Patent · US Expired

Vessel pump

US4177022A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 1978
Grant dateDec 4, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 29, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C13/008
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pump for pumping liquid from a vessel or the like wherein the driving motor drives a driving shaft extending in a delivery pipe and having a delivery rotor in the lower region of the driving shaft, the driving shaft being provided in at least one location with a resilient bearing of two concentrically arranged annular retainer springs formed from a single piece of metal wherein the inner annular retainer spring holds a replaceable slide bearing sleeve through which the driving shaft extends and the outer annular retaining spring is adjacent to and supported by the delivery pipe.

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