Abstract: A compressor is provided which enables easy installation of the filter even when any refrigerant suction passage cannot be provided on a cylinder side of a compression element or even when any long suction passage cannot be provided. The compressor comprises, in a sealed container 12, a drive element 14, a rotary compression mechanism 18 including first and second rotary compression elements 32 and 34, an upper support member 54 and a lower support member 56 for journaling a rotary shaft 16. The upper support member 54 and the lower support member 56 are provided with suction passages 58 and 60 for communicating with the interior of upper and lower cylinders 38 and 40 at suction ports 161 and 162, respectively, and recessed noise eliminating chambers 62 and 64. Filter installation portions 180 and 182 which are recessed are provided to surround and enclose open ends of the suction passages 58 and 60.

Abstract: A compressor is provided which achieves downsizing of a sleeve to be attached to a sealed container by projection welding, which can simply connect a refrigerant pipe to the sleeve at the right angle, and which prevents the sealed container from being largely pushed when the sleeve is attached to the sealed container by the welding. The compressor includes a sleeve 141 attached to a position corresponding to a through hole 102 formed on a curved surface 100 of a sealed container 12, and connected to a refrigerant pipe. The sleeve 141 includes a small-outer-diameter portion 152 and a large-outer-diameter portion 153 which are provided consecutively via a surrounding step portion 151, and a tapered diameter-reduction portion 154 located on an open end side of the small-outer-diameter portion 152.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that apart of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that a part of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that apart of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-stage compression type rotary compressor which can avoid the replacement of parts to be used as much as possible to reduce costs and also which enables easily setting an appropriate displacement volume ratio while preventing the compressor from being increased in size. The gist of the present invention is that an inner diameter of a lower cylinder is altered without altering its thickness (or height), and a displacement volume ratio between first and second rotary compression elements is set to an optimum value in accordance with the alteration.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided. The refrigerant cycling device comprises a compressor, an intermediate cooling circuit and a three-way valve device. The compressor is connected to a heat exchanger and a depressurizing means, for performing a cooling operation and a heating operation. The compressor further comprises a first and a second rotary compression elements within a sealed container, and a refrigerant that is compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is introduced to the second rotary compression element. The intermediate cooling circuit is used for radiating heat of the refrigerant discharged from the first rotary compression element. The three-way valve device for opening a passage of the intermediate cooling circuit during the cooling operation. In this way, the coefficient of production (COP) during the cooling operation can be improved.

Abstract: An alkaline battery comprises an electrode. The electrode has a current collector and an active substance filled in the current collector. The current collector includes a nonwoven fabric fabricated from a plurality of fibers and a nickel-plating film formed on the plurality of fibers. A specific surface area per unit volume of the current collector is 0.13 m2/cm3-0.35 m2/cm3.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-stage compression type rotary compressor which can avoid the replacement of parts to be used as much as possible to reduce costs and also which enables easily setting an appropriate displacement volume ratio while preventing the compressor from being increased in size. The gist of the present invention is that an inner diameter of a lower cylinder is altered without altering its thickness (or height), and a displacement volume ratio between first and second rotary compression elements is set to an optimum value in accordance with the alteration.

Abstract: There is disclosed a measuring method of illuminance unevenness of an exposure apparatus in which the illuminance unevenness resulting from a projection optical system, to project the light passed through the photomask onto the finite area on the photosensitive substrate via the projection optical system and to expose the photomask to the light, the method comprising calculating an average value of transmittance of the projection optical system of each path of the light emitted from one point of the photomask and reaching an imaging point for each of a plurality of imaging points in the finite area on the photosensitive substrate, and calculating the illuminance unevenness in the finite area on the photosensitive substrate from the average value of the transmittance obtained for each imaging point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multistage rotary compressor. In the multistage rotary compressor, a motor-operating element 5 and a rotary compressing element 6 are provided at upper and lower portions in a closed vessel 1. In the rotary compressing element 6, a low stage side rotary compressing element 9 and a high stage side rotary compressing element 11 are positioned on the upper and lower sides respectively. An upper supporting member 12 is attached onto the low stage side rotary compressing element 9, and a substantially cup-shaped cover material 16 is attached onto the upper supporting member 12 to close an opening surface of a muffling chamber 12b formed in the upper supporting member 12. The substantially cup-shaped cover material 16 is formed in a high dimension so that the upper end of the cover material 16 is positioned at an upper end or near an upper end of a bearing portion 12a formed in the upper supporting member 12.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.

Abstract: In a two-stage rotary compressor of the present invention, an oil supply hole connecting an oil reservoir on a bottom portion in a closed vessel to a suction port formed in a lower supporting member is provided in the lower supporting member attached to the lower side of a high stage side rotary compressing element, and a necessary amount of oil is supplied into return refrigerant gas sucked into the high stage side rotary compressing element through this oil supply hole. Thus an outer circumferential surface of a roller, which eccentrically rotates in a cylinder, is lubricated to protect it from wear. Additionally, the gas seal properties between an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and an outer circumferential surface of the roller and between a roller end surface and a partition plate and between a roller end surface and a cylinder end surface, are increased whereby the compression efficiency of the refrigerant gas can be improved.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.

Abstract: A multi-stage compression type rotary compressor, having a driving element and a first and a second rotary compression element that are driven by the driving element in a sealed container, is provided. The refrigerant compressed by the first rotary compression element is discharged into the sealed container, and said discharged refrigerant with an intermediate pressure is then compressed by the second rotary compression element. By cooling the refrigerant absorbed into the second rotary compression element, the rise in the temperature of the refrigerant that is compressed and discharged by the second rotary compression element can be suppressed. And, the supercooling degree of the refrigerant is increases before reaching the expansion valve to improve the cooling ability of the evaporator.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.