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US3141604A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Compressor supercharging system

Assignee: Gardner Denver Inc
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Filing: 1962-09-26
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Granted: 1964-07-21
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Expires: 1982-09-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Raymond F Williams

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 07:54
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04C; F04C18/00; F04C18/08; F04C18/12; F04C18/14; F04C18/16; F04C29/00; F04C29/12; F04C29/122

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 223 words
A GAS COMPRESSOR SUPERCHARGING SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) FIRST GAS COMPRESSOR MEANS PROVIDING A SOURCE OF CHARGING GAS HAVING A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (B) SECOND GAS COMPRESSOR MEANS HAVING (1) CASING MEANS PROVIDED WITH SPACED INLET AND DISCHARGE PORTS (2) OPERATING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID CASING TO PROVIDE A WORKING CHAMBER WHEREIN A VOLUME OF GAS IS SUPPLIED THROUGH SAID INLET PORT AND IS COMPRESSED, AFTER SAID INLET PORT IS CUT OFF, TO DEVELOP A PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING INTERNAL PRESSURE IN RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT OF SAID WORKING CHAMBER FROM SAID INLET PORT TO SAID DISCHARGE PORT (3) CHARGING PORT MEANS OPENING THROUGH SAID CASING MEANS TO SAID WORKING CHAMBER AS THE LATTER IS DISPLACED TO REGISTER WITH SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS (4) SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS BEING LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID WORKING CHAMBER TO OPEN THERETO BEFORE THE INTERNAL DEVELOPED PRESSURE THEREIN IS EQUAL TO THE PRESSURE OF SAID CHARGING GAS THEREBY TO PROVIDE A GAS PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SAID SOURCE AND SAID WORKING CHAMBER WHICH IS EFFECTIVE TO INDUCE FLOW OF CHARGING GAS INTO SAID WORKING CHAMBER (5) SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS BEING LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID WORKING CHAMBER TO MINIMIZE SAID GAS PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL WHEREBY EXPANSION OF CHARGING GAS WITHIN SAID WORKING CHAMBER IS MINIMIZED (C) MEANS COMMUNICATING SAID CHARGING GAS FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 223 words
A GAS COMPRESSOR SUPERCHARGING SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) FIRST GAS COMPRESSOR MEANS PROVIDING A SOURCE OF CHARGING GAS HAVING A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (B) SECOND GAS COMPRESSOR MEANS HAVING (1) CASING MEANS PROVIDED WITH SPACED INLET AND DISCHARGE PORTS (2) OPERATING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID CASING TO PROVIDE A WORKING CHAMBER WHEREIN A VOLUME OF GAS IS SUPPLIED THROUGH SAID INLET PORT AND IS COMPRESSED, AFTER SAID INLET PORT IS CUT OFF, TO DEVELOP A PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING INTERNAL PRESSURE IN RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT OF SAID WORKING CHAMBER FROM SAID INLET PORT TO SAID DISCHARGE PORT (3) CHARGING PORT MEANS OPENING THROUGH SAID CASING MEANS TO SAID WORKING CHAMBER AS THE LATTER IS DISPLACED TO REGISTER WITH SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS (4) SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS BEING LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID WORKING CHAMBER TO OPEN THERETO BEFORE THE INTERNAL DEVELOPED PRESSURE THEREIN IS EQUAL TO THE PRESSURE OF SAID CHARGING GAS THEREBY TO PROVIDE A GAS PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SAID SOURCE AND SAID WORKING CHAMBER WHICH IS EFFECTIVE TO INDUCE FLOW OF CHARGING GAS INTO SAID WORKING CHAMBER (5) SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS BEING LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID WORKING CHAMBER TO MINIMIZE SAID GAS PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL WHEREBY EXPANSION OF CHARGING GAS WITHIN SAID WORKING CHAMBER IS MINIMIZED (C) MEANS COMMUNICATING SAID CHARGING GAS FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID CHARGING PORT MEANS.

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