Patent ID: 8092074

Claim:
A rotary pump, including a rotor arranged in a closed pump housing which is in operative connection with a drive for the pumping of a fluid, wherein an inlet opening is provided at the pump housing for the intake of the fluid into the pump housing and an outlet opening is provided at the pump housing for conveying the fluid out of the pump housing into a storage container which is at least partially filled with the fluid, wherein the outlet opening is arranged at the pump housing such that the fluid is supplied from the pump housing through the outlet opening to the storage container directly and free of ducting, wherein the pump housing and the storage container are directly separated by a pump housing wall positioned therebetween, the inlet opening comprising a passage orientated in a first direction with respect to the pump housing wall, and wherein the outlet opening comprises a plurality of directional stubs extending from the pump housing wall into the storage container, the directional stubs having respective stub outlets directionally-configured, with respect to the pump housing wall, away from the first direction.