F04C 18/02
Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids: of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with
Official title: of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
F04C18/02 (Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids: of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with) appears on 3,088 US grants and 3,070 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 75 | 133 |
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