Multicompartment pump structure
Abstract
Abstract A CYLINDRICAL CUP-SHAPED ROTOR IS JOURNALED IN A CLOSED CASING AND HAS A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED-APART, FRUSTOCONICAL PARTITION MEMBERS FORMING FLUID RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS. AN ASSEMBLAGE OF INLET TUBES IS ARRANGED IN CONCENTRICALLY SPACED RELATION ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE ROTOR THE INLET TUBES CONVEY LIQUID TO THE ROTOR COMPARTMENTS RESPECTIVELY. A DISCHARGE TUBE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH INLET TUBE AND IS FORMED WITH AN INNER END PORTION EXTENDING TOWARD THE PERIPHERY OF THE COMPARTMENT SUPPLIED WITH LIQUID BY THE INLET TUBE WITH WHICH THE DISCHARGE TUBE IS ASSOCIATED. THE INNER END PORTIONS OF THE DISCHARGE TUBES INCLINE IN A DIRECTION FROM THE AXIS OF THE ROTOR ON AN ANGLE COMPARABLE TO THE PARTITION MEMBERS AND HAVE FLUID PICKUP HEADS POSITIONED CONTIGUOUS TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR COMPARTMENTS. THE INNER ENDS OF THE DISCHARGE TUBES ARE ARRANGED IN A COMMON PLANE.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond D O'mara
- 👤 Charles K Griffin
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