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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:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toivo Niskanen, Hamina, FI;
Assignee:
A. Ahlstrom Corporation, Noormarkku, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4151691 ; 55 52 ;
Abstract
A centrifugal pump and a method of separating gas from a gas containing liquid-solids suspension. The method and apparatus of the invention is especially suitable for pumping of fiber suspensions in the pump and paper industry. The pump includes a suspension chamber having a suspension inlet and a suspension outlet, a gas chamber in fluid communication with the suspension chamber and a perforated surface located between the suspension chamber and the gas chamber for substantially preventing the solids from passing into the gas chamber.