Patent · US Expired

Magnetic debris trap

US6290479A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB03C1/286
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A scroll compressor is positioned in a housing having an end cap defining an oil sump. A shaft extends towards the oil sump and has an oil pick-up tube. A magnet is positioned on the end cap through a number of embodiments which properly position the magnet adjacent to the oil pick-up tube. In one embodiment a protrusion extends upwardly from the end cap and into an inner periphery of the magnet to position the magnet.

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