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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:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Andrew Smith, Rotherham, GB;
Inventor:
Andrew Smith, Rotherham, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/00 (2006.01); F04D 1/00 (2006.01); F04D 7/04 (2006.01); F04D 29/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 1/006 (2013.01); F04D 7/04 (2013.01); F04D 29/2216 (2013.01); F04D 29/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pump is disclosed, with a casing comprising a substantially circular body having at least two radial inlets, at least one peripheral outlet and a transversal aperture. The casing further comprises a substantially circular impeller mounted within the body for rotation about the aperture. The impeller has a substantially uninterrupted sinusoidal profile. A pumping system and a method of pumping are also disclosed, which use the pump configuration.