Abstract: A compressor has a front housing, cylinder block and a rear housing. The housings and cylinder block are secured to one another by a plurality of bolts. A plurality of pistons reciprocally move in cylinder bores to compress gas. Each of said bolts has a shaft extending through the housings and the cylinder block. A cam plate is supported on a drive shaft for integral rotation therewith to convert the rotation of the drive shaft to reciprocal movement of a piston in the cylinder bore. The piston rotates about its axis in accordance with rotation force transmitted from the cam plate and abuts against the shaft of the bolt, which extends in close proximity to the piston. The rotating piston abuts against the shaft so that the rotation thereof is restricted. The shaft has a diameter greater than that of a threaded portion formed at an end of the bolt. Since the threaded portion is smaller, the threaded portion does no damage to the piston during assembly.

Abstract: A refrigerating system for air-conditioning an air-conditioned area, and incorporating therein a variable capacity refrigerant compressor in which the delivery amount of the compressed refrigerant is varied by changing the stroke of the reciprocating pistons which are operatively connected to a swash plate mechanism by changing its angle of inclination in response to a change in the pressure in a crank chamber, a condenser for condensing the compressed gas-phase refrigerant from the compressor, a pressure reducing unit for reducing the pressure of the liquid-phase refrigerant, an evaporator for vaporizing the liquid-phase refrigerant by removing heat from the air, around the evaporator, which cools the air-conditioned area, and a refrigerant supply conduit supplying the crank chamber of the compressor with a part of the liquid-phase refrigerant flowing in a portion of the refrigerant conduit extending from the condenser to the evaporator so that during the minimum capacity operation of the compressor, the com

Abstract: An axial multi-piston compressor includes a drive shaft, a cylinder block having cylinder bores formed therein and surrounding the drive shaft, and a plurality of pistons slidably received in the respective cylinder bores, wherein the pistons are successively reciprocated in the cylinder bores by a rotation of the drive shaft so that a suction stroke and a discharge stroke are alternately executed in each of the cylinder bores. During the suction stroke, a fluid is introduced into the cylinder bore, and during the compression stroke, the introduced fluid is compressed and discharged from the cylinder bore such that a residual part of the compressed fluid is inevitably left in the cylinder bore when the compression stroke is finished. The compressor further includes a rotary valve for allowing the residual part of the compressed fluid to escape from the cylinder bore into another cylinder bore governed by the compression stroke.

Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor is disclosed for adjusting an inclined angle of a swash plate (13) placed in a crank chamber (2a) in accordance with a pressure difference between the crank chamber (2a) and a gas suction chamber (4a) and for compressing gas supplied to compression chambers (18) from the gas suction chamber (4a) by pistons (21) that reciprocate with a stroke according to the inclined angle of the swash plate (13) in order to thereby control a volume of gas to be discharged from a gas discharge chamber (4b). A communication passage (23) connects the gas discharge chamber (4b) to the gas suction chamber (4a), and a branch passage (24) branching from the communication passage (23) is connected to the crank chamber (2a). Disposed in the communication passage (23) is a valve (25, 45) which normally blocks the communication passage (23) and opens the communication passage (23) to alter pressure in the crank chamber (2a).

Abstract: A variable capacity swash-plate type compressor provided with a suction chamber for refrigerant gas before compression, a discharge chamber for compressed refrigerant gas, a crank chamber for a swash-plate assembly driving reciprocation of compressing pistons in cylinder bores of a cylinder block, a high pressure gas supply passageway fluidly communicating between the discharge chamber and the crank chamber so as to supply the crank chamber with a high pressure gas, a flow choke arranged adjacent to the high pressure gas supply passageway so as to regulate the pressure and flow rate of the high pressure gas flowing through the gas supply passageway, and a control valve unit for controlling extraction of the high pressure gas from the crank chamber toward the suction chamber in response to a refrigerating load.

Abstract: An oil diverting unit, incorporated in a compressor housing of a refrigerant compressor for a climate control system of an automobile, cooperating with a shaft seal unit mounted on a drive shaft of the compressor, so as to divert a flow of the lubricating oil which was suspended in the refrigerant gas and has leaked out of the interior of the compressor housing, to thereby prevent the lubricating oil from reaching a solenoid clutch mounted on a front portion of the drive shaft of the compressor. The oil diverting unit has an oil blocking plate member made of elastic material so that the plate member is elastically press-fitted in the compressor housing so as to define an oil dam for holding the lubricating oil and permitting the oil to be drained from the dam through a drain passageway toward the exterior of the compressor housing.

Abstract: A piston, swash plate compressor has a rotary valve that rotates integrally with a main drive shaft. A chamber is provided, separated from the piston bores by a partition. Valved ports are formed in the partition. One end of the rotary valve contacts the partition. Compressed gas biases the rotary valve against the partition to improve sealing and thus, efficiency.

Abstract: A multiple-cylinder piston type compressor is disclosed. The compressor has a cylinder head fastened to the rear end of a cylinder block assembly of the compressor with a valve plate interposed therebetween and having formed therein a suction chamber formed in a radially outer peripheral region thereof so as to surround a central discharge chamber. The compressor further includes a refrigerant gas intake passage extending along a straight line and radially through the axial center of the compressor and having at least two holes for providing direct communication between the gas intake passage and the suction chamber at positions that are radially spaced. The refrigerant gas intake passage may include a combination of at least two passage portions having different cross-sectional areas.

Abstract: A compressor including a rotation detecting device for detecting the rotation of the compressor to stop the compressor in an emergency. The rotation detecting device comprises a fastening bolt fastening the casing sections together, a rotatable member supported by a drive shaft, and a magnetic sensor arranged outside the casing around the head of the fastening bolt. A magnetic flux is guided from a magnetic clutch to the rotatable member or provided by permanent magnets on the rotatable member. The rotatable member has a notch or a projection for producing periodically changing a magnetic flux which passes through the fastening bolt and is detected by the magnetic sensor.

Abstract: A variable capacity swash plate type compressor having a hinge unit having a support arm protruding from a back side of a rotor, and a guide pin having one end thereof fixed onto a rotatable swash plate. The support arm has guide holes or guide surfaces which are parallel with a plane passing through a central axis "O" of a drive shaft and the top dead center position of the swash plate, the holes extending in a direction in which the holes approach the drive shaft from the outer edge of the rotor. Sections taken so as to be perpendicular to the center lines of the holes (guide surfaces) can be circular. A spherical element interacting with the guide holes is arranged at the end of the guide pin away from the rotatable swash plate. Thus, the spherical element of the guide pin interacts with the guide holes so that the suction force, compressive reaction force and torque are sustained on a line.

Abstract: A single-headed piston type swash-plate compressor has a cylinder block having cylinder bores in which a plurality of pistons are slidably received. A first housing is attached to a first end of the block to form a crank chamber therebetween, and a second housing is attached to a second end thereof to form an annular suction chamber and a central discharge chamber therebetween. The chambers are partitioned by an annular wall portion projected from an inner wall of the second housing such that the suction chamber surrounds the discharge chamber. A drive shaft rotatably is extended through the crank chamber, and a conversion mechanism is provided on the shaft for converting a rotating movement of the shaft into a reciprocating movement of each piston in the corresponding bore such that a suction stroke and a discharge stroke are alternately executed therein.

Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor comprises cylinder bores, pistons, a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. A suction valve introduces a low pressure gas into a working chamber in each cylinder bore. A discharge valve introduces a high pressure gas in the working chamber into the discharge chamber during a compression stroke. A crank chamber communicates to each of the cylinder bores at rear sides of the pistons. A swash plate is tiltably supported on a drive shaft and connected to each of the pistons through associated rods. The swash plate makes the pistons reciprocate in response to its undulating swing motion and varies its inclination angle based upon pressure differential between pressure in the suction chamber and pressure in the crank chamber therefore adjusting discharge displacement.

Abstract: A reciprocatory piston type compressor having a compressor body in which a low pressure suction chamber for the refrigerant before compression, a discharge chamber for the refrigerant after compression, and a plurality of axial cylinder bores receiving a corresponding number of reciprocatory pistons are provided therein, and a rotating plate suction valve capable of mechanically and forcibly opening suction ports in synchronism with the suction stroke of the reciprocatory pistons to thereby permit the refrigerant gas before compression to be drawn into the cylinder bores without time delay. A discharge valve capable of mechanically and forcibly open the discharge ports in synchronism with the discharge stroke of the pistons is also provided in the compressor body.

Abstract: A reciprocating-piston-type refrigerant compressor having a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores in which a plurality of pistons reciprocate to effect suction, compression and discharge of refrigerant gas in response to rotation of a drive shaft, a gas receiving chamber for receiving the refrigerant gas before compression, a gas discharge chamber for receiving the compressed refrigerant gas, and at least one rotary valve element mounted on the drive shaft to be rotatable with the drive shaft and having a suction passageway for providing a fluid communication between the gas receipt chamber and each of a compression chambers formed in the plurality of cylinder bores so that the refrigerant gas before compression is sequentially drawn into the compression chambers during the rotation of the rotary valve element.

Abstract: A swash plate is mounted on a drive shaft disposed in a housing having a gas suction chamber in such a way that the swash plate is rotatable integrally with the drive shaft. A plurality of cylinder bores are formed around the drive shaft, extending along the drive shaft. Disposed in each cylinder bore is a piston, which reciprocates between top and bottom dead centers by undulating movement of the swash plate caused by rotation of the drive shaft. A compression chamber where gas is compressed by the reciprocal movement of the piston is defined in each cylinder bore. Provided between the drive shaft and the swash plate is a mechanism for altering an angle of the swash plate with respect to the axis of the drive shaft to change a reciprocal stroke of the piston to thereby control compression displacement. A rotary valve is provided at the drive shaft to be rotatable integrally with the drive shaft.

Abstract: A swash plate of a variable displacement type compressor is swingably provided within a housing. Pistons reciprocate according to the swinging motion of the swash plate. The gas is compressed and discharged in response to the reciprocal motion of the pistons. As a stroke of the piston is varied according to the inclination angle of the swash plate, displacement of the compressor is varied. A displacement detector of the compressor includes a detected piece made of magnet. The detected piece is attached to one of the piston and a member which reciprocates in association with the piston. Detecting wires are arranged along the reciprocating locus of detected piece, and include a plurality of cyclic units which cross the center line extending in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A reciprocating-piston-type refrigerant compressor provided with a cylinder block having formed therein a plurality of cylinder bores in which a plurality of pistons are reciprocated to effect suction, compression and discharge of refrigerant gas in response to rotation of a drive shaft, a rotary valve element connected to the drive shaft to be rotated together with the drive shaft within a recessed chamber formed in the cylinder block, the valve element having a suction passageway for sequentially introducing the refrigerant gas before compression of the plurality of cylinder bores during the rotation of the rotary valve element, gas receiving grooves formed in the inner wall of the recessed chamber for receiving a part of the compressed refrigerant gas leaking from respective cylinder bores in the phase of the compressing and discharging operations into a contacting area between the inner wall of the recessed chamber and the rotary valve element, and a gas routing passageway formed in the rotary valve eleme

Abstract: In a swash-plate compressor, pistons are slidably received in cylinder bores. A drive shaft is extended through a crank chamber, and is rotated through an electromagnetic clutch means associated therewith. A conversion mechanism is provided on the shaft for converting a rotational movement of the shaft into a reciprocation of each piston in the corresponding cylinder bore such that a suction stroke and a discharge stroke are alternately executed therein. A fluid is introduced from a suction chamber into the bore during the suction stroke, and during the compression stroke, the fluid is compressed in and discharged from the bore into a discharge chamber. The conversion mechanism is constituted such that a stroke length is shortened in response to an increase of a pressure in the crank chamber, and vice versa. A first passage communicates the crank with the suction chamber, and a second passage communicates the crank chamber with the discharge chamber.