Goulds Pumps, Incorporated

James C Osborne

George Wilson

Charles A Cappellino

Joseph B Dosch

Patrick T Murphy

The invention relates to a centrifugal pump particularly adapted for pumping fibrous suspensions from within a reservoir, wherein the pump includes a rotor arranged wholly within the reservoir for cooperation with the bottom wall thereof to effect fluidization of suspension and discharge of the fluidized suspension from the reservoir for passage through the pump, wherein an entrained gas, such as air, is withdrawn from the pump by means of a unique pump-out mechanism disposed rearwardly of a shroud of an impeller of the pump and including pump-out vanes and a repeller shroud cooperating with the impeller shroud and pump-out vanes to define radially opening flow paths, wherein flow openings extend across the impeller shroud for flow communication with the radially opening flow paths. The mechanism may also include repeller vanes carried by the repeller shroud to extend rearwardly of pump-out vanes.

Paper pulp centrifugal pump with gas separation

The invention relates to a centrifugal pump of the type adapted for use in pumping multiple phase liquids, i.e. liquids having entrained gas and liquids having both entrained gas and solids. The pump includes means for effecting an initial separation of gas from the liquid, as by centrifugal action, and a final separation by means of a unique pump-out mechanism disposed rearwardly of a shroud of an impeller of the pump and including pump-out vanes and a repeller shroud cooperating with the impeller shroud and pump-out vanes to define radially opening flow paths, wherein flow openings extend across the impeller shroud for flow communication with the radially opening flow paths. The mechanism may also include repeller vanes carried by the repeller shroud to extend rearwardly of pump-out vanes.

Centrifugal pump

An improved low specific speed pump is disclosed, which provides for greater consistency of pump operating efficiencies obtainable by pumps of any given group of like size pumps. In the present pump, the internal dimensions of the pump chamber and discharge passage are enlarged to provide for a reduction in flow velocities therewithin compared to a conventional pump of a given design flow capacity and a controlled size restrictor is arranged adjacent the pump discharge in order to reduce the resultant increase in flow capacity to such given design value.

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Seneca Falls, NY, United States of America

James C Osborne