Pumps – Processes
Patent
1995-02-08
1998-02-10
Thorpe, Timothy
Pumps
Processes
417360, 41747314, F04B 1703
Patent
active
057161950
ABSTRACT:
In a pump for pumping molten metal including a motor mounted to a motor mount, a base having an impeller chamber, a shaft connected to the motor at one end, an impeller connected to the other end of the shaft and rotatable in the impeller chamber, and support structure between the motor mount and the base comprising portions having lower ends fixed to the base, the improvement comprising: a quick release clamp carried by the motor mount for securing the motor mount to the support structure portions to form a pump assembly, the clamp having portions releasably clamping upper ends of the support structure portions, whereby a subassembly of the base and the support structure portions can be replaced as a unit when the clamp is opened.
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Korytnyk Peter G.
Thorpe Timothy
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