Patent ID: 8459957

Claim:
A water-injected compressor comprising: a compressor portion driven by a motor for compressing air taken into the compressor; a water supply passage means for supplying water to the compressor portion; a separator communicated with the compressor portion for separating water and air in the compressed air discharged from the compressor portion; a timer for detecting an elapsed time point and calculating a pausing time duration; a sensor for detecting a water temperature in the separator; a sensor for detecting an atmosphere temperature; a console for detecting a starting time point and a stopping time point of the compressor portion to calculate pausing time duration; and a memory associated with the console for storing a set operating time duration and a plurality of set pausing time durations for the compressor portion that successively decrease as the detected atmosphere temperature increases, wherein the compressor portion activates when the pausing time duration calculated exceeds one of the set pausing time durations.