Patent ID: 6790012
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: F04B,F04C

Abstract:
An air compressor unit comprising:multiple compartments within the air compressor unit including at least first and second compartments, an air compressor disposed in the first compartment and a motor, configured to drive the air compressor, disposed within the second compartment; a rotary blower that draws air into the unit and generates an air flow through the unit; an air intake port entering the unit; a discharge aperture exiting the unit; wherein the multiple compartments are configured such that a single initial air flow enters the unit through the intake port, the multiple compartments divide the initial air flow into at least first and second distinct intermediate air flows with the first intermediate air flow flowing through the first compartment and the second intermediate air flow flowing through the second compartment, the distinct intermediate air flows converge to a single final air flow that exits the unit through the discharge aperture.