Patent · US Expired

Rotary pump

US4772187A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1986
Grant dateSep 20, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C2/20
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A single rotary pump is provided with a driven valve having outer curved faces and inner curved recesses along the major axis thereof, a rotary piston having vanes between which there are semi-ellipses having raised portions therebetween, said valve being driven by an external source to cause rotation of said piston whereby liquid under pressure flows from an inlet of the pump to an outlet of the pump.

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