Portable air compressor
AssigneeTechtronic Power Tools Technology Limited
InventorsTaku Ohi, Jesse Jerabek, Kenneth M. Brazell, William E. Sadkowski, Richard L. Strack, Douglas Ritterling
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Abstract
An air compressor includes a compressor unit having a motor with a motor housing, a pump operably coupled to the motor and having a pump housing formed as a single piece with a portion of the motor housing, and a first tank fluidly connected to the pump to receive pressurized air from the pump when operated by the motor. The air compressor also includes a tank unit removably coupled to the compressor unit in a stacked arrangement. The tank unit includes a second tank fluidly connected to the pump to receive pressurized air from the pump when operated by the motor.
Claims16
An air compressor comprising:
- a compressor unit including
- a motor having a motor housing,
- a pump operably coupled to the motor, the pump having a pump housing formed as a single piece with a portion of the motor housing, and
- a first tank fluidly connected to the pump to receive pressurized air from the pump when operated by the motor;
- and
- a tank unit removably coupled to the compressor unit in a stacked arrangement, the tank unit including a second tank fluidly connected to the pump to receive pressurized air from the pump when operated by the motor, wherein the motor housing includes opposed end caps, and wherein each end cap includes a leg formed as a single piece therewith, and
- wherein each of the legs includes a pad at a distal end of the leg, and wherein the tank unit includes a plurality of supports upon which the respective pads are positioned when the tank unit is coupled to the compressor unit in the stacked arrangement.
An air compressor comprising:
- a compressor unit including
- a motor having a motor housing,
- a pump operably coupled to the motor, and
- a first tank coaxial with the motor and the pump, the first tank fluidly connected to the pump to receive pressurized air from the pump when operated by the motor;
- and
- a tank unit removably coupled to the compressor unit in a stacked arrangement, the tank unit including a second tank fluidly connected to the pump to receive pressurized air from the pump when operated by the motor,
- wherein the motor housing includes opposed end caps, and wherein each end cap includes a leg formed as a single piece therewith, and
- wherein each of the legs includes a pad at a distal end of the leg, and wherein the tank unit includes a plurality of supports upon which the respective pads are positioned when the tank unit is coupled to the compressor unit in the stacked arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.