BEET PUMP Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: sugar mill. SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for lifting and delivery of beet into washing compartment of sugar mill. Said beet pump contains housing with suction and discharge branch pipes and working wheel cantilever mounted of shaft and consisting of front and rear cone- shaped disks and curved blades secured between disks. Inner surfaces of housing and working surfaces of wheel are provided with coating of elastic material. Curved of working wheel is made of composite material which includes rubberized cloth envelope and sectional frame. The latter contains main section being rigid structure and shank being flexible structure. Rubberized cloth envelope is uniformly spread over entire volume of sectional frame. Curvilinear groove meeting at outlet of curved blade are made on shank over surface of rubberized cloth envelope covered with elastic material. EFFECT: reduced shock action onto beet at rotation of wheel, preventing of blade wedging. 2 dwg