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Shaft sealing and alignment assembly for a pump assembly

US5494417A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1994
Grant dateFeb 27, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/628
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved pump assembly having a housing assembly, a motor assembly and a pump, the housing assembly having a motor mounting plate supporting the motor assembly and the pump. The motor assembly has a motor with a rotatable shaft extending through a shaft aperture in the motor mounting plate to operatively connect to an impeller of the pump. The motor assembly includes a shaft sealing and alignment assembly which provides precise alignment and sealing of the rotatable shaft by a shaft seal mount and a shaft seal disposed in a precisely configured shaft seal bore therein. The shaft seal mount attaches to the motor and has its distal end disposed in the shaft aperture of the motor mounting plate.

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