IP Library Granted Patent US 10,641,262
Granted Patent B2
US 10,641,262 · App. 16/011,451 · Granted May 5, 2020

Diaphragm pump

Inventor: Akira Inoue (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OKENSEIKO CO., LTD.
F04B45/022F04B35/04F04B43/0045F04B43/026F04B43/04F04B43/043F04B53/18F04B39/0094F04B43/02F04B53/006
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Patent No.
US 10,641,262
App. No.
16/011,451
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diaphragm pump ( 1 ) includes a driving body ( 33 ) configured to convert a rotation of a crank body ( 31 ) into a reciprocal motion and transmit the reciprocal motion to a deformed portion ( 11 ) of a diaphragm ( 7 ). The driving body ( 33 ) includes a shaft portion ( 36 ) including a shaft hole ( 43 ) in which a driving shaft ( 32 ) fixed to the crank body is rotatably fitted. The shaft hole is a non-through hole including an opening-side end ( 43 a ) and a closed-side end ( 43 b ) each including an inner peripheral surface that contacts the driving shaft over a whole circumference. The shaft portion includes an oil storage ( 44 ) opening to a region between the opening-side end and the closed-side end of the shaft hole.

Claims (16)

1. A diaphragm pump comprising:

a diaphragm including a deformed portion that forms a part of a wall of a pump chamber;

a crank body fixed to a rotating shaft of a motor;

a driving shaft including one end fixed to a position of the crank body decentered from the rotating shaft and tilting with respect to the rotating shaft;

a driving body configured to convert a rotation of the crank body into a reciprocal motion and transmit the reciprocal motion to the deformed portion, the driving body including a shaft portion including a shaft hole in which the driving shaft is rotatably fitted, and an arm portion projecting from the shaft portion outward in a radial direction and connected to the deformed portion, the shaft hole comprising a non-through hole including an opening-side end and a closed-side end each including an inner peripheral surface that contacts the driving shaft over a whole circumference, and the shaft portion including an oil storage that opens to a region between the opening-side end and the closed-side end of the shaft hole, the oil storage including an end closed to an outward direction in the radial direction; and

a pump mechanism configured to alternately repeat a state in which a fluid is discharged from the pump chamber and a state in which the fluid is sucked into the pump chamber along with the reciprocal motion of the driving body.

2. The pump according to claim 1 , wherein the oil storage includes:

a supply port formed into a slit shape having a predetermined opening width and extending in an axial direction of the driving shaft and opening to the shaft hole; and

a storage portion extending from the supply port in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the driving shaft, and

wherein a connecting portion of the storage portion with the supply port gradually becomes narrow toward the supply port.

3. The pump according to claim 2 , wherein the shaft portion includes:

a bearing member in which the shaft hole and the oil storage are formed; and

a tubular member that is connected to the arm portion and stores the bearing member,

wherein the storage portion includes an opening portion formed in an outer peripheral surface of the bearing member, and

wherein the opening portion is closed by an inner surface of the tubular member.

4. The pump according to claim 1 , wherein the oil storage includes a plurality of oil storage portions arranged at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: OKENSEIKO CO., LTD.
To: MABUCHI MOTOR OKEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066124/0972 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2018
From: INOUE, AKIRA
To: OKENSEIKO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046123/0227 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-120135 · Jun 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180363646A1 · Dec 20, 2018
Cited By (2)
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