Patent ID: 11953026
Assignee: VORTEX PIPE SYSTEMS LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A submersible pump, comprising:
a rotational assembly having a flow pressurizing section and a rotational flow amplification section, wherein a downstream end portion of the flow pressurizing section is engaged with an upstream end portion of the rotational flow amplification section, wherein the flow pressurizing section includes an impeller having a sidewall at least partially defining an interior space of the impeller, wherein the sidewall includes a plurality of flow-inducing protrusions each extending outwardly therefrom, wherein at least two of the flow-inducing protrusions have a fluid flow passage extending therethrough, wherein a downstream end portion of the rotational flow amplification section is engaged with an upstream end portion of a flow outlet section, wherein each of the flow-inducing protrusions has a leading edge and a trailing edge relative to the rotational direction, and wherein the fluid flow passage of each of the at least two flow-inducing protrusions extends therethrough at the leading edge thereof.