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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:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1993
Thomas W Whitmire, Winter Park, FL (US);
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
In an aircraft deicer comprising a reservoir and a pump connected to the reservoir through a first conduit, the pump operating to circulate a fluid contained within the reservoir throughout at least a portion of the deicer, the improvement comprising: a jet pump located in the first conduit between the reservoir and the pump for increasing the pressure of the fluid within the first conduit between the jet pump and the pump; the jet pump comprising a tubular body portion having an inlet end and a discharge end and a nozzle located within the body portion between the inlet end and the discharge end; and a second conduit extending from a discharge end of the pump to the nozzle; whereby fluid from the discharge end of the pump is injected into the fluid flowing from the reservoir through the jet pump.