Patent · US Expired

Jet pump

US4274812A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1978
Grant dateJun 23, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 1, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04F5/466
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a jet pump suitable for pumping liquids, gases, or particulate solids, the primary and secondary flows both pass through the pump in-line, i.e. in the same axial direction. This is achieved by mounting the nozzle head (from which the primary flow issues) at one end of a streamlined body which is suitably supported in the mixing chamber. The suction hose opens directly onto the other end of the body. The whole of the primary flow passes through the streamlined body, so that the secondary flow is sucked over the streamlined body and entrained by the primary flow. The primary flow may issue from a single nozzle at the downstream end of the streamlined body. Alternatively several jets may issue from a ring of nozzles and also from a further nozzle in the center of the ring, all the nozzles being so angled that several jets converge downstream of the nozzle head.

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