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Rotating piston compressor having an axially adjustable rotary sleeve valve

US4793779A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 1987
Grant dateDec 27, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86421
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotating piston compressor includes a cylinder having inlet and outlet openings formed therein, a piston rotating in a given direction in the cylinder, a shaft supporting the piston and rotating in the given direction, a casing connected to the cylinder and having slits formed therein, a control device for controlling flow through the inlet and outlet openings in the form of a rotary slide disposed outside the cylinder in the casing, the rotary slide being connected to the shaft for a steady, synchronized rotational movement, and the relative position of the rotary slide and the casing being adjustable.

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