Patent ID: 8342824

Claim:
A piston compressor with a compression chamber in a compressor block, the compression chamber being delimited by a cylinder head, the cylinder head comprising at least one valve plate arrangement with at least one suction valve and at least one pressure valve, as well as a valve cover, wherein the valve plate arrangement is formed by a carrier plate that is a single plate and comprises the suction valve and the pressure valve and is connected by means of at least one gas-tight connection seam to the valve cover, the connection seam separating a suction area and a pressure area from one another and sealing at least the pressure area towards the outside; wherein the suction valve has a suction valve element that is located on one side of the carrier plate, and the pressure valve has a pressure valve element that is located on the other side of the carrier plate; wherein a sealing is arranged between the cylinder head and the compressor block; wherein the sealing acts upon the suction valve element with a restoring force; and wherein the sealing rests flat on a sealing area of the carrier plate and comprises a recess for the suction valve element.