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Fluidal machine

US6749397B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 27, 2002
Grant dateJun 15, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/668
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a fluidal machine with an impeller rotating to urge a fluid radially outwardly by a centrifugal force, a vane guiding the fluid discharged from the impeller, a vane member which includes a front end of the vane facing to the impeller so that the fluid discharged from the impeller strikes against the front end and which is prevented from contacting the atmosphere, and a casing surrounding the vane member and contacting the atmosphere, the vane member is discrete from the casing, a vibration propagation between the vane member and the casing is prevented or restrained, and a vibration of a pipe extending from the casing is absorbed.

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