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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Ulvac, Inc., Chigasaki, JP;
ULVAC, INC., Chigasaki, JP;
Abstract
A vacuum pump includes a pump main body and a sound muffling device. The pump main body includes a housing including an intake port and an exhaust port, and a rotor that is rotatably arranged inside the housing and transports gas from the intake port to the exhaust port. The sound muffling device includes a casing, a first passage portion, and a second passage portion. The casing includes an opening end portion that is airtightly connected to an outer wall surface of the housing, a bottom wall portion that faces the opening end portion, and a peripheral wall portion, the casing defining an expansion chamber by the outer wall surface of the housing and respective inner wall surfaces of the bottom wall portion and the peripheral wall portion.