Centrifugal pump with multiple inlets
CA 2398338 A1 · Owner: The Gorman-Rupp Company · Inventors: Racer, Donald W.; Keith, Michael L.
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A centrifugal pump (10) having a pump housing (40) that defines a substantially axial inlet port (32), a substantially radial inlet port (34) and an outlet port (30). An impeller (42) is rotatable within an impeller chamber (58) defined by the housing and is operative to pump fluid from one or both of the inlet ports to the outlet port when the impeller is rotated. A removable cleanout assembly (82) located within and forming part of the axial port includes a structure for supporting a wear plate (76) that is positioned axially adjacent the impeller. The cleanout assembly includes an inlet opening adapted to be configured as an axial inlet port to the pump. The cleanout assembly is …
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- Filed January 25, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 25, 2021.
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