Pumps – Motor driven – Including means for facilitating assembly or disassembly of...
Patent
1990-04-09
1991-06-18
Smith, Leonard E.
Pumps
Motor driven
Including means for facilitating assembly or disassembly of...
285368, 285412, F04B 1700, F16L 23032
Patent
active
050245856
ABSTRACT:
The improved housing coupling mechanism includes a first housing such as a motor housing having a first end in abutting relationship to a second housing such as a pump housing. The first housing includes a plurality of slots arranged about the housing perimeter and in a spaced relationship one to another and from the first end of the housing. The second housing includes a plurality of bosses, each boss being configured for coupling an attachment means thereto. Each attachment means includes a fastener (such as a bolt or threaded shaft) and an accompanying plate positionable to be in engagement with one of the slots in the first housing. Each fastener is positionally adjustable in a continuum, thereby providing a force to couple the first housing to the second housing. Coupling is accomplished when each attachment means is adjusted to provide a clamping force between its plate and the slot engaged by the plate. The improved mechanism simplifies and cost-reduces certain components and permits quick and easy assembly and disassembly of the housings.
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Kocharou M.
Smith Leonard E.
Sta-Rite Industries, Inc.
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