摘要 |
A helicopter transportable mud pump made into three stages, each of which are separable from one another. Each pump stage is a light weight sub-assembly which can be lifted by a helicopter into inaccessible locations. The adjacent crankshaft ends of the assembled pump stages are series connected in axially aligned relationship respective to one another by a special coupling means. The coupling means is comprised of two coacting coupling members, each of which have confronting faces connected together in a manner that also causes the adjacent shaft ends of the multi-stage pump to be connected 120 DEG out of phase respective to one another. The coupling halves are identical in design so that only one member must be duplicated during fabrication of the device.
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