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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Eugene Karl Chumley, Abingdon, VA (US);
David Turner Monk, Bristol, VA (US);
Scott Garrison Hix, Bristol, VA (US);
William Terry Addison, Bristol, TN (US);
Inventors:
Eugene Karl Chumley, Abingdon, VA (US);
David Turner Monk, Bristol, VA (US);
Scott Garrison Hix, Bristol, VA (US);
William Terry Addison, Bristol, TN (US);
Assignee:
Bristol Compressors, Inc., Bristol, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crankcase heater mounting and compressor system that efficiently heats the oil sump fluid in an oil sump of a crankcase. A heater well is disposed in a substantially planar section in the lower housing shell of the crankcase. The inner surface of the heater well is substantially submerged in the oil sump fluid even at low oil sump fluid levels.