Housing means for defining air/oil separator and oil reservoir assembly

Claim 1

Housing means, for mounting thereof to an oil-flooded gas compressor, for defining an air/oil separator and oil reservoir assembly for the compressor comprising: a die-cast housing; said housing being of substantially dished shape, having a first, substantially uniplanar wall, and a second, perimetrical wall joined to said first wall, about the terminal edges of, and substantially normal to, said first wall; said second wall having mounting surfacing formed thereon for replaceably fixing said housing to an end wall of a gas compressor; an arcuate partition formed in said housing, said partition extending substantially normal from an innermost surface of said first wall, subdividing said housing into a first, gas admittance area and a second, air/oil separator and oil reservoir area; said first wall having a relieved or recessed portion; said recessed portion having a gas admittance port formed therein and opening therethrough onto said first area; and a gas discharge port in said first wall and opening therethrough and onto said second area; wherein said first wall has an outermost surface which subsists in a first plane; said mounting surfacing subsists in a second plane parallel to said first plane; said first and second planes defining therebetween the depth or width dimension of said housing means; and further including a gas filter replaceably mounted to an outermost surface of said first wall, said filter being confined within said dimension; and said gas filter is mounted in said recessed portion, and overlies said gas admittance port.