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Pump impellers and manufacture thereof by co-injection molding

US4512720A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 1983
Grant dateApr 23, 1985
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2045/1664
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pump inpeller and a method for its manufacture wherein the impeller is made of two different synthetic plastics using a co-injection molding process. One plastic, used to fabricate a core section of the impeller, is a rigid thermoplastic material. The other plastic, used to fabricate the vanes section, is a thermoplastic elastomer. The latter is injected after the rigid thermoplastic material.

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