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US 5,334,001 AGranted
Mounting arrangement for a positive displacement slurry pump
AssigneeThe Williams Pump Co.
InventorRichard L. Williams
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AssigneeThe Williams Pump Co.
InventorRichard L. Williams
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A positive displacement pump includes a vertical pump cylinder or body formed from an extruded tube or pipe of rigid plastics material, and the pump body has a lower end portion connected by an annular compression coupling and a set of bolts to a mating portion of a pump base supported by a fabricated tubular frame. The pump base includes a smaller horizontal conduit having opposite ends removably connected to a set of flapper-type check valves. The upper end portion of the pump body is connected to a support flange by a set of tie rods extending from the coupling and pump base, and a piston is moved axially within the pump body by an offset connecting rod and an eccentric drive mounted on the output shaft of a motor-reducer drive unit. The drive unit is mounted on a platform which rests on the support flange and is pivotally supported by the frame. The platform and drive unit are tilted to an inclined position by a hydraulic jack extending between the platform and frame to provide for convenient access and rapid servicing of the pump body and sealing rings surrounding the piston.
A positive displacement pump adapted for pumping sewage and other fluid materials containing solids, comprising a frame, a tubular pump body having a generally vertical axis and upper and lower end portions, said body further having a generally uniform wall thickness and a generally cylindrical outer surface, a pump base supported by said frame and including a conduit extending adjacent said lower end portion of said pump body, a set of check valves connected to said conduit, a motor drive unit having an output shaft, a platform connected to said frame and supporting said drive unit above said upper end portion of said pump body, a piston supported within said pump body for axial movement, a generally vertical connecting rod having upper and lower end portions, means connecting said piston to said lower end portion of said piston rod, drive means connecting said upper end portion of said connecting rod to said output shaft and to effect reciprocating movement of said piston within said pump body in response to rotation of said shaft, a first annular coupling flange surrounding said outer surface of said pump body and movable axially on said lower end portion of said pump body, a resilient sealing ring engaging said outer surface of said pump body adjacent said first coupling flange, a second annular coupling flange adjacent said first coupling flange and rigidly connected to said conduit, a support member mounted on said upper end portion of said pump body under said platform, a set of elongated generally vertical tie rods having threaded portions and positioned outwardly of said outer surface of said pump body in peripherally spaced relation, a set of threaded fasteners secured to said tie rods for rigidly connecting said first and second coupling flanges to each other for compressing said sealing ring between said flanges and against said pump body, and said tie rods extending upwardly from said second coupling flange and connected to said support member for supporting said platform and said motor drive unit and for reducing the load on said pump body.
A positive displacement pump adapted for pumping sewage and other fluid materials containing solids, comprising a frame, a tubular extrusion of rigid plastics material forming a pump body having a generally vertical axis and upper and lower end portions, said body further having a generally uniform wall thickness and a generally cylindrical outer surface, a pump base supported by said frame and including a conduit extending adjacent said lower end portion of said pump body, a set of check valves connected to said conduit, a motor drive unit having an output shaft, a platform pivotally connected to said frame and supporting said drive unit above said upper end portion of said pump body, a piston supported within said pump body for axial movement, a generally vertical connecting rod having upper and lower end portions, means connecting said piston to said lower end portion of said piston rod, drive means connecting said upper end portion of said connecting rod to said output shaft and to effect reciprocating movement of said piston within said pump body in response to rotation of said shaft, a first annular coupling flange surrounding said outer surface of said pump body and movable axially on said lower end portion of said pump body, a resilient sealing ring engaging said outer surface of said pump body adjacent said first coupling flange, a second annular coupling flange adjacent said first coupling flange and rigidly connected to said conduit, a support member mounted on said upper end portion of said pump body under said platform, a set of elongated generally vertical tie rods having threaded portions and positioned outwardly of said outer surface of said pump body in peripherally spaced relation, a set of threaded fasteners secured to said tie rods for rigidly connecting said first and second coupling flanges to each other for compressing said sealing ring between said flanges and against said pump body, and said tie rods extending upwardly from said second coupling flange and connected to said support member for supporting said platform and said motor drive unit and for reducing the load on said pump body.
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