Bounce chambers for multi-cylinder linear engine compressors
US4705460A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04B35/002
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention is a multi-stage compressor embodying a stepped piston in a stepped cylinder and connected through a coaxial rod to the piston of an engine. Control means in a passageway or a conduit extending from the second or third stage discharge of the compressor or any other source of pressure to a single bounce chamber, responds to pressure in the bounce chamber to increase or reduce gas pressure in the chamber, to balance the energy and work quantities acting in opposite directions to provide optimimum operation of the compressor at varying pressures.
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