cu») United States US 2018035612841 2) Patent Application Publication co) Pub. No.: US 2018/0356128 Al Johnson et al. (43) Pub. Date: Dee. 13, 2018 (61) CONVERTING COMPRESSOR TO rasp 302 2006.01), VARIABLE VI COMPRESSOR Foun 1300 (Go06.01) FosB 3914 (2006.01), (1) Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC, (2) Us.¢ Davidson, NC (US) coe F288 1702 201301): F25B 1/047 7 (2013.01); £258 31/00 (201301), FOS (92) Inventors: Johnson 1. Johnson, Houston, MN 2250/80 (2013.01), F4B 1340 (201301), (US); Robert S. Bakkestuen, West F098 39/14 2013.01); FOAD 4702 2013.01) Salem, WI(US) 7) ABSTRACT 21) Appl. Now 16006392 ee 7 A screw compressor is diclosed. The serew compressor (22) Filed: Jun, 12, 2018 includes a suction inlet that receives a working Mid to be compressed: a compression mechanism Bidly connected to Related U.S. Application Data the suction inlet that compresses the working hid: dis: charge outlet uidly connected to the compression mech ‘ism that ounputs the working fd following compression by the compression mechanism: wherein the compression ‘mechanism fividly commu (60) Provisional application No, 62/518,385, filed on Jun. 12, 2017 fes with one oF more outlets ee disposed at an intermediate location between the suction (1) Inc. infet and the discharge outlet, the one or more outlets being F258 02 (200601) scletively fluidly connectable tothe discharge outlet suc F25B 10M7 (2008.01) that the working lu ean Be provided from the one or more F258 3100 (2006.01) outlets to the dischange outlet. = 640 aa) — DischargePatent Application Publication Dec. 13,2018 Sheet 1 of 4 US 2018/0356128 Al 16 h—u2 Vaan 14 12 \T Figure 1Z aunbi4 agz. Few® ASS os gant & 8 “Su SS < SN S| 5 SSS _k Laer