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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin Edward Burgess, Carlingford, AU;
Assignee:
Warman International Limited, , AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/924 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/924 ;
Abstract
A pump impeller which is modified so as to achieve selected operating performance parameters. The impeller includes a front shroud and a rear shroud, the shrouds being spaced apart so as to form a plurality of passageways therebetween which are separated by a plurality of impeller blades, each having an outer edge extending between the front and rear shrouds, the impeller having an outer diameter D. The method modification includes the steps of trimming the outer edge of the blades so that the outer diameter D of the front shroud is less than the outer diameter D of the rear shroud.