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US 12,104,621 · App. 18/009,772 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Non-clogging pump

Inventor: Yoshiaki Okuno (Yawata, JP)
Assignee: Tsurumi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,104,621
App. No.
18/009,772
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-clogging pump ( 100, 200, 300 ) includes: a pump casing ( 3 ); an impeller ( 4, 204 ) including a main plate portion ( 41 ), a vane portion ( 43 ), and a central protruding portion ( 42 ); and a rotating shaft ( 1 ), in which an end portion ( 431 ) on an inner peripheral side of the vane portion ( 43 ) is connected to an outer periphery of the central protruding portion ( 42 ) when viewed from the suction port ( 33 a ) side, and the impeller ( 4, 204 ) is provided with a groove portion ( 45 ) extending from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side of the impeller ( 4, 204 ), between the central protruding portion ( 42 ) and the vane portion ( 43 ), when viewed from the suction port ( 33 a ) side.

Claims (27)

1. A non-clogging pump comprising:

a pump casing provided with a suction port;

an impeller including a main plate portion, a vane portion that is provided on a suction port side of the main plate portion, and a central protruding portion that protrudes from a center of the main plate portion to the suction port side; and

a rotating shaft having one end to which the impeller is fixed,

wherein an end portion on an inner peripheral side of the vane portion is connected to an outer periphery of the central protruding portion when viewed from the suction port side,

the impeller is provided with a groove portion extending from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side of the impeller, between the central protruding portion and the vane portion, when viewed from the suction port side,

the pump casing includes a catch portion that is provided at an inner edge portion of an open end of the suction port, that catches foreign matter contained in water and sucked in from the suction port, and that includes a plurality of protrusions, and

a depth of the groove portion gradually increases from an end portion on an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side of the groove portion,

a tip portion that crushes the foreign matter is embedded in a lower end surface of the vane portion, and

the tip portion is disposed at a position overlapping the plurality of protrusions of the catch portion during rotation of the impeller, when viewed from the suction port side.

2. The non-clogging pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the central protruding portion is a part of the main plate portion, and

the depth of the groove portion gradually increases as a thickness of the main plate portion in an axial direction of the rotating shaft gradually decreases from an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side.

3. The non-clogging pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the central protruding portion has a recessed portion having a circular shape that is recessed to a side opposite to the suction port side, and a fixing member that fixes the impeller to the rotating shaft is disposed inside the recessed portion and includes a nut member or a bolt.

4. The non-clogging pump according to claim 3 ,

wherein the fixing member is a nut member, and

an inner peripheral surface of the recessed portion having the circular shape is disposed so as to be spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of the nut member disposed inside the recessed portion by a predetermined distance, when viewed from the suction port side.

5. The non-clogging pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein a width of the groove portion gradually increases from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side when viewed from the suction port side.

6. The non-clogging pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the impeller includes a cutting portion that cuts the foreign matter caught in the catch portion,

the catch portion overlaps both the cutting portion and the groove portion when viewed from the suction port side, during the rotation of the impeller,

the cutting portion is located on the inner peripheral side of the impeller, and is located on one surface side of the vane portion, and

the tip portion is located on the outer peripheral side, and is provided across the vane portion from a surface on one side to a surface on the other side in a thickness direction.

7. The non-clogging pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vane portion is a first vane portion and the impeller further includes a second vane portion, wherein the first and second vane portions are provided on opposite sides of the central protruding portion such that the central protruding portion is sandwiched, when viewed from the suction port side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2022
From: OKUNO, YOSHIAKI
To: TSURUMI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062059/0394 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-107234 · Jun 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230258188A1 · Aug 17, 2023
Cited By (1)
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