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Multi-stage vacuum pump

US5478210A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1994
Grant dateDec 26, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K16/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vacuum pump includes a plurality of rotors accommodated in a housing, a plurality of bearings for supporting the shafts of the rotors, respectively, a fluid-suction opening and a fluid-discharge opening formed in the housing, and a motor for driving at least one of the rotors. The pump has a first pump structure section for suction and discharge of gas, the pressure of which is in a viscous flow region, by utilizing change in volume of a space formed by the rotors and the housing. A second pump structure section is provided for transporting gas, a pressure of which is in an intermediate flow region, and gas, the pressure of which is lower than a pressure of the intermediate flow region, by utilizing movement of the space from a suction side to a discharge side of the second pump structure section.

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