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Molecular vacuum pump with a gas-cooled rotor

US5707213A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1996
Grant dateJan 13, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/5846
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of cooling rotor elements of a molecular vacuum pump having stator and rotor elements, a suction flange defining a gas inlet, and a gas outlet spaced from the suction flange, the method including providing additional gas inlet between the suction flange and the gas outlet and admitting through the additional gas inlet a cooling gas having a thermal conductivity larger than that of the compressible gas.

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