Patent ID: 6174146
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
An electric bilge pump assembly formed of three elongate parts in axial alignment, the assembly comprisingas a first part an electric motor with an output shaft carrying an impeller at a distal end of said shaft,as a second part a casing surrounding said electric motor and said impeller and having a tubular portion in which a pump chamber is defined with an axial inlet and a tangential outlet with the impeller being positioned in the chamber, the casing having mounting means for securing the pump assembly to a fixed side surface andas a third part an inlet housing for fitting over the axial inlet of the casing, the housing having an open arcuate side over which a filter grid is attached for easy removal, said housing being manually rotatable to the axial inlet to enable the filter grid to be directionally adjusted to oppose the fixed surface when the assembly is secured to said surface.