Patent ID: 7927081

Claim:
A motor and pump arrangement comprising: a. a motor having a drive shaft rotatable about a first longitudinal axis; b. a pump having a drive shaft rotatable about a second longitudinal axis oriented parallel to said first longitudinal axis; c. a drive mechanism interconnecting said drive shaft of said motor and said drive shaft of said pump; d. a mounting assembly comprising i. a lower portion mounted to a front face portion of one of said motor and said pump; ii. an upper portion to which said other of said motor and said pump is mounted, said lower portion and said upper portion being selectively moveable relative to each other only in a translation direction that is orthogonal to the direction of said first and second axis, and said upper and lower portions being restrained from any rotational movement relative to each other wherein one of said upper portion and said lower portion has opposed plates each comprising at least first and second spaced slots each oriented in said orthogonal direction, and said other of said upper portion and said lower portion comprises corresponding first and second rods receivable in each of said slots, said rods being movable within said slots such that said upper portion only moves relative to said lower portion in said orthogonal direction.