"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410348 | Multi-speed compressor/pump apparatus A pumping/compressing apparatus for use in a fluid handling system transferring a fluid from one location, e.g., a tank, to another location or to an end use is provided. The apparatus basically includes a motor and a multistage, e.g., two stage, device including at... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7217110 | Compact rotary compressor with carbon dioxide as working fluid A rotary compressor for compressing a working fluid includes a housing having an oil sump. A stationary shaft extends into the housing and includes a longitudinal passage. The longitudinal passage has an oil inlet in fluid communication with the oil sump. A working ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 5020973 | Air compressor shroud A V-twin, two-stage compressor has valve plates disposed between the head and cylinder of each stage and mounting free-floating flexible read intake and exhaust valves therein. The flexible reeds are movably captured between the floors of respective reed ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4478556 | Three or four stage gas compressor The invention concerns a three- or four-stage gas compressor comprising two interconnecting compression units operated by hydraulic pistons; the first unit comprises a central hydraulic section flanked by two identical and symmetrical lateral sections eac... | 10/23/1984 |