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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Erickson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Carter P Williams, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kobe, Inc., Huntington Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415180 ; 415 89 ; 415112 ; 415175 ; 233 21 ;
Abstract
A high-speed pitot pump has a system for self-cooling the lubricant for the bearings supporting the rotatable casing of the pump. The lubricant is contained in a reservoir which is continuously cooled during operation of the pump. The pump has a rotatable casing cantilevered on a shaft in the pump housing. The lubricant cooling system includes blower means which rotate with the casing to draw cool air into the housing and force it through a discharge opening which directs the flow of cool air toward a heat exchanger, preferably a series of cooling fins projecting from an exterior wall of the reservoir.