Abstract: A sealing structure for the shaft of a compressor. The sealing apparatus includes an inner ring, and outer ring, and a support ring. The inner ring and the outer rings have flexible annular lips that contact the surface of the rotary shaft. The support ring supports the inner lip and determines the position of the inner lip. The first lip permits fluid leakage along the surface of the shaft, while the second lip forms a fluid-tight seal with the shaft. The support ring prevents the internal pressure of the compressor from pressing the first lip against the shaft with excessive force, which extends the life of the sealing apparatus.

Abstract: A capacity control valve for a variable capacity refrigerant compressor for controlling the compressor capacity by adjustably changing a pressure level prevailing in a crank chamber of the compressor, the capacity control valve having a valve mechanism opening and closing a portion of a gas-supply passageway extending between a discharge chamber and the crank chamber of the compressor, and a discharge pressure responsive unit controlling a movement of the valve mechanism in such a manner that only when the discharge pressure of the refrigerant gas is below a predetermined pressure level, does the valve mechanism reduce the opening area of the portion of the gas-supply passageway due to a force provided by the discharge pressure responsive unit in addition to a different force produced by the discharge pressure of the refrigerant gas. The capacity control valve enables the compressor to produce a satisfactory refrigerating performance irrespective of the environmental temperature.

Abstract: A through hole in a cylinder block through which a bolt is inserted to assemble the cylinder block and the front and rear housings as one body, and is positioned above a horizontal plane on which a drive shaft lies, is utilized as a part of a passage for a lubricating oil so that a sufficient lubrication is supplied to a thrust bearing and other elements, and thus an effective mass production of a swash type compressor can be carried out because it becomes unnecessary to form an oil passage in the drive shaft, which passage is difficult to machine.