Laminated Impeller

• US 20070297906A1
• Filed: 06/25/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Weiguo Wu
• Original Assignee: Weiguo Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Weiguo
• Granted Patent: US 7,862,301 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 416/198.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/042 Introducing gases into the water, e.g. aerators, air pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/2342 with stirrers near to the liquid surface, e.g. partially immersed, for spraying the liquid in the gas or for sucking gas into the liquid, e.g. using stirrers rotating around a horizontal axis or using centrifugal force
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/071 Fixing of the stirrer to the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/11252 paddle wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/503 Floating mixing devices
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/205 Moving, e.g. rotary, diffusers; Stationary diffusers with moving, e.g. rotary, distributors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 10/10 Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to impeller of aerators, and more particularly to a laminated impeller of paddlewheel aerator. To solve the shortcoming of existing impeller of aerator: single-body structure, large volume, complicated manufacturing technique and high production cost, fixed blade quantity and axial length, narrow application range and inferior universal use, the present invention provides a laminated impeller that is characterized by simple structure, easy installation and better universal use. The technical scheme of the present invention comprises single impeller body consisting of impeller seat and blade connecting on the seat, a plurality of single impeller body connected in succession to form a laminated impeller, connecting mechanism provided on impeller seat to connect neighboring single impeller, axial impeller length adjusted according to the power needed actually and blade quantity changed to meet wider application.

Claims

1. A laminated impeller comprising an impeller seat, a plurality of blade connected on said impeller seat to form a single impeller body, wherein a plurality of said single impeller body being connected in succession to form said laminated impeller, each said impeller seat being provided with a connecting mechanism for connecting adjacent said single impeller body.

2. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connecting mechanism is a bell and spigot coupler on a rim of said impeller seat, the spigot on one end face and the bell on the other end face.

3. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 2, wherein said impeller seats are divided into a main impeller seat with boss-shaped shaft hole and auxiliary impeller seats, the boss-shaped shaft hole is connected with a rim by supporting ribs, said main impeller seat and said auxiliary impeller seat are connected each other.

4. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 3, wherein said bell and said spigot are positioned in staggered arrangement, a reinforcing sheath is mounted around said boss-shaped shaft hole, a recess provided with radial through hole opened in the outer fringe and a nut pre-mounted in the recess and a screw set on said nut.

5. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 4, wherein said bell and spigot coupler is a hollow coupler positioned at outside of the rim, a radial holder with a positioning groove is provided on said bell and spigot coupler, an elastic catch is provided in a connecting end of said blade, the connecting end is plugged in said radial holder and said elastic catch is snapped in said positioning groove.

6. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 2, wherein said impeller seat is a hollow impeller seat, a plurality of said hollow impeller seat are connected in succession, at least an end cover with drive shaft hole is mounted at one side.

7. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 6, wherein said bell and spigot coupler is a hollow coupler positioned at the inside of the rim with bell and spigot in coaxial arrangement, an end cover is connected to said bell and spigot coupler by long bolts.

8. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 7, wherein said blade and said bell and spigot coupler are evenly distributed on said impeller seat, the angle between two neighboring said blades is larger than that between two neighboring said bell and spigot couplers, at least one of said blade and one of said bell and spigot coupler are in staggered arrangement.

9. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 8, wherein said blade is provided with a fixing clip in its connecting end and said rim provided with a notch, said blades matched to the notch by the fixing clip.

10. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 8, wherein said blade is fixedly connected to said rim.

11. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 6, wherein said end cover is provided with an axial seat at its outside and an elastomer is provided between the outside of said end cover and said axial seat.

12. A laminated impeller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connecting mechanism is a internal thread and a external thread on two ends of said impeller rim respectively.