CONVEYING DEVICE FOR CONVEYING A FLOWABLE MEDIUM

Abstract

The invention relates to a delivery device (1) for delivering a fluid medium, having a delivery drive (2), a pump device (3) and a scoop device (4). The delivery drive (2) is arranged at a first end (6) of a pipe (5), wherein the pump device (3) and the scoop device (4) are arranged inside the pipe (5). The scoop device (4) includes a foot valve (8), which is arranged at a second end (7) of the pipe (5) and which foot valve (8) serves to control an inlet (9) for an inflow of medium into a piston chamber (10). A piston (11), which sub-divides the piston chamber (10) into an inflow area (12) and a discharge area (13), is arranged in the piston chamber (10), wherein the inflow area (12) and the discharge area (13) are or can be connected via the piston (11), wherein the piston (11), via a piston rod (14), is movable between a retracted position and an extended position inside the piston chamber (10) by the delivery drive (2) (FIG. 1).

Claims

1. A delivery device (1) for delivering a fluid medium, comprising a delivery drive (2), a pump device (3), and a scoop device (4), the delivery drive (2) is arranged at a first end (6) of a pipe (5), the pump device (3) and the scoop device (4) are arranged inside the pipe (5), and the scoop device (4) comprises a foot valve (8), which is arranged at a second end (7) of the pipe (5) and said foot valve (8) serves to control an inlet (9) for an inflow of medium into a piston chamber (10), a piston (11) arranged in the piston chamber (10), the piston sub-divides the piston chamber (10) into an inflow area (12) and a discharge area (13), the inflow area (12) and the discharge area (13) are connectable via the piston (11), and the piston (11) is movable via a piston rod (14) between a retracted position and an extended position inside the piston chamber (10) by the delivery drive (2).

2. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the scoop device (4) is connected upstream of the pump device (3) in an inflow direction of the medium.

3. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston (11) comprises a piston valve (15), by way of which the inflow area (12) and the discharge area (13) of the piston chamber (10) are connectable, the piston valve (15) is embodied as a check valve thereby defining a direction of flow from the inflow area (12) into the discharge area (13) of the piston chamber (10).

4. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the delivery device (1) is configured such that the foot valve (8) is open or opened and fresh medium is drawn into the inflow area (12) by the foot valve (8), and medium is forced out of the discharge area (13) into the pump device (3), when the piston (11) moves from the extended position to the retracted position.

5. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the delivery drive (2) is embodied as an oscillating drive.

6. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the delivery device (1) is configured to allow medium to flow from the discharge area (13) back into the inflow area (12) when the piston (11) moves from the extended position to the retracted position.

7. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inlet (9) is embodied as at least one of an axial or radial opening of the pipe (5).

8. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the foot valve (8) is controlled at least partially through a positive control of the foot valve (8) by the piston (11), and the foot valve (8) comprises a valve body having a face which is arranged obliquely to a longitudinal axis of the pipe (5) and on which the piston (11) or a displacement element of the piston (11) impinges, in such a way that the valve body is displaceable in opposition to a return force, which generated, when the piston (11) is moved from the retracted position into the extended position.

9. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston (11) is or is not positively controlled by the piston rod (14).

10. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pump device (3) comprises a pump chamber (19), in which a pump piston (20) is arranged, which by the delivery drive (2) is movable between an extended position and a retracted position inside the pump chamber (19), the pump chamber (19) comprises an inlet valve (21) and an outlet valve (22), and a medium contained in the pump chamber (19) is displacable by the pump piston (20) through the outlet valve (20) into a delivery line (24) via a delivery duct (23) when the pump piston (20) moves from the retracted position to the extended position.

11. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 10, wherein the pump piston (20) is formed as a part of the piston rod (14) or fixedly connected thereto, and a diameter of a cross section of the piston rod (14) is wider in a pump piston portion than in a connecting portion between the pump piston (20) and the piston (11).

12. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the delivery device (1) is embodied as a drum pump, and the delivery drive (2) of the delivery device is arranged outside.

13. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1 wherein the delivery device (1) delivers a viscous medium from a drum.

14. The delivery device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the piston (11) of the scoop device (4) or a pump piston (20) of the pump device (3) is movable by the delivery drive (2) via the piston rod (14).

15. The delivery device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the foot valve (8) is embodied as a check valve, thereby defining a direction of flow into the inflow area (12) of the piston chamber (10).

16. The delivery device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the foot valve (8) is closed and medium is forced out of the inflow area (12) into the discharge area (13), when the piston (11) moves from the retracted position to the extended position.

17. The delivery device as claim in claim 1, wherein a delivery capacity of the scoop device (4) is greater than a delivery capacity of the pump device (3).

18. The delivery device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the delivery device allows the medium to flow back to the inflow area by allowing at least one of a backflow of medium between the piston (11) and an inside wall (16) of the piston chamber (10) or via at least one relief opening (17) on the piston (11), or via at least one relief opening (17) on the piston valve (15).

19. The delivery device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one separator (18) is formed at the second end (7) of the pipe (5).

20. The delivery device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston (11) is movable from the extended position into the retracted position or vice versa by a return element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The invention is now described in more detail with reference to an exemplary embodiment, but is not limited to this exemplary embodiment. Further exemplary embodiments according to the invention ensue through the combination of individual or multiple features of the claims with one another and/or with individual or multiple features of the exemplary embodiments.

[0022] In the drawings:

[0023] FIG. 1 shows a sectional representation of a partial area of the delivery device according to the invention with pump device and scoop device,

[0024] FIG. 2 shows a cross section through the pipe of the delivery device according to the invention,

[0025] FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of one embodiment of a delivery device according to the invention, the piston being in the extended position,

[0026] FIG. 4 shows a sectional representation of the delivery device according to the invention in FIG. 3, showing the piston during a movement from an extended position to a retracted position,

[0027] FIG. 5 shows a sectional view of the embodiment of the delivery device according to the invention in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, with the piston situated in a retracted position,

[0028] FIG. 6 shows a sectional view of one embodiment of the delivery device according to the invention according to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, showing the piston during a movement from the retracted position to the extended position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0029] FIGS. 1 to 6 represent a specific exemplary embodiment of a delivery device according to the invention for delivering a fluid medium, in particular a viscous medium, such as a grease, for example, the delivery device according to the invention being denoted overall as 1.

[0030] The delivery device 1 according to the invention has a delivery drive 2, which is arranged at a first end 6 of a pipe 5. The delivery device 1 is therefore designed in such a way that during operation of the delivery device 1 the delivery drive 2 is arranged outside a vessel, such as a drum, for example, and the pipe 5 inside the vessel, in particular the drum. Here the pipe 5 may be capable of introduction into an opening of the vessel, for example, such as a bung-hole, for example.

[0031] The delivery device 1 according to the invention further comprises a pump device 3 and a scoop device 4. The pump device 3 and the scoop device 4 are arranged inside the pipe 5.

[0032] The scoop device 4 has a foot valve 8, which serves to control an inlet 9 for an inflow of medium into a piston chamber 10 of the scoop device 4. The foot valve 8 is arranged at a second end 7 of the pipe 5.

[0033] A guided, movable piston 11, which sub-divides the piston chamber 10 into an inflow area 12 and a discharge area 13, is arranged in the piston chamber 10. The inflow area 12 and the discharge area 13 can be connected via the piston 11, via a piston valve 15. The piston 11 is movably arranged inside the piston chamber 10 in such a way that it is movable between an extended position (see FIG. 3) and a retracted position (see FIG. 5).

[0034] The scoop device 4 is connected upstream of the pump device 3 in the inflow direction of the medium. Both the piston 11 of the scoop device 4 and a pump piston 20 of the pump device 3 can be move by the delivery drive 2 via a piston rod 14.

[0035] The piston valve 15 of the piston 11 is embodied as a check valve, in particular as a ball-type check valve. A direction of flow is thereby defined from the inflow area 12 into the discharge area 13 of the piston chamber 10.

[0036] The foot valve 8 of the scoop device 4 is likewise embodied as a check valve, thereby defining a direction of flow of the medium from a vessel into the inflow area 12 of the piston chamber 10.

[0037] FIGS. 3 to 6 represent the sequence of movements of the piston 11 and the pump piston 20 during a delivery cycle. FIG. 3 shows how the piston 11 and the pump piston 10 are situated in the extended position. If the piston 11 and the pump piston 20 are moved out of the extended position towards the retracted position by the delivery drive 2, as shown in FIG. 4, the foot valve 8 opens due to the resulting negative pressure in the inflow area 12 of the piston chamber 10. Fresh medium can thereby be sucked through the inlet 9 into the inflow area 12 via the foot valve 8. In addition, medium is forced out of the inflow area 13 into the pump chamber 19 of the pump device 3 though an inlet valve 21 of the pump chamber 19. FIG. 5 shows how the piston 11 and the pump piston 20 are situated in the retracted position. In a reverse movement of the piston 11 and the pump piston 20 from the retracted position to the extended position, the foot valve 8 and the inlet valve 21 of the pump chamber 19 are closed and medium is forced out of the inflow area 12 into the discharge area 13 of the pump chamber 10. By the pump piston 20, medium is furthermore displaced from the pump chamber 19 into an axially running delivery duct 23 inside the pump piston 20 and via the delivery duct 23 is forced through an outlet valve 22 of the pump chamber 19 into a delivery line 24 (cf. FIG. 6).

[0038] The delivery drive 2 is embodied as an oscillating drive, for example as a pneumatic motor, as represented in FIGS. 3 to 6.

[0039] A delivery capacity of the scoop device 4 is designed to be greater than a delivery capacity of the pump device 3. In order to prevent excessive pressure arising inside the delivery device 1, particularly in the piston chamber 10 and/or the pump chamber 19, which might damage the delivery device 1, the delivery device 1 is designed in such a way that medium is able to flow back from the discharge area 13 into the inflow area 12, for example when the piston 11 moves from the extended position to the retracted position. The partial backflow of the medium can be achieved, in particular, in that medium is able to flow through a gap between the piston 11 and an inside wall 16 of the piston chamber 10 and/or via at least one relief opening 17 on the piston 11. The relief opening 17 may be arranged on the piston valve 15, for example, thereby serving, for example, to prevent the piston valve 15 in the piston 11 completely closing a flow passage, so that medium can flow back via the relief opening 17 even when the piston valve 15 is in a closed position. The relief opening 17 may be embodied as a groove, for example.

[0040] The inlet 9 is formed as an axial opening of the pipe 5. Multiple separators 18 are formed at the second end 7 of the pipe 5, thereby serving to prevent the pipe 5 adhering to the bottom of a vessel under suction.

[0041] The pump device 3 comprises a pump chamber 19, in which the pump piston 20 is arranged. Here the pump piston 20 is formed as a part of the piston rod 14, which is connected to the delivery drive 2. A diameter of a cross section of the piston rod 14 is therefore greater in a pump piston portion than in a connecting portion between the pump piston 20 and the piston 11. This means, moreover, that the pump chamber 19, inside which the pump piston 20 is able to move, is formed in such a way that as a result medium present inside the pump chamber 19 can be forced into the delivery duct 23 when the pump piston 20 moves from the retracted position to the extended position.

[0042] The delivery device 1 according to the invention may be embodied as a drum pump and is therefore particularly suited to use in delivering a pasty medium, such as grease, for example.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0043] 1 delivery device [0044] 2 delivery drive [0045] 3 pump device [0046] 4 scoop device [0047] 5 pipe [0048] 6 first end of the pipe [0049] 7 second end of the pipe [0050] 8 foot valve [0051] 9 inlet [0052] 10 piston chamber [0053] 11 piston [0054] 12 inflow area [0055] 13 discharge area [0056] 14 piston rod [0057] 15 piston valve [0058] 16 inside wall of the piston chamber [0059] 17 relief opening [0060] 18 separator [0061] 19 pump chamber [0062] 20 pump piston [0063] 21 inlet valve of the pump chamber [0064] 22 outlet valve of the pump chamber [0065] 23 delivery duct [0066] 24 delivery line