Abstract: A rotary rolling piston type compressor having a cylinder mounted in a hermetic shell and a rolling piston driven by a crankshaft carried by the rotor of an electric motor whose stator is fixed internally to the shell. An external part of the cylinder has a radial slot that houses a slidable vane which defines with the cylinder and the piston compression and a suction chamber. The vane surface facing the suction chamber has a planar surface on its upper portion parallel to the vane surface facing the compression chamber and the lower portion of the surface facing the suction chamber has a relieved, or chamfered, section(s). The chamfered surface(s) develops a hydrodynamic wedge effect upon the vane during downward displacement, increasing the lubricating and stability capacity of the vane against the wall of the slot in which the vane slides, and reduces the area of the vane which is in actual contact with the wall of the slot.

Abstract: Discharge system for rotary rolling piston compressor of the type that comprises a cylinder housing a rolling annular piston and a sliding vane which defines a suction and discharge volumes in the space between the piston and the cylinder and the inner faces of main and sub bearing plates, one of the plates having a discharge valve in communication with the discharge volume and being provided with a suction orifice. A gas outlet means communicates with the interior of the cylinder and has at least two gas intake positions one arranged in the extreme final region of the discharge volume and the other arranged radially set back and angularly advanced relative to the first.

Abstract: A system to dampen high frequency noises in hermetic rotary compressors of the rolling piston type, usually employed in small refrigeration and air conditioning compressors without causing an increase in the cylinder dead volume, and, accordingly, a decrease in the compressor volumetric performance. A resonating chamber is provided in the cylinder or bearing and communication between the compression chamber to the resonator chamber is provided by the vane which rides on the rotating piston as it tilts toward and away from the resonating chamber or passage leading to the chamber.

Abstract: A low pressure container type rolling piston compressor which includes a compression element, a motor element, a rotary shaft with an eccentric portion driven by the motor element, a cylinder for receiving therein the eccentric portion of the rotary shaft, a rolling piston having an inner circumference to which the eccentric portion is fitted and an outer circumference which rolls along the inner wall surface of the cylinder, a vane having an end which is in contact with the outer circumference of the rolling piston to divide the inner space of the cylinder into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber, a pair of bearing plates for closing both open ends of the cylinder, a sealing container housing the above-mentioned structural elements and storing at its lower part a lubricating oil wherein a pressure in the sealing container is the same as that in the low pressure chamber and wherein an oil supplying passage is formed in either one of the pair of bearing plates for closing both open ends of the c

Abstract: Objectionable noise in a rotary compressor is reduced by placing cavities in the sliding vane and/or the rolling piston. The cavities are used to change the local compliance of surfaces which impact one another to generate the objectionable noise. The change in the compliance of impacting surfaces is used to change the frequency of the noise generated by the impacting surfaces.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a cylinder with a cylindrical compression chamber. A cylindrical piston is eccentrically movable within the chamber. A vane slot extends outwardly in the cylinder from and communicates with the chamber. A vane is reciprocatingly mounted in the vane slot for selective protrusion into and retroaction from the chamber to contact the piston. At least one noise reduction slot projects into the cylinder from its outer peripheral wall near the vane slot and extends completely between the ends of the cylinder.

Abstract: Noise reduction is provided in a rotary compressor by selecting the location of the opening of the discharge port so as to minimize the transmission of noise by the discharge compressed gasses. In particular, the discharge port opening is located in the middle (i.e., in an axial direction) of the cylinder wall of the rotary compressor corresponding to a node in a first thickness mode standing wave. This corresponds to 1/4 wavelength relative to the thickness mode standing wave from the end plate. Additionally, the opening is located 1/4 wavelength from the corner or edge at which the sliding vane is positioned, this ensuring that the opening is at a node in a first cylindrical mode standing wave set up in the compression chamber. The discharge port includes a passage extending through the cylindrical wall and a passage extending through the end plate.

Abstract: A Helmholtz resonator is used in communication with the compression chamber of a rotary compressor in order to attenuate noise. The resonator concentrates the attenuation of noise in a frequency band around 4 kHz corresponding to the concentration of noise produced by a particular rotary compressor, this band also corresponding to the frequencies which the human ears are most sensitive to. The resonator branches off from the discharge port in an end wall of the compressor. The resonantor uses an easily machined cylindrical resonance cavity on the surface of the end wall, the resonance cavity also being bounded on one side by a cylindrical wall of the rotary compressor. The resonator significantly reduces the noise in a rotary compressor of a specific type commonly used for compressing refrigerant gases in a refrigerator.

Abstract: The noise of a rotary compressor is reduced by orienting the sliding vane. In particular, the vane is oriented such that the force component which is perpendicular to the vane motion and which tends to jam the vane and create high frictional effects is minimized. The vane is tilted towards the high pressure chamber so as to result in a smaller force component perpendicular to the direction of vane motion, which direction corresponds to the direction of the vane slot itself. The vane may be shifted laterally from its previously known position in order to achieve the same lower friction and lower noise effects.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a top clearance volume formed between a cylinder chamber and at least one delivery valve. Another top clearance volume, in communication with the cylinder chamber, produces a reverse flow of compressed fluid which generates pulsations adapted to offset a high frequency component of pulsations generated in the cylinder chamber by compressed fluid reversely flowing from the first top clearance volume to the cylinder chamber. Thereby the high frequency component of pulsations generated in the cylinder chamber is eliminated, and a low-noise rotary compressor is provided.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed rotary compressor is disclosed wherein gas compressed within a compression chamber defined by a cylinder block is discharged through respective discharge ports in the main and outboard bearings defining the ends of the cylinder. Mufflers are provided on the outside ends of the bearings into which the compressed gas is expanded. A constricting gas passageway extending through the bearings and the cylinder block provides a path for constricted flow of gas from one muffler to the other. The constricted gas expands upon entry into the other muffler, thereby providing a cooler recombined discharge gas for use in cooling oil in the oil sump and cooling the motor stator windings.

Abstract: A lateral rotary compressor includes a container for storing lubricating oil, compressing device disposed in the container for compressing a gaseous fluid, and a driving device disposed in the container for driving the compressing device. The compressing device includes a blade chamber defined in the compressing device above the surface level of the lubricating oil in the container, reciprocally movable blade disposed in the blade chamber for increasing and decreasing the volume in the blade chamber, and an oil passage device for drawing the lubricating oil in the container into the blade chamber and for feeding the lubricating oil in the blade chamber to the compressor device in response to the reciprocal movement of the blade.

Abstract: A closed type rotary compressor comprises: a closed housing, a driving electric motor housed in the housing and having a rotor rotating together with a rotary shaft, an upper bearing wall and a lower bearing wall housed in the housing for supporting the respective ends of the rotary shaft, a cylinder fixed between the upper and lower bearing walls and having a compression chamber therein, a rolling piston arranged in the compression chamber and eccentrically rotating together with the rotary shaft, and a rotating member arranged between the rotor and the upper bearing wall and rotating together with the rotor, wherein the cylinder is provided with an intake passage for feeding a refrigerant gas into the compression chamber, and a valve chamber for discharging the refrigerant gas through a discharge valve, the valve communicating a discharge passage formed in the upper bearing wall, and wherein the rotor is provided with a wider portion for covering an opening of the passage in the upper bearing wall and a nar

Abstract: A two-cylinder rotary compressor includes a closed casing, a compression section, and an electric motor section, both arranged in the casing, for driving the compression section. The compression section comprises first and second assemblies. The first assembly is constructed by securing a first cylinder to a first bearing, in alignment therewith. The second assembly is constructed by securing a second cylinder to a second bearing, in alignment therewith. The first and second assemblies are aligned with and secured to each other while a partitioning plate is interposed between the first and second cylinders. First and second rollers are rotatably arranged in the first and second cylinders, respectively. These rollers are rotated by a rotational shaft which is supported by the first and second bearings and driven by the electric motor section.

Abstract: A rotating piston compressor includes a cylinder having inlet and outlet openings formed therein, a piston rotating in a given direction in the cylinder, a shaft supporting the piston and rotating in the given direction, a casing connected to the cylinder and having slits formed therein, a control device for controlling flow through the inlet and outlet openings in the form of a rotary slide disposed outside the cylinder in the casing, the rotary slide being connected to the shaft for a steady, synchronized rotational movement, and the relative position of the rotary slide and the casing being adjustable.

Abstract: A rotary cylinder is tested by loading in two fixed and one movable locations until a location of the movable point is found at which no, or a predetermined amount of, distortion takes place in the vane slot. The cylinder is then welded into a shell at the three points without producing distortion of the vane slot or with a predetermined distortion.

Abstract: A rotary compressor for use with refrigerating apparatuses such as freezing refrigerators, freezers, showcases for household or commercial use incorporates a mechanism in a compressor unit. When a space to be freezed is freezed in a on-off operation mode, the mechanism prevents a large amount of high temperature refrigerant gas in a closed casing of the compressor from being discharged to an evaporator during the suspension of the operation of the compressor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary compressor assembly of the type in which an electric motor and a rotary compressor are mounted in a seal capsule and share a common drive shaft. An intermediate pressure chamber is formed in the housing adjacent the outboard bearing of the compressor and a nonmechanical pressure difference principle is utilized to convey lubricating oil from the pump to the intermediate pressure chamber. A groove and paddle construction associated with the shaft conveys oil from the intermediate pressure chamber against the capsule pressure back into the capsule through the shaft bearings.

Abstract: A rotating piston compressor includes a cylinder having a first given diameter, a thin-walled, radially-resilient piston with a circular cross section and a second given diameter being disposed in the piston, a radial support for the piston in the form of a rotation-symmetrical thin-walled shell formed of permanently elastic material having one end connected to the piston and another end, a body with a circular periphery holding the other end of the shell, and a drive shaft connected to the body for moving the piston with an eccentricity being larger than one half of the difference between the first and second given diameters.

Abstract: A rotary compressor for helium gas has a cylinder defining a closed space therein, a rotor disposed in the closed space for eccentric rotary motion while making a sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and a blade slidably mounted on the cylinder and resiliently projected into the closed space for sliding contact with the rotor so as to divide the closed space into a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. The compressor further has an oil relief passage which is arranged to allow the discharge chamber to communicate with a space outside the discharge chamber in the final stage of the discharging stroke before the crank angle of the compressor reaches an angle corresponding to the position of a discharge port.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed rotary compressor and its method of assembly are disclosed, which compressor and method utilize an end plate having an annular groove on its interior surface and an annular recess on its exterior surface. A securing weld in the centroidal plane of the end plate is provided at the junction of a compressor housing mated with the end plate annular groove.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a compression section disposed in a case. The compression section has a cylinder and first and second bearings fixed on both sides of the cylinder to define a compression chamber together with the cylinder. A first discharge mechanism for discharging a fluid compressed in the compression chamber into the outside of the chamber is provided at the first bearing. A second discharge mechanism for discharging a fluid compressed in the compression chamber into the outside of the chamber is provided at the second bearing. The first mechanism has a first discharge port formed in the first bearing and a first discharge valve for opening and closing the first port. The second mechanism has a second discharge port formed in the second bearing and a second discharge valve for opening and closing the second port with a different frequency from that of the first valve.

Abstract: A device capable of functioning as a fluid pump or motor has a related hydraulic circuit controlling the relationship of the case pressure to the pressure in high-pressure port. The arrangement thus limits the operating pressure effective on the seal system. The preferred form incorporates the hydraulic circuit within the body of the device.

Abstract: A compressor has a hermetic shell defining a compression chamber for compressing a fluid such as refrigerant gas supplied therein. The compressed gas is discharged from the compression chamber through a discharge port. A valve arrangement is provided at the discharge port for permitting the flow of the gas only in one direction from the inside to the outside of the compression chamber. The valve arrangement comprises first and second resilient elongated plates each having first and second ends. The first ends of the first and second elongated plates are rigidly connected to the hermetic shell and the second ends are placed one on top of the other over the discharge port. The second end of the first elongated plate on the discharged port is formed with at least one opening so that the pressurized gas discharged from the discharge port hits partly on the first plate and partly on the second plate through the opening.

Abstract: The compressor comprises four stages of compression. It has four compression chambers within four, separate compartments removably bolted to a central, supporting, gear housing. In the compression chambers are rotary (rolling) pistons. A pair of parallel, gear-driven shafts journalled in the housing have eccentric pins on ends thereof. The pins intrude into the chambers and rotatably carry the rotary pistons thereon. Conduits traverse the compartments to inject water into the chambers for cooling, sealing, and lubrication of the rotary pistons. Too, the compartments conduct compressed gas therethrough from the compression chambers, and conduct coolant therethrough as well to heat exchange with the compressed gas product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary compressor assembly of the type in which an electric motor and a rotary compressor are mounted in a seal capsule and share a common drive shaft. A lubricant storage chamber is formed in the housing adjacent the outboard bearing of the compressor and auxiliary pumping apparatus which includes a conduit equipped with a venturi passage provided for conveying lubricating oil from the pump to the storage chamber. Mechanical apparatus associated with the shaft conveys oil from the storage chamber to the shaft bearings.

Abstract: A rotary compressor which essentially includes a journal, a compression mechanism including a cylinder and a rolling piston provided on the journal to suck, compress and discharge refrigerant gas by rotating the rolling piston eccentrically in the interior of the cylinder, a motor to drive the journal, a journal bearing to support freely to rotate the journal, and an axial direction oil groove to introduce a lubricating oil into a gap between the journal and the journal bearing, the axial direction oil groove being formed along the axial direction of the journal at a position corresponding to a low pressure area of an oil film of the lubricating oil caused by a deflection of the journal due to the eccentric rotation of the rolling piston.

Abstract: An eccentric part of a crank shaft rotated in a cylinder is made a large diameter and a thin-walled rolling piston is fitted to the outer circumference of the eccentric part so that an injection opening for supplying a refrigerant into the cylinder is covered in a certain section by only a side surface of the eccentric part or both the side surfaces of the rolling piston and the eccentric part.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed rotary refrigerant compressor, comprising a compression chamber, a roller eccentrically rotatable in the chamber, and a vane slidably mounted in a slot in the wall of the chamber dividing the chamber between a low pressure suction side and a high pressure compression side including means for modulating the pressure differential between the low pressure suction side and the high pressure compression side of the vane at a preselected time in the compression cycle so as to minimize the frictional forces between the vane and vane slot caused by the pressure differential in the chamber.

Abstract: An eccentric part of a crank shaft rotated in a cylinder is made large in diameter and a thin-walled rolling piston is fitted to the outer circumference of the eccentric part so that an injection opening for supplying a refrigerant into the cylinder, the opening being formed in a bearing plate, is covered by only a side surface of the rolling piston or both the side surfaces of the rolling piston and the eccentric part.

Abstract: A rotary hermetic compressor including a compressor cylinder having a bore therein, and a sliding vane slidably disposed in a slot in the compressor wall. The vane extends into the bore of the cylinder for cooperating with a roller to divide the compression chamber into a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. A pressure groove is formed in the wall of the slot on the suction side of the vane. The pressure groove is supplied with oil by means of a passage directly connecting the groove with the oil sump whereby a bias force is applied to the vane to partially offset the unbalanced lateral force on the vane portion extending into the cylinder bore.

Abstract: A rotary compressor has a main bearing and a sub-bearing which are disposed on both sides of a cylinder, and a vane which is inserted at an eccentric crank pin portion of a crankshaft and is adapted to reciprocate while being in contact at one end thereof with a roller eccentrically rotating inside the cylinder. An oil feeding mechanism for the rotary compressor comprises: an oil feeding hole provided in a portion of the crankshaft closer to the end surface of a sub-journal of the crankshaft; an oil hole provided in a crank pin portion of the crankshaft such as to communicate with both the oil feeding hole and an oil groove formed on the crank pin portion; a spiral oil groove formed in the outer periphery of a main journal of the crankshaft such as to spiral in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the crankshaft; and a spiral oil groove formed in the outer periphery of the sub-journal of the crankshaft such as to spiral in the same direction as the rotational direction of the crankshaft.

Abstract: The lubricating oil pool 11 in the bottom of the shell 1 of a rolling piston refrigerant gas compressor is communicated directly with the space 16 inside the cylindrical piston 4 via a supply passage 10c in a side plate 10. Sufficient clearance is provided between the ends of the piston and the compressor side plates 9, 10 to enable limited communication between the space 16 and the compression and suction chambers 6, 18. The compressor discharge is supplied to the space 7 within the shell, and the resultant differential pressure applied to opposite ends of the supply passage causes a steady flow of oil into the piston interior to properly lubricate the moving parts of the compressor.

Abstract: A rotary-type fluid compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes a housing having a vane groove therein which is fitted with a vane. The vane is comprised of a specific soft nitrided hardened steel material which includes 0.50 to 1.30% carbon by weight, 11.0 to 20.0% chromium by weight, with the balance being Fe. The hardened steel material can be further improved by the inclusion of one or both of 0.1 to 1.50% Mo and/or 0.07 to 0.15% by weight of V. Specific characteristics relating to the mating member over which the vane slides are also disclosed. Due to the particular material utilized for producing the vane and the characteristics of the mating member over which the vane slides, improved results are obtained with respect to wear resistance.

Abstract: A rotary compressor of the type having an outer metal cylinder casing, a metal cylinder with a vane slot and a vane and the method of assembling the compressor by forming the cylinder with a circular chamber, the center of which is in alignment with the central axis of the cylinder and having a circular outer wall slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the casing. A vane slot is cut in the cylinder which slot is open at one end into the chamber. A vane is placed in the slot to divide the chamber into a high pressure side and a low pressure side. The cylinder has formed therein three curved elongated ports spaced from each other in the cylinder between the chamber and outer wall. The length of each port and thickness of the metal between the port and outer wall of the cylinder cooperate to provide adequate strength for welding and sufficiently flexible to absorb any significant distortion forces caused by welding without transmitting the distortion forces to the vane slot.

Abstract: The reversing of the direction of rotation of the motor of a fixed vane rotary compressor reverses the direction of rotation of the rolling piston. The rolling piston through viscous friction or frictional torque frictionally engages a reversing disk and causes the reversing disk to move between two positions depending upon the direction of rotation of the rolling piston. The reversing disk has a slot therein which forms the suction inlet and is moved by rotation of the reversing disk so as to be in fluid communication with the plenum which is serving as the suction plenum at that time.

Abstract: In a hermetic type compressor including a casing, an electric motor provided in the casing for rotating a driving shaft, and a compressor unit including a cylinder forcibly inserted in the casing, there are provided a method and a device for securing the compressor unit to the casing, wherein reduced thickness portions are provided on the outer surface of the casing so that welding can be carried out from outside of the casing through the reduced thickness portions. In this manner, heat generated in the welded portions can be reduced substantially, and various disadvantages caused thereby can be eliminated.

Abstract: The vane slot 20 and lubricating oil passageway 21 in the cylinder member 3 of a rotary vane compressor are configured such that the radial length of the slot wall 20a on the low pressure side of the vane 5 is less than that of the opposite wall 20b on the high pressure side. Such a shortened low pressure side slot wall reduces wear by providing improved lubrication at the critical inward edge of the slot (F1), and facilitates the flushing away of abrasive particles formed during the initial seating of the vane. For a horizontal installation the lubricating oil level is maintained below the radially outermost edge of the wall 20a to prevent the oil from being drawn into the low pressure chamber 17 when the compressor is stopped.

Abstract: A machine, in particular a working machine for the compression and conveyance of fluids, comprises a cylinder (2) and a thin-walled annular piston (4) arranged eccentrically with respect to the cylinder (2), with the piston being in flat contact either inside or outside with a cylinder wall (8). The cylinder (2) or the cylinder housing, contains a parting element (12) whereby a suction chamber (33) is separated from a pressure chamber (35) between the cylinder and the annular piston (4) and whereby by means of a rotating body a rotating motion may be imparted to the annular piston (4). The annular piston (4) is to be exposed to low alternating stresses and between the cylinder (2) and the annular piston (4) a low local surface pressure is to be achieved, while assuring a reliable contact in the rolling range (A).

Abstract: A rotary compressor comprises a compression chamber defined by enclosing both ends of a cylinder with a main bearing and an end bearing; compression elements including a piston which is eccentrically rotated by a crank shaft within the compression chamber, and dividing the compression chamber into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber; and a sealed container to be a plenum space, in which the compression elements are housed and lubricating oil is sumped at the inner bottom section of the sealed container to effect lubrication of sliding parts of the compression elements, wherein the lubricating oil is returned into the sealed container after it has been cooled through a heat-exchanger provided outside the sealed container.

Abstract: A device capable of functioning as a fluid pump or motor has a shaft provided with an eccentric rotating with the shaft in an axially short cylindrical chamber. A ring is rotatable on the eccentric, the thickness of the ring being close enough to the minimum distance from the periphery of the eccentric to the wall of the cylindrical chamber to cause the ring to roll along the wall on rotation of the shaft. The presence of the bearing interposed between the ring and the eccentric has the effect of adding to the thickness of the ring in this relationship. A high pressure and a low pressure port are closely spaced about the chamber periphery, and a moveable dam is mounted between these ports. A second moveable dam is mounted on the opposite side of the high-pressure port from the first dam.

Abstract: A horizontal compressor including an electric motor and a compressor element mounted in a case serving concurrently as an oil sump. The compressor element includes a cylinder, a shaft having a crank, a roller fitted to the crank for eccentric rotation along inner side surfaces of the cylinder, a vane moving in reciprocatory movement in a bore of the cylinder while abutting against the roller, two side plates located on opposite sides of the cylinder, one of the two side plates being formed with a suction port for a lubricant and the other side plate being formed with a discharge port for the lubricant, and a pump chamber defined by a back of the vane, the bore of the cylinder and the two side plates.

Abstract: A strainer device for a rotary type compressor includes a rolling piston which rotates with rotation of a rotational shaft, a cylinder plate provided in correspondence to the direction of the outer periphery of the rolling piston, a pair of side plates supporting the rotational shaft, and disposed on both side surfaces of the cylinder plate to define a compression chamber. A suction pipe passes through a shell housing with one end thereof being connected with a suction port formed in one of the side plates to introduce intake gas. A communication path leads the intake gas from the suction port to the compression chamber and a strainer removes foreign substances contained in the intake gas, the strainer being provided in a path formed in the cylinder plate or the side plate, not in the suction pipe, through which the intake gas flows.

Abstract: A lateral rotary compressor comprises a compressing mechanism including a blade chamber for filling the lubricating oil, and a blade contained in the blade chamber and reciprocatingly movably between the first position where the blade chamber is increased to the maximum volume and the second position where the blade chamber is decreased to the minimum volume, and a supply tube for communicating the blade chamber with bearings and having an opening formed at the position located in a lubricating oil reservoir.

Abstract: A horizontal type rotary compressor including a compression element having a cylinder, a shaft having a crank thereon, a pair of side plates concurrently serving both as bearings of the shaft and as side walls of the cylinder, a roller fitted onto the crank, and a vane so arranged as to slide in a groove of the cylinder and have a tip end thereof contacted with the roller rotating in accordance with the rotation of the crank and an appropriate end thereof urged by a spring to make a reciprocating movement along the groove are provided within a case. A pumping chamber is defined by a rear face of the vane, the groove of the cylinder and the side plates. One of the side plates is formed with a suction port capable of sucking thereinto the oil within the case while the other of the side plate is formed with a discharge port for transmitting the oil in the pumping chamber to an oil feeding passage.

Abstract: A horizontal type rotary compressor includes a lubricant distribution system which does not require a check valve for preventing the return of lubricant from the frictional bearing surfaces to the blade chamber. An eccentric blade within a blade chamber pumps lubricant out of the blade chamber through an aperture in one wall thereof. A dispensing pipe communicates the aperture of the blade chamber with the frictional bearing surfaces and includes an opening in the pipe adjacent the blade chamber. Reciprocal movement of the blade causes lubricant to be sucked through the aperture of the blade chamber and discharged from the blade chamber into the dispensing pipe. The opening in the pipe permits a larger amount of lubricant to pass into the pipe than out of the pipe, thereby effectively acting as a check valve and negating the need for a separate check valve in the lubricant distribution system.

Abstract: A horizontal type rotary compressor includes a lubricant distribution system which does not require a check valve for preventing the return of lubricant from the frictional bearing surfaces to the blade chamber. An eccentric blade within a blade chamber pumps lubricant out of the blade chamber through an aperture in one wall thereof. A dispensing pipe communicates the aperture of the blade chamber with the frictional bearing surfaces and includes an opening in the pipe adjacent the blade chamber. Reciprocal movement of the blade causes lubricant to be sucked through the aperture of the blade chamber and discharged from the blade chamber into the dispensing pipe. The opening in the pipe permits a larger amount of lubricant to pass into the pipe than out of the pipe, thereby effectively acting as a check valve and negating the need for a separate check valve in the lubricant distribution system.

Abstract: A rolling piston type compressor comprises a cylinder; a piston eccentrically rotating along the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder; a vane which is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the piston, performs reciprocating movement therealong, and defines the cylinder interior into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber; a discharge port to discharge compressed gas outside the cylinder; a discharge valve provided in the discharge port; and an escape groove formed in the inner peripheral wall of the cylinder and extending in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the piston with respect to the discharge port.

Abstract: In a hermetic type compressor including a casing, an electric motor provided in the casing for rotating a driving shaft, and a compressor unit including a cylinder forcibly inserted in the casing, there are provided a method and a device for securing the compressor unit to the casing, wherein reduced thickness portions are provided on the outer surface of the casing so that welding can be carried out from outside of the casing through the reduced thickness portions. In this manner, heat generated in the welded portions can be reduced substantially, and various disadvantages caused thereby can be eliminated.

Abstract: A rotary compressor comprises a compression chamber defined by enclosing both ends of a cylinder with a main bearing and an end bearing; compression elements including a piston which is eccentrically rotated by a crank shaft within the compression chamber, and dividing the compression chamber into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber; and a sealed container to be a plenum space, in which the compression elements are housed and lubricating oil is sumped at the inner bottom section of the sealed container to effect lubrication of sliding parts of the compression elements, wherein the lubricating oil is returned into the sealed container after it has been cooled through a heat-exchanger provided outside the sealed container.