Air pump
AssigneeNitto Kohki Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigemitsu Ishibashi, Atsuki Hashimoto
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Abstract
An air pump has an air tank (20) for temporarily storing air from a pump unit (12) before discharging the air. The air tank has a tank body having a top wall (40) on which the pump unit is placed, and a peripheral wall (42) extending downward from the top wall. The tank body has a downward facing opening. The air tank further has a metallic bottom wall member (46) engaged with the bottom surface of the peripheral wall so as to close the opening of the tank body. Bolts are passed through the metallic bottom wall member and into a metallic part of the pump unit and tightened to connect and secure the pump unit and the air tank to each other.
Claims10
An air pump comprising:
- a pump unit;
- and
- an air tank for temporarily storing compressed air compressed in the pump unit before discharging the compressed air from the air pump, the air tank comprising a resinous tank body having a top wall on which the pump unit is placed, and a peripheral wall extending downward from the top wall, the tank body having a downward facing opening, the air tank further comprising a metallic bottom wall member engaged with a bottom surface of the peripheral wall so as to close the opening of the tank body;
- wherein bolts are passed through the metallic bottom wall member and into a metallic part of the pump unit and tightened to securely connect the pump unit and the air tank to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.