Patent ID: 9303647
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: F04D

Claim Text:
1. A centrifugal pump for imparting a flow to a fluid comprising: a centrifugal pump housing having a rotating impeller disposed therein, said centrifugal pump housing having an exit for discharging a fluid, a priming chamber having an inlet for receiving a fluid, said priming chamber affixed to said centrifugal pump housing; a fluid flow path intermediate said inlet and said exit; said priming chamber having a cylindrical section with an air exit provided as an opening through said cylindrical section, said cylindrical section having an interior wall, a plurality of primary vanes attached to said interior wall of said cylindrical section, said plurality of primary vanes each having a height in a radial direction of said cylindrical section, said height being less than a radius of said cylindrical section, said plurality of primary vanes projecting into said fluid flow path toward said rotating impeller.