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Compressor discharge gas sound attenuation

US4988269A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1990
Grant dateJan 29, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S417/902
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hermetic motor-compresosr having separate discharge cavities in the compressor body for each pumping cylinder, a common discharge gas plenum for the entire compressor, and an impedance tube between each cavity and said plenum, thereby signficantly improving the sound attentuation of discharge gas pulses.

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