(19)
(11) EP 1 293 684 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/12

(21) Application number: 02078607.5

(22) Date of filing: 02.09.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F04F 10/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.09.2001 US 949878

(71) Applicants:
  • Alex, Peter
    Cloverville, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2K9 (CA)
  • Laureijs, Johnny
    Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0 (CA)
  • Chisholm, Ronald
    Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 4S5 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Alex, Peter
    Cloverville, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2K9 (CA)
  • Laureijs, Johnny
    Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0 (CA)
  • Chisholm, Ronald
    Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 4S5 (CA)

(74) Representative: Baker, Karen Veronica, Dr. 
Baker Associates, Intellectual Property Law Offices, Samara House 9 Faithfull Close
Stone Buckinghamshire HP17 8PW
Stone Buckinghamshire HP17 8PW (GB)

   


(54) Siphoning pump apparatus


(57) A manually operative siphoning pump apparatus for transferring liquid from one container to another container. The siphoning pump apparatus has a hollow cylindrical pump body through which liquid from one container to another can flow and a bellows attached thereto for establishing a vacuum within said pump body. The hollow pump body has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe with an elongated flexible hose or tube connected to each of the pipes. The siphoning pump apparatus has an axially movable valve within the hollow pump body for initiating, controlling and shutting off the flow of liquid through the pump body during the siphoning process and, hence, from one container to another container. The axially movable valve has a cylindrical head at one end thereof and a connector at the opposite end thereof for fixing it to the bottom of the bellows. The axially movable valve is manually controlled by an elongated lever arm pivotally attached to a housing handle at one end and fixedly attached to the bottom of the bellows.






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