Abstract: A swash type compressor includes sleeves which are fixedly fitted in cylinder bores. The lengths of the sleeves in an axial direction are greater than the lengths of the cylinder bores in the axial direction. A sleeve end of each of the sleeves is flush with an end surface of a cylinder block defining the cylinder bores. The opposite sleeve end of the sleeve extends beyond the cylinder bore and away from the opposite end surface of the cylinder block.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor in which a movable scroll is placed between a housing and a fixed scroll to define a compression chamber in cooperation with the fixed scroll, an Oldham ring slidably interposed between the housing and the movable scroll to regulate a motion of the movable scroll. The Oldham ring has a space forming a back pressure chamber between the housing and the movable scroll. The movable scroll has a through hole allowing the compression chamber to communicate with the back pressure chamber.

Abstract: A swash plate-type, variable displacement compressor according to the present invention has a structure wherein the shoe holding portion of the piston sandwiches the swash plate from inside. The swash plate is connected to the rotor by a pin which extends in a direction tangential to a surface of a virtual cylinder around an axis of the drive shaft so as to be capable of swinging with respect to the pin. Especially, the position of the pin in the axial direction of the drive shaft is selected, so that a piston top clearance of a piston which is in a top dead center position becomes zero. By this configuration, the piston top clearance of all the pistons may be maintained at zero for all oblique angles of the swash plate. As a result, for any oblique angle, the volumetric efficiency of the compressor may be improved.

Abstract: A swash plate-type compressor includes a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores formed therethrough, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the cylinder block, and a swash plate rotatably mounted on the drive shaft. The compressor also includes a plurality of pistons, each of which is positioned within one of the cylinder bores and reciprocates within the cylinder bore. Each of the pistons includes a substantially semispherical cavity formed at an end of the piston. The compressor further includes a pair of shoes positioned between each of the pistons and the swash plate. Each shoe includes a substantially flat surface adapted to be in slidable contact with the swash plate, and a substantially semispherical portion adapted to rotatably engage the semispherical cavity of the piston. Moreover, the semispherical portion of the shoe includes a saddle portion or a groove having a first curved portion and a non-circular perimeter.

Abstract: A swash plate-type, variable displacement compressor according to the present invention has a structure wherein the shoe holding portion of the piston sandwiches the swash plate from inside. The swash plate is connected to the rotor by a pin which extends in a direction tangential to a surface of a virtual cylinder around an axis of the drive shaft so as to be capable of swinging with respect to the pin. Especially, the position of the pin in the axial direction of the drive shaft is selected, so that a piston top clearance of a piston which is in a top dead center position becomes zero. By this configuration, the piston top clearance of all the pistons may be maintained at zero for all oblique angles of the swash plate. As a result, for any oblique angle, the volumetric efficiency of the compressor may be improved.

Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising paired fixed and movable scrolls, the fixed scroll of each pair having an end plate provided with a scroll body projecting from the end plate and the movable scroll of each pair having an end plate provided with a scroll body projecting from the end plate, wherein the movable scroll meshes with the fixed scroll to form a plurality of operation chambers between them and revolves relative to the fixed scroll to compress gas in the operation chambers is characterized in that two pairs of fixed and movable scrolls are disposed with back faces of the end plates of the fixed scrolls opposite each other, the movable scrolls are integrally connected with each other, a main shaft for revolving the movable scrolls passes through the two pairs of fixed and movable scrolls to operatively engage the movable scrolls, and an outlet chamber is disposed between the end plates of the fixed scrolls.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes a cylinder block, a front housing, and a sealing member. The cylinder block has a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion has an internal thread formed on an end thereof. The front housing having an external thread engages the internal thread. The front housing is fixed to the cylinder block and forms a crank chamber with the cylinder block. The pressure capacity of the refrigerant compressor may be increased without an increase in the size of the compressor.

Abstract: A communication connecting device includes a data storage to which data read by a scanner are written. A packetizer packetizes the data read out of the data storage in accordance with a packet size fed from a size information storage. A rate controller counts a period of time after the start of packet transmission or a period of time consumed to send a preselected number of packets. The rate controller calculates a communication rate on the basis of the above period of time and the number of packets sent, and then compares the communication rate with a communication rate assigned to a receiving terminal and defined by a Recommendation T.30 protocol. The rate controller allows the packets to be sent only if the calculated communication rate is lower than the communication rate of the receiving terminal.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor includes a fixed and an orbiting scroll each having an end plate. A ball coupling means preventing the orbiting scroll from rotating, includes a first race and a second race and a plurality of balls. The balls are engaged between ball rolling grooves on the first race and ball rolling grooves on the second race. Each of an interior circular portion and an exterior circular portion of the first race and the second race is connected to the orbiting scroll and the front housing. Each of a clearance is created between the first race and the orbiting scroll, and between the second race and the front housing. The structure for the scroll-type compressor according to this invention may reduce the number of parts compared to known scroll-type compressor, and may maintain stability of an orbital motion of an orbiting scroll, when thrust load is high.

Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising paired fixed and movable scrolls, the fixed scroll of each pair having an end plate provided with a scroll body projecting from the end plate and the movable scroll of each pair having an end plate provided with a scroll body projecting from the end plate, wherein the movable scroll meshes with the fixed scroll to form a plurality of operation chambers between them and revolves relative to the fixed scroll to compress gas in the operation chambers is characterized in that two pairs of fixed and movable scrolls are disposed with back faces of the end plates of the fixed scrolls opposite each other, the movable scrolls are integrally connected with each other, a main shaft for revolving the movable scrolls passes through the two pairs of fixed and movable scrolls to operatively engage the movable scrolls, and an outlet chamber is disposed between the end plates of the fixed scrolls.

Abstract: A movable race 25 fixed to a movable scroll 20 which revolves with respect to a fixed scroll and a fixed race 24 opposing the movable race are respectively provided with pluralities of annular ball rolling grooves 24c and 25c extending along the revolutionary locus of the movable scroll and a plurality of balls 26 are held sandwiched between the plurality of ball rolling grooves 25c of the movable race and the plurality of ball rolling grooves 24c of the fixed race. Further, the radius of revolution S1 to be obtained by the movable race, the plurality of balls, and the fixed race is made smaller than the radius of revolution S2 to be determined by the scroll wall of the movable race and that of the fixed race.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor provided with a fixed scroll member (4) and a movable scroll member (3) which define a plurality of compression spaces (6) therebetween in cooperation with each other, a hole (32) is formed to the fixed scroll member to be communicable with adjacent ones of the compression spaces. The adjacent compression spaces are different from each other in pressure when the scroll compressor is driven. A piston valve (33) is disposed in the hole and controls communication between the adjacent compression space through the hole. The compression spaces are movable with volumes reduced by movement of the movable scroll member.

Abstract: In a scroll-type fluid machine in which a movable scroll member (3) is placed between a front housing (1) and a fixed scroll member (4), the movable scroll member is elastically urged towards the fixed scroll member by an urging member. The movable and the fixed scroll members are engaged with each other to form a compression space (6) therebetween. It is preferable that the urging member is composed by at least one of races (24, 25) of a ball coupling (5) which is placed between the stationary and the movable scroll members and is for preventing the movable scroll member from being rotated relative to the fixed scroll member.

Abstract: A movable race 25 fixed to a movable scroll 20 which revolves with respect to a fixed scroll and a fixed race 24 opposing the movable race are respectively provided with pluralities of annular ball rolling grooves 24c and 25c extending along the revolutionary locus of the movable scroll and a plurality of balls 26 are held sandwiched between the plurality of ball rolling grooves of the movable race and the plurality of ball rolling grooves of the fixed race. Further, the radius of revolution S1 to be obtained by the movable race, the plurality of balls, and the fixed race is made smaller than the radius of revolution S2 to be determined by the scroll wall of the movable race and that of the fixed race.

Abstract: This invention provides a scroll type compressor employing an Oldham coupling producing little vibration or noise and in which components thereof are easy to produce by means of a lathe. The Oldham coupling blocks a rotation of a movable scroll member 4. A direction of a reciprocation of the Oldham coupling 16 coincides with a minor axis of an elliptic circulating orbit of the movable scroll member 4. When a total mass of the movable scroll member 4 and parts circulating elliptically together therewith is ma, a mass of an Oldham ring 16 is mb, a radius of a minor axis of an elliptic circulating orbit is R.sub.Y and a radius of a major axis of the elliptic circulating orbit is R.sub.X, a relation of R.sub.X =(1+mb/ma)R.sub.Y is established.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor in which a movable scroll member (4) is eccentrically spaced from a fixed scroll member (5) and rotatably holds an eccentric bush (3) having a bush hole (30) inserted with a crank pin (110) of a crank shaft (10), the eccentric bush is movable in a radial direction of the crank pin and is guided by a guide pin (11) fixed to the eccentric bush. A pin hole (1110) is formed to penetrate the crank pin in the radial direction. The guide pin extends through the pin hole in the radial direction. Movement of the eccentric bush is guided with the guide pin being cooperated with the pin hole.

Abstract: A scroll-type fluid displacement apparatus includes a pair of scroll members, each having a circular end plate and a spiral wrap element extending from an axial end surface of the circular end plate. An anti-wear plate member is disposed in the inner surface of the end plate of at least one of the scroll members and extends from a first place adjacent the radial center of the end plate to a second place positioned radially and spirally inward of the outer terminal end of the spiral wrap element of the scroll member. An axial gap is formed between the radial center of the inner surface of the end plate of the scroll member and the radial inner end of the spiral wrap element of the opposite scroll member. The radial inner end of the spiral wrap element of one scroll member is thereby prevented from contact with the radial center of the inner surface of the end plate of the other scroll member.

Abstract: A scroll-type fluid displacement apparatus includes a pair of scrolls having a circular end plate and a spiral wrap extending from an axial end surface of the circular end plate. A pair of scrolls is maintained at an angular and radial offset to make a plurality of line contacts between the spiral curved surfaces, which define fluid pockets. A driving mechanism is operatively connected to one of the scrolls to effect relative orbital motion with respect to the other scrolls to thereby change the volume of the fluid pockets. The spiral element of each scroll member has a stepped cross-section. As a result, the mechanical strength of the spiral elements of the scroll member of the fluid displacement apparatus is increased and the fluid displacement apparatus has increased durability and efficiency.

Abstract: In a scroll type fluid displacement apparatus in which a drive pin (151) is connected between a large-diameter portion (15) of a main shaft (13) and a bushing (33) rotatably held to a movable scroll (26) and which a rotation of the main shaft is transmitted to the bushing through the drive pin to make the movable scroll have an orbital motion around a predetermined axis, a balance weight (331) attached to the bushing has a positioning projection (331c) which is engaged with the large-diameter portion in a rotation direction of the bushing. Therefore, the movable scroll is positioned relative to the main shaft. In addition, the movable scroll defines fluid pockets in cooperation with a fixed scroll (25) therebetween. When the orbital motion of the movable scroll is caused in dependence on rotation of the main shaft with inhibiting rotation of the movable scroll around the predetermined axis, the fluid pockets are displaced between the movable and the fixed scrolls.

Abstract: A scroll type fluid displacement apparatus comprises a housing having a front end plate and at least one hole formed on an inner surface thereof, a fixed member attached to the housing, an orbiting ring assembly including an orbiting member having an end plate from which an annular member extends, and an orbiting ring fastened to an axial end surface of said end plate of said orbiting member. The orbiting member has at least one hole formed on the axial end surface thereof. The scroll type fluid displacement further comprises a fixed ring assembly attached to the housing, including a fixed ring fastened to an inner surface of the housing facing the orbiting ring of the orbiting assembly. Each of the fixed and orbiting rings have a plurality of corresponding pockets, each pocket on the fixed ring facing a pocket on the orbiting ring of approximately the same size, pitch, and radial distance, and at least one opening formed in each of said fixed and orbiting rings.