Axial flow supercharger and fluid compression machine
OwnerFacundo del Valle Bravo, Jose L. Correainventors
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Abstract
A compression and vacuum-producing machine includes a housing, at least one rotating disk having a plurality of blades rotationally supported within the housing, and at least one stationary disk having a plurality of blades fixedly attached to the housing. A drive shaft includes a generally tapered surface and rotatably drives the rotating disks to increase the energy of a fluid stream disposed within the housing. The compression machine includes a transmission in mechanical communication with the drive shaft to convert a rotational input to a desired rotational speed and drive the shaft at the desired speed.
Claims18
A compression machine comprising:
- a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner surface;
- a drive shaft including an outer surface having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion including a first slope constant along a length of said first portion and said second portion including a second slope, different than said first slope, and constant along a length of said second portion;
- a compression chamber defined by said first portion of said drive shaft, said second portion of said drive shaft, and said inner surface of said housing;
- at least one rotating disk having a plurality of blades, said at least one rotating disk rotatably coupled to said drive shaft and disposed within said compression chamber;
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- at least one stationary disk having a plurality of blades, said at least one stationary disk fixedly attached to said housing and disposed within said compression chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.