Patent ID: 9732768
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: F04B,F04F

Claim:
1. Intermittent fluid pump comprising of: a fluid storage housing includes a peripheral sidewall and an upper end defining an interior, with a liquid influent opening at or near a bottom end, the upper end being closed except for the passing through of a vertically oriented fluid conveyance conduit having a lower end that is positioned within the fluid storage housing and an upper discharge end positioned outside of the fluid storage housing and a gas intake for introduction of gas into the interior of the storage housing such that gas accumulates at the upper end; a fluid transfer housing positioned inside the fluid storage housing, the fluid transfer housing having an open upper end and a closed bottom end; a fluid transfer passage adjacent to the closed bottom end of the fluid transfer housing providing transfer of fluid into the lower end of the fluid conveyance conduit; and a liquid suction conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, the outlet end being positioned within the lower end of the fluid conveyance conduit such that liquid is directed through the liquid suction conduit into the conveyance conduit.