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EP 1079115 B2 20130424 - Pump casing made of plastic

Title (en)

Pump casing made of plastic

Title (de)

Pumpengehäuse aus Kunststoff

Title (fr)

Carter de pompe en plastique

Publication

EP 1079115 B2 20130424 (DE)

Application

EP 00116683 A 20000802

Priority

DE 19940146 A 19990824

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1079115A2] The housing (1) for an electrically driven centrifugal pump for service (nondrinking) water lines in buildings is characterized by the fact that it is produced as a one-piece plastic unit.

IPC 8 full level

F04D 29/42 (2006.01); F04D 29/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F04D 29/026 (2013.01); F04D 29/426 (2013.01); F05D 2300/43 (2013.01); F05D 2300/433 (2013.01)

Citation (opposition)

Opponent :

NL 299318 A

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1079115 A2 20010228; EP 1079115 A3 20010418; EP 1079115 B1 20051130; EP 1079115 B2 20130424; DE 50011736 D1 20060105

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00116683 A 20000802; DE 50011736 T 20000802