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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eli Oklejas, Jr, Monroe, MI (US);
Assignee:
Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC, Monroe, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415 573 ; 415 76 ;
Abstract
A rotary machine such as a pump or turbine has a casing defining a space therein. A fluid channel is formed in the casing and has a plurality of first channel portions fluidically coupled a plurality of second channel portions. The first and second channel portions are separated by the space. A rotor is rotatably coupled within the casing and within the space. The rotor has a plurality of apertures therethrough positioned within the space. The apertures are adjacent to the channel to coupled the first channel portions to the second channel portions.