Copeland Corporation

William Christian Gates

Frank S Wallis

Norman G Beck

Jeffrey Lee Berning

Walter T Grassbaugh

Clyde C Verhoff

Marc Joseph Scancarello

Brad Anthony Schulze

A compressor assembly includes a shell which defines a discharge chamber. A discharge valve assembly is attached to the shell in communication with the discharge chamber. The discharge valve assembly includes a stamped or coined valve seat, a drawn tubular element and a stamped valve member. The stamping, drawing and coining operations used to manufacture the discharge valve assembly significantly reduce the manufacturing costs for the discharge valve assembly.

Discharge valve

A valve assembly has a discharge valve member and a suction valve member. One of these valve members includes a reed valve. The reed valve has a tab which includes a localized through hardened area which provides a wear surface. The remainder to the reed valve has a lower hardness to provide fatigue strength to the reed valve.

Laser hardened reed valve

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West Milton, OH, United States of America

William Christian Gates