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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Benjamin Alan Majerus, Bristol, VA (US);
Peter Douglas Mantell, Bluff City, TN (US);
Philip Scott Leonard, Bristol, VA (US);
David Turner Monk, Bristol, VA (US);
John Richard Walters, Jr., Abingdon, VA (US);
Benjamin Alan Majerus, Bristol, VA (US);
Peter Douglas Mantell, Bluff City, TN (US);
Philip Scott Leonard, Bristol, VA (US);
David Turner Monk, Bristol, VA (US);
John Richard Walters, Jr., Abingdon, VA (US);
Bristol Compressors, Inc., Bristol, VA (US);
Abstract
A reciprocating compressor that includes a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinder bores. A piston is positioned in each bore. Each piston is mounted to move in response to the a crankshaft, causing each piston to reciprocate within the cylinder bore. The compressor further includes a cylinder head which includes bores corresponding to the bores in the cylinder block. The cylinder head includes a suction port in fluid communication with a source of compressible gas and a plurality of suction plenum in the cylinder head. Protrusions or ribs extend into the suction plenum. The cylinder head also includes a discharge plenum in communication with the outlet ports of the valve plate Interposed between the cylinder head and the cylinder block is a valve plate assembly having a discharge valve, and a discharge valve retainer having a pair of radii assembled to the valve plate by snap fitting a cylinder head gasket over the discharge valve and retainer.