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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Ian David Stones, Burgess Hill, GB;
Inventor:
Ian David Stones, Burgess Hill, GB;
Assignee:
Edwards Limited, Crawley, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01C 1/02 (2006.01); F01C 1/063 (2006.01); F04C 2/00 (2006.01); F04C 18/00 (2006.01); F04C 18/02 (2006.01); F04C 29/00 (2006.01); F04C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/0207 (2013.01); F04C 29/0092 (2013.01); F04C 23/008 (2013.01); F04C 2220/12 (2013.01); F04C 2220/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scroll compressor () comprising a scroll pumping mechanism having two co-operating scrolls () mounted within a pump housing () so that on relative orbital movement of the scrolls fluid is pumped from a pump inlet () in the pump housing to a pump outlet () in the pump housing. The scroll compressor () further comprises a filter () located within the pump housing () along a fluid flow path () between the pump inlet () and the scroll pumping mechanism () for resisting the passage of particulates () upstream of the compressor.