Patent · US Expired

Circulator pump check valve

US5664939A · kind A · utility

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11References
23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 31, 1995
Grant dateSep 9, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/4273
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An wet-rotor hydronic heating/cooling circulator in which a check valve is positioned at the inlet eye of the pump impeller, where it can easily be serviced by removing the circulator motor and impeller. The check valve is preferably in the form of a valve subassembly that is removably inserted into an opening at the eye.

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