Abstract: A vapour-separating fuel pump has a rotor which includes a pair of axially-aligned chambers having a first impeller arrangement between them. At least one of the chambers is frusto-conical and has its larger diameter adjacent the first impeller arrangement, the smaller end of this chamber forming the pump inlet. A tubular member extends axially within the other chamber and has an open end adjacent the impeller arrangement. The other end of the tubular member carries a further impeller arrangement. Liquid is discharged through a first outlet by the first impeller arrangement, and a vapour core within the tubular member is discharged through a second outlet by the further impeller arrangement.

Abstract: A liquid ring pump comprising a housing, a substantially oval chamber within said housing, and a hub supporting a plurality of radially disposed vanes adapted to rotate within said chamber, said pump being such that the interstices between said individual vanes are partially blocked by a blocking mass which rotates with said vanes and which raises the stall pressure ratio of said pump to increase its pumping efficiency. The blocking mass is additional to the hub and in the case where the liquid ring pump also includes a gas/liquid mixture inlet port and a gas discharge port arranged on opposite sides of said pump, then the blocking mass forms a weir which gives the additional advantage that it acts to prevent the direct axial migration of liquid from said inlet port to said gas discharge port, thus enabling said pump to easily separate said gas liquid mixture into separate gas and liquid phases.

Abstract: A self-cleaning fluid filter for filtering fluid entering an inlet of a pump, such as an air pump, in which a fluid filter is wrapped around a filter spool forming a filter drum and the drum coupled to the shaft of the pump motor for rotation thereof. The fluid entering the rotating filter will then be filtered of its impurities which, due to centrifugal force, will be dispersed outwardly from the filter drum to drop into a residue container. A deflector plate is disposed in proximity to the inlet for deflecting heavy particles to the residue container.