Patents by Inventor Serge Kup

Serge Kup 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).

  • Apparatus for the purification of gas while bleeding a crank housing
    Patent number: 8172917
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for purifying gas while bleeding a crank housing, said apparatus (10) comprising a housing (12) inside which a separator chamber (14) is provided, a rotor arrangement with a rotor shaft (32) that is rotatably mounted in the housing and a centrifugal rotor (39) located in the separator chamber (14), and a fluid driving device (64) for driving the rotor shaft (32) by means of a driving fluid, the driving device (64) being disposed in a driving chamber (60) that is separated from the separator chamber (14) by means of a housing partition (16), and the rotor shaft (32) extending through a breakthrough in the housing partition (16). In the case of this device, it is provided that a labyrinth-type seal (70) is provided in the zone of the breakthrough in order to seal the driving chamber (60) from the separator chamber (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Tumba AB
    Inventors: Serge Kup, Mats-Orjan Pogen, Ingvar Hallgren
  • Apparatus for the Purification of Gas While Bleeding a Crank Housing
    Publication number: 20080256912
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for purifying gas while bleeding a crank housing, said apparatus (10) comprising a housing (12) inside which a separator chamber (14) is provided, a rotor arrangement with a rotor shaft (32) that is rotatably mounted in the housing and a centrifugal rotor (39) located in the separator chamber (14), and a fluid driving device (64) for driving the rotor shaft (32) by means of a driving fluid, the driving device (64) being disposed in a driving chamber (60) that is separated from the separator chamber (14) by means of a housing partition (16), and the rotor shaft (32) extending through a breakthrough in the housing partition (16). In the case of this device, it is provided that a labyrinth-type seal (70) is provided in the zone of the breakthrough in order to seal the driving chamber (60) from the separator chamber (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL TUMBA AB
    Inventors: Serge Kup, Mats-Orjan Pogen, Ingvar Hallgren