Ingersoll-rand Company

Ingersoll-rand Industrial U.s., Inc.

Subodh Kumar

Christopher Leamon

James David Gillon

Matthew Charles Wagenhauser

Craig W Haddock

Michael John Lucas

Christopher J Taylor

Stephen Sharp

John Castro

Douglas W Bissonnette

A compressor system includes a compression module having an inlet for receiving air; and a filter housing in fluid communication with the compression module. The filter housing is constructed to house a filter, the filter having a sealing feature disposed at a first end of the filter and having an engagement feature disposed at a second end of the filter opposite the first end. The filter housing includes a trap door constructed to contact the engagement feature, and constructed to drive the engagement feature in a direction parallel to an axis of the filter toward the sealing feature and urge the sealing feature into sealing engagement with the filter housing.

Compressor system and filter housing

A thermal valve unit is provided for use with an oil filled screw compressor. The thermal valve unit can be affixed to an exterior pipe segment and can include a thermally responsive element in thermal communication with compressed air traversing through the pipe segment. The valve unit can include a movable valve member actuated by the thermally responsive element that opens and closes oil passages to selectively route oil either to a heat exchanger prior to being delivered to the oil filled compressor, or directly to the compressor without passing through the heat exchanger.

Compressor thermal valve unit to route lubricant used in a compressor

An air compressor unit having an enclosure that permits adequate cooling air flow, and reduces the amount of noise that emanates from the air compressor unit. The enclosure has a partition that separates the interior of the enclosure into two compartments: a discharge compartment and a component compartment. A discharge aperture is in fluid flow communication with the discharge compartment. A compressor and motor are contained in the component compartment. The component compartment may be separated in a first compartment and a second compartment. Inlets allow cooling air to enter the enclosure, and a discharge aperture permits the cooling air to exit the enclosure. A blower draws cooling air into the enclosure through the inlets. An aftercooler is located between the compressor and the discharge aperture. The enclosure and compartments are configured to reduce the amount of direct &ldquo;line of sight&rdquo; noise that emanates from the air compressor unit.

Enclosure for an air compressor

Air compressor enclosure for a reciprocating air compressor

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Huntersville, NC, United States of America

Subodh Kumar