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US 7,762,790 B2Granted
Air compressor
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsCraig R. Steinfels, Scott D. Craig
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Abstract
An air compressor package that includes a pancake air tank, which has a pair of convex tank members that are coupled to one another about an equator of the pancake air tank, a motor and a compressor that is driven by the motor. The compressor is coupled in fluid communication with the pancake air tank. The motor and the compressor are arranged relative to the pancake air tank such that a plane taken through the equator of the pancake air tank passes through the motor and the compressor.
Claims20
An air compressor package comprising:
- a pancake air tank having a pair of convex tank members that are coupled to one another about an equator of the pancake air tank;
- a handle having opposite ends coupled to the equator of the pancake air tank;
- a housing coupled to the pancake air tank and the handle, the housing defining an internal cavity and sized to surround only a portion of the pancake air tank and only a portion of the handle;
- a motor disposed in the cavity;
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- a compressor disposed in the cavity and driven by the motor, the compressor being coupled in fluid communication with the pancake air tank;
- wherein the motor and the compressor are arranged relative to the pancake air tank such that a plane taken through the equator of the pancake air tank passes through the motor and the compressor;
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- wherein the plane extends longitudinally through the entire handle.
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An air compressor package comprising:
- a pancake air tank having a pair of convex tank members that are coupled to one another about an equator of the pancake air tank;
- a handle having a widened C-shape with opposite terminal ends fixed to the equator of the pancake air tank, the entire handle extending parallel to a plane that extends through the equator of the pancake air tank;
- a housing coupled to the air tank and the handle so as to only partially shroud each of the air tank and the handle;
- a motor housed in the housing;
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- a compressor housed in the housing and driven by the motor, the compressor being coupled in fluid communication with the pancake air tank;
- wherein the motor and the compressor are disposed between the pancake air tank and the handle.
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An air compressor package comprising:
- a pancake air tank having a pair of convex tank members that are coupled to one another about an equator of the pancake air tank;
- a handle coupled to the pancake air tank, the handle including a first handle portion and a second handle portion;
- a housing coupled to the pancake air tank and the handle, the housing defining an internal cavity and only partially shrouding the pancake air tank, and the housing only partially shrouding the handle so as to form recessed portions spaced apart from the handle and each other that define the first handle portion and the second handle portion;
- a motor housed in the internal cavity;
- a compressor housed in the internal cavity and driven by the motor, the compressor being in fluid communication with the pancake air tank;
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- a manifold assembly coupled in fluid communication with the pancake air tank, the manifold assembly including a gauge, a regulator and an outlet coupling;
- wherein the air compressor package has a first operating position in which the equator of the pancake air tank is positioned vertically and the first portion of the handle is generally parallel to a first surface on which the air compressor package is positioned, wherein the air compressor package has a first hand-carried transport position in which the first portion of the handle is adapted to be engaged by a single hand of a user to transport the air compressor package such that the first portion of the handle is disposed above the pancake air tank, wherein the air compressor package has a second hand-carried transport position in which the second portion of the handle is adapted to be engaged by the single hand of the user to transport the air compressor package such that the second portion of the handle is disposed above the pancake air tank, and wherein the second transport position is rotated by an angle of about 90 degrees from the first transport position;
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- wherein the motor and the compressor are housed in the housing when the air compressor package is positioned in the first operating position, the first hand-carried transport position and the second hand-carried transport position.
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