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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Edwards Limited, Burgess Hill, GB;
Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook, Burgess Hill, GB;
David Bedwell, Burgess Hill, GB;
Edwards Limited, West Sussex, GB;
Abstract
A multi-stage vacuum pump comprising a stator defining multiple pumping chambers is discussed. The stator comprises a plurality of transfer channels for providing a fluid passage from an outlet port of one of the plurality of pumping chambers to an inlet port of a subsequent pumping chamber. Some of the transfer channels comprise two side channel sections on opposing sides of the stator. One of the transfer channels comprises a single side channel section on one side of the stator. The vacuum pump further comprises a gas ballast inlet channel arranged on an other side of the stator to the one side of the stator.