Abstract: A scroll type fluid displacement apparatus is disclosed which includes a housing having a front end plate and a cup shaped casing. A fixed wrap extends into an operative interior area of the casing from an inner end surface of an end plate of the cup shaped casing. An orbiting scroll has an end plate from which an orbiting wrap extends, and an opening at the center of the end plate. A drive shaft is rotatably supported by the front end plate and a crank pin extends from its inner end surface. The crank pin is rotatably carried within the opening of the end plate of the orbiting scroll through a bearing to thereby rotatably support the orbiting scroll. The crank pin has a radial flange at its inner end surface and a spring washer is disposed between the radial flange and the bearing to urge the orbiting scroll against the front end plate.

Abstract: A scroll type fluid displacement apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing. A fixed scroll member fixedly disposed within the housing and comprises a first end plate means from which a first wrap means extends. An orbiting scroll member also comprises a second end plate means from which a second wrap means extends. Both wrap means interfit at an angular and radial offset to make a plurality of line contacts to define at least one pair of symmetrical sealed off fluid pockets. The first end plate means is formed with two holes which are placed at the symmetrical position. A valve means controls the passage of fluids through the holes. The valve means is controlled by the changes of the external environment. The capacity of compressor can thereby be easily changed in response to the changes in the external environment.

Abstract: A scroll type fluid displacement apparatus having an orbiting scroll member and a fixed scroll member which form at least one pair of sealed off fluid pockets therebetween for fluid compression. The axial end surface of the spiral element of the scroll member has a groove along the spiral curve. A seal element is loosely fitted in the groove and has a reinforcement member for preventing localized bending thereof. During operation, the pressurized fluid flows into the groove to urge the seal element against the opposite end plate, so that the axial sealing between the spiral element and end plates is effected, and localized wear of the seal element by changes in the fluid pressure is prevented by the rigidifying reinforcement member.

Abstract: In a scroll type fluid compressor having an orbiting scroll member and a fixed scroll member which form at least one pair of outer fluid pockets and a central pocket therebetween for fluid compression, the axial end surfaces of each spiral element of the scroll members have a groove along the spiral curve. At least one closed portion is located along the groove to block fluid flow in the groove. A seal element is loosely fitted in the groove. During operation the compressed fluid flows into the groove to urge the seal element against the end plate of the opposite scroll member so that the axial sealing between the spiral element and the end plate is assured without leakage of fluid along the groove. Also, the closed portion is located along the spiral element at the location where the line contact point where the outer fluid pockets and the central pocket merge to prevent back pressure changes from causing excessive wear of the seal element.

Abstract: A manufacturing tool for finishing a preformed scroll for use in a scroll type fluid displacement apparatus is disclosed. The tool includes a working member having an end plate and a first involute element extending from one end surface of said end plate. A cutting edge extends along the inner side wall of an axial end of the first involute, and the end plate has a plurality of arc shaped holes along the outer side wall of the first involute element. A second involute element is rotatably coupled to the working member and interfits with the first involute element in a disposition to define a radial gap between the first and second involute elements. A cutting edge extends along the outer side wall of a first axial end of the second involute. A plurality of pins project axially from the other axial end of the second involute element and penetrate through the arc shaped holes. A rotatable member has a plurality of holes extending in the axial direction.

Abstract: A manufacturing tool for finishing a preformed scroll for use in a scroll type fluid displacement apparatus is disclosed. The tool includes a working member having an end plate and a first involute element extending from one end surface of said end plate. The end plate has a plurality of arc shaped holes along the outer side wall of the first involute element. A second involute element is rotatably coupled to the working member and interfits with the first involute element in a disposition to define a radial gap between the first and second involute elements. A plurality of pins project axially from an axial end of the second involute element and penetrate through the arc shaped holes. A rotatable member has a plurality of holes extending in the axial direction.

Abstract: A scroll type fluid displacement apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing. A fixed scroll member is fixedly disposed within the housing and comprises a first end plate means from which a first wrap means extends. An orbiting scroll member comprises a second end plate means from which a second wrap means extends, and is supported for orbiting motion within the housing. Both wrap means interfit at an angular and radial offset to make a plurality of line contacts to define at least one pair of symmetrically disposed, sealed off fluid pockets. The first end plate means is formed with two holes which are placed at symmetrical positions to be simultaneously closed by the axial end surface of the second wrap means. These two holes are connected to one another by a passage means. The pressure in the sealed off fluid pockets is thereby equalized at the time the pockets are sealed.

Abstract: A device with an electromagnetic clutch includes a tubular member of steel which is secured to, and cantilevered by, a flange member secured to a housing of the device. A pulley having magnetic pole faces is rotatably mounted on the tubular member by one or more bearings. A drive shaft of the device extends out of the housing and through the tubular member, and supports a magnetic armature on the extended end. An electromagnet associating with the pulley is fixedly supported on the flange member to supply magnetic attraction force for attracting the armature plate to the pulley. In the arrangement, since the wall thickness of the tubular member is made thin, the outer diameter of the clutch can be reduced without degrading the transmission of rotational force. And a shaft seal assembly can be mounted on the drive shaft within the tubular member. Furthermore, the inner ring of the bearing is held between the flange member and a retaining ring fitted onto the tubular member, to be prevented from axial movement.

Abstract: In a scroll type compressor unit including two interfitting fixed and orbiting scroll members in the compressor housing, a crank shaft projecting from the interior of the compressor housing and rotatably supported by a radial bearing, a crank pin on the inner end of the crank shaft on which the orbiting scroll member is rotatably supported by another radial bearing, and a rotation preventing mechanism for preventing the orbiting scroll member from rotating, an oil accumulating chamber is provided in the compressor housing to connect with the fluid inlet port of the compressor housing in order to lubricate those radial bearings and other moving parts. A shaft seal assembly is mounted on the crank shaft in a shaft seal cavity which is communicated with the oil accumulating chamber through a first oil passageway formed in the wall of the compressor housing.

Abstract: A scroll type compressor unit including a compressor housing having fluid inlet and outlet ports, and two fixed and orbiting scroll members within the compressor housing. Each scroll member has an end plate and a spiral element which are maintained angularly and radially offset so that both spiral elements interfit with a line contacts between the spiral curved surfaces to define moving sealed off pockets. In order that the fluid may be reliably taken into all fluid pockets, the end plate of the fixed scroll member is formed with a suction port connecting to the fluid inlet port at a position adjacent to the outer terminal end of the orbiting spiral element. Thus, the fluid introduced through the suction port may be taken into a fluid pocket which is formed at the outer terminal end portion of the orbiting spiral element and is sent along the outer surface of the orbiting spiral element to a fluid pocket which is formed at the outer terminal end of the fixed spiral element.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor unit which includes fixed and orbiting scroll members contained within a cylindrical housing. Each scroll member has an end plate and a spiral element.In order to reduce the radius of the cylindrical housing, the end plate of the orbiting scroll member is a circular plate having a radius of (a-R/2), and the center of the end plate of the orbiting scroll member is offset from the center of the spiral element affixed thereto, assuming that the radius of the orbital motion of the orbiting scroll member is R, and that the distance between the center and the terminal end of each spiral element is a.Furthermore, the fixed scroll member is so disposed in the cylindrical housing that the center of the spiral element thereof is offset from the center of the cylindrical housing towards the terminal end of the spiral element thereof by R/2. In this arrangement, the radius of the cylindrical compressor housing is further reduced.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor comprising a balance hole communicating between a crank chamber and a suction chamber for returning the blow-by gas in the crank chamber to suction chamber, is provided with an oil separating member in a discharge chamber to separate oil in the compressed refrigerant gas. The separated oil is accumulated in an accumulating zone in the discharge chamber and returns to the crank chamber through an oil flowing passageway which communicates between the accumulating zone and the crank chamber thereby to reduce the oil leakage into the refrigerant circulating system.

Abstract: A single metal sheet suction reed valve member having a plurality of radial outwardly extending reeds which is held between a cylinder block having a plurality of axial cylinders in spaced annular relation and a valve plate together with a gasket, is formed with radial outwardly extending fingers between adjacent reeds. The end surface of the cylinder block is formed with a spot faced recess at the central region which connects all cylinders and which receives the suction reed valve member. The spot faced recess is formed with a radius greater than a distance from the center of the cylinder block to a point on an opening edge of one of the cylinders in symmetry with another point on the opening edge intersecting with a side edge of the corresponding reed in relation to an imaginary line connecting between the centers of adjacent cylinders. Each finger extends to the periphery of the spot faced recess and covers the bottom surface region of the recess between adjacent cylinders.

Abstract: A shaft seal arrangement in a bore of a compressor housing through which a drive shaft extends, which comprises a first seal sheet fitted into the bore and a second seal sheet mounted on the drive shaft which are secured in position on the shaft by a retainer ring means, the indention comprising: a means for mechanically connecting the first seal sheet with the internal wall of the bore to prevent the first seal sheet from rotating. The means for mechanically connecting the first seal sheet with the internal wall comprises a key loosely fitted into a hole which is defined by an axial groove in the internal surface of the bore and an axial groove in the peripheral surface of the seal sheet. Alternatively, the mechanically connecting means may comprise a projection formed to the retainer ring, which projection is engaged with a depression formed in the first seal sheet thereby to prevent the first seal sheet from rotating.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder compressor of the type suitable for use in a vehicle air-conditioning system includes a pair of axially spaced cylinder blocks for receiving a refrigerant fluid therein for compression. First and second sets of pistons are respectively reciprocated within the front and the rear cylinders, respectively by means of first and second sets of rods of different axial lengths. Also disclosed is an improved lubricating system for a compressor which includes a flapper element located near the oil hole to direct oil to the shaft seal for both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the compressor. The compressor may also include a slanted surface on the cam rotor for splashing oil onto the compressor housing wall.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor in a wobble type suitable for air-conditioning systems for automobiles, in which pistons are reciprocated within respective cylinders by a wobble plate member driven by a wedge-shaped rotor member which is secured on a drive shaft. Needle thrust bearing assemblies are disposed between an inner surface of an end plate of a compressor housing and an end surface of the wedge-shaped rotor member and between an inclining end surface of the wedge-shaped rotor member and an end surface of the wobble plate member.

Abstract: A fluid suction and discharge apparatus suitable for a compressor for an air-conditioning system for automobiles, having means for extending the life time of the suction reed valve and for suppressing noise due to the vibration of the suction reed valve. A pin having a head of an increased radius is secured to the inner surface of the valve plate with the pin extending through a slit provided in the suction reed valve at a portion between the secured end thereof and the region thereof facing the inlet port in the valve plate, whereby the suction reed valve may be suppressed from overbending. Another means for restricting the bending of the suction reed valve within a predetermined extent may be provided which comprises an axial recess formed in the inner surface of the cylinder from an end thereof facing the valve plate by a predetermined distance, with an extended free end of the suction reed valve being received in the recess.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor having pistons reciprocated in respective cylinders through piston rods by a wobble plate driven by a wedge-shaped rotor which is secured on a drive shaft, which compressor has a structure which is dynamically balanced so that reduced vibration of the compressor may occur in the operation thereof. The wobble plate and the wedge-shaped rotor are, respectively and/or in combination, so formed that all of the centrifugal forces developed on the plate and the rotor cancel out one another in radial directions, and the torques on the wobble plate and the rotor developed due to the centrifugal forces cancel torques provided on the wobble plate due to inertia of the wobble plate, pistons and piston rods which are reciprocated.

Abstract: A lubrication system for use in a compressor unit includes a deflector projecting from the inner wall of the compressor housing which collects lubricating oil splashed onto the housing wall and channels the lubricating oil thus collected to the shaft seal cavity.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor having pistons reciprocated in respective cylinder by a wobble plate driven by an input rotor which is secured on a drive shaft, which compressor has a reduced volume and an improved lubricant system. An end plate of a housing for the compressor supports and bears the drive shaft and is formed with an oil port extending from a shaft seal cavity mounting a shaft seal of the drive shaft to a gap between the end plate and the rotor, with the drive shaft being formed with another oil port extending the shaft seal cavity and a gap between the rotor and the wobble plate whereby the lubricant oil flows through the gap between the rotor and the wobble plate, the oil port in the drive shaft, the shaft seal cavity, the oil port in the end plate, and the gap between the rotor and the end plate in the order. The rotor is formed with an annular recess on a surface thereof facing the end plate and in eccentricity from the rotating axis of the rotor.