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Gear pump with gears having curved teeth and method of feeding elastomeric material

US7040870B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2003
Grant dateMay 9, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C15/0042
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gear pump and method for pumping elastomeric material having two gears with meshing herringbone gear teeth. Each of the gear teeth has helical side portions and a curved central portion which extends circumferentially of the gear a distance equal to at least one half the pitch of the gear teeth to provide a continuous squeezing contact between the teeth of the two gears for pumping a uniform strip of elastomeric material from the gear pump.

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