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Plural-stage gas compressor

  • US 5,078,580 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1991
  • Issued: 01/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A plural-stage gas compressor, comprising:

  • a frame;

    said frame having a throughgoing bore formed therein, and a plurality of separate channels formed therein which open onto said bore and externally onto outer surfaces of said frame;

    a camshaft rotatably journalled in said bore;

    a piston cylinder in each of said channels; and

    a piston in each of said cylinders;

    whereinsaid camshaft has a plurality of cams thereon; and

    further includingfirst means interposed between said camshaft and said pistons for causing said cams of said camshaft to translate said pistons, cyclically, in a first reciprocable direction;

    second means interposed between said cylinders and said camshaft for causing said pistons to translate, cyclically, in a second reciprocable direction;

    head plates fixed upon said outer surfaces of said frame in closure of said channels; and

    inlet and discharging valving interposed between each of said head plates and said cylinders.

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