Patent ID: 9140252
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
1. A fluid transporter comprising: a rotor having an outer peripheral circumferential surface; a fluid delivery channel which has a groove, the groove having a circular-arc shape on a concentric circle around a rotation axis of the rotor, the concentric circle having a diameter larger than a periphery of the rotor; a sheet-shaped member attaching to and fluidly sealing the groove; and a plurality of pressing members disposed between the outer peripheral circumferential surface of the rotor and the sheet-shaped member and selectively engageable by the outer peripheral circumferential surface of the rotor; wherein the plurality of pressing members contact and deform the sheet-shaped member in accordance with the rotation of the rotor; wherein an elastic force of the sheet-shaped member shifting the plurality of pressing members towards a rotation axis of the rotor upon disengagement of the plurality of pressing members from the rotor.