US Patent Issued to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. on Feb. 4 for "Scavenge loss limiter for a rotary compressor" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,692, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Scavenge loss limiter for a rotary compressor" was invented by Taylor Stratman (Quincy, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid compressor system has a scavenge loss limiter that increases the efficiency of the fluid compressor system by reducing the compressed working fluid recirculated into the airend through a scavenge flow. The scavenge loss limiter includes a scavenge hole positioned at a discharge end face of a rotor cavity of the compressor housing. As a rotor of the compressor system rotates, the rotor may intermittently restrict ...