Foam proportional mixing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12415104-B2
Application number	US-202118250667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2021
Priority date	Nov 12, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A foam proportional mixing device includes a Roots pump and a gear pump. The Roots pump comprises a Roots pump inlet, a pair of rotors and a fluid guide member. The fluid guide member is arranged in the Roots pump inlet, and is configured to guide fluid to flow to the pair of rotors and provide driving forces to the pair of rotors for rotating same in opposite directions from each other. The gear pump includes a pair of gears. The foam proportional mixing device includes a rotor shaft of one rotor in the pair of rotors of the Roots pump is connected to a gear shaft of one gear in the pair of gears of the gear pump, such that the one rotor drives the one gear to rotate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A foam proportional mixing device, comprising:
a Roots pump, the Roots pump comprising:
a Roots pump housing, wherein a Roots pump cavity is formed in the Roots pump housing;
a Roots pump inlet pipe connected to an outer side of the Roots pump housing and in fluid communication with the Roots pump cavity;
a foam receiving port arranged on the Roots pump inlet pipe;
a pair of rotors, the pair of rotors being located in the Roots pump cavity; and
a fluid guide member, wherein the fluid guide member is arranged in the Roots pump inlet pipe, and is configured to guide a fluid to flow to the pair of rotors and to provide driving forces to the pair of rotors for rotating same in opposite directions from each other; and

a gear pump, the gear pump comprising:
a gear pump housing, wherein a gear pump cavity is formed in the gear pump housing, a gear pump inlet, and a gear pump outlet; and
a pair of gears located within the gear pump cavity, one of the pair of gears connected to one of the pair of rotors via at least one shaft;

wherein the foam receiving port is in communication with the gear pump outlet, such that the gear pump outlet is in fluid communication with the Roots pump cavity.

2. The foam proportional mixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the Roots pump further comprises a Roots pump inlet at least partially formed in the Roots pump inlet pipe and a Roots pump outlet, wherein the Roots pump inlet and the Roots pump outlet are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the Roots pump housing, and the Roots pump inlet and the Roots pump outlet are respectively in communication with the Roots pump cavity.

3. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 1 , wherein the foam proportional mixing device is configured such that a rotary shaft of one rotor in the pair of rotors of the Roots pump is connected to a gear shaft of one gear in the pair of gears of the gear pump, such that the one rotor drives the one gear to rotate, the foam proportional mixing device further comprising:
a coupling connected between the rotary shaft of the one rotor and the gear shaft of the one gear, and the coupling, the rotary shaft, and the gear shaft are arranged coaxially, so that the one rotor can drive the one gear to rotate via the coupling.

4. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 3 , wherein:
rotary shafts of the pair of Roots pump rotors both extend along a height of the Roots pump housing, and the fluid guide member extends along the height of the Roots pump housing.

5. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 2 , wherein:
the fluid guide member comprises a pair of fluid guide surfaces, wherein the pair of fluid guide surfaces are configured as follows: when a fluid flows from the Roots pump inlet to the Roots pump cavity, the pair of fluid guide surfaces guide the fluid to form two sub-flows, and the two sub-flows flow away from each other to respectively drive the pair of rotors to rotate in opposite directions from each other.

6. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 5 , wherein:
the fluid guide member is substantially in a triangular prism shape, and the fluid guide member comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, a flow dividing edge extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a pair of side surfaces connected to two opposite sides of the flow dividing edge, the pair of side surfaces forming the pair of fluid guide surfaces;
wherein the top surface and the bottom surface are respectively connected to an inner wall of the Roots pump inlet, and the flow dividing edge is arranged away from the Roots pump cavity.

7. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 6 , wherein:
the fluid guide member further comprises a side surface opposite to the flow dividing edge, and the side surface opposite to the flow dividing edge is flush with an inner wall of the Roots pump housing at the Roots pump inlet; and
an area of the side surface opposite to the flow dividing edge is A, an opening area of the Roots pump inlet at the inner wall of the Roots pump housing is S, and the area A of the side surface and the opening area S satisfy: ¼≤A:S≤¾.

8. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 6 , wherein:
a cross-section of the fluid guide member is an isosceles triangle, the pair of fluid guide surfaces correspond to two legs of the isosceles triangle, a length of a base of the isosceles triangle is b, a height of the isosceles triangle is h, and a ratio h:b between the base b and the height h satisfies: ⅓≤h:b≤½.

9. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 2 , wherein:
the gear pump inlet is configured to receive a foam concentrate, and the gear pump is configured to suck in the foam concentrate from the gear pump inlet and discharge the foam concentrate from the gear pump outlet; and
the Roots pump inlet is configured to receive a pressure fluid and the foam concentrate from the gear pump outlet, and the Roots pump is configured to mix the pressure fluid and the foam concentrate flowing in from the Roots pump inlet pipe in the Roots pump cavity and discharge same from the Roots pump outlet.

10. A foam proportional mixing device, wherein the foam proportional mixing device comprises:
a pump comprising:
a housing, wherein a cavity is formed in the housing;
an inlet pipe connected to an outer side of the housing and in fluid communication with the cavity;
a foam receiving port arranged on the inlet pipe; and
a pair of rotors, the pair of rotors being located in the cavity; and

a gear pump, the gear pump comprising:
a gear pump housing, wherein a gear pump cavity is formed in the gear pump housing, a gear pump inlet, and a gear pump outlet; and
a pair of gears located within the gear pump cavity, one of the pair of gears connected to one of the pair of rotors via at least one shaft;

wherein the foam receiving port is in communication with the gear pump outlet, such that the gear pump outlet is in fluid communication with the cavity.

11. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 10 , wherein the pump further comprises:
an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet and the outlet are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the housing, and the inlet and the outlet are respectively in communication with the cavity; and
a fluid guide member arranged in the inlet and configured to (a) guide a fluid to flow to the pair of rotors and to (b) provide driving forces to the pair of rotors for rotating same in opposite directions from each other.

12. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 10 further comprising:
a coupling connected between a rotary shaft of one rotor of the pair of rotors and a gear shaft of one gear of the pair of gears, and the coupling, the rotary shaft, and the gear shaft are arranged coaxially, so that the one rotor can drive the one gear to rotate via the coupling.

13. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 10 , wherein the pair of rotors include a pair of rotary shafts that extend along a height of the housing.

14. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 11 , wherein:
the fluid guide member comprises a pair of fluid guide surfaces, wherein the pair of fluid guide surfaces are configured as follows: when a fluid flows from the inlet to the cavity, the pair of fluid guide surfaces guide the fluid to form two sub-flows, and the two sub-flows flow away from each other to respectively drive the pair of rotors to rotate in opposite directions from each other.

15. The foam proportional mixing device of claim 14 , wherein:
the fluid guide member is substantially in a triangular prism shape,

Assignees

• Tyco Fire Products Lp

Inventors

• Xu Jun
• Tu Shijie
• Han Dong
• Ju Zhengxi
• Ran Jinyu
• Wang Chengyu

Classifications

• F04C2/126

  with radially from the rotor body extending elements, not necessarily co-operating with corresponding recesses in the other rotor, e.g. lobes, Roots type · CPC title

• F04C13/00

  Adaptations of machines or pumps for special use, e.g. for extremely high pressures (of pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids F04C25/00) · CPC title

• F04C11/001

  of similar working principle · CPC title

• A62C5/02 Primary

  of foam · CPC title