Patent ID: 7762790
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: F04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air compressor package comprising: a pancake air tank having a pair of convex tank members that are coupled to one another about an equator of the pancake air tank; a handle having opposite ends coupled to the equator of the pancake air tank; a housing coupled to the pancake air tank and the handle, the housing defining an internal cavity and sized to surround only a portion of the pancake air tank and only a portion of the handle; a motor disposed in the cavity; and a compressor disposed in the cavity and driven by the motor, the compressor being coupled in fluid communication with the pancake air tank; wherein the motor and the compressor are arranged relative to the pancake air tank such that a plane taken through the equator of the pancake air tank passes through the motor and the compressor; and wherein the plane extends longitudinally through the entire handle.