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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Francis R. Krug, Jr., Highland, NY (US);
Milnes David, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Dustin Demetriou, New York, NY (US);
Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Brian Werneke, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pump is provided which includes a rotating element, and a volute housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. In operational state, the rotating element rotates, drawing fluid through the fluid inlet of the volute housing and expelling the fluid at a higher pressure through the fluid outlet. Further, the pump includes a bypass mechanism integrated, at least in part, within the volute housing and exposing in nonoperational state of the pump, a bypass path through, at least in part, the volute housing that allows the fluid to pass from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet of the pump.