Patent ID: 6616384
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A high pressure transfer device comprising:a pocketed rotor containing a plurality of through going pockets, said rotor rotatable about a given axis of rotation and said pockets having opposite end openings which function as both inlets and outlets depending upon an angular position of the rotor within the device, and said pockets are provided in at least first and second sets; a housing enclosing said rotor, said housing having an exterior periphery and first through fourth ports disposed around the exterior periphery thereof for registry with the inlets to and outlets from said through going pockets, for each set, said first port being opposite said third port and said second port opposite said fourth port; said rotor mounted in said housing for rotation with respect to said ports about said given axis of rotation; and said pockets having each forming an interior passage through the rotor and extending between the end openings, the passage for each pocket is substantially uniform in cross-sectional area, where the cross-sectional area is transverse to an axis of the passage extending between the opposite end openings.