Patent · US Expired

Oil free screw expander-compressor

US6644045B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2002
Grant dateNov 11, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B11/02
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The expansion device in a refrigeration or air conditioning system is an expressor. The expresser is made up of a twin screw expander and a twin screw compressor with rotors of the expander functioning as timing gears.

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