Motor pump unit

• US 8,734,129 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alfred Kã¤Rcher GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Alfred Kã¤Rcher GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Schiffhauer, Walter, Plachke, Dieter, Pol, Lanfranco
• Primary Examiner(s): Freay, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT
• Application Number:
  US13/197,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20120034112A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 417/371, 417/366, 417/368, 310/52, 310/54, 310/62
• US Class Current: 417/371
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 17/03 driven by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 53/08 Cooling; Heating; Preventing freezing

Abstract

A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet and a pressure outlet. The liquid to be transported by the pump can be supplied to the annular space inlet. The cooling housing, on its inside, has at least one flow guide rib for guiding the liquid within the annular space. In order to ensure that no liquid can leak out of the annular space even in the long term, the at least one flow guide rib is spaced-apart from the motor housing.

Claims

1. Motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus, comprising:

a liquid-cooled electric motor and a pump, wherein;

the electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cylindrical shell shaped cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween,

the pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet for drawing in liquid and a pressure outlet for discharging the liquid,

the liquid to be transported by the pump is suppliable to the annular space inlet,

the cooling housing, on its inside, comprises at least one flow guide rib for guiding the liquid within the annular space,

the at least one flow guide rib is spaced-apart from the motor housing, and

a gap exists between the at least one flow guide rib and the motor housing along a total longitudinal length of the at least one flow guide rib.

2. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

the at least one flow guide rib comprises a plurality of flow guide ribs; and

one of the plurality of flow guide ribs is arranged between the annular space inlet and the annular space outlet.

3. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gap has a height of at least 0.3 mm.

4. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 1, wherein the motor housing has a corrosion-protective layer.

5. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 4, wherein the corrosion-protective layer is configured as an oxidation layer.

6. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 1, wherein the annular space is sealed by means of a front and a rear sealing ring which are each clamped in a radial direction between the motor housing and the cooling housing.

7. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 6, wherein the motor housing, on a side facing towards the pump, has an outward-projecting annular flange which is followed by an annular sealing face contacted by the front sealing ring.

8. Motor pump unit in accordance with claim 6, wherein the motor housing, on a side facing away from the pump, has a cylindrical shell shaped collar which is surrounded by a cylindrical shell shaped projection of the cooling housing with the rear sealing ring interposed therebetween.