Abstract: A pump assembly having a mounting arrangement which minimizes or eliminates bending stresses which may cause grinding between the pump rotor and its housing includes laterally spaced legs extending from the pump housing at a location adjacent to the end opposite the end coupled to the drive motor. The undersurface of each leg includes a surface upon which the assembly may pivot. Furthermore, the motor is fastened to a support plate at a single point, while another mechanism in combination with that connection prevents relative rotation between the motor and the support plate.

Abstract: A device for generating a vacuum comprises a liquid-ring vacuum pump driven by an electric motor and operating with a working fluid. A mixture of compressed air and working fluid from the pump flows to a preseparator which separates a major portion of the working fluid from the gaseous mixture. The separated working fluid is fed from a reservoir in the preseparator via a liquid cooling coil back to the liquid-ring vacuum pump, while the gas still loaded with a residue of the working fluid is fed to a fine separator by means of a gas cooler, working fluid separated in the fine separator being returned to the pump via a return line. The preseparator and the fine separator are physically spaced from one another. The gas cooler and the liquid cooling coil are also physically spaced from one another and are located in the path of the cooling air stream for the electric motor.

Abstract: A pressure limiting valve having a valve disk which is pressed against a passage opening by the force of a spring braced against an abutment with the valve disk connected to a guide rod which passes through an opening of the abutment and movable relative thereto, the abutment and the guide rod being tilted relative to each other by means which apply a force eccentrically at the abutment and/or the valve disk.