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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. 17, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vitolis Budrys, La Mirada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kobe, Inc., Commerce, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415 89 ;
Abstract
A centrifugal pump apparatus is provided for pumping fluids which includes a cylindrical housing rotatable about its central axis and defining a main pumping chamber. A stationary fluid intake passage extends radially outwardly of the central axis of the housing into the main pumping chamber and has a fluid pickup opening facing in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the housing and communicating with an outlet conduit. A substantially unobstructed radially extending annular inlet passage is defined and has a radially inner portion communicating with a fluid inlet and the radially outer portion communicating with the pumping chamber of the housing.