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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:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E. Kuczaj, Roseville, MI (US);
Dong Chul Oh, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/938 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/938 ;
Abstract
An improved pump impeller using both spaced disc stack and radial vanes to establish pumping, the vanes separated to form a circumferential array of convergent spaces. The vanes may be of increasing thickness towards their outer ends to create the convergent spaces, or a cover plate may have a sloping inside surface to accomplish the space convergency.