Patent ID: 11959474
Assignee: MIXTRON S.R.L.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. An axial piston pump of the inclined plate type for pumping liquid comprising:
a head in which there is at least partially a plurality of cylinders in a number greater than three, with central parallel axes,
a plurality of pistons that each slide within a respective cylinder of the plurality of cylinders for the pumping of the liquid,
a suction channel of the liquid to pump, which comprises a primary duct and a plurality of branch ducts, each of said branch ducts being adapted to place the primary duct in fluid communication with a respective cylinder of the plurality of cylinders,
in which the primary duct is positioned between central axes of the cylinders,
wherein the branch ducts each comprise:
a pair of walls, opposing each other and each having a respective curved surface with a single transversal axis of curvature in relation to a plane perpendicular to the central axes of the cylinders, and
an additional pair of side walls, which are flat and opposed to each other, wherein each of said additional side walls extends from a wall of the pair of walls to the opposite wall of the pair of walls.