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Molten metal pump with vaned impeller

US5634770A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1995
Grant dateJun 3, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/22
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An elongated shaft suited to a molten metal environment which forms a connection between a rotor and an impeller. The shaft being formed with at least one end, in cross-section, having a plurality of rounded side portions with a relatively large radius and rounded corners having a relatively small radius connecting the side portions.

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