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Multi-stage centrifugal debris trap

US7175771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 2003
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16N39/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A centrifugal debris trap includes a cylindrical chamber bound by an inner surface of a continuous wall radially disposed about a center axis at a first inner diameter, and having a first wall end and a second wall end; and a plurality of grooves between the first and second wall ends, extending radially outward from the inner surface into a portion of the continuous wall, and each having a groove outer diameter that is greater than the first inner diameter. The cylindrical chamber is sealed at the first wall end by a back plate attached about a circumference of the first wall ends, and is open at the second wall end through a ring attached thereto about a circumference of the second wall end. The ring has a ring opening radially disposed about the center axis, and a second inner diameter less than the first inner diameter.

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