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US 10,760,586 B2Granted
Pool pump with multiple outlets
AssigneeAsia Connection LLC
InventorsMitch Saccoccio, Jonathan Bonelli, Reza Afshar
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Abstract
A liquid pump for use with a fluid circulation system for a body of water includes a strainer assembly; a centrifugal pump assembly having at least first and second outlet ports respectively oriented in vertical and horizontal directions; a motor; and, at least one cap configured and dimensioned to engage and close an outlet port.
Claims13
A liquid pump for use with a fluid circulation system for a body of water, comprising:
- a centrifugal pump assembly (120) having a casing (121);
- first and second outlet ports (122, 123) continuously communicating with an interior of said casing (121) without interruption, oriented in different directions from one another along the same plane, extending tangentially outwardly from the interior of said casing (121), and configured to both be open at the same time to allow liquid to simultaneously flow out of the casing (121) through both said outlet ports (122, 123);
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- an axially-extending aperture (124) arranged to receive a rotatable shaft powered by a motor (130)
- wherein the different directions allow for a vertical and horizontal arrangement of the first and second outlet ports, in addition to other arrangements of the first and second outlet ports with respect to one another, and the outlet ports are connected by a channel formed in the casing.
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A method for selecting the direction of fluid outflow from a centrifugal pump comprising:
- providing a liquid pump including:
- a strainer assembly,
- a centrifugal pump assembly having at least first and second outlet ports oriented in different directions, and
- a motor,
- wherein the first outlet and the second outlet ports (122, 123) continuously communicate with an interior of a casing (121) of the pump assembly (120), are oriented in different directions from one another along the same plane, extend tangentially outwardly from the interior of said casing (121), and are configured to both be open at the same time to allow liquid to simultaneously flow out of the casing (121) through both said outlet ports (122, 123);
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- selecting the direction of liquid outflow,
- with the outlet ports (122, 123) additionally oriented in different directions from an axially-extending aperture (124) to receive a rotatable shaft powered by the motor (130), the different directions allowing for a vertical and horizontal arrangement of the first and second outlet ports, in addition to other arrangement of the first and second outlet ports with respect to one another, and the outlet ports are connected by a channel formed in the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.