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Title:
AIR TRAP
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008180222
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a water supply equipment exhaust device for preventing the flow of bubbles into water supply equipment during less-water-amount operation of the water supply equipment without the need for changing the water supply equipment.

The water supply equipment exhaust device comprises an air trap 25 provided in a suction pipe 6 connected to a suction port 6 of the water supply equipment for trapping bubbles in water, a float switch 33 for detecting the residence of air in the air trap 25 due to a change of a liquid level, an exhaust port part 32 for exhausting the residing air, a vacuum pump 52 connected to the exhaust port part 32 via an exhaust on-off valve 61, and a control part 70a to be used for exhausting the air in the air trap 25 with the suction force of the vacuum pump 52 when the float switch 33 detects the residence of the air, thereby preventing the degradation of pumping capability resulting from the bubbles during less-water-amount operation.


Inventors:
SAKATANI TETSUNORI
NAKANISHI MASAHIRO
YAMAKURA KENICHI
KAII NAOKI
Application Number:
JP2008030904A
Publication Date:
August 07, 2008
Filing Date:
February 12, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KAWAMOTO PUMP MFG
International Classes:
F04D9/00; F04D15/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPS61110890A1986-05-29
JPS4218383B1
JPS517702A1976-01-22
JPS59107998A1984-06-22
JPS5323980Y21978-06-20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Kurata Masatoshi
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Takashi Mine
Toshio Shirane
Sadao Muramatsu
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Kocho Chojiro
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Katsumura Hiro
Ryo Hashimoto
Tetsuya Kazama
Shoji Kawai
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Takenori Masanori
Takuzo Ichihara
Yamashita Gen