Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a rotation mechanism, an annular piston and a blade. The rotation mechanism has a cylinder with an annular cylinder chamber. The annular piston is contained in the cylinder chamber eccentrically from the cylinder and sectioning the cylinder chamber into an outer compression chamber and an inner compression chamber. The blade is disposed in the cylinder chamber and sectioning each of the inner and outer compression chambers into a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side. The rotation mechanism compresses a fluid by relatively rotating the cylinder and the piston. The outer compression chamber serves as a low-stage side compression chamber for compressing a low-pressure fluid into an intermediate-pressure fluid. The inner compression chamber serves as a high-stage side compression chamber for compressing the intermediate-pressure fluid compressed in the low-stage side compression chamber into a high-pressure fluid.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine includes an eccentric rotary piston mechanism that is configured such that an annular piston is accommodated in an annular cylinder chamber of a cylinder to form an outer cylinder chamber and an inner cylinder chamber. The cylinder and the annular piston relatively execute eccentric rotary motion. Each of the outer and inner cylinder chambers is divided by a blade into a first chamber and a second chamber. The blade and the annular piston are mutually movably coupled together by a swinging bushing. The blade is provided, in its contact parts with the annular piston and the swinging bushing, with sliding surfaces in order to prevent the occurrence of seizure and wear of the blade and the annular piston and the occurrence of gas leakage between the first chamber and the second chamber during operation.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine includes a first rotation mechanism and a second rotation mechanism. Each of them includes a cylinder having a cylinder chamber and an annular piston which is contained in the cylinder chamber and divides the cylinder chamber into an outer working chamber and an inner working chamber. The cylinder rotates around the piston. The first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism are arranged to be adjacent to each other with a partition plate sandwiched therebetween. The cylinder of the first rotation mechanism and the cylinder of the second rotation mechanism are arranged such that one of the cylinders is provided at one side of a partition plate and the other is provided at the other side of the partition plate. Each of the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism is provided with a compliance mechanism for reducing a gap that occurs between the cylinders in the axial direction of the drive shaft.

Abstract: A valve guard for restricting the amount of deformation of a valve disc has a main body part abuttable with the back surface of the valve disc, and a fixation part extending to outside of a receding part. Upon mounting the valve guard to an end plate part, the fixation part is firmly attached to the outside of the receding part of the end plate part.

Abstract: In a compression mechanism of a rotary compressor, a cylinder chamber is defined by a cylinder and a second housing. A back surface side gap is defined between an end plate part of the cylinder and a flat plate part of a first housing. The first housing is provided with a communicating path and a differential pressure regulating valve. When the difference between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is small, the discharge pressure is introduced through the communicating path to an intermediate gap whereby both an internal gap and the intermediate gap are placed at the same pressure as the discharge pressure. Conversely, when the difference between the discharge pressure and the suction pressure is great, the communicating path is made discontinuous by the differential pressure regulating valve whereby the intermediate gap is placed at an intermediate pressure lower than the discharge pressure.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine is provided with a cylinder having an annular cylinder chamber, an annular piston and a blade that form a rotation mechanism. The piston is disposed in the cylinder chamber to be eccentric to the cylinder and divides the cylinder chamber into an outer working chamber and an inner working chamber. The blade is arranged in the cylinder chamber to divide each of the working chambers into a high pressure region and a low pressure region. The cylinder and the piston make relative rotations. A width of the cylinder chamber is varied along a circumference of the cylinder chamber such that a gap between a wall surface of the cylinder and a wall surface of the piston is kept to a predetermined value during the rotations. Further, a width of the piston is varied along a circumference of the piston such that the gap between the wall surface of the cylinder and the wall surface of the piston is kept to a predetermined value during the rotations.

Abstract: A bolt hole receiving a fixing bolt is formed in a portion of an end plate overlapping an annular piston or a fixed wrap as viewed in a thickness direction of the end plate to open at the back face of the end plate. In fixing a discharge valve o the end plate, the fixing bolt is screwed into the bolt hole.

Abstract: A blade moves backward/forward to enter four different states, namely a first state in which the tip thereof is in sliding contact with the internal peripheral surface of an external side cylinder part, a second state in which the tip is positioned in the cutaway portion of a ring-shaped piston to thereby place only an external side cylinder chamber at rest, a third state in which the tip is positioned in the cutaway portion of an internal side cylinder part to thereby place only the external side cylinder chamber and an intermediate cylinder chamber at rest, and a whole rest state in which the tip is positioned in a blade groove to thereby place all of the cylinder chambers at rest.

Abstract: A scroll compressor has a moving scroll and a stationary scroll in contact with each other. A seal ring for defining a back pressure space at a rear side of the stationary scroll is provided and its position is adjusted between a sealing position and a leakage position with respect to an end plate of the stationary scroll.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine includes an eccentric rotary piston mechanism that is configured such that an annular piston is accommodated in an annular cylinder chamber of a cylinder to form an outer cylinder chamber and an inner cylinder chamber. The cylinder and the annular piston relatively execute eccentric rotary motion. Each of the outer and inner cylinder chambers is divided by a blade into a first chamber and a second chamber. The blade and the annular piston are mutually movably coupled together by a swinging bushing. The blade is provided, in its contact parts with the annular piston and the swinging bushing, with sliding surfaces in order to prevent the occurrence of seizure and wear of the blade and the annular piston and the occurrence of gas leakage between the first chamber and the second chamber during operation.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine includes a first rotation mechanism and a second rotation mechanism. Each of them includes a cylinder having a cylinder chamber and an annular piston which is contained in the cylinder chamber and divides the cylinder chamber into an outer working chamber and an inner working chamber. The cylinder goes rotates around the piston. The first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism are arranged to be adjacent to each other with a partition plate sandwiched therebetween. The cylinder of the first rotation mechanism and the cylinder of the second rotation mechanism are arranged such that one of the cylinders is provided at one side of a partition plate and the other is provided at the other side of the partition plate. Each of the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism is provided with a compliance mechanism for reducing a gap that occurs between the cylinders in the axial direction of the drive shaft.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine includes an eccentric rotary piston mechanism that is configured such that an annular piston is accommodated in an annular cylinder chamber of a cylinder to form an outer cylinder chamber and an inner cylinder chamber. The cylinder and the annular piston relatively execute eccentric rotary motion. Each of the outer and inner cylinder chambers is divided by a blade into a first chamber and a second chamber. The blade and the annular piston are mutually movably coupled together by a swinging bushing. The blade is provided, in its contact parts with the annular piston and the swinging bushing, with sliding surfaces in order to prevent the occurrence of seizure and wear of the blade and the annular piston and the occurrence of gas leakage between the first chamber and the second chamber during operation.

Abstract: A scroll compressor has a moving scroll and a stationary scroll in contact with each other. A seal ring for defining a back pressure space at a rear side of the moving scroll is provided and its position is adjusted between a sealing position and a leakage position with respect to an end plate of the moving scroll.

Abstract: A fixing bolt is inserted into a through hole of an end-face member and screwed with a screw hole of a valve holding member, by which a discharge valve is sandwiched by the end-face member and the valve holding member. Thus, since a thickness of the end-face member can be provided thinner, a capacity of a discharge hole of the end-face member is made smaller so that degradation of operating efficiency as well as increase of operating noise are prevented.

Abstract: A scroll fluid machine includes a stationary scroll having a spiral wrap formed on an end plate and a moving scroll having a spiral wrap formed on an end plate. A polymer actuator for adjusting the amount of space between the wrap and the end plate is disposed in a recess formed at a tip of the wrap. The polymer actuator changes its shape along a height of the wrap to adjust an amount of the space. The polymer actuator also functions as a seal between the end plate and the wrap. The recess is formed such that a wall of the recess including an inner circumference surface of the wrap has a thickness different from that of a wall of the recess including an outer circumference surface of the wrap.

Abstract: A scroll compressor has a moving scroll and a stationary scroll in contact with each other. A seal ring for defining a back pressure space at a rear side of the stationary scroll is provided and its position is adjusted between a sealing position and a leakage position with respect to an end plate of the stationary scroll.

Abstract: A rotary fluid machine includes an eccentric rotary piston mechanism that is configured such that an annular piston is accommodated in an annular cylinder chamber of a cylinder to form an outer cylinder chamber and an inner cylinder chamber. The cylinder and the annular piston relatively execute eccentric rotary motion. Each of the outer and inner cylinder chambers is divided by a blade into a first chamber and a second chamber. The blade and the annular piston are mutually movably coupled together by a swinging bushing. The blade is provided, in its contact parts with the annular piston and the swinging bushing, with sliding surfaces in order to prevent the occurrence of seizure and wear of the blade and the annular piston and the occurrence of gas leakage between the first chamber and the second chamber during operation.

Abstract: A scroll compressor has a moving scroll and a stationary scroll in contact with each other A seal ring for defining a back pressure space at a rear side of the moving scroll is provided and its position is adjusted between a sealing position and a leakage position with respect to an end plate of the moving scroll.

Abstract: A scroll fluid machine includes a stationary scroll having a spiral wrap formed on an end plate and a moving scroll having a spiral wrap formed on an end plate. A polymer actuator for adjusting the amount of space between the wrap and the end plate is disposed in a recess formed at a tip of the wrap. The polymer actuator changes its shape along a height of the wrap to adjust an amount of the space. The polymer actuator also functions as a seal between the end plate and the wrap. The recess is formed such that a wall of the recess including an inner circumference surface of the wrap has a thickness different from that of a wall of the recess including an outer circumference surface of the wrap.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a compression mechanism in which a piston is disposed inside a cylinder chamber of a cylinder. The cylinder and the piston eccentrically rotate relative to each other. The cylinder chamber is sectioned into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber in order to prevent production of vibration and noises due to pressure pulsation caused in a suction process. A low pressure space communicating with a suction side of the compression mechanism and a high pressure space communicating with a discharge side of the compression mechanism are formed in the casing. A suction pipe communicating with the high pressure space and a discharge pipe communicating with the high pressure space are disposed in the casing.