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Check valve and pump receptor assembly

US4507061A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 1982
Grant dateMar 26, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D35/26
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A reservoir of liquid having a false bottom forming a lower chamber of reduced pressure produced by a plurality of removable pumps suspended in apertures in said false bottom, each of which apertures is provided with a two-piece receptor and check valve assembly; the receptor of which forms a guide and hydraulic slip-fit for the lower intake end of its pump and the other part below said receptor extends into said reduced pressure chamber comprises a cylindrical housing with a check valve at its lower end to close off that aperture to the reduced pressure chamber when its pump is not running or has been removed for repair.

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