Air compressor with improved hand portability
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorMark J. Downes
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Abstract
An air compressor package having improved stability and portability. The air compressor package is positionable in an operational position, wherein the air compressor package is positioned on a base, and a transport position, wherein the air compressor package may be more readily transported. Positioning of the air compressor package into the transport position is accomplished by rotating the air compressor about a rotational axis that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the air tank, which positions the air compressor in an orientation and position that is relatively comfortable, whether or not the air compressor is hand-transported.
Claims10
An air compressor comprising:
- a compressor body having a base, a compressor and at least one air tank in fluid communication with the compressor, the compressor being an oil-less compressor having a piston that reciprocates along an axis;
- wherein the compressor body is positionable in an operating position in which the compressor and the air tank are positioned generally horizontally so that the axis along which the piston reciprocates extends generally horizontally, the compressor body being further positionable in a transport position in which one of the compressor and the air tank is positioned above the other one of the compressor and the air tank so that the axis along which the piston reciprocates extends generally vertically.
An air compressor comprising:
- a compressor body having a support structure, a compressor and an air tank in fluid communication with the compressor, the air tank having a generally cylindrically-shaped body, the support structure including a first portion and a second portion, the compressor being mounted on the first portion, the second portion being coupled to the first portion and extending over the compressor on a side of the compressor opposite the first portion;
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- a handle coupled to the compressor body, the handle being configured to be grasped by a hand of a user of the air compressor so that the air compressor can be rotated about the handle between an operating position and a hand-carried transport position;
- wherein the handle is positioned relative to a center of gravity of the air compressor such that a plane extends through both a center of a grip portion of the handle and the center of gravity, and wherein the plane and a lower surface of the first portion of the support structure are spaced apart by a first dimension and the plane and an upper surface of the second portion of the support structure are spaced apart by a second dimension that is different than the first dimension.
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