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Apparatus for controlling pressure distribution in gear pump

US4239468A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1978
Grant dateDec 16, 1980
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Expiry dateSep 8, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C2/086
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pressure plate provides metering grooves in a face thereof contiguous to the gears of a gear pump. The grooves communicate certain pockets between adjacent gear teeth with other such pockets so as to meter fluid from pockets in which fluid is trapped at relatively high pressures to pockets in which fluid is trapped at relatively low pressures, thereby controlling the pressure distribution.

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