Abstract: A vane-type rotary compressor has a compression chamber delimited by a cylinder and front and rear covers secured to opposite ends of the cylinder. The front cover accommodates main and auxiliary shaft seal parts held in contact with a drive shaft. A space defined between the two shaft seal parts communicates with a suction stroke portion of the compression chamber via at least one bypass passage. Accordingly, the pressure and temperature acting on the main shaft seal part are substantially the same as those acting on the suction stroke portion, thus reducing the pressure and temperature on the main shaft seal part.

Abstract: In a sliding vane type compressor including a cylinder having a cylindrical inner wall, a rotor disposed within the cylinder and having a vane slot, and an oil supply means for feeding oil during the rotation of the rotor to the vane backpressure chamber of the vane inserted slidably into the vane slot, refrigerating gas within the refrigeration cycle is used as vane backpressure means, which providing a gas passage opening, closing means is provided in a passage for supplying the gas, the gas passage being shut off during the steady operation of the compressor to cause the oil supply amount to be proper into the vane backpressure chamber to improve the durability and efficiency of the compressor.