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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Lars Ivan Sjoholm, Burnsville, MN (US);
Gregory Gordon Anderson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A screw compressor having an unloader valve with a movable valve member, the unloader valve being capable of indicating when the valve member is installed incorrectly. The valve member is manufactured such that if it is installed incorrectly it provides a leakage path sufficiently large to be detected during full load testing of the compressor. When the screw compressor fails the load test, the compressor is partially disassembled, and the valve is reinstalled in the proper orientation and the compressor is re-tested. The valve member leakage path is provided while maintaining low costs for production and assembly of the compressor.