EP3388671A1 - Impeller pump - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an impeller pump with a housing (1) having an inlet (2) and a drain (3) and with an impeller (4) with a plurality of elastic impeller blades (5), wherein the cross section of the inlet (2) and / or of the drain (3) on the inside facing the housing substantially has the shape of a polygon, and an impeller pump with a housing (1) comprising an inlet (2) and a drain (3) and with a about an axis of rotation (D ) Rotatable impeller (4) having a plurality of elastic impeller blades (5), wherein the cross section of the inlet (2) and / or the drain (3) on the inside of the housing facing a longitudinal extent (L) and a transverse extent (Q) , wherein the length of the longitudinal extension (L) is greater than the length of the transverse extension (Q), and wherein the longitudinal extent (L) with the rotation axis (D) forms an angle (α).

Description

Technical area

The present invention relates to an impeller pump with improved geometry of the inlet and outlet openings.

Technical background

Impeller pumps use an impeller wheel with a plurality of flexible impeller blades (also called impeller blades) that rotate in a pump housing. The diameter of the impeller wheel, that is, the length of the impeller blades is chosen so that the free end of the impeller blades rests in any position of the impeller on the inner wall of the pump housing. Between the drain opening and the inlet opening of the pump housing, the distance of the inner wall from the axis of rotation of the impeller decreases. As a result, the impeller blades are bent (stronger) during the movement from the drain opening to the inlet opening than when moving from the inlet opening to the drain opening. Thereby, the volume, which is conveyed during a rotation of the impeller from the drain opening to the inlet opening, smaller than the volume which is conveyed during a rotation of the impeller from the inlet opening to the drain opening. This results in a promotion of the medium to be pumped from the inlet opening to the drain opening.

Impeller pumps are particularly suitable for conveying suspended solids and fiber loads, for example, with food debris-added liquids. Furthermore, it is advantageous that impeller pumps are self-priming due to the sealing of the impeller blades relative to the pump housing.

Since the impeller blades, to ensure this seal, firmly bear against the inner wall of the pump housing, they are subject to wear. This is reinforced by the fact that the impeller blades, when they sweep the inlet opening or the drain opening, are pressed both by their elasticity and by centrifugal forces in these openings and especially against their edges.

From the prior art, it is hitherto known to provide the inlet or outlet opening with a grid or a "comb" in order to reduce this load on the impeller fins. However, this leads to suspended matter containing liquids, especially if they contain fibrous components, that the impurities stick to the bars, whereby the delivery rate of the pump is reduced. In addition, there are hygiene concerns in this case, if the contaminants are in the pump housing for a long time.

Furthermore, from the EP 2 646 691 B1 an impeller pump is known in which the inlet or the outlet is elliptical. Although this may reduce the depth of depression of the impeller fins, due to the elliptical shape of the inlet or drain, only a portion of the impeller fins will come in contact with the edge of the ellipse so that the impeller fins will wear stronger and thus unevenly, resulting in leaks can follow.

Presentation of the invention

Starting from the known prior art, it is an object of the present invention to design an impeller pump in such a way that the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art are eliminated.

This object is achieved by an impeller pump according to independent claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims, the figures and the description.

Accordingly, an impeller pump with a housing having an inlet and a drain and with an impeller wheel received within the housing interior having a plurality of elastic impeller blades is proposed. According to the invention, the cross-section of the inlet and / or the drain on the inside facing the housing substantially in the shape of a polygon.

The inlet or the outlet have an inner inlet opening or an inner outlet opening, on which they each pass into the interior of the housing, in which the impeller wheel is located with the plurality of elastic impeller fins (for example of rubber).

The term "cross-section" is herein to be understood in particular as meaning that the inlet or the drain from the interior of the housing along a through the inlet or outlet considered axis. This means, for example, that an inlet, which is given by a pipe having a circular cross section, has a circular cross section, even if the actual shape of the inlet opening in the housing is no longer circular when it is unwound onto a plane of the pump housing.

Since the inlet and the outlet are openings, the polygon is usually a closed polygon.

Characterized in that the cross section of the inlet and / or the drain on the inside facing the housing substantially has the shape of a polygon, when an impeller blade moves over the inlet or outlet, a uniform stripping of the impeller blade over the edges of the inlet or of the process can be achieved. In other words, the contact point between the impeller blade and the respective edge of the inlet or outlet shifts substantially uniformly, so that it comes to a more uniform wear of the impeller blades and thus a longer life of the individual impeller blades and thus a longer service life of the impeller is achieved.

The polygon may preferably have a number of 3 to 17 corners.

The shape of the cross section of the inlet and the outlet may be the same or different.

In a further preferred embodiment, the polygon has a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent, wherein the ratio of the length of the transverse extent to the length of the longitudinal extent is less than or equal to 1: 2, preferably about 1: 3 or about 1: 4. As a result, the width of the inlet or discharge opening is correspondingly lower at the same inlet or outlet cross-sectional area, so that only a correspondingly narrower portion of the impeller fins does not come into contact with the housing wall during movement over the inlet or outlet opening. As a result, the load on the impeller blades is correspondingly reduced by deformation when they are moved over the inlet or outlet opening.

By "longitudinal extent" herein is meant the maximum length of the cross-section and its orientation. "Transverse extension" describes a different from the orientation of the longitudinal extent oriented maximum width of the cross section.

Preferably, the shape of the inlet or outlet is formed such that the longitudinal extent and the transverse extent are formed substantially perpendicular to each other.

In order to achieve a uniform wear of the impeller blades when moving the impeller blades over the inlet or outlet opening and to achieve uniform flow conditions in the areas between the impeller blades and in the inlet and / or outlet, the polygon is in a further preferred embodiment with respect to the Longitudinal extent formed symmetrically and / or formed symmetrically with respect to the transverse extent.

In another preferred embodiment, the ratio of the length of the transverse extension of the polygon to the width of the impeller blades is less than 1: 1, preferably less than or equal to 1: 2, more preferably about 1: 3 or about 1: 4. This ensures that a sufficiently large part of the impeller blades is always in contact with the housing wall when the inlet or discharge opening is being slipped over. As a result, on the one hand limits the deformation of the impeller blade by the immersion in the inlet or drain opening. On the other hand, always a good seal between the housing wall and the less deformed impeller blade is guaranteed. The polygon is preferably oriented so that the longitudinal extension extends along the direction of movement of the impeller blades.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the polygon has at least one rounded corner, wherein preferably all corners of the polygon are rounded. This results in more uniform flow conditions during the pumping process.

In a further embodiment, the cross section of the inlet and / or the drain on the side facing away from the housing interior substantially the shape of a circle or the shape of a polygon, preferably a rectangle, more preferably a square on. This makes it possible to connect the impeller pump described here to conventional pipelines or special arrangements.

Preferably, the area of the associated cross section on the side facing the housing interior and the area of the associated cross section on the side facing away from the housing interior are substantially less than 10%, preferably substantially equal. As a result, a uniform inflow into the pump or drain from the pump is made possible because the medium to be delivered is not at a constriction accumulate or develop due to a large cross-sectional enlargement turbulence.

Alternatively, the area of the associated cross section on the side facing the interior of the housing and the area of the associated cross section on the side facing away from the interior of the housing may differ, preferably by 15% -75%, more preferably by 30% -60% and most preferably by about 50%. Thus, a cross section can be implemented with a particularly small or short transverse extent, so that the impeller blades are correspondingly only slightly deformed and worn.

The above object is further achieved by an impeller pump according to the independent claim 7. Preferred embodiments are given in the subclaims, the description and the figures.

Accordingly, an impeller pump with a housing having an inlet and a drain and with an accommodated inside the housing and rotatable about an axis impeller with a plurality of elastic impeller blades is proposed. The cross section of the inlet and / or the drain on the side facing the housing interior has a longitudinal extension and a transverse extension, wherein the length of the longitudinal extension is greater than the length of the transverse extension. According to the invention, the longitudinal extent encloses an angle with the axis of rotation.

The fact that the longitudinal extent encloses an angle with the axis of rotation, a more uniform wear of the individual impeller blades is achieved. The impeller blade does not, as in conventional impeller pumps, come into contact with the edge of the inlet or outlet opening symmetrically, respectively, before and after the middle of the inlet or outlet opening. Rather, the blade extends over the inlet or drain opening in a substantially uniform sequence from one side of the impeller lamella to the other side of the impeller lamella.

In other words, the contact point of the impeller blade shifts when moving past at the inlet or outlet opening in the transverse direction to the direction of movement of the impeller blades. At the same time, the maximum width at which the individual impeller blades do not come into contact with the housing wall, due to the greater longitudinal extent compared to the transverse extent still relatively low, so that it continues only to a small deformation of the impeller blades and a reduced immersion of the impeller blade in the inlet or drain opening comes.

The term "angle" is to be understood here as meaning the angle which forms in the case of a plan view of the cross section between the longitudinal extension or, if appropriate, its extension, and the axis of rotation. In other words, to determine the angle, the axis of rotation of the impeller wheel is to be projected onto a plane defined by the cross section. The angle then corresponds to the angular dimension between the longitudinal extent and the projection of the axis of rotation.

The orientation of the longitudinal extension may be different for the inlet and the outlet, but also have the same orientation.

Preferably, the angle is greater than 0 ° and less than 90 °, preferably greater than or equal to 15 ° and less than or equal to 75 °, more preferably greater than or equal to 30 ° and less than or equal to 60 ° and most preferably about 5 °, 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, 35 °, 40 ° or 45 °.

In a further embodiment, the cross section has substantially the shape of an ellipse or a polygon.

In order to further adapt the flow conditions during pumping, in a preferred embodiment, the polygon has at least one rounded corner, wherein preferably all the corners are rounded. If the polygon is designed as an elongated rectangle, then the radii of the curves preferably correspond to one half of the width of the rectangle, and they are then chosen such that a slot is formed.

In a particularly advantageous preferred embodiment, the ratio of the length of the transverse extension to the width of the impeller blades is less than 1: 1, preferably less than or equal to 1: 2, more preferably about 1: 3 or about 1: 4.

In order to minimize the deformation of the impeller blades when moving the impeller blades via the inlet or outlet opening, the ratio of the length of the transverse extension to the length of the longitudinal extension is less than or equal to 1: 2, preferably less than or equal to 1: 3 or approximately 1 according to a preferred embodiment. 4th

In a further preferred embodiment, the ratio of the width of the impeller blades to a cross-sectional width parallel to the width of the impeller blades is greater than or equal to 3: 2, preferably greater than or equal to 2: 1. As a result, the deformation of the impeller blades when moving over the inlet or outlet opening can be kept low.

In a further preferred embodiment, the cross-section of the inlet and / or the drain on the side facing away from the housing interior substantially the shape of a circle or the shape of polygon, preferably a rectangle, more preferably a square, wherein preferably the surface of the cross section the side facing the interior of the housing and the surface of the associated cross section on the side facing away from the housing interior substantially differ by less than 10%, preferably are essentially the same size. Alternatively, the surface of the associated cross section may be on the side facing the interior of the housing Area of the associated cross section on the side facing away from the housing interior, preferably by 15% - 75%, more preferably by 30% - 60% and most preferably by about 50%. Thereby, the above advantages are achieved.

In a further preferred embodiment of the aforementioned impeller pumps, at least one edge of the inlet and / or the outlet at the transition to the housing interior has a phase or is rounded, wherein preferably all edges of the inlet and / or the outlet at the transition to the housing interior have a phase or rounded are. As a result, the pressure, which is applied due to the deformation and the contact force of the impeller blade on this by the edge, reduced. Furthermore, there is a soft pressure point profile at the impeller lamella. It is also possible that at least one edge is rounded and at least one other edge has a phase.

In a further embodiment of the aforementioned impeller pumps, the transition of the inner wall of the housing from a region of maximum diameter to a region of reduced diameter coincides substantially with the transverse extent of the cross section of the inlet or outlet opening. In this case, this transition is not sudden, but the distance of the housing inner wall from the axis of rotation of the impeller wheel is reduced continuously from the maximum distance at which the impeller blades are not bent or least, to the minimum distance at which the impeller blades are bent the strongest.

Brief description of the figures

Figur 1

schematisch eine Schnittansicht einer Impellerpumpe;

Figur 2

schematisch ein Impellerrad;

Figur 3

schematisch eine perspektivische Seitenansicht eines Gehäuses einer Impellerpumpe;

Figur 4

schematisch eine weitere Ausführungsform einer Impellerpumpe;

Figur 5

schematisch eine weitere Ausführungsform einer Impellerpumpe mit einem Querschnitt in Form eines Polygons mit sechs Ecken;

Figur 6

schematisch eine weitere Ausführungsform einer Impellerpumpe, deren Längserstreckung des Zulauföffnung-Querschnitts mit der Drehachse des Impellerrades auf eine durch den Querschnitt definierten Ebene einen Winkel einschließt;

Figur 7

die Impellerpumpe aus Figur 6 in einer schematischen perspektivischen Seitenansicht;

Figur 8

eine schematische Schnittansicht einer Impellerpumpe in einer weiteren Ausführungsform;

Figuren 9-22

schematisch verschiedene polygonale Ausführungsformen von Querschnitten des Zulaufs beziehungsweise Ablaufs; und

Figuren 23-25

schematisch verschiedene Ausführungsformen von Querschnitten, deren Längserstreckung mit der Drehachse des Impellerrades einen Winkel einschließt.

Preferred further embodiments are explained in more detail by the following description of the figures. Showing:

FIG. 1

schematically a sectional view of an impeller pump;

FIG. 2

schematically an impeller wheel;

FIG. 3

schematically a perspective side view of a housing of an impeller pump;

FIG. 4

schematically another embodiment of an impeller pump;

FIG. 5

schematically another embodiment of an impeller pump with a cross section in the form of a polygon with six corners;

FIG. 6

schematically a further embodiment of an impeller pump whose longitudinal extent of the inlet opening cross-section with the axis of rotation of the impeller wheel forms an angle to a plane defined by the cross section;

FIG. 7

the impeller pump off FIG. 6 in a schematic perspective side view;

FIG. 8

a schematic sectional view of an impeller pump in a further embodiment;

Figures 9-22

schematically different polygonal embodiments of cross sections of the inlet or outlet; and

Figures 23-25

schematically different embodiments of cross sections, the longitudinal extent of which encloses an angle with the axis of rotation of the impeller wheel.

Detailed description of preferred embodiments

In the following, preferred embodiments will be described with reference to the figures. In this case, identical, similar or equivalent elements in the different figures are provided with identical reference numerals, and a repeated description of these elements is partially omitted in order to avoid redundancies.

From the illustration according to FIG. 1 the functional principle of an impeller pump is easy to recognize. The housing 1 of the impeller pump has an inlet 2 and a drain 3. Inside the housing 1, an impeller wheel 4 is rotatably mounted in the direction of the arrow about a rotation axis D. The impeller 4 has a plurality of impeller blades 5, the fin ends 6 rest against the inner wall 7 of the housing 1. The interior of the housing 1 is not formed rotationally symmetrical about the axis of rotation D, but is shaped such that the impeller blades 5 are not or only slightly deformed in the movement from the inlet opening 8 to the drain opening 9, while they move from the drain opening 9 to Inlet opening 8 are bent against the rotational direction of the impeller 4. As a result, the volume between two impeller blades 5 in the movement from the inlet opening 8 to the outlet opening 9 is greater than that Volume during the movement from the drain opening 9 to the inlet opening 8, whereby the medium to be pumped is conveyed from the inlet opening 8 to the drain opening.

In FIG. 2 an impeller wheel 4 is shown, the impeller blades 5 are reinforced at its end 6 with a wire 10 in order to minimize the deformation of the fin end 6 when sweeping the inlet opening 8 and the drain opening 9.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective side view of the housing of an impeller pump. The housing 1 of the impeller pump is composed of two axially symmetric with respect to the axis R parts 1a, 1b along a dividing plane 11. Projections 12 on a housing part 1 b, which engage in corresponding recesses 13 on the other housing part 1 a and thereby facilitate the assembly of the two housing parts 1 a, 1 b, ensure a slight deviation of the contact surfaces between the two parts 1 a, 1 b from the dividing plane. The two housing parts 1a, 1b are held together by a plurality of screw 14. Between the two housing parts 1a, 1b sealing elements may be provided which can also take over the function of the projections 12 and depressions 13, for example, when a sealing element engages in a groove formed in both housing parts groove.

The feed opening 8 and the discharge opening (not shown) in this embodiment each have a cross-section in the form of a diamond-shaped polygon. As well as out FIG. 3 can be seen, the interior of the housing 1 of the impeller pump consists of a region in which the distance between the inner wall 7 and the axis of rotation D of the impeller 4 is maximum, namely upon movement of the impeller blades 5 from the inlet opening 8 to the drain opening 9. Furthermore there There is an area in which this distance is reduced, with a movement of the impeller blades 5 from the drain opening 9 to the inlet opening 8 in order to achieve a deformation of the impeller blades 5.

The continuous transition from the maximum distance range to the minimum distance range begins at the level of the maximum transverse extent of the rhombus of the inlet opening 8 and the outlet opening 9, that is approximately in the middle of the inlet opening 8 and the outlet opening 9, respectively FIG. 3 shown housing 1 is shown without side wall. Such can be produced separately from the two housing parts 1a, 1b and connected, for example, by means of screwing or gluing with the corresponding housing part 1a. The housing part can also be made equal with side wall.

Clamping screws 15 at the inlet 2 and at the outlet 3 can be used to connect connecting pipes to the inlet 2 or outlet 3 of the housing 1.

In FIG. 3 is also the elongated and narrow shape of the inlet opening 8 to recognize, which causes the impeller blades 5 of the in FIG. 3 Impeller wheel 4 not shown by the centrifugal forces occurring due to the rotation of the impeller 4 and the elastic restoring forces due to the deformation of the impeller blades 5 are not pressed so much outwardly and deformed as in impeller pumps, in which the inlet opening over the entire width - or almost the whole width - the impeller blades and thus also the housing interior extends. In the FIG. 3 not to be seen drain opening 9 is preferably formed equal to the inlet opening 8.

Although the shape of the inlet opening 8 in FIG. 3 Due to the irregular curvature of the inner wall 7 appears irregular, the cross section of the inlet opening 8, that is, the view of the inlet opening 8 from the housing interior along the axis Z defined by the inlet, the shape of a regular rhombus. This is good in FIG. 4 to see that shows a section through an impeller pump along a plane E on the axis Z defined by the feed.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the impeller pump, wherein the housing 1 is connected to a drive unit 16 which drives the impeller wheel 4, not shown. In this illustration, the diamond shape of the cross section of the inlet opening 8 is clearly visible. The longitudinal extent L of the polygon, which runs in the dividing plane 11 between the two housing parts 1a, 1b, in this embodiment has about three times the length of the transverse extent Q. The length of the transverse extent Q is about one third of the width of the inner wall 7 of the housing, ie about one third of the width of the impeller blades 5.

In the FIG. 5 shown embodiment of the impeller pump substantially corresponds to that FIG. 4 , wherein the shape of the cross section has a polygon with six corners. The longitudinal extension L of the polygon, which runs in the dividing plane 11 between the two housing parts 1a, 1b, in this embodiment has approximately three times the length of the transverse extension Q. Compared to the cross section of FIG. 4 has the cross section FIG. 5 a larger cross-sectional area, so that at the same pressure conditions in pumping operation, a larger volume flow can be promoted.

FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of an impeller pump, which in its construction substantially that of the in FIGS. 3 to 5 corresponds shown impeller pumps. In the FIG. 6 shown impeller pump also has an inlet, which on the inside of the housing facing a cross section with a longitudinal extent L and a transverse extent Q wherein the longitudinal extent L with the axis of rotation D of the impeller wheel, not shown, forms an angle α. In the present case, the angle α is 60 °.

The cross section of the inlet opening 8 from FIG. 6 has the shape of an ellipse.

However, the angle α may alternatively have other values, for example 5 °, 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, 35 °, 40 °, 45 °, 50 °, 55 °. 60 °, 65 °, 70 °, 75 °, 80 °, or 85 °, as well as be arranged in positive and negative sense of rotation.

Preferably, the longitudinal extent L of the inlet opening 8 and the longitudinal extent of the drain opening 9 are arranged in parallel. Alternatively, the two longitudinal extensions can also be oriented differently.

In FIG. 7 is the impeller pump off FIG. 6 shown in a schematic perspective side view. Good to see here is that an impeller blade comes when moving along the inlet opening 8 first in the region of its one end with the edges of the inlet opening 8 into contact. As the impeller blades continue to move, the contact points between the impeller blade and the edges of the inlet opening 8 move along the impeller blade into the region of the other end of the impeller blade. The impeller blade thus came after moving over the inlet opening 8 substantially over its entire width away with the edges of the inlet opening 8 into contact, wherein the contact points have moved continuously. There, how in detail the FIG. 23 It can be seen that the cross-sectional width b of the cross-section parallel to the width of the impeller lamella is only marginally wider than the transverse extent Q due to the slender, elongated shape of the cross-section. Deformation of the impeller lamella when moving over the inlet opening is kept to a minimum. The impeller lamella thus experiences a uniform and only slight wear substantially over its entire width, which allows a long service life of the impeller wheel used.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic sectional view of an impeller pump in a further embodiment. The longitudinal extent L forms with the axis of rotation D in this case an angle α of 45 °.

In the embodiments of the impeller pump shown in the figures, the inlet 2 and the outlet 3 on the inside, facing away from the inside of the housing inside the shape of a circle in order to connect normal, round connection pipes with the inlet 2 and the start-3 easy.

In FIG. 8 In this regard, it can be clearly seen that the area of the circle of the outer inlet opening 17 and the cross section of the inner inlet opening 8 are approximately the same size in order to allow a uniform transport of the medium to be pumped.

In the in FIG. 8 In the embodiment shown, the circular cross-section at the outer, remote from the housing interior end to the elliptical cross-section of the inlet opening 8 is gradually, so without abrupt jumps in the cross section along the axis Z over.

The FIGS. 9 to 25 schematically different versions of the cross section for the inlet and / or the drain with their respective longitudinal extent L and their respective transverse extent Q can be seen.

The in FIG. 9 schematically illustrated cross section has a polygon in the form of an elongated rectangle, so that an inlet forms with a rectangular slot shape.

The in FIG. 10 schematically illustrated cross-section has a polygon in the form of a regular rhombus. The transverse extent Q and the longitudinal extent L thus intersect at their midpoints.

The in FIG. 11 schematically illustrated cross-section has a polygon in the form of a rhombus, in which the transverse extent Q divides the longitudinal extent L in the ratio 2: 1.

The in FIG. 12 schematically illustrated cross-section has a polygon in the form of a hexagon.

The in FIG. 13 schematically illustrated cross section has a polygon in the form of another hexagon.

The in FIG. 14 schematically illustrated cross section corresponds to that of FIG. 9 wherein the corners of the cross-section are rounded so that a rounded oblong hole is formed. The radii of the curves are chosen so that semicircular ends form.

The in FIG. 15 schematically illustrated cross-section has the shape of an ellipse. This is in this case by rounding off the corners of the polygon FIG. 10 generated.

The in FIG. 16 schematically illustrated cross-section corresponds to that of FIG. 11 wherein the corners are rounded so that the cross section has an "egg-shaped" shape.

The in FIG. 17 schematically illustrated cross-section corresponds to that of FIG. 12 , Wherein seen in the longitudinal extent L located at the two ends corners are rounded.

The in FIG. 18 schematically illustrated cross-section corresponds to that of FIG. 13 , Wherein seen in the longitudinal extent L located at the two ends of the corners are rounded, such that at the corners in each case a single rounding is created.

The in FIG. 19 schematically illustrated cross-section has a quadrangular polygon, in which the longitudinal extent L coincides with the longest edge of the polygon.

The in FIG. 20 schematically illustrated cross-section has an octagonal polygon, the transverse extent Q is seen over the longitudinal extent L constant.

The in FIG. 21 schematically illustrated cross-section corresponds to that of FIG. 20 , wherein the edges, which have a component in the longitudinal extent L have different curvatures, such that a polygon with four corners has arisen, wherein in each case three edges of the cross section of FIG. 20 an S-shaped curved edge is formed.

In the in the FIGS. 9 to 21 shown cross sections, the longitudinal extent L and the transverse extent Q are each oriented perpendicular to each other.

As a rule, the longitudinal extension in these embodiments is arranged perpendicular to the axis of rotation D. In the in the FIGS. 9 to 21 the cross-section Q shown extends parallel to the axis of rotation D of the impeller wheel. Alternatively, longitudinal extent L and axis of rotation D may also include an angle.

The in FIG. 22 schematically shown cross-section shows a quadrangular polygon, in which the longitudinal extent L and the transverse extent Q are oriented at an angle not equal to 90 °.

The FIGS. 23 to 25 schematically shown cross sections of the inlet opening or the drain opening can be seen, in which the longitudinal extent L with the axis of rotation D forms an angle α.

The in FIG. 23 schematically shown cross section has the shape of an ellipse. Consequently, the longitudinal extent L coincide with the main axis of the ellipse and the transverse extent Q with the minor axis of the ellipse. The angle α is presently about 60 °. Under the reference symbol b, the cross-sectional width is parallel to the width of the impeller blades, and thus indicated perpendicular to the axis of rotation D. This cross-sectional width b corresponds to the part of the impeller blade, which does not come into contact with the housing wall during a movement along the opening. Due to the elliptical shape of the cross section, the cross-sectional width b varies depending on the position of the impeller blade at the opening defining the cross section.

The in FIG. 24 schematically shown cross section has the shape of a rhombus. The angle α is presently about 45 °. Due to the special configuration of the cross section, the transverse extent Q and the maximum cross-sectional width b, which is also oriented at an angle of 45 °, have approximately the same vector length.

The in FIG. 25 schematically illustrated cross-section corresponds to that of FIG. 23 , wherein the angle α in the present case has approximately 45 °.

Where applicable, all individual features illustrated in the embodiments may be combined and / or interchanged without departing from the scope of the invention.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

casing

1a, 1b

housing parts

2

Intake

3

procedure

4

impeller

5

Impellerlamelle

6

lamella end

7

inner wall

8th

inner inlet opening

9

inner drain opening

10

wire reinforcement

11

parting plane

12

head Start

13

deepening

14

screw

15

clamping screw

16

drive unit

17

outer inlet opening

18

outer drain opening

L

longitudinal extension

Q

transverse extension

b

Section width

D

axis of rotation

R

axis

Z

axis

α

angle

Claims (15)

Impeller pump with a housing (1) having an inlet (2) and a drain (3) and with an impeller wheel (4) received in the housing interior with a plurality of elastic impeller blades (5),
characterized in that
the cross-section of the inlet (2) and / or the outlet (3) has substantially the shape of a polygon on the side facing the interior of the housing. An impeller pump according to claim 1, wherein the polygon has a longitudinal extent (L) and a transverse extent (Q), wherein the ratio of the length of the transverse extent (Q) to the length of the longitudinal extent (L) is less than or equal to 1: 2, preferably about 1: 3 or about 1: 4. Impeller pump according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the polygon with respect to the longitudinal extent (L) is formed symmetrically and / or in relation to the transverse extent (Q) is formed symmetrically. Impeller pump according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the ratio of the length of the transverse extension (Q) of the polygon to the width of the impeller blades (5) is less than 1: 1, preferably less than or equal to 1: 2, more preferably about 1: 3 or about 1: 4 is. Impeller pump according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the polygon has at least one rounded corner, wherein preferably all corners of the polygon are rounded. Impeller pump according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cross section of the inlet (2) and / or the outlet (3) on the side facing away from the housing interior substantially the shape of a circle or the shape of polygon, preferably a rectangle, more preferably a square , wherein preferably the surface of the associated cross section on the side facing the housing interior and the surface of the associated cross section on the side facing away from the housing interior substantially differ by less than 10%, preferably substantially equal are large, or differ, preferably by 15% -75%, more preferably by 30% -60%, and most preferably by about 50%. Impeller pump with a housing (1) having an inlet (2) and a drain (3) and with a housed inside the housing and about an axis of rotation (D) rotatable impeller (4) with a plurality of elastic impeller blades (5),
wherein the cross section of the inlet (2) and / or the outlet (3) on the inside facing the housing has a longitudinal extent (L) and a transverse extent (Q), wherein the length of the longitudinal extent (L) is greater than the length of the transverse extent (Q),
characterized in that
the longitudinal extent (L) of the cross section encloses an angle (a) with the axis of rotation (D). An impeller pump according to claim 7, wherein the angle (a) is greater than 0 ° and less than 90 °, preferably greater than or equal to 15 ° and less than or equal to 75 °, more preferably greater than or equal to 30 ° and less than or equal to 60 °, and most preferably about 5 °, 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, 35 °, 40 ° or 45 °. Impeller pump according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the cross-section substantially in the form of an ellipse of a or polygon, wherein the polygon preferably has at least one rounded corner, more preferably all corners of the polygon are rounded. Impeller pump according to claim 9, wherein the polygon or the slot has at least one rounded corner, wherein preferably all corners are rounded. An impeller pump according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the ratio of the length of the transverse extension (Q) to the width of the impeller blades (5) is less than 1: 1, preferably less than or equal to 1: 2, more preferably about 1: 3 or about 1: 4 is. An impeller pump according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the ratio of the length of the transverse extension (Q) to the length of the longitudinal extension (L) is less than or equal to 1: 2, preferably less than or equal to 1: 3 or about 1: 4. An impeller pump according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein the ratio of the width of the impeller blades to a cross-sectional width (b) parallel to the width of the impeller blades (5) is greater than or equal to 3: 2, preferably greater than or equal to 2: 1. Impeller pump according to one of claims 7 to 13, wherein the cross section of the inlet (2) and / or the drain (3) on the side facing away from the housing interior has substantially the shape of a circle or the shape of polygon, preferably a rectangle, particularly preferably one Square, wherein preferably the area of the cross section on the inside facing the housing and the surface of the associated cross section on the housing interior side facing away substantially less than 10%, preferably substantially equal to, or different, preferred by 15% -75%, more preferably by 30% -60%, and most preferably by about 50%. Impeller pump according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one edge of the inlet (2) and / or the outlet (3) at the transition to the housing interior has a phase or is rounded, wherein preferably all edges of the inlet (2) and / or the process ( 3) have a phase at the transition to the housing interior or are rounded.

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