Pump
A pump for boosting and transporting a liquid, includes a housing, a gear rotor device, at least one cover and a motor. A transportation chamber is defined in the housing. An inlet and an outlet are defined in the housing and respectively in communication with the transportation chamber. The gear rotor device is received in the transportation chamber. The gear rotor device includes first and second gears meshing with each other. The at least one cover covers and seals at least one side of the housing. The motor is mounted on one cover with a shaft thereof rotatably connecting with one of the first and second gears. Through a full compression by the gear rotor device, the liquid transportation is in a positive displacement and the liquid is pressurized by the gear rotor device whereby the pump has high head and therefore efficiently transports the liquid.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pump, particularly to a pump which has high head, is not limited to be mounted beneath a liquid surface for starting, is applied for drain of condensed water of an air-cooler, spray for heat dissipation of a condenser, spouting of a windshield wiper of a car, headlight cleanout, spray of gardening watering and so on, and achieves a positive transportation result.
2. Prior Art
In general, many implements are equipped with pumps for aiding to transport a liquid to a predetermined place. For example, when condensed water of an air-cooler cannot be drained due to the mounted position limitation of the outlet for the condensed water, a pump is installed additionally as a relay station to draw the condensed water to a predetermined place. As another example, a liquid for a windshield wiper of a car is drawn to a windshield of the car by a pump too. As another example, a pump is used in spray and irrigation for gardening flowers and grass. As described above, pumps are widely applied.
However, the conventional pump is centrifugal type with low head. Furthermore, a net positive suction head (NPSH) problem has to be considered when the pump is installed. That's, the inlet of the conventional centrifugal pump must locate below a liquid surface in a proper depth. Otherwise, cavitation will occur, which results that the function of transporting is adversely affected or even lapsed. Thus, it is inconvenient to install the conventional pump.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pump, which has high head and is convenient to be installed with an inlet thereof being above or beneath a liquid surface.
Further object of the present invention is to provide a pump preventing cavitation from a high-speed rotation.
Further object of the present invention is to provide a pump, which is applied to an air-cooler with a nozzle for spraying the condenser of the air-cooler thereby, increasing heat transfer efficiency.
To achieve the above-mentioned objects, a pump of the present invention characterizes in that a gear rotor device received in a transportation chamber. The gear rotor device includes first and second gears meshing with each other. Through a full compression by the gear rotor device, the liquid transportation is in positive displacement and the liquid is pressurized by the gear rotor device whereby the pump has high head and therefore efficiently transports the liquid.
Wherein the meshing first and second gears are spur gears or helical gears.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the transportation chamber has two cavities with different diameters and in communication with each other, that's, diameters of pitch circles of the meshing first and second gears are different, thereby increasing a transportation rate of the liquid and a rotation speed of the other gear.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the transportation chamber has two cavities with same diameters.
Wherein an inlet is connected with a side wall of the transportation chamber which is formed along a beeline between two points of tangencies of the largest meshing rotor circles of the first and second gears, whereby the liquid is drawn smoothly during the meshing rotation of the first and second gears for preventing from incompletely suction thereby preventing cavitation.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the inlet and the outlet are mounted with different arrangements by axis and longitude on the transportation chamber.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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The first and second covers 40, 41 respectively cover upper and lower sides of the housing 2 thereby sealing the transportation chamber 20 and positioning the first and second gears 30, 31 within the transportation chamber 20. The motor 5 is mounted on the first cover 40 with a shaft (not shown) thereof rotatably connecting with the first gear 30. When the motor 5 is actuated, the motor 5 drives the first gear 30 to rotate and then drives the second gear 31 to rotate. Therefore, when the first and second gears 30, 31 mesh with each other to rotate in reverse directions, the liquid will be drawn from the inlet 201 to the transportation chamber 20 through the suction zone 21 defined between the first and second gears 30, 31, and then compressed by the meshing first and second gears 30, 31, and then expelled from the outlet 202 along the rotation directions of the first and second gears 30, 31. Since the first gear 30 meshes with the second gear 31 and drives the second gear 31 to rotate, the rotation is smooth and so the transportation is in a positive volume manner. Thus, a full compression is achieved in the pump 1 and so the pump 1 has high head and cavitation does not occur. Therefore, it is unnecessary to consider the NPSH problem and so it is easy to install the pump 1.
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The pump 1 of the present invention is capable to smoothly transport the liquid under a high rotation speed, since the transportation is positive displacement. Furthermore, the pump 1 has high head and cavitation does not occur under the high rotation speed. Therefore, besides the air-cooler, the pump 1 may be applied to other implements needing to pressurizingly transport the liquid, such as spouting of a rain brush of a car, headlight cleanout, spray of gardening watering and so on.
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It is understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit thereof. Thus, the present examples and embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein.
Claims
1. A pump for boosting and transporting a liquid, comprising:
- a housing, transportation chamber being defined in the housing, an inlet and an outlet being defined in the housing and respectively in communication with the transportation chamber;
- a gear rotor device received in the transportation chamber, the gear rotor device comprising first and second gears meshing with each other;
- at least one cover covering and sealing at least one side of the housing; and
- a motor mounted on one cover with a shaft thereof rotatably connecting with one of the first and second gears;
- Wherein through a full compression by the gear rotor device, the liquid transportation is in positive displacement and the liquid is pressurized by the gear rotor device whereby the pump has high head and therefore efficiently transports the liquid.
2. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the meshing first and second gears are spur gears or helical gears.
3. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transportation chamber has two cavities with same diameters.
4. The pump as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inlet is connected with a side wall of the transportation chamber which is formed along a beeline between two points of tangencies of the largest meshing rotor circles of the first and second gears, whereby the liquid is drawn smoothly during the meshing rotation of the first and second gears for preventing from incompletely suction thereby preventing cavitation.
5. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transportation chamber has two cavities with different diameters and in communication with each other, that's, diameters of pitch circles of the meshing gears are different, the gear rotatably connecting with the motor has a relatively large diameter and a relatively great amount of gear teeth and drives the other gear as a gearwheel drives a pinion thereby increasing a transportation rate of the liquid and a rotation speed of the other gear.
6. The pump as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inlet and the outlet are mounted with different arrangements by axis and longitude on the transportation chamber.
7. The pump as claimed in claim 6, wherein a nozzle is further connected with the outlet for providing a spraying function.
8. The pump as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transportation chamber is defined through the housing, first and second covers respectively cover upper and lower sides of the housing thereby sealing the transportation chamber and positioning the first and second gears within the transportation chamber.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 5, 2004
Publication Date: Sep 8, 2005
Applicant:
Inventors: Lin Heng-I (Taipei Hsien), Chuang Feng-Ming (Taipei Hsien), Hsu Lin (Taipei Hsien)
Application Number: 10/792,876