Variable-pressure air pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655808-B2
Application number	US-202117512921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2021
Priority date	May 22, 2020
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A variable-pressure air pump includes a first cylinder with a first chamber and a second cylinder with a second chamber movably connected with one another. The second chamber fluidly communicable with the outside of the variable-pressure air pump selectively. A discharge device includes a connecting member and a switch movably connected with one another. The connecting member defines at least one discharge hole fluidly connecting with the second chamber. The switch has at least one flow guide portion and at least one blocking portion. The switch is movable between a first position in which the at least one flow guide portion is adjacent and opens to the at least one discharge hole and a second position in which the at least one blocking portion is adjacent to and blocks the at least one discharge hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A variable-pressure air pump comprising:
a first cylinder defining a first chamber;
a second cylinder movably connected with the first cylinder and defining a second chamber fluidly communicable with the outside of the variable-pressure air pump selectively;
a plunger having a first end inserted in first chamber and a second end inserted in the second chamber and defining a one-way flow passage fluidly connecting with the first and the second chambers;
a piston device configured to compress air in the first and the second chambers; and
a discharge device including a connecting member and a switch movably connected with one another, wherein the connecting member defines at least one discharge hole fluidly connecting with the second chamber, wherein the switch has at least one flow guide portion fluidly connecting with the outside of the variable-pressure air pump and at least one blocking portion which is adapted to block the at least one discharge hole, wherein the switch is movable between a first position in which the at least one flow guide portion is adjacent and opens to the at least one discharge hole and a second position in which the at least one blocking portion is adjacent to and blocks the at least one discharge hole, wherein the discharge device is disposed at an end opposite to an end of a head assembly of the variable-pressure air pump, wherein the switch is fastened to the connecting member by a fastener, wherein the connecting member and the switch respectively defines a first hole and a second hole and the fastener is inserted through the second hole and engaged with the first hole, wherein the switch is rotatably connected with the connecting member, wherein the connecting member has two limits configured to obstruct movement of the switch, wherein the switch in the first position thereof is obstructed by one of the two limits, wherein the switch in the second position thereof is obstructed by the other of the two limits, and wherein the switch defines two grooves and the two limits are movably engaged in the two grooves respectively and move therein upon moving the switch with respect to the connecting member.

2. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting member and the switch have a space therebetween filled by at least one seal, and wherein when the at least one blocking portion is adjacent to and blocks the at least one discharge hole, the at least one seal and the at least one blocking portion abut against one another.

3. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one discharge hole has a small section and a large section and the at least one seal is retained in the large section.

4. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the head assembly includes a hose and a valve adapter fluidly connecting with one another, wherein the head assembly includes a head adapted to prevent air from flowing therethrough and out of the first chamber connected with the first cylinder, wherein the plunger is connected with the head, wherein the head defines a first compartment adapted to receive the valve adapter selectively and a second compartment with which the first end of the plunger is engaged, wherein the hose is retractable in the flow passage, and wherein the valve adapter is adapted to be disposed in the first compartment.

5. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the piston device includes a first piston configured to compress air in the first chamber and a second piston configured to compress air in the second chamber respectively.

6. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a one-way flow device configured to allow air to flow in one direction and inhibit air passing through from flowing in an opposite direction, wherein the one-way flow device includes a first one-way valve disposed between the head and a wall delimiting the first chamber, and wherein the one-way flow device includes a second one-way valve disposed on the second piston and within the flow passage.

7. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a sleeve disposed adjacent to the discharge device.

8. A variable-pressure air pump comprising:
a first cylinder defining a first chamber;
a second cylinder movably connected with the first cylinder and defining a second chamber fluidly communicable with the outside of the variable-pressure air pump selectively;
a plunger having a first end inserted the first chamber and a second end inserted in the second chamber and defining a one-way flow passage fluidly connecting with the first and the second chambers;
a piston device configured to compress air in the first and the second chambers, wherein the piston device includes a first piston configured to compress air in the first chamber and a second piston configured to compress air in the second chamber; and
a discharge device including a connecting member and a switch movably connected with one another, wherein the connecting member defines at least one discharge hole fluidly connecting with the second chamber, wherein the switch has at least one flow guide portion fluidly connecting with the outside of the variable-pressure air pump and at least one blocking portion which is adapted to block the at least one discharge hole, wherein the switch is movable between a first position in which the at least one flow guide portion is adjacent and opens to the at least one discharge hole and a second position in which the at least one blocking portion is adjacent to and blocks the at least one discharge hole, wherein the discharge device is disposed at an end opposite to an end of a head assembly of the variable-pressure air pump;
wherein the plunger has a first end connected with the first piston and a second end connected with a connector which fluidly connects with the discharge device, and wherein the first cylinder has a first end connected with the head assembly and a second end connected with the second piston.

9. The variable-pressure air pump as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first piston is connected with the second cylinder and the second piston is connected with the plunger respectively.

Assignees

• Wu Scott

Inventors

• Wu Scott

Classifications

• F04B39/123

  Fluid connections · CPC title

• F04B25/005 Primary

  with two cylinders · CPC title

• F04B33/00 Primary

  Pumps actuated by muscle power, e.g. for inflating · CPC title

• F04B27/005

  with two cylinders · CPC title

• F04B25/02

  of stepped piston type · CPC title