Patents Assigned to Flygt AB
  • Patent number: 5250863
    Abstract: The stator housing of an electric motor has its central, rotary axis offset from, and parallel with, the longitudinal axis of its enclosing casing. The housing and casing define a cooling liquid chamber therebetween which, due to the offset axes, define the chamber of different widths. A wall, of arcuate configuration is joined to the casing to render the chamber of uniform width thereabout and therealong, and to form a separate, lateral compartment for conduits for conducting cooling liquid into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Bengt A. Brandt
  • Patent number: 5237228
    Abstract: A submersible machine has an electrically driven rotating mixer. The electric motor and hydraulic part are connected by a rotary shaft. The shaft end opposite from the hydraulic part is resiliently supported in a stator casing which surrounds the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Hjalmar Fries
  • Patent number: 5221182
    Abstract: The vanes (6) of a pump housing (5) are designed with strongly back swept leading edges (7) as seen in the direction of the flow, the vanes (6) being given a bulb form in the outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Ulf Arbeus
  • Patent number: 5181729
    Abstract: Two identical mechanical seals (6, 7) and (8, 9) respectively and an intermediate spring device (17) are arranged in a holder which is easily replaceable. The spring (17) is common for the two seals and is connected to sockets (13) and (14) respectively which anchor the rotating seal rings (6) and (8) respectively. The oil containment area (20) of the machine is connected to the area containing the spring (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventors: Alf Forssberg, Boris Fredriksson
  • Patent number: 5174652
    Abstract: A mixer (1) is provided with a cover (6) on its upside for diminishing the risk for air intake when the mixer operates near a liquid surface (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventors: James Fischer, Tore Strandberg
  • Patent number: 5161958
    Abstract: The pressure side of a submersible pump unit is provided with a valve device which during certain periods of operation opens a connection between the submersible pump and the pump station to obtain the necessary circulation of the waste water in the station. The opening and closing of the valve device is effected by a ball which is controlled by the submersible pump pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Folke Landquist
  • Patent number: 5145254
    Abstract: At the bottom of the tank there are provided supports (4), (5), while the under side of the mixer is provided with corresponding surfaces (6), (7) for receiving the supports. In order to prevent the reaction force from the propeller (2) from tilting the front end of the mixer upwards, at least one of the supports (5) is arranged at a level above the level of the propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Gunnar Hovstadius
  • Patent number: 5141392
    Abstract: The driving shaft (3) of a pump impeller (4) is extended beyond the impeller and supports the mixer (5) at its end. In order to minimize the risk for extensive damage if the mixer should hit a solid body, the shaft (6) of the mixer is very slim and manufactured of an elastic material such as spring steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Peter Uvemo
  • Patent number: 4981417
    Abstract: An impeller for pumps, turbines, fans, etc., of the closed type, having a number of vanes arranged between cover discs. In order to reduce the secondary flows within the impeller, the secants between the suction side of the vane and the cover discs are displaced with respect to the intersections at the pressure side of the vane. This impeller is rotationally non-symmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventor: Ulf Arbeus
  • Patent number: 4965409
    Abstract: A cable (1) entering a submersible machine, such as an electrically driven pump, a turbine etc., is surrounded by a collar (3) of a rigid material, and the collar (3) is secured to the machine shell (2) by bolts (4). Two sockets (5) and (6) of an elastic material surround the cable (1), one of them mounted in the shell (2) and the other in the collar (3). A ring (8) of a rigid material is arranged between the two sockets (5) and (6). The collar (3), during mounting, is moved towards and into contact with the shell (2), thereby causing the sockets (5) and (6) to be compressed axially and expanded radially so that the cable (1) is secured and sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventor: Helge Lindroos
  • Patent number: 4948342
    Abstract: The pressure side of the pump unit is provided with a valve (6) which during certain periods opens a connection between the pump and the pump station to obtain circulation in the station. The valve (6) is opened and closed by a valve ball (9) which is controlled by the pump pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventor: Folke Landquist
  • Patent number: 4925375
    Abstract: A device is provided for obtaining automatic circulation in waste water pump stations. At the pressure side of the pump unit, there is a valve which opens during certain times to form a connection between the pump and the pump station to create a circulation. The valve is opened and closed by means of communicating bellows which are controlled by the pressure difference between two sections in the valve having different areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventor: Valdemar Carlsson
  • Patent number: 4801244
    Abstract: A device in a submersible pump or mixer prevents solid bodies from entering a housing containing a mechanical seal. The device has a helically formed groove so directed, that pollutant material is fed in a direction away from the mechanical seal, and the device has a cutting means to cut the pollutant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventor: Peter Stahl
  • Patent number: 4771699
    Abstract: A device for transport of a cable in vertical shafts, in which the cable is attached to a number of sliding means at regular intervals and arranged to slide or roll along a vertical guiding rail. The sliding means are also rigidly attached to a lifting wire at regular intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Guido Kaiserfeldt
  • Patent number: 4749335
    Abstract: A rotary joint having a non rotary housing surrounding a rotating shaft and being sealed by a mechanical seal. Monitoring impulses are transmitted by hydraulic fluid which is transported between the housing and the shaft by means of a distribution socket. The socket is arranged so that a number of column seals are formed between the shaft and the socket. The apparatus is supported by two prestressed, reversed roller bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventors: Bengt A. Brandt, Bertil Englesson
  • Patent number: 4721392
    Abstract: A method and a device for installation of a mixer in a liquid tank is provided wherein the mixer is brought downwards into the tank along a guide which is pivotally attached in the upper part of the tank. During operation the reaction force from the impeller will cause the guide to pivot making the mixer take support against the tank wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventors: Hjalmar Fries, Roland Narholm, Bengt Thomaeus
  • Patent number: 4711199
    Abstract: A device and a plant for breeding fish, shellfish, etc. includes one or several tanks of a non-rigid material which are lowered into the water. Each tank has at least one inlet and at least one outlet for water. The inlet and the outlet are so arranged that the water level in the tank is somewhat above the surrounding level to maintain the walls of the tank in a tightened out position by the higher static pressure in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventor: Lars-Erik Nyman
  • Patent number: D294030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventors: Andrzej Lichtarowicz, Tom F. Roylance, M. Robert Sinclair, Guido Kaiserfeld
  • Patent number: D306033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Flygt AB
    Inventors: Hjalmar Fries, Ingvar Karlsson
  • Patent number: D341608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Flygt AB
    Inventor: Hjalmar Fries