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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Cds-john Blue Company, Huntsville, AL (US);
Jason T. Stewart, Harvest, AL (US);
CDS-John Blue Company, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable pump includes a housing with inlet and outlet openings. An inlet adapter is mounted on the housing and includes an inlet passage communicating with the inlet opening. The inlet adapter is removably mounted on the housing and can be removed and repositioned for reconfiguring the pump between low-inlet and high-inlet configurations. In a low-inlet configuration the inlet passage is generally aligned with an impeller rotatably mounted in the housing. A check valve comprising a flapper valve is provided in the low-inlet configuration and prevents backflow. The flapper valve is removable for configuration in a high-inlet configuration with the inlet passage located generally above the impeller level. The inlet adapter can readily be repositioned from outside the pump housing between its low-inlet and high-inlet configurations.