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Centrifugal pump
Assignee: Pentair Pump Group Inc
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Filing: 1995-12-26
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Granted: 1997-12-23
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Expires: 2015-12-26
Abstract
Abstract A submersible centrifugal pump (10) includes a casing (11) which houses a motor (13) and a pump assembly (14). A shaft (12) which carries the impeller (37) portion of the pump assembly (14) is driven by the motor (13) to draw fluid, in which the pump (10) is immersed, into the casing (11) in one embodiment through inlet ports (38) to be transferred to the pump assembly (14) and thereby pumped to a remote location. The shaft (12) has an axial bore (40) therein which is open at the bottom (41) to receive fluid. That fluid moves upwardly within the shaft (12) and passes out through radial bores (43) to join with the fluid received from the inlet ports (38). As such, internal fluid positioned in a chamber (23) is cooled by the fluid passing through the shaft (12) and that internal fluid in turn maintains the components in the casing (11) cool. In another embodiment, a submersible centrifugal pump (50) has inlet ports (51) formed near the top of its discharge bowl (15). The inlet fluid travels in axial passageways (52) to the inlet side of the pump assembly (14).
Inventors
- 👤 Jack T. Bevington
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:18
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04D; F04D13/00; F04D13/02; F04D13/06; F04D13/0646; F04D13/08; F04D13/10; F04D29/00; F04D29/58; F04D29/5806; F04D29/586; F04D29/588; F05; F05D; F05D2240/00; F05D2240/60; F05D2240/61
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
Apparatus adapted to be submersed in a fluid and to pump the fluid to a remote location comprising a casing, a discharge bowl at the top of said casing through which the fluid may pass to the remote location, a pump assembly within the casing, said pump assembly having an inlet area on one side thereof and a discharge area on the other side thereof adjacent to said discharge bowl, a motor within said casing, a shaft driven by said motor and carrying a portion of said pump assembly, fluid inlet openings formed through said discharge bowl, and passageways between said inlet openings and said inlet area of said pump assembly so that fluid passes downwardly through said openings and said passageways to said inlet area to be pumped by said pump assembly through said discharge bowl to the remote location.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
Apparatus adapted to be submersed in a fluid and to pump the fluid to a remote location comprising a casing, a discharge bowl at the top of said casing through which the fluid may pass to the remote location, a pump assembly within the casing, said pump assembly having an inlet area on one side thereof and a discharge area on the other side thereof adjacent to said discharge bowl, a motor within said casing, a shaft driven by said motor and carrying a portion of said pump assembly, fluid inlet openings formed through said discharge bowl, and passageways between said inlet openings and said inlet area of said pump assembly so that fluid passes downwardly through said openings and said passageways to said inlet area to be pumped by said pump assembly through said discharge bowl to the remote location.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a housing for said pump assembly, wherein said housing is spaced from said casing, and wherein said passageways are formed in the space between said housing and said casing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising rib members extending inwardly between said casing and said housing, wherein said passageways are also formed between said rib members.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a valve between said discharge area of said pump assembly and said discharge bowl.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said valve includes a guide member and further comprising a retainer formed in said discharge bowl and receiving said guide member therethrough.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising an axial bore in said shaft adapted, at one end thereof, to receive fluid therein, the fluid moving in said axial bore to cool the inside of said casing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said one end of said axial bore is open and exposed to the fluid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 further comprising a chamber formed in said housing, and a liquid in said chamber, the fluid in said axial bore cooling said liquid.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 further comprising radial bores in said shaft and communicating with said axial bore.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
Apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said radial bores are generally adjacent to said inlet area of said pump assembly so that the fluid moving in said axial bore may pass through said radial bores and join with the fluid flowing through said passageways.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
109 words
Apparatus adapted to be submerged in a fluid and to pump the fluid to a remote location comprising an axially extending casing having a top surface, a pump assembly within the casing, said pump assembly having an inlet area on one axial side thereof and a discharge area on the other axial side thereof, a motor within said casing, an axially extending shaft driven by said motor and carrying a portion of said pump assembly, and inlet means to permit the fluid to be transferred to the remote location to axially enter the apparatus through said top surface to be axially discharged from the apparatus by said pump assembly.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
109 words
Apparatus adapted to be submerged in a fluid and to pump the fluid to a remote location comprising an axially extending casing having a top surface, a pump assembly within the casing, said pump assembly having an inlet area on one axial side thereof and a discharge area on the other axial side thereof, a motor within said casing, an axially extending shaft driven by said motor and carrying a portion of said pump assembly, and inlet means to permit the fluid to be transferred to the remote location to axially enter the apparatus through said top surface to be axially discharged from the apparatus by said pump assembly.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 11 further comprising means to transmit the fluid from said inlet means to said inlet area of said pump assembly.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 12 wherein said inlet means also includes an axial bore in said shaft and said means to transmit includes radial bores in said shaft communicating with said axial bore.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus according to claim 13 wherein said inlet means also includes radial openings in said casing.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus according to claim 12 wherein said top surface includes discharge bowl at the top of said casing through which the fluid is axially discharged to the remote location, said inlet means including apertures in said discharge bowl.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 15 wherein said means to transmit includes axial passageways between said apertures and said inlet area of said pump assembly.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
Apparatus according to claim 16 wherein said inlet means also includes an axial bore in said shaft and said means to transmit also includes radial bores in said shaft communicating with said axial bore.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
Apparatus according to claim 16 further comprising a housing for said pump assembly, wherein said housing is spaced from said casing, and wherein said passageways are formed in the space between said housing and said casing.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
Apparatus according to claim 18 further comprising rib members extending inwardly between said casing and said housing, wherein said passageways are also formed between said rib members.
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