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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:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Cooper, Titusville, NJ (US);
Donald P Sloteman, New Hope, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Company, Liberty Corner, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ; F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4161 / ; 4162 / ;
Abstract
A cavitation resistant impeller for liquid-conveying centrifugal pumps has a plurality of impeller vanes, each vane having, in combination, a leading inlet edge with a root portion extending upstream of its tip portion; a vane thickness that is greater upstream of the impeller throat than the vane thickness downstream of the impeller throat; and an elliptical nose on the leading inlet edge. The invention can be used in straight-vaned impellers or in Francis-type impellers.