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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armin Conrad, Herborn, DE;
Heinrich Lotz, Wetzlar, DE;
Assignee:
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, Asslar, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/36 ;
Abstract
A gas friction pump including a housing having a suction opening and an exhaust opening, main rotor and stator components arranged in the housing and cooperating with each other for delivering gases and for producing a pressure difference, and an auxiliary pumping unit provided at a side of the suction opening and having a gas delivery structure that provides for gas delivery in a radial direction, with the auxiliary pumping unit being formed of at least one stage and having auxiliary rotor and stator components, with the auxiliary rotor components being supported on the shaft which supports the main rotor components.