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Vacuum pump

US6672827B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 2001
Grant dateJan 6, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D19/044
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To provide a small vacuum pump making it possible to efficiently perform evacuation from the atmosphere to a high vacuum (degree of vacuum: 10−5 Pa) by using a single pump unit. A turbo-molecular pump mechanism portion is arranged on the high-vacuum side, a volute pump mechanism portion is arranged on the atmosphere side, and a thread groove pump mechanism portion is arranged between the turbo-molecular pump mechanism portion and the volute pump mechanism portion. Further, rotor blades of the turbo-molecular pump mechanism portion, a rotor of the thread groove pump mechanism portion, and an impeller of the volute pump mechanism portion are integrally mounted to a single rotor shaft, which is rotated by a single motor.

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