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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Selway, Steyning, GB;
Assignee:
Knorr-Bremse Systems For Commerical Vehicles Ltd., Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417569 ; 417269 ; 417751 ; 137852 ; 137859 ;
Abstract
A piston and cylinder air compressor has an induction reed valve including a flat springy reed having end regions which are tiltably supported to hold the reed in closing relationship with an air induction passage of a valve plate whilst permitting deflection and bending of an intermediate region without bending stress at the end regions the valve plate having recesses permitting accompanying tilting of the end regions.