Centrifugal pump impeller
An impeller for a centrifugal pump is described comprising: a rotatable impeller shaft; circumferentially spaced vanes mounted for rotation with the impeller shaft, the vanes extending outwardly relative to the impeller shaft and each including first and second axially-spaced edges; first and second axially-spaced cover members for vanes, the cover members being mounted for rotation with the impeller shaft and extending outwardly relative to the axial direction of the impeller shaft, the first cover member being disposed adjacent to the first edges of the vanes and the second cover member being disposed adjacent to the second edges of the vanes so as to provide an impeller chamber between the first and second cover members which is divided into subchambers by the vanes. One of the first and second cover members has a centrally disposed inlet opening therethrough for admitting fluid into the impeller chamber to then be conducted outwardly upon rotation of the impeller shaft; and the fist cover member being so constructed and mounted relative to the vanes that a portion thereof is free to flex axially away from respective portions of the first edges of the vanes in response to fluid pressure pulsations within the impeller chamber to temporarily increase the distance between the portion of the first cover and the respective portions of the first edges of the vanes.
- Assignee:
- Lowara, S.p.A.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4720242
- OSTI ID:
- 5425161
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 23 Mar 1987
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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