Patent ID: 7484942
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: F04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A priming pump for a circuit subjecting said pump to an outlet pressure greater than an inlet pressure, the pump comprising: a deformable envelope associated with an inlet endpiece and an outlet endpiece, each fitted with a moving valve member, wherein the endpieces are arranged in such a manner that when the valve members are in the closed position, the outlet endpiece presents a leakage rate that is greater than the leakage rate of the inlet endpiece, wherein each of the endpieces comprises a hollow body defining a cavity defined at one end by an end wall including an orifice into which there opens out a coupling for connecting the priming pump to a circuit, and at its other end by a fitted cover including an orifice, the valve member of the inlet endpiece being mounted in the cavity in the inlet endpiece so as to be pressed against the orifice in the end wall of the hollow body, and the valve member of the outlet endpiece being mounted in the outlet endpiece so as to be pressed against the orifice in the fitted cover, wherein the hollow bodies, the fitted covers, and the valve members are identical for the inlet and outlet endpieces, and wherein the orifices in the end walls of the hollow bodies are of a shape corresponding to the shape of the valve members, whereas the orifices in the fitted covers are of a shape that does not correspond to the shape of the valve members.