Compressor unit with a damped pressure gauge
View Patent ↗A compressor unit is particularly suitable for compressing air in portable and/or transportable devices. The compressor unit includes a motor, a compressor, and a pressure gauge (manometer). The pressure gauge is connected to the compressor unit through a threaded connection and the supply of the pressure medium to the pressure gauge travels through the threads.
1. A compressor unit, comprising:
a compressor and a motor for driving said compressor;
a pressure gauge for indicating a pressure generated by said compressor said pressure gauge including an interior passage with threads forming a threaded connection for securing the pressure gauge to the compressor unit;
said threaded connection forming a fluid connection between said pressure gauge and said compressor unit, wherein said threads have tips and roots and a pressure medium is supplied from said compressor to said gauge through a gap formed by said tips and said roots of said threads.
2. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein said compressor is configured to compress air within a portable device.
3. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein said compressor has as reciprocating piston compressor with a piston driven by way of a slider crank mechanism, said slider crank mechanism including a crank wheel and a connecting rod connected to said crank wheel and said piston, and wherein said pressure gauge is assigned to a high-pressure-side outlet line of said reciprocating piston compressor and is connected to said outlet line via said threaded connection.
4. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein said threads have a defined thread length and said gap is defined between a tip of said thread and a root of said thread, and said gap is configured to damp pressure surges of the pressure medium flowing in said gap.
5. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein said threads are formed with materials having a material pairing defined to minimize or prevent corrosion.
6. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein an equalizing volume is formed upstream of said threaded connection in a direction of flow.
7. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein said threaded connection is formed by a threaded bolt connecting said pressure gauge with said compressor unit, and wherein, when said compressor is active, the pressure medium travels from said compressor, along said threads of said threaded bolt, to said pressure gauge.