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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Steinruck, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
Hoerbiger Ventilwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417 53 ; 417218 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing the loading impact between a sealing element in a suction valve of a piston compressor with a valve stop, wherein the sealing element is forcibly opened using a control device shortly before attaining pressure balance between cylinder and suction chambers of the compressor.