Edwards Limited

Sivabalan Kailasam

Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook

Stephen Dowdeswell

Neil Turner

Ross Gordon Eadie

A multi-stage vacuum pump comprising: first and second half-shell stator components defining a plurality of pumping chambers and for assembly together along respective longitudinally extending faces; first and second end stator components for assembly at respective longitudinal end faces of the first and second half-shell stator components; gaskets for sealing between the first and second half-shell stator components when assembled together at the longitudinally extending faces; and O-rings for sealing between the first and second end stator components and the first and second half-shell stator components when assembled; wherein annular channels intersect longitudinal recesses and each longitudinal recess comprises a stop fixed relative to the intersection, and the gasket and the longitudinal recess are configured that when the gasket is located in the recess during assembly the gasket is biased against the stop for locating an end portion of the gasket relative to the intersection.

Vacuum pump

A multi-stage vacuum pump may include a sealing arrangement for sealing between the stator components of the pump. The end seals of the arrangement comprise an annular portion for sealing between end stator components and shell components and axial portions which extend from the annular portion and together with separate axial seals seal between the shell components.

Multi-stage vacuum pump

A multi-stage vacuum pump may include first and second half-shell components defining a plurality of pumping chambers and for assembly together along respective longitudinal extending faces; first and second end stator components for assembly at respective longitudinal seals for sealing between the first and second half-shell stator components when assembled together at the longitudinally extending faces; and annular seals for sealing between the first and second end stator components and the first and second half-shell stator components when assembled; wherein the longitudinal seals have end portions which abut against the annular seals for sealing therebetween and the first and second half-shell stator components have formations for resisting movement of the end portions away from the annular seals when the end portions are compressed between the first and second half-shell stator components.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Sivabalan Kailasam