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Granted Patent B2
US 12,209,585 · App. 18/390,414 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Method and apparatus for an end seal for increasing efficiency of a submersible multistage labyrinth-screw pump

Inventors: Anton Shakirov (Limasol, CY); Vitaly Koropetskiy (Tbilsis, GA); Iaroslav Alekseev (Paphos, GA); Vadim Batalov (Moscow, RU)
Assignees: Lex Submersible Pumps FZE; AI Shmookh Business Center
F04C18/107E21B43/121F04C2/16F04C15/0023F04C23/001F04C27/008F04C29/12F04D17/12F04D29/057F04D29/162F04D29/4213F04C2240/10F04C2240/20F04C2240/30F04C2240/50F04C2240/54F04C2240/60F04C2240/802F04D3/02
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Patent No.
US 12,209,585
App. No.
18/390,414
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A submersible multi-stage labyrinth-screw pump, having a rotor shaft; an end seal for the rotor shaft; an axial unloading unit integrated into the end seal of the rotor shaft; a lower radial bearing; a longitudinal channel, which connects a high-pressure zone at an exit for the rotor and the chamber of the axial unloading unit of the shaft, the axial unloading unit comprising a thrust block with a wear-resistant insert, a thrust collar, mated with a segment of the end seal, the end seal housing, a spring, a thrust ring, and a seat sleeve of the end seal, wherein the end seal of the rotor shaft's axial unloading unit operates as follows, when high pressure appears in the chamber of the rotor shaft's axial unloading unit, the fluid is kept from unproductive flows by hermetic contact of the ground insert of a segment and a seat of the end seal.

Claims (9)

1. A pump comprising:

a submersible multi-stage labyrinth screw pump;

a rotor shaft inside of the submersible multi-stage labyrinth screw pump;

an end seal for the rotor shaft;

an axial unloading unit integrated into the end seal of the rotor shaft, the axial unloading unit comprising:

a thrust block having a wear-resistant insert and a thrust collar, mated with a segment of the end seal; an end seal housing containing the end seal;

a spring, a thrust ring, and a seat sleeve of the end seal, wherein the end seal of the rotor shaft's axial unloading unit operates as follows, when high pressure appears in a chamber of the rotor shaft's axial unloading unit, fluid is kept from unproductive flows by a hermetic contact of a ground insert of the segment of the end seal and a seat of the end seal, with the hermetic contact being maintained by a constant force of the spring when the rotor shaft of the pump rotates, wherein the end seal seals off the chamber of the axial unloading unit is achieved, significantly enhancing its efficiency;

a radial bearing around the rotor shaft, wherein the axial unloading unit is located before the radial bearing of a rotor of the pump with respect to a discharge head of the pump; and

a longitudinal channel, which connects a high-pressure zone at an exit for the rotor and the chamber of the axial unloading unit of the rotor shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: SHAKIROV, ANTON; BATALOV, VADIM; KOROPETSKIY, VITALY; ALEEKSEEV, IAROSLAV
To: LEX SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS FZE
Reel/Frame 069602/0820 →
Continuity (1)
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