Patent ID: 6164910
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: F01D,F04D

Abstract:
A housing assembly, for a fluid-working device such as a rotary pump, comprising:a housing body;said body including a first fluid-conducting elongated duct defining a fluid inlet, and a second fluid-conducting elongated duct defining a fluid outlet, each of said ducts having an outermost termination and an annular groove formed therein adjacent to said termination for receiving an annulus which mates said duct with associated components;said body further having a given, rotary axis, and a second axis transverse to said given axis;a conduit for selectively changing one of said first and second ducts from a given alignment with one of said axes to an alignment with the other of said axes; andan annulus for coupling said conduit to said one of said first and second ducts.