Patents by Inventor Paul Meuter

Paul Meuter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7775527
    Abstract: A shaft sealing arrangement for a pump for delivering hot fluids includes a dynamic shaft seal (4), in particular a slide ring seal, in order to seal a rotatable shaft (2) relative to a housing (1), and a cooling ring (5) which is mounted in front of the dynamic shaft seal (4) in the direction of the pump interior and which surrounds the shaft (2) at a small spacing. The shaft sealing arrangement further includes an additional seal (8) which seals the shaft (2) in the region of the cooling ring (5) in order to reduce the feed of hot fluid into the gap between the shaft (2) and the cooling ring (5), with the additional seal (8) being formed as a brush seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventor: Paul Meuter
  • Patent number: 7338252
    Abstract: A pump for the transporting of fluids and/or of mixtures of fluids includes a housing (1) and at least one restrictor gap seal which is provided in the housing (1) to reduce the pressure in a restrictor gap along a rotatable part (2) of the pump, wherein the restrictor gap seal is formed as a brush seal arrangement (8). The brush seal arrangement (8) contains one or more individual brush seals (8?) which include as sealing members a plurality of sealingly arranged fibers, bristles and/or wires (8a) which are distributed and fastened in ring form and whose free ends extend towards the surface to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventor: Paul Meuter
  • Publication number: 20070160467
    Abstract: A flow machine for a fluid is presented with a radial sealing gap (9) between stator parts (4) and a rotor (3), wherein at least one wear ring (5) is provided at the sealing gap and is fastened to a stator part (4) via an elastically deformable fastening part. The fastening part (6) is connected on the one side to the stator part (4). On this side a radial gap (8) is formed between an outer jacket surface of the wear ring and the fastening part and, on the other side, with the wear ring. On this side a radial gap (7) is formed between an outer jacket surface of the fastening part and the stator part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Lienau, Paul Meuter
  • Patent number: 7086832
    Abstract: The high pressure rotary pump in a pot housing includes a pressure cap (3). The latter has a flange part with a flange (4) with which the pressure cap is fastened to an end face and annular sealing surface (20) of a housing (2) by being screwed into place. The flange is elastically deformed by being screwed into place. The sealing surface of the housing in the region of a base zone of the flange stands in contact on this with a second sealing surface (40). The two sealing surfaces (20, 40) lie on two at least approximately radially extending conical or annular surfaces prior to the being screwed up. These two surfaces enclose an angle ? which opens outwardly with respect to a central axis (101). After the screwing into place of the flange, the two sealing surfaces are pressed onto one another due to its elastic deformations and thus the angle between the sealing surfaces is equal to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Lienau, Paul Meuter
  • Publication number: 20050179208
    Abstract: A shaft sealing arrangement for a pump for delivering hot fluids includes a dynamic shaft seal (4), in particular a slide ring seal, in order to seal a rotatable shaft (2) relative to a housing (1), and a cooling ring (5) which is mounted in front of the dynamic shaft seal (4) in the direction of the pump interior and which surrounds the shaft (2) at a small spacing. The shaft sealing arrangement further includes an additional seal (8) which seals the shaft (2) in the region of the cooling ring (5) in order to reduce the feed of hot fluid into the gap between the shaft (2) and the cooling ring (5), with the additional seal (8) being formed as a brush seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventor: Paul Meuter
  • Publication number: 20040253120
    Abstract: A pump for the transporting of fluids and/or of mixtures of fluids includes a housing (1) and at least one restrictor gap seal which is provided in the housing (1) to reduce the pressure in a restrictor gap along a rotatable part (2) of the pump, wherein the restrictor gap seal is formed as a brush seal arrangement (8). The brush seal arrangement (8) contains one or more individual brush seals (8′) which include as sealing members a plurality of sealingly arranged fibres, bristles and/or wires (8a) which are distributed and fastened in ring form and whose free ends extend towards the surface to be sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Paul Meuter
  • Publication number: 20040096324
    Abstract: The high pressure rotary pump in a pot housing includes a pressure cap (3). The latter has a flange part with a flange (4) with which the pressure cap is fastened to an end face and annular sealing surface (20) of a housing (2) by being screwed into place. The flange is elastically deformed by being screwed into place. The sealing surface of the housing in the region of a base zone of the flange stands in contact on this with a second sealing surface (40. The two sealing surfaces (20, 40) lie on two at least approximately radially extending conical or annular surfaces prior to the being screwed up. These two surfaces enclose an angle &khgr; which opens outwardly with respect to a central axis (101). After the screwing into place of the flange, the two sealing surfaces are pressed onto one another thanks to its elastic deformations and thus the angle between the sealing surfaces is equal to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Lienau, Paul Meuter
  • Publication number: 20030075870
    Abstract: A shaft sealing arrangement for a pump for delivering hot fluids includes a dynamic shaft seal (4), in particular a slide ring seal, in order to seal a rotatable shaft (2) relative to a housing (1), and a cooling ring (5) which is mounted in front of the dynamic shaft seal (4) in the direction of the pump interior and which surrounds the shaft (2) at a small spacing. The shaft sealing arrangement further includes an additional seal (8) which seals the shaft (2) in the region of the cooling ring (5) in order to reduce the feed of hot fluid into the gap between the shaft (2) and the cooling ring (5), with the additional seal (8) being formed as a brush seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventor: Paul Meuter