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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Jack G Sundberg, Meriden, CT (US);
Coltec Industries Inc, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A variable displacement vane pump comprising a durable rotor member having journal ends at each side of a larger diameter central vane section comprising vane slots having well areas which slidably-engage a mating vane element. The present vane pump comprise novel cylindrical ring seal elements having a unitary body which seal the faces of the cam member, and which overlap the central vane section and vane slot extensions. The seal elements include first fuel inlet passages in the inlet arc segment thereof, and fuel discharge passages in the discharge arc thereof, both of said passages being open to the vane slot extensions and to the cam chamber for the continuous supply and pressure discharge of fuel.