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Secondary pump unit

US5720174A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1996
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S417/901
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A secondary pump unit comprising a mechanical secondary pump and a cryogenic trap, wherein the cryogenic trap forms a ring surrounding the outside of the mechanical secondary pump at its intake end, and the trap is enclosed in a casing defining, in parallel, the intake opening of the mechanical pump and of the cryogenic trap.

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