Patents by Inventor Walter E. Goettel

Walter E. Goettel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Air-cooled air compressor
    Patent number: 5106270
    Abstract: An air supply system having a multi-cylinder, two-stage air compressor including a pair of low pressure cylinders and a high pressure cylinder. A first intercooler interconnected between the outlet of one of the pair of low pressure cylinders and the inlet of the high pressure cylinder and a second intercooler interconnected between the outlet of the other of the pair of low pressure cylinders. An aftercooler connected to the outlet of the high pressure cylinder for effectively reducing the temperature of the compressed air supplied to a storage reservoir to near or at ambient temperature. A protective housing including a frontal screened opening for permitting a rotary fan to draw cooling air into the housing and including an internal shroud for directing the cooling air over the intercoolers and aftercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventors: Walter E. Goettel, Daniel G. Wagner, Richard S. Patterson, Dale A. Chovan