Abstract: In an accumulator, an oil collecting pipe is held in a sealed vessel with the lower end thereof closed, the pipe has a plurality of oil collecting apertures spaced in a vertical direction and a communication port for communicating with a discharge pipe. The communication port is disposed in the vicinity of the lowermost oil collecting aperture or to the downstream side of the aperture. Therefore, excessive liquid refrigerant flow from the accumulator is prevented even if a large amount of the liquid refrigerant resides in the sealed vessel.

Abstract: A scroll compressor features a pair of a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll for forming a compression chamber; an orbiting bearing provided on the counter-compression chamber side of the orbiting scroll; a slider fitted to a slider fitting shaft at one end of a main shaft in such a way that the slider is slidable within a surface perpendicular to the axis of the main shaft, the slider being fitted in the orbiting bearing, a sliding direction of the slider is inclined toward the eccentric direction of the orbiting scroll by a predetermined amount in the rotational direction of the main shaft, in which a recess is provided on the groove end side in the eccentric direction of the slider. Further an elastic member is inserted in the recess between the groove end side in the eccentric direction and the slider fitting shaft while both ends of the plate are supported with respect to the recess.

Abstract: A scroll type compressor, wherein the oil feeding passage of the thrust bearing to be interposed between the orbiting scroll member and the bearing support is so constructed as to having its terminal part within a plane of the thrust bearing, and a part of each of the passages is made to open at a position where it is intermittently communicating with the guide grooves of the orbiting scroll member.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor has a stationary scroll and a moving scroll which is orbitted about the center of the stationary scroll. A valve chamber, a first by-pass, and a second by-pass are formed in the end plate of the stationary scroll. The first by-pass communicates between the inside of the valve chamber and one of the compression chambers formed by the scrolls, and the second by-pass communicates between the inside of the valve chamber and the outside of the end plate of the stationary scroll. The valve chamber houses a plate-shaped valve which is moved by fluid pressure between a closed position, in which it blocks the by-passes, and an open position, in which working fluid can flow between the two by-passes. Working fluid at either discharge pressure or suction pressure can be introduced into the valve chamber to the rear of the valve through a connecting pipe which is connected to the valve chamber and a 3-way solenoid valve.

Abstract: A scroll compressor comprises a driving scroll, a driven scroll combined with the driving scroll to be driven by the same through the mutual contact of the wrap plates of the both scrolls, a movable bearing support held in a sealing container so as to be movable in the axial and radial directions of the container. The movable bearing support supports the driven scroll so that the driven scroll is pushed in the radial direction of the container, whereby gaps formed between the wrap plates of the driving and driven scrolls can be avoided.

Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a driving scroll and a driven scroll which is combined with the driving scroll and is driven by the driving scroll through an Oldham's coupling, a partition plate fixed to a container for housing the structural elements such as scrolls and having a supporting pin provided at a position near the inner wall of the container, a movable bearing support which is placed below the partition plate and is engaged with the supporting pin so as to be swingable around the supporting pin, and which supports the driven scroll through a bearing, and a rotation controlling structure which causes a swinging movement of the movable bearing support around the supporting pin along with a driven scroll whereby the distance between the axial centers of said driving and driven scrolls is changed.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor is disclosed which has a novel thrust bearing for supporting an orbiting scroll. The thrust bearing is annular and is supported by a bearing support frame which has a plurality of oil return holes formed therein. The diameter of the thrust bearing is smaller than the diameter of the orbiting scroll and of an Oldham coupling which guides the orbiting scroll. The thrust bearing has a plurality of oil passageways for lubricating oil formed therein whose inner ends open onto the central hole and whose outer ends communicate with the oil return holes and do not extend to the outer periphery of the bearing. The oil passageways are always covered by the orbiting scroll. In one form of the invention, the oil passageways are in the form of grooves formed in the upper surface of the bearing and through holes which communicate between the outer ends of the grooves and the oil return holes. In another form of the invention, the oil passageways are slits formed through the depth of the bearing.

Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided with a main shaft to drive an orbiting scroll whereby fluid in a compression chamber which is formed by combining a stationary scroll with the orbiting scroll is compressed and then is discharged from the scroll compressor. To prevent a refrigerant gas in an eccetric recess formed in the main shaft from mixing with a lubricating oil, a conduit is formed in the main shaft to communicate the eccentric recess with a space between the lower part of the orbiting scroll and the upper part of the main shaft.

Abstract: In a scroll type compressor, the shaft of a driven scroll is rotatably supported in a sealing container so that the axis of rotation of the driven scroll shaft is deviated from the axis of rotation of a driving scroll; the wrap plates of the driving and driven scrolls are mutually combined with each other so that the parts of the side surface of the wrap plates come in contact with each other to form a compression chamber; and the driven scroll is directly driven by the driving scroll in synchronism therewith, whereby the function of compression of a fluid is obtainable during the movement of the compression chamber toward the centers of the driving and driven scrolls.

Abstract: A scroll compressor comprises an orbiting scroll and a stationary scroll, both being mutually combined to form a compression chamber therebetween. The scroll compressor is provided with a lubricating oil feeding system to lubricate each bearing constituting a contact-sliding and contact-rotating part. A special arrangement of oil grooves is made in a thrust bearing supporting the orbiting scroll in such a manner that pressure loss in the oil grooves of the thrust bearing is greater than a pressure raised by the third oil pump means so that there causes no negative pressure at the inlet port of a radial oil feeding conduit and the outlet of the vertical oil feeding passage in the main shaft.

Abstract: A scroll compressor comprises a driving scroll and a driven scroll which is combined with the driving scroll and is driven by the driving scroll through an Oldham's coupling, a partition plate fixed to a container for housing the structural elements such as scrolls and having a supporting pin provided at a position near the inner wall of the container, a movable bearing support which is placed below the partition plate and is engaged with the supporting pin so as to be swingable around the supporting pin, and which supports the driven scroll through a bearing, and a rotation controlling means which causes a swinging movement of the moveable bearing support around the supporting pin along with the driven scroll whereby the distance between the axial centers of said driving and driven scrolls is changed.

Abstract: An improved scroll type compressor which is provided with a thrust bearing of high operational reliability, wherein the thrust bearing has a plurality of oil-feeding grooves in the spiral form formed in the surface part of the bearing so as to prevent it from seizure or wear.

Abstract: A scroll-type apparatus having an improved radial seal and a method for the assembly thereof is disclosed. The spiral wrap of a moving scroll and a stationary scroll are provided with gap adjusting means for providing a gap of a desired size between the top surface of the spiral wrap of each scroll and the top surface of the base plate of the opposing scroll. The gap adjustment means comprises a spiral-shaped elastic element which fits into a groove formed in the top surface of a spiral wrap or on top of a protrusion formed on the top surface of the spiral wrap, to form a nonpressurized seal. The elastic element is supported by the spiral wrap by friction, bonding, or solvent welding.

Abstract: A scroll-type apparatus having a main journal bearing which journals the drive shaft of the apparatus and is capable of pivoting by small angles with two degrees of freedom. The main journal bearing comprises three or more arcuate pads whose inner surfaces journal the drive shaft and which are pivotably supported by a stationary main bearing housing. In a preferred embodiment, each of the pads has a spherical protrusion and two rotation-preventing pins secured to its back surface. The protrusions contact the inner surface of the main bearing housing and pivotably support the pads, while the rotation-preventing pins are inserted into grooves formed on the inner surface of the main bearing housing.

Abstract: A scroll-type fluid transferring machine comprises a stationary scroll member and an oscillatable scroll member, each of which has a spiral wrap of an involute curve or other curves projecting from a base plate and which cooperate to form a compression chamber between the spiral wraps and the base plates by mutually fitting one into the other, an oscillatable scroll shaft provided on the surface of the base plate at the position opposite the spiral wrap of the oscillatable scroll member, a crank shaft having an eccentric recess having its axis which is shifted by a predetermined distance from the axis of the crank shaft, wherein a cylindrical bush having the coaxial outer and inner circles is loosely fitted in the eccentric recess of the crank shaft with a gap between the outer circumference of the bush and the inner wall of said eccentric recess, and the shaft of the oscillatable scroll member is fitted in the inner circumference of the bush in a freely rotatable manner.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor including stationary and orbiting scrolls housed in a shell. A first frame, also housed in the shell, receives a portion of the orbiting scroll. The stationary scroll is fixed to the first frame, and a second frame is further mounted in the shell. A balancer chamber is formed between the first and second frames. A main shaft having a balancer is housed in the balancer chamber rotatably. The main shaft includes an enlarged diameter portion on one end of the shaft which is attached to the orbiting scroll and a small diameter portion on the end of the shaft which is attached to the orbiting scroll and extending between the first frame and the second frame for driving the orbiting scroll. A first bearing is disposed between the main shaft in the first frame for supporting the main shaft at a position between the orbiting scroll end of the shaft.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor including stationary and orbiting scrolls housed in a shell. A first frame, also housed in the shell, receives a portion of the orbiting scroll. The stationary scroll is fixed to the first frame, and a second frame is further mounted in the shell. A balancer chamber is formed between the first and second frames. A main shaft having a balancer is housed in the balancer chamber rotatably. The main shaft includes an enlarged diameter portion on one end of the shaft which is attached to the orbiting scroll and a small diameter portion on the end of the shaft which is attached to the orbiting scroll and extending between the first frame and the second frame for driving the orbiting scroll. A first bearing is disposed between the main shaft in the first frame for supporting the main shaft at a position between the orbiting scroll end of the shaft.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor including stationary and orbiting scrolls housed in a shell. A first frame, also housed in the shell, receives a portion of the orbiting scroll. The stationary scroll is fixed to the first frame, and a second frame is further mounted in the shell. A balancer chamber is formed between the first and second frames. A main shaft having a balancer is housed in the balancer chamber rotatably. The main shaft includes an enlarged diameter portion on one end of the shaft which is attached to the orbiting scroll and a small diameter portion at the opposite end of the shaft, said shaft extending between the first frame and the second frame for driving the orbiting scroll. A first bearing is disposed between the main shaft and the first frame for supporting the main shaft at a position at the orbiting scroll end of the shaft. A second bearing is disposed between the main shaft and the second frame for supporting the main shaft at a position proximate the opposite end of the shaft.

Abstract: A throttle portion is formed in an intake port in a stationary scroll member to suppress an abnormal pressure rise which may take place when a refrigerant is sucked in the intake port, and a communication hole for communicating a low pressure space in a shell with a space inside an oldham's coupling, the inner space being formed by a recess of a bearing frame, the outer peripheral wall of the base plate of an oscillatable scroll member and the side surface of the wrap of the stationary scroll member.

Abstract: A scroll type hydraulic machine having an improved thrust bearing structure, whereby the thrust bearing is capable of tilting radially and peripherally. The thrust bearing is preferably composed of at least three sectors, and an anti-rotation member is provided between adjacent ones of the sectors. A bearing support is provided, a portion of which has the form of a ball. The thrust bearing is surrounded by an annular portion whose height is substantially the same as that of the thrust bearing.