Support for a motor-compressor unit

Claim 1

A FLUID COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A MOTOR OPERATED COMPRESSOR HAVING A VERTICAL AXIS, A TOP END, A BOTTOM END, AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION BETWEEN SAID ENDS AND A CENTER OF GRAVITY; A HOUSING SPACED FROM SAID COMPRESSOR IN WHICH SAID COMPRESSOR IS MOVABLY MOUNTED; A RESILIENT SUPPORTING MEMBER BENEATH SAID CENTER OF GRAVITY RESISTING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID COMPRESSOR BUT PROVIDING NEGLIGIBLE RESISTANCE TO LATERAL AND TORSIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID COMPRESSOR; A FIRST ELONGATED RESILIENT FLUID TUBE TO THE COMPRESSOR BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR AND HOUSING RESISTING LATERAL AND TORSIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE COMPRESSOR BY FLEXING OF SAID TUBE UNDER THE FORCES OF SAID MOVEMENT; MEANS FOR ATTACHING A FIRST PORTION OF SAID TUBE TO SAID HOUSING AT AN AREA SPACED FROM SAID AXIS; AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING A SECOND PORTION OF SAID TUBE THAT IS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID TUBE TO SAID COMPRESSOR AT AN AREA SPACED FROM SAID AXIS, SAID FLEXING THEREBY TAKING PLACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID TUBE, THE SECTION OF SAID TUBE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS CONSTITUTING A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID TUBE AND BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID COMPRESSOR AND HOUSING AND CURVING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID COMPRESSOR ABOVE SAID CENTER OF GRAVITY AND ADJACENT SAID TOP END; A SECOND ELONGATED RESILIENT FLUID TUBE TO THE COMPRESSOR BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR AND HOUSING RESISTING LATERAL AND TORSIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE COMPRESSOR BY FLEXING OF SAID SECOND TUBE UNDER THE FORCES OF SAID MOVEMENT; MEANS FOR ATTACHING A FIRST PORTION OF SAID SECOND TUBE TO SAID HOUSING AT AN AREA SPACED FROM SAID AXIS; AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING A SECOND PORTION OF SAID SECOND TUBE THAT IS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID SECOND TUBE TO SAID COMPRESSOR AT AN AREA SPACED FROM SAID AXIS, SAID FLEXING THEREBY TAKING PLACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND TUBE, THE SECTION OF SAID SECOND TUBE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS CONSTITUTING A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID SECOND TUBE AND BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID COMPRESSOR AND HOUSING AND CURVING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID COMPRESSOR BELOW SAID CENTER OF GRAVITY AND ADJACENT SAID BOTTOM END.