Compressor Intake Muffler And Filter
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsMark W. Wood, Stephen J. Vos, Scott D. Craig, Gary D. White
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Abstract
A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.
Claims20
A muffler system for a compressor assembly, comprising:
- an inertia filter;
- and
- a muffler chamber;
- wherein the inertia filter filters a gas which is fed to the muffler chamber and which exits the muffler chamber for compression by a pump assembly.
A method for producing a compressor pump feed, comprising the steps of:
- providing a compressor pump assembly having an inertia filter, a muffler and a compressor pump;
- filtering a gas by inertia filtering to produce a muffler feed;
- feeding the muffler feed to the muffler;
- and
- feeding a muffler effluent to the compressor pump as a compressor pump feed.
A method for producing a compressed gas, comprising the steps of:
- providing a compressor assembly having an inertia filter, a muffler and a compressor pump;
- filtering a gas feed stream through the inertia filter to produce a muffler feed;
- feeding the muffler feed to the muffler to produce a compressor pump feed;
- and
- compressing the compressor pump feed to a pressure greater than 25 PSIG by the compressor pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.