Patents Assigned to Windrock Incorporated
  • Patent number: 6485265
    Abstract: This present application discloses an improved valve configuration such that an indicator port is incorporated directly within the valve allowing a sensing device to be mounted directly to the valve or within the valve body, this application being directed to both suction and discharge valves which sense at least one condition within a compressor comprising a cylinder, a piston, at least one discharge valve, and at least one suction valve, the valve further including a valve guard, a valve seat, a hollow area adapted and configured for housing a sensing device and a sensing device disposed within the hollow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignees: Coltec Industrial Products Inc., Windrock Incorporated
    Inventors: David M. Schroeder, Steve Follmar