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Screw vacuum pump with a coolant circuit

US6758660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 2002
Grant dateJul 6, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C29/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A screw vacuum pump (1) has shafts (7, 8) and rotors (3, 4) secured to the shafts. Each rotor has a central hollow chamber (31) which receives the shaft or contains in built-in components rotating along with the rotor to define a relatively thin annular slot segment (32) for cross-flow circulation of coolant. The annular slot segment is disposed between the built-in components and an inner wall of the rotor's hollow chamber and between a suction side and a delivery side of the rotor. Separate feed and discharge lines (41, 55, 63, 77, 78, 81, 89, 99, 101, 103) circulate the coolant through the annular slot segment in such a way that the coolant remains cavitation-free and bubble-free.

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