Patent ID: 11913453
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A slide valve configured to regulate a load of a twin-screw compressor, comprising:
a slide valve body of the slide valve, wherein the slide valve body has a connecting end and a free end, the connecting end is configured to connect to a slide valve connecting rod of the twin-screw compressor, the slide valve is configured to be driven by the slide valve connecting rod, a cavity is formed in the free end and extends into the slide valve body, the slide valve has at least one passage configured to fluidly couple the cavity to an external fluid to reduce air flow pulsations on a suction side of the twin-screw compressor, wherein the cavity and the at least one passage are formed directly in an end face of the free end of the slide valve body, wherein the cavity is one of a plurality of cavities formed in the free end, the plurality of cavities comprises a first set of cavities, each cavity of the first set of cavities having a single passage, and wherein the plurality of cavities comprises a second cavity, and wherein the second cavity is not in the first set of cavities, and the second cavity has a plurality of passages.