Modular portable compressor

a compressor and module technology, applied in the direction of positive displacement liquid engines, pump components, piston pumps, etc., can solve the problems of reducing assembly time, difficult and physically challenging mounting of many components directly on the compressor chassis or frame, and unnecessary physical strain or injury for assemblers, so as to reduce assembly time and facilitate assembly

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-14
SULLAIR CORP
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[0004] The invention comprises a portable compressor package with a sub-frame module that comprises the mechanical components of an apparatus for ease of assembly in combination with associated structural modules for minimisation of assembly time and ease of assembly. More specifically, a compressor according to the invention comprises a sub-frame module that contains the machinery for the compressor, a containment frame module for supporting and transporting the sub-frame module and a canopy module for jacketing the machinery contained in the sub-frame module.

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Because the compressor components mount onto the chassis or frame sequentially, it is impossible to assemble different portions of the compressor at the same time in order to reduce assembly time.
Furthermore, mounting many components directly on the compressor chassis or frame is often difficult and physically challenging.
Assembly in this manner may thereby cause unnecessary physical strain or injury to assemblers.
Although other industries have employed modular techniques to aid in assembly or servicing of equipment, such as the vehicular and industrial tool industries, such modular techniques have not addressed the modularisation of mechanical components of an apparatus for ease of assembly in combination with minimisation of assembly time.

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[0011]FIGS. 1 and 2 are top and side views, respectively, of a sub-frame module 2 ready to mount to a containment frame 4 module for a portable compressor according to a possible embodiment of the invention. The sub-frame module 2 preferably comprises a chassis for mounting most of the operating components for the compressor. These most commonly comprise a prime mover 6, typically a diesel engine, a compressor 8 coupled to the prime mover 6, an air cooling system 10, such as a cooler module, an accumulator 12, such as an air tank, a lifting bail 14. The sub-frame module 2 also mounts sundry components associated with the aforementioned components, such as batteries, hose lines, hydraulic tubing lines and so forth. Lastly, the sub-frame module 2 comprises a plurality of mounting pads or flanges 16 for mounting the sub-frame module 2 to the containment frame module 4.

[0012] It is convenient to mount the sub-frame module 2 on a movable platform, such as a scissor lift table, during as...

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Abstract

A portable compressor package comprises a sub-frame module that comprises the mechanical components of an apparatus for ease of assembly in combination with associated structural modules for minimisation of assembly time and ease of assembly.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to portable compressor equipment, and more particularly to portable compressor equipment of modular design. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Traditionally, portable compressors for compressing gas, such as air and natural gases, have a single integrated unit design. The various components for the compressor are mounted and assembled sequentially on a single chassis or frame. Because the compressor components mount onto the chassis or frame sequentially, it is impossible to assemble different portions of the compressor at the same time in order to reduce assembly time. Furthermore, mounting many components directly on the compressor chassis or frame is often difficult and physically challenging. Assembly in this manner may thereby cause unnecessary physical strain or injury to assemblers. [0003] Although other industries have employed modular techniques to aid in assembly or servicing of equipment, such as the vehicular and indust...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F04B35/00
CPCF04B35/06F04B39/12F04B39/14
Inventor HUSTED, DALE E.
Owner SULLAIR CORP
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