Patent ID: 6500243
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
An air compressor system comprising:a compressor; a separator tank which receives an air/oil mixture from said compressor, said separator tank having a side wall and defining a separation chamber having a lower portion and an upper portion, said separator tank including an air exit port in said side wall in said upper portion of said separation chamber, such that oil from the air/oil mixture introduced into said separation chamber collects in said lower portion of said separation chamber and air from the air/oil mixture flows into said upper portion of said separation chamber; a separator element placed within said upper portion of said separation chamber; a lid mounted on said separator tank; and a separator element hold down mechanism between said separator element and said lid to position said separator element within said separation chamber and in spaced relation from said lid, such that the air separated from the air/oil mixture flows through said separator element, towards said lid, and out said air exit port in said side wall of said separator tank wherein said separator element hold down mechanism is a spacer device having an aperture extending therethrough, such that the air separated from the air/oil mixture flows through said aperture of said spacer device on its way to said air exit port in said side wall of said separator tank.