Clutch-driven gas compressor

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EP 0 853 200 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/18

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/29

(21)	Application number: 97310001.9

(22)	Date of filing: 11.12.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: F04B 49/02, F04B 27/18

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

13.12.1996 GB 9625938

(71)	Applicant: Knorr-Bremse Systems for Commercial Vehicles Limited
	Kingswood, Bristol BS15 2NL (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Durrant, Jeremy James Longwell Green, Bristol, BS15 7DR (GB)

(74)	Representative: Turner, Alan Reginald
	Knorr-Bremse Systems for Commercial Vehicles Limited, Douglas Road Kingswood, Bristol BS15 2NL Kingswood, Bristol BS15 2NL (GB)

(54)	Clutch-driven gas compressor

(57) In a clutch-driven piston and cylinder air compressor the crankcase (3) has a single closure component (19) provided between a clutch (12) and a crankshaft (6) which component closes an aperture (20) which provides access for assembly of the crankshaft to the crankcase, includes an actuator an annular cylinder (23) and a piston (24) sealingly movable therein for operating a clutch release mechanism (24,28) and occupying space included in a projection of the adjacent cylinder (14) of the compressor.

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