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Composite vacuum pump

US5092740A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1989
Grant dateMar 3, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D25/16
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite vacuum pump system having first and second vacuum pumps each having its own rotor and drive motor in which the exhaust of the first vacuum pump is removably coupled to the inlet of the second vacuum pump and the first vacuum pump rotor is driven at a constant torque and in which the second vacuum pump has an inlet for permitting the introduction into the pump of a heavy gas for increasing the efficiency of the pumping system.

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