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gerotor pump

A form of constant-displacement pump that uses an external-tooth drive gear that meshes with and drives an internal-tooth gear that has one more space for a tooth than there are teeth on the drive gear. Both gears turn inside a close-tolerance housing. As the gears rotate, fluid flows between the teeth that are beginning to un-mesh, and is carried around the pump as the space continues to open up. On the discharge side of the pump, the teeth becomes smaller, fluid is forced out of the pump.

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