Pump for immersion within a fluid reservoir
AssigneeNuhn Industries Ltd.
InventorIan Nuhn
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Abstract
A pump is provided for immersion in a fluid reservoir, such as a pit or lagoon containing liquid manure, from a position at an edge of the reservoir. The pump may be adapted for connection to a farm vehicle, such as a tractor, positioned at the edge of the reservoir. The pump has a frame, a fluid conduit coupled to the frame, a housing located at a bottom end of the liquid manure pump configured to be immersed in a liquid manure reservoir, a combiner for creating a liquid manure connection between at least two liquid manure outlets of the housing and the fluid conduit, an impeller located within the housing, a drive shaft connected to the impeller, and an agitator nozzle, in fluid communication with at least one of the liquid manure outlets, for directing a portion of the liquid manure outwardly from the pump.
Claims14
A liquid manure pump comprising:
- a frame;
- a fluid conduit coupled to the frame;
- a housing located at a bottom end of the liquid manure pump, the housing comprising a liquid manure inlet and at least two liquid manure outlets, the housing configured to be immersed in a liquid manure reservoir, the at least two liquid manure outlets directing liquid manure tangentially and upwardly of the housing;
- a combiner for creating a liquid manure connection between the at least two liquid manure outlets and the fluid conduit;
- an impeller located within the housing;
- a drive shaft connected to the impeller, the drive shaft providing motive power to the impeller to direct the liquid manure from the liquid manure inlet to the at least two liquid manure outlets;
- and,
- an agitator nozzle, in fluid communication with at least one of the liquid manure outlets, for directing a portion of the liquid manure outwardly from the pump, the agitator nozzle comprising a nozzle orientation means, the nozzle orientation means comprising a C-shaped linkage connecting a nozzle of the agitator nozzle to a nozzle body of the agitator nozzle, the nozzle orientation means further comprising an orientation cylinder interconnected by orientation linkages with the C-shaped linkage and the nozzle body.
A liquid manure pump comprising:
- a frame;
- a fluid conduit coupled to the frame;
- a housing located at a bottom end of the liquid manure pump, the housing comprising a liquid manure inlet and at least two liquid manure outlets, the housing configured to be immersed in a liquid manure reservoir, the at least two liquid manure outlets directing liquid manure tangentially and upwardly of the housing;
- a combiner for creating a liquid manure connection between the at least two liquid manure outlets and the fluid conduit;
- an impeller located within the housing;
- a drive shaft connected to the impeller, the drive shaft providing motive power to the impeller to direct the liquid manure from the liquid manure inlet to the at least two liquid manure outlets;
- and,
- an agitator nozzle, in fluid communication with at least one of the liquid manure outlets, for directing a portion of the liquid manure outwardly from the pump, the agitator nozzle comprising a nozzle orientation means, the nozzle orientation means comprising C-shaped linkages connecting a nozzle of the agitator nozzle to a nozzle body of the agitator nozzle, the nozzle orientation means further comprising hydraulic linkage cylinders connected to the C-shaped linkages, the hydraulic linkage cylinders operable to adjust angular orientation of the nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.