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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Paul Meuter, Seuzach, CH;
Inventor:
Paul Meuter, Seuzach, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Pumpen AG, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pump for the transporting of fluids and/or of mixtures of fluids includes a housing () and at least one restrictor gap seal which is provided in the housing () to reduce the pressure in a restrictor gap along a rotatable part () of the pump, wherein the restrictor gap seal is formed as a brush seal arrangement (). The brush seal arrangement () contains one or more individual brush seals (') which include as sealing members a plurality of sealingly arranged fibers, bristles and/or wires () which are distributed and fastened in ring form and whose free ends extend towards the surface to be sealed.