Patent ID: 7559753

Claim:
A double disc pump for propelling working fluid from inlet plumbing to discharge plumbing, comprising: a framework supporting a pump from below and inlet plumbing in fluid communication with said pump, said inlet plumbing being independently supported by the framework and said pump being supported on said framework only by affixation of a stationary main block segment of said pump; a pump housing vertically divided along parallel horizontal planes into housing segments; the stationary main block housing segment mounted directly to said support framework and including two reciprocally supported discs, a suction disc and a discharge disc, and further including discharge plumbing; an intermediate housing segment mounted to said main block, said intermediate housing segment including a discharge disc seat and a suction seal; a bottom housing segment mounted to said intermediate housing segment, said bottom housing segment including a suction disc seat and being in fluid communication with the inlet plumbing whereby said bottom housing segment and said intermediate housing segment may be removed to provide full access to the discharge disc and the suction disc without removing said main block segment or said inlet plumbing from said framework; and wherein said bottom housing segment is hingedly affixed to said intermediate housing segment and said intermediate housing segment is hingedly affixed to said stationary main block housing segment.