A pump bearing member is disclosed for use in a pump bearing assembly and a gear pump assembly.

A self adjusting gear pump (10) for an ice cream freezer and a control unit (20) for adaptively controlling the closing pressure (PCLOSE) of a pump for an ice cream freezer. The gear pump system comprises a pump casing (11), an inlet (12) for receiving a liquid food product of ice cream mix, an outlet (15) for transferring the ice cream mix into a freezing cylinder (41) of the ice cream freezer (40), wherein the pump (10) is closed by supplying a closing air pressure onto a moveable pump cover (16) of the pump via at least one hole (191, 192) provided straight through the pump casing (11), thereby moving said moveable pump cover (16) against the star wheel (14) and a control unit (20) for supplying a calculated closing air pressure (PCLOSE) to the pump by means of the air pressure regulator (100).

A pump bearing for use in a gear pump including a top face, a side face perimetrically surrounding the top face, a bottom face opposed to the top face, a first bearing bore projecting from the top face to the bottom face defining an axis and configured to contain a drive-side shaft, and a groove within the side face located between the top face and the bottom face a variable depth in a direction perpendicular to the axis configured to a receive seal.

A gear pump bearing can include a body sized and shaped to occupy a portion of a pump housing cavity such that a clearance is formed between the body and a pump housing. The gear pump bearing can also include at least one clearance consuming feature extending from an outer surface of the body configured to reduce motion of the body within the pump housing cavity.

A dual-section gear pump that enhances compactness of the design includes two pump sections separated by a divider. Each pump section includes a pump cavity and a gear set configured to convey fluid from an intake side to a discharge side of the respective pump cavities. The divider includes a fluid flow passage that enables the two pump sections to share common intake flow via the flow passage provided across the divider. The divider also is configured to enable each gear set in each pump section to provide independent pressurization of the fluid in each pump section, which is discharged from each pump cavity via separate outlets. The gear pump is configured to provide suitable sealing between each pump section and support of the respective gear sets in each pump section while enhancing compactness of the design.

A variable oil pump includes a pump rotor housed in a housing and rotationally driven, an adjustment ring that adjusts an amount of oil discharged from the pump rotor by being displaced under hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic chamber between the housing and the pump rotor in a state where the pump rotor is rotatably held from an outer peripheral side, and a vane provided in a portion where the adjustment ring and the housing face each other and that seals oil leakage to an outside of the hydraulic chamber. The adjustment ring includes a vane holding portion that holds the vane and an oil passage through which the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber is drawn into the vane holding portion.

A sealing arrangement for a sliding vane machine for compressing or expanding a fluid, for sealing between a rotating plane surface on a rotor and a machine housing to prevent flow of process fluid between an internal volume to an external volume of said vane machine a seal pocket located at a housing end and said seal pocket opens towards the direction of the external volume and the internal volume, an assembly arranged for mounting in said seal pocket, said assembly comprising: a piston arrangement, a sealing bearing ring between said piston arrangement and said plane surface, a fluid supply line for a pressurized lubrication fluid through said housing to a piston cavity, said piston arrangement further having piston fluid channels and said bearing sealing ring having lubrication conduits through said bearing seal ring, corresponding with said piston fluid channels, said pressurized lubrication fluid arranged for moving said piston against said sealing bearing ring and thus moving said sealing bearing ring against said sealing surface thus forming a sealing arrangement.

A bearing assembly for a gear pump that includes a bearing housing, a bearing, and a biasing member. The bearing housing has a housing bore that extends between a first housing end and a second housing end along a bearing axis. The bearing is disposed within the housing bore. The bearing has an outer diameter extending between a first bearing end and a second bearing end. The biasing member is disposed between the bearing and the bearing housing to apply a biasing load to the bearing.

A stabilizing bushing is constructed of a structural composite including layers of reinforcing fibers in a matrix of synthetic polymeric material, and is inserted between a rotating shaft and a surrounding housing to stabilize the shaft against unwanted radial displacement while rotating within the housing. A plurality of circumferential grooves in the bushing effect a reduction in fluid pressure between one end of the bushing exposed to higher fluid pressures than to which the opposite end of the bushing is exposed. The bushing is constructed in the form of circumferential segments selectively joined together at Z-shaped joints for facilitating the insertion and establishment of a securely integrated stabilizing bushing in position around the shaft.

A stabilizing bushing is constructed of a structural composite including layers of reinforcing fibers in a matrix of synthetic polymeric material, and is inserted between a rotating shaft and a surrounding housing to stabilize the shaft against unwanted radial displacement while rotating within the housing. A plurality of circumferential grooves in the bushing effect a reduction in fluid pressure between one end of the bushing exposed to higher fluid pressures than to which the opposite end of the bushing is exposed. The bushing is constructed in the form of circumferential segments selectively joined together at Z-shaped joints for facilitating the insertion and establishment of a securely integrated stabilizing bushing in position around the shaft.