Patent ID: 7174917

Claim:
Inlet piece for a liquid-injected compressor element, comprising a sleeve ( 8 ) including a casing ( 11 ), a bottom wall ( 12 ) provided with an opening ( 13 ) and a top wall ( 14 ) which is entirely tight, a pipe ( 9 ) opening on the inside of the sleeve ( 8 ) and a partition ( 10 ) comprising a span part ( 15 ) which spans the opening ( 13 ) in the aforesaid bottom wall ( 12 ) and which transforms into an enclosing part ( 16 ) reaching down to the bottom wall ( 12 ), partially enclosing the opening ( 13 ), wherein the partition ( 10 ) leaves a passage ( 18 ) on one side of the opening ( 13 ) and the pipe ( 9 ) opens in the sleeve ( 8 ) between the top wall ( 14 ) and the span part ( 15 ), such that, because of the partition ( 10 ), gas flowing from the opening ( 13 ) to the pipe ( 9 ) has to make at least a revolving movement.