The invention provides a pump for liquid chromatography excellent in
feeding liquid stably at an extremely low flow rate with high accuracy
and in discharging bubbles at startup.At startup, a first plunger feeds
solvent at a large flow rate to discharge bubbles in a pump and to fill
the solvent into the pump in a short time and in a normal operation, the
first plunger is stopped and the second plunger is pushed into a second
pressure chamber at a low speed to feed the solvent at a low flow rate.
When the second plunger reaches full stroke, the second plunger is pulled
back at a high speed and at the same time the first plunger is pushed
into a first pressure chamber in synchronization with the pullback of the
second plunger to control the flow rate passing a discharge passage to a
constant value at all times by a controller. Further, while the second
plunger feeds the solvent, the first plunger is slightly pushed into the
first pressure chamber to keep pressure in the first pressure chamber at
pressure equal to or less than pressure in the second pressure chamber.