Sliding vane rotary pump

Abstract

The invention relates to a rotary vane pump (1) for conveying a fluid to be conveyed, with a housing (2), with a rotor receiving chamber (3) and a lubricant chamber (14). An eccentrically arranged rotor (4) is provided in a rotor receiving chamber (3) in such a way that at least one conveying chamber (11) is produced, the volume of which varies cyclically during rotation of the rotor (4). Furthermore, the rotary vane pump (1) has an intake channel (12) for feeding the fluid to be conveyed into the conveying chamber (11) and a discharge channel (13) for discharging the fluid to be conveyed out of the conveying chamber (11) in the direction of the lubricant chamber (14), wherein a valve device (21) is provided between the discharge channel (13) and the lubricant chamber (14) in order to prevent a backflow of fluid, in particular of lubricant and/or of fluid to be conveyed, from the lubricant chamber (14) into the conveying chamber (11). The rotary vane pump (1) is furthermore designed and set up in such a way that the discharge channel (13) is arranged in such a way that it opens into the lubricant chamber (14). Furthermore, the rotary vane pump (1) has at least one ventilation channel (26), which is fluidically connected by a conveying chamber end (28) to the conveying chamber (11) and fluidically connected by a ventilation end (27) to a chamber outside the conveying chamber (11), as well as at least one compensation channel (29), which is fluidically connected by a conveying chamber end (31) to the conveying chamber (11) and fluidically connected by a compensation end (30) to the lubricant chamber (14). In this way, the rotary vane pump (1) is designed and set up in such a way that the compensation end (30) opens into the lubricant chamber (14) below the lubricant level (24) in an operating state of the rotary vane pump (1) and opens into the lubricant chamber (14) above the lubricant level (34) in a resting state of the rotary vane pump (1).

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