(19)
(11) EP 2 594 801 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.05.2013 Bulletin 2013/21

(21) Application number: 12193034.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F04D 13/06(2006.01)
F04D 13/08(2006.01)
 F04D 29/42(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 18.11.2011 US 201113300174

(71) Applicant: Flow Control LLC.
Gloucester , MA 01930 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Meza, Humberto V.
    CA 92782 Tustin (US)
  • Moormann, Randall H.
    MA 01833 Georgtown (US)
  • Ingersoll, Mark F.
    NY 14113 Noth Java (US)
  • Schopperle, Jeffrey B.
    MA 01880 Wakefield (US)
  • Kenney, Joel A.
    MA 01915 Beverly (US)

(74) Representative: DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB 
Patentanwälte Gerokstrasse 1
70188 Stuttgart
70188 Stuttgart (DE)

   


(54) Rechargeable battery powered utility pump with series centrifugal pump configuration


(57) A utility pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a series configuration of integral pumps, and also configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power for providing to the series configuration of the integral pumps, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the series configuration of the integral pumps when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an "ON" position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the "ON" position.







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