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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Roger Cook, Warrington, GB;
Jason J. Link, Huntersville, NC (US);
Elizabeth B. Warner, Huntersville, NC (US);
Norman Philip Lowe, Wigan, GB;
James R. Dickey, Cornelius, NC (US);
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Abstract
An air compressor system having a cast separator tank for use with an oil-flooded air compressor. The cast separator tank including an integrally cast air-end inlet opening which is mountable in face-to-face engagement with an air-end discharge opening of the compressor; an integrally cast first channel which extends between the air-end inlet opening and a separation chamber; an integrally cast second channel which communicates with a lower portion of the separation chamber and which extends along an outer portion of the cast separator tank; and an integrally cast lip which extends around an inner wall of the separation chamber. The integrally cast air-end inlet opening which is mounted to the discharge opening of the compressor, serves as a mounting foot, and supports the compressor on its discharge end. The compressor system further having a motor, such that the compressor, the motor and the cast separator tank are attached to from a single unit for ease of handling. The compressor system also has a plurality of mounting feet for attachment to an appropriate sub-base.