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Bearing support for spherical pumps

Assignee: J CASHEW JR TRUST U/A DTD OCTOBER 7 1993
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Filing: 1986-06-09
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Granted: 1989-04-18
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Expires: 2006-06-09
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Abstract

Abstract In a spherical pump, having a separation wall separating the wet part from the dry part of the pump, the column for the ball of the spherical bearing is made from the same material as the separation wall and is clamped in a cylindrical protrusion of the separation wall.

Inventors

  • 👤 Karsten Laing

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 10:54
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16C; F16C17/00; F16C17/04; F16C17/08; F04; F04D; F04D13/00; F04D13/02; F04D13/021; F04D13/024; F04D13/025; F04D13/026; F16C17/10; F16C23/00; F16C23/02; F16C23/04; F16C23/043; F16C2360/00; F16C2360/44; F16C2380/00; F16C2380/26; F16C25/00; F16C25/02; F16C25/04; F16C25/045; F16C27/00; F16C27/08

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
Spherical bearing consisting of a rotating bearing cap (9) and a stationary spherical bearing member (10), said spherical bearing member being mounted on a strut (11) for a pump which forms a unit with an electric motor, the pump having an impeller (6,7) which forms a unit with a driven annular rotor (4) with a spherical surfaces, said rotor (4) being separated from a driving portion of the motor by a thin-walled, spherical, magnetically permeable separation wall (5) consisting of a corrosion resistant metal, characterized in that the strut (11) of the spherical bearing member (10) consists of a metal having the same eletro-chemical potential as the separation wall (5) and that the strut (11) has a foot portion (12), said foot portion being situated inside of a protrusion (13) at the nadir of the separation wall (5) the protrusion having a cylindrical wall portion which is surrounded by a metal ring (14) said metal ring being elastically expanded producing centripetally oriented forces on said cylindrical wall portion of the protrusion (13) so that the foot portion (12) is clamped by friction forces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 183 words
Spherical bearing consisting of a rotating bearing cap (9) and a stationary spherical bearing member (10), said spherical bearing member being mounted on a strut (11) for a pump which forms a unit with an electric motor, the pump having an impeller (6,7) which forms a unit with a driven annular rotor (4) with a spherical surfaces, said rotor (4) being separated from a driving portion of the motor by a thin-walled, spherical, magnetically permeable separation wall (5) consisting of a corrosion resistant metal, characterized in that the strut (11) of the spherical bearing member (10) consists of a metal having the same eletro-chemical potential as the separation wall (5) and that the strut (11) has a foot portion (12), said foot portion being situated inside of a protrusion (13) at the nadir of the separation wall (5) the protrusion having a cylindrical wall portion which is surrounded by a metal ring (14) said metal ring being elastically expanded producing centripetally oriented forces on said cylindrical wall portion of the protrusion (13) so that the foot portion (12) is clamped by friction forces.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1992-04-17 1992-10-17 1993-04-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1996-04-17 1996-10-17 1997-04-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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