Pump apparatus
AssigneeNidec Instruments Corporation
InventorTakehiko Yazawa
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Abstract
In this pump apparatus, each of plural gate marks formed in a second blade member is formed at an intermediate position in a circumferential direction of a rotor between two blades that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor, and the even number of blades are disposed between the gate marks in the circumferential direction of the rotor. The plural gate marks are disposed on an outer side, in the radial direction of the rotor, of an outer circumferential surface of a portion, which is connected to the second blade member, in a magnet holding member formed in a tubular shape.
Claims12
A pump apparatus comprising:
- a motor having a rotor and a stator;
- and
- an impeller that rotates with the rotor, wherein
- the rotor includes a tubular drive magnet and a tubular magnet holding member that is made of a resin, the drive magnet being attached to an outer circumferential side of the magnet holding member,
- the impeller includes:
- a first blade member that is made of a resin and has an even number of four or more blades arranged at a constant pitch in a circumferential direction of the rotor;
- and a second blade member that is made of a resin, that is formed separately from the first blade member, and to which the first blade member is fixed,
- an axial direction of the magnet holding member that is formed in the tubular shape matches an axial direction of the rotor,
- when one side in the axial direction of the rotor is set as a first direction side, and an opposite side from the first direction side is set as a second direction side,
- the second blade member is integrally formed with the magnet holding member by injection molding, and is formed in a flange shape that expands outward in a radial direction of the rotor from a first direction end of the magnet holding member,
- a plurality of the blades is fixed to the first direction side of the second blade member,
- a plurality of gate marks is formed on a surface on the first direction side of the second blade member, the plurality of gate marks being disposed on an outer side of an outer circumferential surface of a portion, which is connected to the second blade member, in the magnet holding member in the radial direction of the rotor and being arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotor,
- each of the plural gate marks is formed at an intermediate position in the circumferential direction of the rotor between the two of the blades that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor, and
- an even number of the blades are disposed between the gate marks in the circumferential direction of the rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.