Patent ID: 11898553
Assignee: SPM OIL & GAS INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A reciprocating pump comprising:
a fluid end; and
a power end frame assembly configured to be supported on a support surface to reciprocatingly drive a plurality of plunger assemblies in a longitudinal direction toward and away from the fluid end, the power end frame assembly comprising:
a first and second end plate segment; and
at least one middle plate segment disposed between the first and second end plate segments;

wherein the first end plate segment and the second end plate segment and the at least one middle plate segment each include a top wall, an opposed bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of sidewalls, and
wherein the first and second end plate segments and the at least one middle plate segment are spaced apart and oriented in the longitudinal direction to support the plurality of plunger assemblies there between such that a first plunger assembly is disposed in the longitudinal direction between the at least one middle plate segment and the first end plate segment and a second plunger assembly is disposed in the longitudinal direction between the at least one middle plate segment and the second end plate segment so as to reciprocate at least partially within the fluid end, at least one foot extends from the bottom wall on at least one of the first end plate segment and the second end plate segment in a direction away from the plurality of plunger assemblies, and at least one foot extends from the bottom wall on the at least one middle plate segment in a direction away from the plurality of plunger assemblies, each foot configured to directly support the power end frame assembly on the support surface.