Sliding vane pump

• Main Authors: TUCKER BRUCE ALAN, HEATH ROY WILLIAM, RYTLEWSKI THOMAS C, ETIENNE JERROD M, HAMMERBACHER DAVID FREDRICK, ADEN DAVID R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.12.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENTMACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENTPUMPS; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

A sliding vane pump comprising a rotor housing having a pumping chamber, a rotor in the pumping chamber having a plurality of radially disposed slots, and a plurality of sliding vanes disposed in the slots configured to extend to follow an inner wall of said pumping chamber.