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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Jose Ramon Gutierrez, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Richard J. O'donnell, Whittier, CA (US);
Timothy Michael Dach, Alhambra, CA (US);
Steven Edwin Webster, Monrovia, CA (US);
Jose Ramon Gutierrez, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Richard J. O'Donnell, Whittier, CA (US);
Timothy Michael Dach, Alhambra, CA (US);
Steven Edwin Webster, Monrovia, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A discharge head features a motor mounting plate configured for mounting on a motor; a base plate configured for mounting on a pump assembly; an elbow transition mounted on the base plate configured for providing discharge from the pump assembly; a seal housing pipe coupled to the elbow transition configured for receiving a mechanical seal or packing arrangement; supporting pipes arranged between the motor mounting plate and the base plate; and ribs arranged between the supporting pipes and the seal housing pipe configured to prevent substantially lateral and torsional movement, including movement due to reacting hydraulic forces at a pump nozzle and inertia from a driver. The discharge head according to the present invention makes it quicker and easier to couple together the shaft of a pump and the shaft of a motor in such VTSH pumps when compared to the techniques known in the art.