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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Edwards Limited, West Sussex, GB;
Inventors:
Alexander James Patey, Reigate, GB;
Emiliano Lucchetta, Worthing, GB;
Ian Keech, Washington, GB;
Mohammad Eghtesadi Bahrami, Crawley, GB;
Richard Glyn Horler, Crawley, GB;
Assignee:
Edwards Limited, Burgees Hills, West Sussex, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 19/04 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/063 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/057 (2006.01); F04D 29/058 (2006.01); F04D 29/056 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 19/042 (2013.01); F04D 27/00 (2013.01); F04D 27/001 (2013.01); F04D 27/0292 (2013.01); F04D 29/057 (2013.01); F04D 29/058 (2013.01); F04D 29/063 (2013.01); F04D 29/056 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a turbo molecular pumping mechanism wherein an operative characteristic of the turbomolecular pumping mechanism is dependent on the orientation of the vacuum pump and the pump comprises an orientation sensor for sensing the orientation.