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A compressor system having a first compartment for housing relatively quietly operating equipment, and a second compartment for housing relatively noisy operating equipment. The second compartment is substantially closed off from the surrounding atmosphere to reduce the amount of noise that can be h

A compressor system having a first compartment for housing relatively quietly operating equipment, and a second compartment for housing relatively noisy operating equipment. The second compartment is substantially closed off from the surrounding atmosphere to reduce the amount of noise that can be heard outside the compressor system on account of the noisy equipment operating within the compressor system housing. The second compartment includes a small air inlet opening and a small air outlet opening to allow enough air to flow through the second compartment to cool the equipment housed therein. The small openings reduce the amount of air-born noise which is released to the outside environment. The compressor system also has an air intake directing device for directing an appropriate amount of air into the second compartment to cool the noise generating machinery located within the second compartment, and for directing an appropriate amount of air to an air inlet opening of a compressor, thereby more efficiently using the air drawn into the compressor system housing.

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1. A compressor system comprising:a housing having an air intake opening and an air outlet opening; an air intake directing device to receive a stream of air flowing through said air intake opening of said housing, said air intake directing device including a first air exit opening for discharging a

1. A compressor system comprising:a housing having an air intake opening and an air outlet opening; an air intake directing device to receive a stream of air flowing through said air intake opening of said housing, said air intake directing device including a first air exit opening for discharging a first stream-of air and a second air exit opening for discharging a second stream of air; and a compressor housed within said housing, said compressor including an air inlet opening to receive the first stream of air flowing out of said first air exit opening of said air intake directing device said first stream of air being compressed in said compressor and said compressor being cooled by the second stream of air which flows out of said second air exit opening of said air intake directing device, the second stream of air then flowing out of said air outlet opening in said housing.