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Impeller having a hub assembled from a plurality of identical parts

US6176680A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/181
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns an impeller or a propeller for a rotary machine such as a pump, a turbine or a propulsion unit. The impeller comprises a hub (1) and an intermediate part put together by a number of identical hub sections (3) with mounted vanes (4). The partition between two hub sections (3) follows a curve which is substantially axially directed.

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