Patent ID: 8069923
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
1. A positive displacement wellbore servicing pump having a power end and a fluid end, the fluid end comprising: a main chamber; a suction bore in fluid connection with the main chamber, the suction bore comprising a suction central axis vector extending from an exterior suction bore end to an interior suction bore end; a suction header having a main tube with a main tube axis and a lower riser connected between the main tube and a mount plate, the lower riser having a riser axis substantially perpendicular to the main tube axis, and the lower riser providing a fluid connection between the main tube and the suction bore; and a discharge bore in fluid connection with the main chamber, the discharge bore comprising a discharge central axis vector extending from an exterior discharge bore end to an interior discharge bore end; wherein at least a portion of the suction central axis vector is vertically higher than any portion of the discharge central axis vector.