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Two-cylinder slurry pump

US6206662A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 10, 1999
Grant dateMar 27, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B7/0023
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A two-cylinder slurry pump (1) includes: a filling tank (2) for receiving thick matter; an agitator whose shaft (11) is placed in the filling tank (2), and a pivoting sleeve valve (16) fitted in the filling tank (2) which regulates the alternating intake and delivery strokes of the delivery cylinder. This pump also has an entry branch and an exit branch (15) pivotingly connected with the delivery piping (19). In accordance with the invention, the entry openings (46, 45) of the delivery cylinders (34, 35) are positioned behind the back wall (5) of the filling tank, and the exit branch (15) is positioned between the agitator shaft (11) and the back wall (5).

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