Class   415	ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS
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METHOD OF OPERATION

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WITH MEANS FOR CONTROLLING CASING OR FLOW GUIDING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL FLUID CURRENT FORCE OR DIRECTION

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. (1 indent ) Having specific features for water current

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. (1 indent ) Natural fluid current force responsive

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.. (2 indent ) Vertical runner axis

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.. (2 indent ) Axial flow runner

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. (1 indent ) Vertical runner axis

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. (1 indent ) Axial flow runner

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ENDLESS FLEXIBLE RUNNER (E.G., CHAIN, ETC.)

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CYCLICALLY DIPPING, LIQUID RETAINING, ELEVATING AND DISCHARGING RECEPTACLE OR CONDUIT

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FLOAT SUPPORTED OR BUOYANT RUNNER

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DRIVEN, FLUID IMMERSED RUNNER WITH VANE IN UNCONFINED FLUID STREAM (E.G., TROLLING PLATE, ETC.)

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INCLUDING DESTRUCTIBLE, FUSIBLE, OR DEFORMABLE NON-REUSABLE PART

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WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOTION DEVELOPED FLUID EDDY, ELECTRICAL, OR MAGNETIC EFFECT

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WITH PUMP RECIRCULATION PASSAGE CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO WORKING FLUID CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC

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WITH BIMETALLIC BLADE, VANE, OR ADJUSTMENT MEANS THEREFOR

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WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO NON-CYCLIC CONDITION SENSING, CENTRIFUGAL ACTUATION OR TORQUE

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. (1 indent ) Casing, runner, or shaft position or extent of motion responsive

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. (1 indent ) With input signal of independent condition

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. (1 indent ) With testing means for speed control

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. (1 indent ) Plural diverse condition responsive (e.g., temperature and pressure, speed and level, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Control of clutch or brake surface

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. (1 indent ) Including control of starting motor or runner blade starting position

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. (1 indent ) Control of working fluid and diverse apparatus part

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.. (2 indent ) Diverse part is runner portion or connection to shaft

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... (3 indent ) Runner bypass from inlet controlled

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. (1 indent ) Responsive to working fluid discharge angle from blade or vane

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. (1 indent ) Responsive to liquid level or weight

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. (1 indent ) Centrifugally initiated valve controlling fluid flow in shaft or runner

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. (1 indent ) Responsive to moving member developed fluid force, current or pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Of relief valve in branched pump discharge line

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.. (2 indent ) Of valve bypassing runner stage

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.. (2 indent ) Motor and upstream working fluid flow control

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. (1 indent ) By shaft speed or torque responsive means

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.. (2 indent ) Helix or screw runner

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.. (2 indent ) Including reset or manual adjustment

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.. (2 indent ) Of adjustable runner, blade, shaft or bearing

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... (3 indent ) Axially shifted runner, shaft or bearing

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.. (2 indent ) Of movable deflector intermediate jet discharge and runner

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.. (2 indent ) Of working fluid valve or vane

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... (3 indent ) Including valve in interstage or re-entry passage

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... (3 indent ) Plural passages with sequential or reverse fluid control

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.... (4 indent ) Inlet and relief or bypass valves

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid motor operated valve

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... (3 indent ) With latch means for valve actuator

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... (3 indent ) Actuated by runner or separate motor

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid servo-motor and speed responsive means actuated pilot valve

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... (3 indent ) Multiple working fluid inlets to runner

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.... (4 indent ) On same radial plane with blade

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... (3 indent ) Downstream of runner

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. (1 indent ) Temperature or fluid force responsive member

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.. (2 indent ) For adjustment of runner, shaft, vane or blade

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid force responsive member controls working fluid

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... (3 indent ) For a plurality of runners

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WITH INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED TIMER OR PROGRAMMER ACTUATOR FOR WORKING FLUID CONTROL

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WITH MEANS FOR RE-ENTRY OF WORKING FLUID TO BLADE SET (E.G., RE-ENTRY TYPE DEVICE, PASSAGE, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) Cross flow runner

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.. (2 indent ) Having vane or deflector within runner blade set

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.. (2 indent ) Having selectively adjustable vane or working fluid control means

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. (1 indent ) To opposite face of blade

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. (1 indent ) Turbine regenerative pump

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.. (2 indent ) Having specific means to deflect working fluid in regenerative passage

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... (3 indent ) Means extends parallel to passage

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... (3 indent ) Positioned at passage end (e.g., stripper seal, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Having plural, rigidly related blade sets

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... (3 indent ) Acting serially but nonalternating (e.g., multistage, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) In separate regenerative passages

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. (1 indent ) Pump priming means

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.. (2 indent ) Vertical runner shaft

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.. (2 indent ) Having plural and arcuately arranged vanes around runner

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.. (2 indent ) Re-entry through working fluid discharge passage for runner

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.. (2 indent ) Re-entry working fluid joins inlet working fluid upstream of runner

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.. (2 indent ) Walled pumping chamber positioned within liquid separation chamber

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. (1 indent ) Plural, independent, serially acting re-entry means

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.. (2 indent ) Having additional blade set in re-entry path

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.. (2 indent ) Re-entry from opposite sides of blade face

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.. (2 indent ) Re-entry into blade in radial plane of blade

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. (1 indent ) Having additional blade set in re-entry path

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. (1 indent ) Radial flow runner portion guides re-entry working fluid (e.g., hub, back plate, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Runner inlet shroud

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. (1 indent ) Re-entry working fluid joins inlet working fluid upstream of runner

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.. (2 indent ) Axial flow runner

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. (1 indent ) Open recirculation from and to blade set

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. (1 indent ) Axial flow runner

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. (1 indent ) Plural blade sets

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PLURAL RUNNERS SUPPORTED FOR RELATIVE MOTION OR ON SEPARATE SHAFTS

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. (1 indent ) With means for selective runner operation or drive shaft connection

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. (1 indent ) Diverse type runners, blade systems or working fluid paths in runners

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.. (2 indent ) Including internally passaged runner with reaction type jet discharge nozzle

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. (1 indent ) Radial flow through concentric radially spaced blade rows

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. (1 indent ) Interdigitated, oppositely extending, coaxial, axially spaced blade rows

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. (1 indent ) Serially spaced in working fluid flow path

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.. (2 indent ) With initial fluid flow path to each runner

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.. (2 indent ) Coaxial runners

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... (3 indent ) One runner support surrounds another

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RUNNER HAS PLANETARY MOTION OR ROTATES AROUND OBLIQUE OR CONSTANTLY MOVING AXIS

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RUNNER HAS SPIRALLY ARRANGED BLADE OR FLUID PASSAGE

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. (1 indent ) Extending along runner axis (i.e., axial flow)

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid conducting passage

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.. (2 indent ) With additional impingement means in fluid flow path

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.. (2 indent ) Motor runner

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FLUID FLOW BETWEEN PLURAL SINUOUS RUNNER SURFACES

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AXIAL FLOW RUNNER WITH BLADES EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARD AND OUTWARD FROM COMMON ANNULUS

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. (1 indent ) With means selecting only one blade row for working fluid flow

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. (1 indent ) Serial flow through inward and outward extending blade rows

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MOTOR RUNNER MOTIVATED BY REACTION TYPE JET DISCHARGE NOZZLE FROM INTERNAL WORKING FLUID CONDUIT

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. (1 indent ) With additional rotary, fluid impinged blades

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. (1 indent ) With control of runner speed or direction

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RUNNER WITH ANNULAR BLADE ROWS OR FLUID CHANNELS SPACED ON COMMON RADIAL PLANE

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. (1 indent ) Including peripheral blade row

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. (1 indent ) With means for reversing runner rotation

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. (1 indent ) Blades projecting axially from plural transverse runner faces

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.. (2 indent ) From opposed faces of common central disc

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PUMP HAVING ROTATING INLET END OR SCOOP IMMERSED IN LIQUID

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CENTRIFUGAL BOWL PUMP

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SMOOTH RUNNER SURFACE FOR WORKING FLUID FRICTIONAL CONTACT (E.G., UNBLADED RUNNER, ETC.)

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ANNULAR RUNNER WITH INWARDLY PROJECTING BLADE

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MOTOR RUNNER HAVING WORKING FLUID TRAPPING POCKET

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AXIALLY OPPOSED WORKING FLUID PATHS TO OR FROM RUNNER (E.G., END BALANCE, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) With working fluid regulation or control means

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.. (2 indent ) For fluid motor

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. (1 indent ) With additional shaft connected end balancing fluid force reactor surface

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. (1 indent ) Pump impeller means

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.. (2 indent ) Impeller blades extending from opposite sides of common central support

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.. (2 indent ) Plural axially spaced impellers

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... (3 indent ) Serially arranged in working fluid path

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. (1 indent ) Plural, separate, parallel, simultaneous flow paths

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.. (2 indent ) Towards each other and common exhaust

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.. (2 indent ) Plural, axially spaced blades in each path

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WITH SHAFT CONNECTED FLUID FORCE SUBJECTED THRUST BALANCING SURFACE

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. (1 indent ) In separate chamber having non-system fluid inlet

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. (1 indent ) Fluid force on opposite face of blade or blade support member

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. (1 indent ) Motor shaft

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CASING AND SPACED HOUSING WITH SPACE VENTED TO WORKING FLUID

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WITH SHAFT CONNECTED FLUID ABUTMENT MEMBER IN SEALING FLUID FILLED CHAMBER

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WITH LUBRICATING, SEALING, PACKING OR BEARING MEANS HAVING INTERNAL WORKING FLUID CONNECTION (E.G., FLUID OR FLUID BIASED SEAL, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) For shaft sealing, packing, lubricating or bearing means

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.. (2 indent ) With inlet and outlet connections

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid biased, movable or resilient portion

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WITH CHANGING STATE CONFINED HEAT EXCHANGE MASS

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WITH PASSAGE IN BLADE, VANE, SHAFT OR ROTARY DISTRIBUTOR COMMUNICATING WITH WORKING FLUID

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WITH DIVERSELY ORIENTED INLET OR ADDITIONAL INLET FOR DIVERSE FLUID (E.G., HEATING, COOLING OR MIXED WORKING FLUID, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) Diverse fluids to motor

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WITH INSPECTION, SIGNALING, INDICATING OR MEASURING MEANS

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WITH SOUND OR VIBRATORY WAVE ABSORBING OR PREVENTING MEANS OR ARRANGEMENT

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CENTRIPETAL PUMP

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WITH CUTTER OR COMMINUTOR FOR DEBRIS IN WORKING FLUID

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WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR GUARD FOR SOLID MATTER IN WORKING FLUID (E.G., DEBRIS, ETC.)

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COMBINED

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INCLUDING SHAFT TRANSMISSION TRAIN, BRAKE, CLUTCH, OR ATTENDANT ACTUATED DRIVE MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Brake or clutch

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. (1 indent ) Hand or foot operated crank, pedal or traction wheel

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. (1 indent ) Runner supported portion engages shaft transmission train (e.g., peripheral gear drive, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Shaft transmission train having flexible means or coupling

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INCLUDING MEANS TO CAUSE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT OF A PART (E.G., BLADE, VALVE, ETC.)

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INCLUDING CASING PART SELECTIVELY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO FIXED SUPPORT

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. (1 indent ) Circularly around fixed runner axis

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. (1 indent ) Separate liner portion

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RUNNER OR BLADE SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO CASING

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. (1 indent ) Relatively angularly adjustable plural blades or runners

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. (1 indent ) Axially adjusted

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.. (2 indent ) Shaft end supported on movable bearing

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. (1 indent ) Radially adjusted or centered shaft

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INCLUDING THERMAL EXPANSION JOINT

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. (1 indent ) Resilient

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. (1 indent ) Radially sliding

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.. (2 indent ) Stator vane in shroud ring opening

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.. (2 indent ) And axial or circumferential expansion

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. (1 indent ) Circumferentially spaced nozzle or stator segments

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RESILIENT OR MOVABLY MOUNTED BLADE PORTION OR AXIALLY MOVABLE RUNNER OR SHAFT

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. (1 indent ) Yieldingly or pivotedly mounted or flexible blade

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SHAFT BEARING COMBINED WITH OR RETAINED BY ARM OR VANE IN SURROUNDING WORKING FLUID SPACE

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PLURAL RUNNERS HAVING DIFFERENT TYPE FLOW PATHS

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WORKING FLUID BYPASS

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. (1 indent ) Selectively adjustable vane or working fluid control for bypass

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INCLUDING WORKING FLUID FORCE RESPONSIVE VANE OR FLOW CONTROL

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. (1 indent ) Upstream of runner

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SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE VANE OR WORKING FLUID CONTROL MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Separate means upstream and downstream of blade set

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.. (2 indent ) Including axial flow blade set

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... (3 indent ) Means to reverse flow through blade set

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... (3 indent ) Plural, selectively adjustable, alternating vane assemblies and blade rows (A,B,A,B)

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. (1 indent ) Runner, shaft, or separate motor operated

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. (1 indent ) Upstream of runner

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.. (2 indent ) Motor runner with selective inlet paths for reversible rotation

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... (3 indent ) Runner includes radial flow blade set

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... (3 indent ) Separate runner blade set acted upon for reverse rotation

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.... (4 indent ) Axial flow blade set

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... (3 indent ) Plural inlets simultaneously discharging working fluid onto single blade set

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.... (4 indent ) Axial flow blade set

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... (3 indent ) Including axial flow blade set

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.. (2 indent ) Plural, independently adjustable

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.. (2 indent ) Deformable, resilient or resiliently biased

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.. (2 indent ) Single, axially movable cylinder or plate

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... (3 indent ) Movable to position surrounding blade

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.. (2 indent ) Plural and arcuately or circularly arranged around runner axis

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... (3 indent ) Individually pivoted vanes

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.... (4 indent ) And fixed vane

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.... (4 indent ) Plural, selectively adjustable vane sets

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.... (4 indent ) Pivoted parallel to runner axis

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....• (5 indent ) Vanes and blade in same radial plane

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... (3 indent ) On same radial plane with blade

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.... (4 indent ) Circumferentially movable around shaft

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.. (2 indent ) Movable pipe or nozzle

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.. (2 indent ) Convertible series-parallel pump

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INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING WORKING FLUID LEAKAGE

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. (1 indent ) Leakage through seal between runner or shaft and static part

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.. (2 indent ) Screw type pumping seal

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.. (2 indent ) Means specific to axial flow runner

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INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING PORTION SEPARATED FROM WORKING FLUID

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. (1 indent ) Moisture or liquid separated from gaseous working fluid e.g., condensate removal, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Vane having specific moisture or liquid directing surface

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.. (2 indent ) Axial flow blade set and area for collecting moisture or liquid thrown radially outward

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BEARING, SEAL, OR LINER BETWEEN RUNNER PORTION AND STATIC PART

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. (1 indent ) Dynamically created seal

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. (1 indent ) Means to seal radial flow pump runner inlet from outlet

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. (1 indent ) Between blade edge and static part

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.. (2 indent ) Selectively adjustable

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.. (2 indent ) Resilient, flexible, or resiliently biased

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.. (2 indent ) Erodable or permanently deformable

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.. (2 indent ) Labyrinth seal

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. (1 indent ) Between blade supported radial tip ring and static part

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. (1 indent ) Between axial flow runner and vane or vane diaphragm structure

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. (1 indent ) Selectively adjustable

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. (1 indent ) Resilient, flexible, or resiliently biased

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.. (2 indent ) Seal lies against axial face of runner hub

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. (1 indent ) Erodable or permanently deformable

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. (1 indent ) Labyrinth seal

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INCLUDING ADDITIONAL MEANS CAUSING OR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW FOR HEAT EXCHANGING, LUBRICATING OR SEALING

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. (1 indent ) Means subjected to or is working fluid

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INCLUDING HEAT INSULATION OR EXCHANGE MEANS (E.G., FINS, LAGGING, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) Working fluid on at least one side of heat exchange wall

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.. (2 indent ) Interstage heat exchanger

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. (1 indent ) Cooling fluid contacts shaft, seal or bearing

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MEANS, DISPOSITION OR ARRANGEMENT FOR CAUSING SUPERSONIC WORKING FLUID VELOCITY

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WORKING FLUID PASSAGE OR DISTRIBUTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNER (E.G., CASING, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) Plural distributing means immediately upstream of runner

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.. (2 indent ) Inlet scrolls, or distributors within inlet scroll

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.. (2 indent ) Arcuately or circularly arranged around runner axis

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... (3 indent ) On radial plane with runner blade

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.... (4 indent ) Plural, axially spaced sets of distributors

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.... (4 indent ) Radially inward of blade

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... (3 indent ) Removably secured or mounted in casing

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.... (4 indent ) Axially arranged securing or mounting means

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... (3 indent ) Vanes

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.... (4 indent ) Differentially twisted about radial axis

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.... (4 indent ) Plural, axially spaced vane sets

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....• (5 indent ) Diverse size or spacing in different spaced vane sets

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.... (4 indent ) Varied spacing between vanes in same set

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. (1 indent ) Passage or casing attached removable liner or wear member

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.. (2 indent ) Nonmetallic material

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. (1 indent ) Plural rigidly related blade sets

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.. (2 indent ) Including serial radial flow blade sets and intermediate stationary flow diverter(s)

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... (3 indent ) Wherein the diverter includes divider vane(s) between the blade sets

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.... (4 indent ) Including spirally configurated vane(s)

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.. (2 indent ) Including an axial-flow blade set

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... (3 indent ) Plural serial axial-flow blade sets with intermediate stationary flow diverter(s)

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... (3 indent ) And radial-flow blade set in series therewith

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. (1 indent ) Specific casing or vane material

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. (1 indent ) Access opening through portion of casing or cover

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. (1 indent ) Nozzle discharging onto motor runner

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. (1 indent ) Casing having tangential inlet or outlet (i.e., centrifugal type)

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.. (2 indent ) Scroll-type casing

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... (3 indent ) Inlet scroll

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.. (2 indent ) Axially directed inlet and tangential outlet

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. (1 indent ) Pump outlet or casing portion expands in downstream direction

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. (1 indent ) Vane or deflector

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.. (2 indent ) Plural and arcuately or circularly arranged in radial plane around runner axis

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... (3 indent ) Plane intersects with runner blade

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.... (4 indent ) Plural, radially spaced vane sets

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.... (4 indent ) Nonradial flow runner

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... (3 indent ) Plural, axially spaced vane sets acting successively or having specific spacing means

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... (3 indent ) Having means for mounting diaphragm or plural vane holder to casing

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... (3 indent ) Having specific vane mounting means

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.... (4 indent ) Vane fixed between radially separate surfaces

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... (3 indent ) Fixed between radially separate surfaces

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.. (2 indent ) In radial plane with runner blade

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.. (2 indent ) Downstream of runner

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. (1 indent ) Scroll or helical type casing with specific exit nozzle

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. (1 indent ) Casing with mounting means

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. (1 indent ) Casing having multiple parts releasably clamped (e.g., casing seal, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Casing having multiple parts welded, cemented, or fused

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. (1 indent ) With runner shaft of specific shape or material

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. (1 indent ) With runner having corrosion resistant or nonmetallic portion

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. (1 indent ) With runner having conical hub including small diameter facing upstream

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. (1 indent ) Casing with axial, conical flow runner

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. (1 indent ) Casing with axial flow runner

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.. (2 indent ) Having specific features for liquid flow

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.. (2 indent ) Pump with casing narrowing to runner

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.. (2 indent ) Having runner in orifice of radially extending partition or casing element

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. (1 indent ) Casing with nonradial flow runner (e.g., circumferential flow, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Radial flow casing having vaneless annulus diffuser

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. (1 indent ) Exit chamber in radial plane axially offset from runner (e.g., sludge pump, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Annular exit chamber outward of runner

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. (1 indent ) Runner having flow confining continuous passage

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. (1 indent ) Runner having full circular shroud for blades

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BEARING, SEAL, OR LINER BETWEEN SHAFT OR SHAFT SLEEVE AND STATIC PART

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. (1 indent ) Seal

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.. (2 indent ) Resiliently biased

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MISCELLANEOUS

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

900

ROTARY BLOOD PUMP

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DRILLED WELL-TYPE PUMP

902

ROTARY PUMP TURBINE PUBLICATIONS

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WELL BIT DRIVE TURBINE

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TOOL DRIVE TURBINE (E.G., DENTAL DRILL, ETC.)

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NATURAL FLUID CURRENT MOTOR

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. (1 indent ) Having specific features for water current

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. (1 indent ) Vertical runner axis

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. (1 indent ) Axial flow runner

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AIR STACK OR SHAFT HAVING NATURAL FLUID CURRENT MOTOR

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REVERSIBLE BETWEEN PUMP AND MOTOR USE

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PUMP HAVING REVERSIBLE RUNNER ROTATION AND SEPARATE OUTLETS FOR OPPOSING DIRECTIONS OF ROTATION

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INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS TO VARY PUMPING CAPACITY OR SIZE OF PUMP

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INLET AND OUTLET WITH CONCENTRIC PORTIONS

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DEVICE TO CONTROL BOUNDARY LAYER

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PUMP OR PORTION THEREOF BY CASTING OR MOLDING

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PERPETUAL MOTION DEVICES

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