium in a lubricating chamber formed by the cylinder, the piston and the auxiliary piston head. A head surface of the auxiliary piston is smaller than a head surface of the piston, so that, during the auxiliary conveying stroke movement, a pressure in the lubricating chamber is greater than a pressure in the conveying chamber.

A control arrangement controls a position of a swashplate in an axial piston pump between a no-stroke position and a maximum stroke position. The control arrangement includes a servo spool mounted for limited sliding movement in a compensator piston cylinder. A solenoid coil is configured to provide a coil force to move the servo spool. A compensator piston is mounted in the compensator piston cylinder in response to movement of the servo spool. A spring between the servo spool and the compensator piston provides a spring force in response to the coil force applied to the servo spool. The control arrangement defines a feedback system configured to maintain a balancing relationship between the spring and coil forces to enable infinite control of the swashplate position.

A variable displacement linkage mechanism includes a slider mechanism, a cam, a connecting link, a rocker link, and a cam follower. The connecting link is coupled to the slider through a first revolute joint. The rocker link includes a rocker end and a ground end. The rocker end is coupled to the connection link through a second revolute joint, and the ground end is coupled to ground through a third revolute joint. The cam follower is coupled to the connecting link and engages the cam. A location of the third revolute joint is adjustable relative to the first revolute joint.

A fluid dispenser having a pump mechanism that dispenses a dose of fluid when a movable pump member of the pump mechanism is moved between an extended position and a retracted position. A pump engagement body engages with the movable pump member for effecting movement of the movable pump member. A first cam surface and a second cam surface are connected to the pump engagement body, at least one of the first cam surface and the second cam surface comprising an adjustable cam surface whose location relative to the pump engagement body is selectively adjustable. A camming body engages with the first cam surface and the second cam surface to effect movement of the pump engagement body, and a dose adjustment mechanism allows the location of the adjustable cam surface relative to the pump engagement body to be selected.

There is provided an R- table apparatus which freely movies one table on a plane in the forward-and-rearward and leftward-and-rightward directions and in the rotational direction. The R- table apparatus changes a horizontal distance between a center line of a main axis of a driving apparatus and the action point by elevating an elevating base, and a table is moved to an arbitrary position without rotating along a guide member.

Provided is a variable capacity pump where ease of control can be improved. A variable capacity pump includes a control chamber and a control valve. The control chamber is disposed between a pump accommodating chamber and a movable member, and the volume of the control chamber is variable with the movement of the movable member. Working oil discharged from a discharge portion is introduced into the control chamber. The control valve is provided in a passage and, with the movement of a valve element, the control valve varies the cross-sectional area of a flow passage, through which working oil in the control chamber is drained to a low pressure portion, while making the discharge portion and the control chamber communicate with each other.

A cam liner for use in an integrated drive generator has a cam liner body extending between a first end spaced from the second end by a first distance. The body is generally cylindrical. An outer diameter of the cam liner defines a second distance. A ratio of the first distance to the second distance is between 0.90 and 1.00. An integrated drive generator and a method are also disclosed.

A suction damping device for a variable displacement compressor includes a rotor rotatably received within a stator disposed in a suction port of the variable displacement compressor. The rotor includes an aperture and the stator includes a pair of opposing openings in selective fluid communication with the aperture of the rotor. An electromagnetic device controls a rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator based on a condition of an electrically controlled valve used to control an angle of inclination of a swashplate of the variable displacement compressor. A changing of the rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator causes a variable overlap to be formed between the aperture of the rotor and the openings of the stator to control a flow of a refrigerant through the suction damping device.