Patent · US Expired

Rotary pump and braking device using same

US6474752B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateJul 3, 2001
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C2230/602
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a rotary pump, an outer rotor and an inner rotor are assembled in a casing such that, when a clearance between an inner teeth portion of the outer rotor and an outer teeth portion of the inner rotor is substantially nullified at a first closed gap portion having a maximum volume formed between the inner teeth portion and the outer teeth portion, a clearance between the outer rotor and the casing on a side of the first closed gap portion and a clearance between the outer rotor and the casing on a side of a second closed gap portion having a minimum volume, become substantially an equivalent interval. As a result, the outer rotor and the casing can be brought into contact with each other on the side of the second closed gap portion rather than the central axis of the inner rotor. Even in a high pressure discharge operation, the outer rotor is not locked by being squeezed between the inner rotor and the casing.

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