Abstract: A compressor valve assembly is disclosed. The valve assembly includes a guide having a cylindrical cup portion and a cylindrical stem portion that extends axially in a socket where the guide can be removably affixed to a stop plate. The disclosed valve assembly is conducive to user-friendly serviceability while realizing an increased flow area with operational capability at relatively higher pressures and practically no susceptibility to bending stresses.

Abstract: A valve seat and valve guard are coupled together, and form a chamber therebetween within which a valving plate moves. A stud secures the seat and guard together, and has a bore formed therewithin for receiving a headed piston. The piston has a projecting rod which engages the valving plate, and a pilot hole formed in the stud addresses a pressured fluid thereinto for moving the piston, causing the rod to move the plate laterally in the chamber. Apertures in the seat, guard and plate align, when pressured fluid enters the seat apertures, as the plate rises from the seat, and combines with the lateral movement to displace the plate diagonally in the chamber.