Double wrap dry scroll vacuum pump having a compressed gas cooling passage disposed in the scroll shaft
US6149405A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04C29/04
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A double-wrap dry scroll vacuum pump for use as a vacuum pump for nuclear power equipment. The pump has a pump body including a suction port capable of being communicated with a vessel to be evacuated and a discharge port for discharging wrap compressed gas to an outside of the pump body after an operation of gas compression by the progressive volume reduction of a sealed space, formed by a revolving scroll and a pair of stationary scrolls. The pump further includes a pair of enclosing members which cover opposite end portions of a drive shaft and are mounted in a gas-tight state around the revolving scroll. The pump has compressed gas feed ports for feeding compressed gas therethrough to the enclosing members, the compressed gas having a higher pressure than the wrap compressed gas and is discharged together with the wrap compressed gas through the discharge port. To attain high performance and durability, the double-wrap dry scroll vacuum pump has a gas bearing in fluid communication with the compressed gas feed ports to rotatably support the drive shaft. A contact-less torque transmission means is implemented for transmitting torque from a driving source to the drive shaft.
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