Machinery for apportioning and dispensing fluids

Claim 1

A FLUID DISPENSING AND APPORTIONING ELEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A TUBULAR CHANNEL, TWO PRESSURE SENSITIVE UNIDIRECTIONAL VALVES, A PISTON MADE OF MAGNETICALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF A SPHERE, A RESILIENT MEMBER, AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCING MEANS, A RESILIENT PORTION IN SAID TUBULAR CHANNEL''S WALL, A THREADED ADJUSTABLE LIMIT STOP, AND A MULTI-PIECE FRAME HOUSING SUPPORTING AND CONTAINING SAID CHANNEL, VALVES, PISTON RESILIENT MEMBER, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCING MEANS, AND SUPPORTING SAID THREADED ADJUSTABLE LIMIT STOP; SAID VALVES DISPOSED AND ORIENTED IN SAID CHANNEL TO PERMIT FLUID FLOW FROM THE FLUID SUPPLY END OF SAID CHANNEL TO THE FLUID EGRESS ORIFICE END OF SAID CHANNEL AND DIVIDING SAID CHANNEL INTO THREE CHAMBERS, THE FIRST CHAMBER PROVIDING FLUID INGRESS TO THE SECOND CENTER CHAMBER, THE SECOND CENTER CHAMBER CONTAINING SAID PISTON IN ITS WALL, SAID PISTON DRIVEN ALTERNATELY BY SAID RESILIENT MEMBER AND SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCING MEANS WHICH IS DISPOSED AND ORIENTED TO DISPLACE SAID PISTON AGAINST SAID RESILIENT MEMBER, THE THIRD CHAMBER PROVIDING FLUID EGRESS FROM THE SECOND CENTER CHAMBER AND CONTAINING THE SAID RESILIENT PORTION IN ITS WALL TO ABSORB VOLUMETRIC PULSATIONS FROM THE SECOND CHAMBER; SAID PISTON''S RECIPROCATIONS PRODUCING PRESSURE VARIATIONS CAUSING FLUID TO PASS THROUGH SAID PUMP SECTION IN THE DIRECTION CONTROLLED BY SAID VALVES; SAID THREADED ADJUSTABLE STOP MOUNTED IN AFORESAID FRAME HOUSING AND DISPOSED TO INTERCEPT SAID PISTON DURING ITS EXCURSION, SAID ADJUSTABLE LIMIT STOP VARYING THE EXCURSION OF SAID PISTON IN PROPORTION TO ITS AXIAL DISPLACEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID PISTON; SAID DISPENSING AND APPORTIONING MEANS DISPENSING FLUID IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF MAGNETIC FIELD ENERGIZATIONS AND ADJUSTMENT OF SAID THREADED ADJUSTABLE LIMIT STOP.