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US 2001/0019693 A1Published application
Viscous drag impeller components incorporated into pumps, turbines and transmissions
OwnerDaniel Christopher Dialinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for facilitating the movement of fluids, transferring mechanical power to fluid mediums, as well as deriving power from moving fluids. The present invention employs an impeller system in a variety of applications involving the displacement of fluids, including for example, any conventional pumps, fans, compressors, generators, circulators, blowers, generators, turbines, transmissions, various hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and the like.
Claims10
An impeller assembly, comprising:
- (a) a central hub;
- (b) a first reinforcing backing plate fixedly connected to the central hub;
- (c) a stacked array of parallel discs fixedly connected to the first reinforcing backing plate, wherein the discs possess a central aperture, and wherein the discs are inter-spaced along a parallel axis;
- (d) a second reinforcing backing plate fixedly attached to the stacked array of parallel discs, wherein the second reinforcing backing plate possesses a central aperture, whereby, upon radial movement of the central hub, a fluid flows through the central apertures of the second reinforcing backing plate and the stacked array of discs and the spaces between the discs.
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