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Vacuum pump having rotation body cleaning unit with spraying holes on an output surface of the cleaning body surrounding a shaft

US8083507B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2008
Grant dateDec 27, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C2280/02
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a vacuum pump having a rotation body cleaning unit. The vacuum pump includes a case provided with rotation guide holes at opposite end parts. The case includes a rotation body placed inside the case and including a rotation shaft having opposite ends rotatably supported by the rotation guide holes and a number of lobes provided in the rotation shaft at predetermined intervals. Further, a cleaning part is supported by the case and placed in a space between the lobes and cleans the rotation body.

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