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Internal gear pump

US6890164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2004
Grant dateMay 10, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19972
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A noise-reduced internal gear pump incorporating an inner rotor having an addendum formed by a smooth curve and a dedendum formed by a hypocycloid. The tooth profile of the outer rotor is determined by the following steps. The center Oi of an inner rotor 1 is revolved around the center Oo of the outer rotor so as to form a circle S having a diameter of 2e+t, where “e” is the amount of eccentricity between the inner and outer rotors and “t” is the maximum value of the interrotor clearance between the outer rotor and the inner rotor pressed against it. The inner rotor 1 is rotated on its axis 1/n times while its center Oi makes one revolution in the circular orbit S, where “n” is the number of teeth of the inner rotor. The envelope of the group of the tooth profile-curves of the inner rotor formed by its revolution is used as the tooth profile of the outer rotor.

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