Abstract: A Roots pump rotates a plurality of rotors by a pair of rotary shafts to draw gas. Each rotary shaft extends through a rear housing member of the Roots pump. An annular shaft seal is fitted around each rotary shaft and is received in a recess formed in the rear housing member. A helical groove is formed in a circumferential side of each rotary shaft. Each helical groove urges oil between the circumferential side of the associated shaft seal and the circumferential wall of the recess to move from a side corresponding to pump chambers toward a gear accommodating chamber when the associated rotary shaft rotates. This preferably prevents oil from leaking to the pump chambers.

Abstract: A Roots pump rotates a plurality of rotors by a pair of rotary shafts to draw gas. Each rotary shaft extends through a rear housing member of the Roots pump. An annular shaft seal is fitted around each rotary shaft and is received in a recess formed in the rear housing member. A labyrinth seal is located between an end surface of each shaft seal and the bottom of the associated recess. This enlarges the diameter of each labyrinth seal, thus preferably preventing oil from leaking to a pump chamber.

Abstract: A Roots pump rotates a plurality of rotors by a pair of rotary shafts to draw gas. Each rotary shaft extends through a rear housing member of the Roots pump. An annular shaft seal is fitted around each rotary shaft and is received in a recess formed in the rear housing member. A labyrinth seal is located between an end surface of each shaft seal and the bottom of the associated recess. A resin layer is firmly attached to the end surface of each shaft seal. As a result, oil is reliably prevented from leaking into a pump chamber.

Abstract: A rotary device, such as a downhole motor, with a rotary wave seal assembly. The seal assembly is formed by a sinuous or non-linear circumferential gland or groove and an annular seal member, such as an O-ring, supported in the groove. The device further includes at least one thrust bearing assembly for transmitting axial pressure from the bearing housing to the drive shaft. Each thrust bearing comprises a self-lubricating thrust washer as the bearing element. Still further, where the rotary device comprises two coaxial tubular structures that are not to rotate relative to each other, an anti-rotation means is provided. The anti-rotation means includes a cylindrical pin received in mating longitudinal, radiused grooves in the outer wall of the innermost elongate member and the inner wall of the outermost tubular member. The anti-rotation means includes a cylindrical pin received in the mating longitudinal grooves.

Abstract: A screw compressor has a gear housing (1) from one side of which the rotor housing (3) containing the two screw rotors freely projecting outward. An oil supply container (7) is also located freely projecting out from the gear housing (1) approximately parallel to the rotor housing (3) and thermally separated from the rotor housing by means of an air gap. A ventilation channel (109) in the rotor housing (3) to vent the rotor shaft seals opens up to one point in the rotor housing that is protected against direct access by the oil supply container (7) mounted in front of it as well as by additional shoulders (111).

Abstract: A compressor assembled under desirable working conditions at a low cost is disclosed. In the compressor, the first rolling bearing for permitting axial movement of the shaft is inserted into the first housing from the side where the compression mechanism is to be provided, and the second rolling bearing for restricting axial movement of the shaft is inserted into the first housing from the other side where the driving source is to be provided. The shaft is inserted into the first housing from the side where the compression mechanism is to be provided. A seal member is further provided between the rolling bearings for sealing an area between the insertion hole and the shaft, wherein the seal member is inserted into the insertion hole of the first housing from the side where the compression mechanism is to be provided before the shaft is inserted into the insertion hole.

Abstract: The drive gear 19, 21 and the synchronizing gear 25, 27 for the two rotors 9,11 of a screw compressor are both located at the pressurized end of the rotor housing 3. At the suction end of the rotor housing 3 is only the bearing 53 for the suction side shaft journal 55, 57 that is free of oil lubrication. Inlet openings 13 in a suction side inlet housing are located in such a way that the intake air cools the oil-free shaft bearing 55, 57. Each shaft journal has a tool interface 63 accessible through the inlet housing on which to attach a rotating tool. The inlet housing 4 can be removed from the shaft journal 55, 57 together with the bearing 53 and seal 87, for example to exchange the bearing, without having to remove the rotors 9, 11 or without throwing off their adjustment.

Abstract: A screw compressor has a gear housing 1 from one side of which the rotor housing (3) containing the two screw rotors freely projecting outward. An oil supply container 7 is also located freely projecting out from the gear housing 1 approximately parallel to the rotor housing 3 and thermally separated from the rotor housing by means of an air gap. A ventilation channel 109 in the rotor housing 3 to vent the rotor shaft seals opens up to one point in the rotor housing that is protected against direct access by the oil supply container 7 mounted in front of it as well as by additional shoulders 111.

Abstract: An evacuating apparatus having a high energy efficiency when the suction side pressure has reached the ultimate pressure or become a certain degree of vacuum, by decreasing the motive power owing to differential pressure. The evacuating apparatus (100) having a roughing vacuum pump (B) and a booster pump (A), each of which is constituted by a screw vacuum pump, wherein the design pumping speed of the roughing vacuum pump (B) is sufficiently smaller than the design pumping speed of the booster pump (A), but adequate to be operable as the roughing vacuum pump, and the number of turns of screw for the booster pump (A) is less than the number of turns of screw for the roughing vacuum pump (B).

Abstract: This invention is directed to a pump bracket that is adapted to allow for the inboard or outboard mounting of a mechanical seal or packing material to accommodate different pump configurations and applications. The universal pump bracket includes a first flange that is adapted to be connected to a pump housing and a second flange, which is laterally displaced from the first flange and adapted to be connected to a bearing carrier. If an inboard mechanical seal or inboard packing arrangement is desired, the bracket can be installed so the seal is facing the inboard direction. Alternatively, if an outboard seal arrangement is desired, the bracket can be installed on the rotor so the seal or packing faces the outboard direction.

Abstract: The displacement machine is intended in particular for use as a pump, and has a working area, formed in a housing, which working area is limited by two end walls and a casing, and is accessible via an inlet and an outlet for a working medium. At least one rotor, movably disposed in the housing, subdivides the working area, and a guide gearing for rotor control is connected to a drive apparatus located outside the working area. The invention has as its object to propose a displacement machine which can be manufactured less expensively and with less weight than known displacement machines of this type, and in particular can be operated without any special lubricant for the bearings.

Abstract: An improved internal gear pump design is provided whereby the head plate includes a groove located vertically above the crescent for providing improved axial feed to the roots or innermost spaces between the idler teeth. The design of the pump also includes a stepped shaft design whereby the radius of the shaft immediately adjacent to the rotor is greater than an adjacent outboard section of the shaft. As a result, a chamber for housing the seal assembly is defined as the space between the stepped shaft portion, the annular seal plate, the outboard section of the shaft that has a lesser or reduced diameter, and the casing. The casing may also include a recess for providing sufficient space for the seal assembly. The larger section of the shaft is accommodated in a bushing mounted to the inside surface of the casing. The inside diameter of the bushing is large enough to accommodate the larger stepped portion of the shaft as well as the outside diameter of the seal assembly.

Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a housing enclosing a hydraulic motor having a wobble shaft driven by a rotor of a gerotor gear set. An outer end of the wobble shaft is connected to the inner end portion of an output shaft. The output shaft extends axially through the housing and outward from the end of the housing opposite from the motor. A brake assembly holds the motor output shaft against rotation when the hydraulic motor is not operated. The brake assembly includes a series of compression springs provided toward the motor end of the housing, brake disks provided toward the end of the housing opposite from the motor, and an annular piston disposed axially between the springs and the brake disks. The piston and housing include corresponding radial stop surfaces that engage across a major portion of the stop surfaces to prevent over-compression of the springs and the piston from cocking when the piston engages the housing.

Abstract: A light-weight vacuum pump has a multi-wiper member circular wiper member support and impeller which is eccentrically mounted within a pump housing. The multi wiper member circular support carries from about five to nine wiper members each mounted within a slot extending substantially the length of the support, with each wiper member being centrifically urged outwardly to wipingly engage an inner surface of a round or elliptical walled pump housing. Eccentric action enables the wiper members to be extended to create a large space between adjacent wiper members as an inlet is passed. As the wiper members pass by the inlet, the acentric cylindrical wall of the pump housing begins to compress the wiper members into the support, thereby reducing the space between adjacent wiper members in a compressive manner.

Abstract: Discloses apparatus for use with a modular fluid pump assembly, particularly pumps used to pump fluids containing entrained contaminants such as grit. The apparatus includes a pair of removable end plates attachable to a modular pump housing. A bearing assembly is detachably mountable on the exterior of the and plate and provides a cavity to receive a pump shaft fitted with a shaft seal and shaft bearing. A grit collar to surround the pump shaft is mountable on the interior side of the end plate. Replacement of the pump seals or bearings can be effected by removing the bearing assembly. More extensive maintenance, such, as replacement of the grit collar or pump gear or shaft, can be effected by removing the end plates.

Abstract: A rotary engine having a pair of nested rotors positioned with a housing to define a central combustion chamber and four subchambers having variable volumes. Rotors are mounted about a driveshaft extending through the housing. The rotary engine utilizes tunable gas compression and expansion in order to manage emissions without needing exhaust gas recirculation or a complicated and expensive fuel injection system. The rotary engine is relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, has no valve train, is vibrationless, has high power density, and has a wide speed range.

Abstract: A screw machine (10) has a rotor housing (12) defining overlapping bores (13, 15). Female rotor (14) is located in bore (13) and male rotor (16) is located in bore (15). Either or both of the facing surface (51) of the outlet casing (53) or the end faces (24, 26) of the female and male rotors, respectively, has a surface formed by a plurality of discrete cavities (70) separated by a network of interconnected wall members (80).

Abstract: A sealing arrangement on a rotor shaft peg of a dry-running rotation screw compressor for establishing a seal between the rotor (1) and the oil-lubricating bearing (7) of the shaft peg (3) has a labyrinth slit seal (11), located closer to the rotor, and a lip seal ring (13), located closer to the bearing, and in between an annular space (27) with ventilation opening (29) towards the bottom. The shaft peg bears a bearing race (25) made of a hardened material, which acts in cooperation with the lip sealing ring (13), and which can also extend above the area of the labyrinth slit seal (11).

Abstract: A steam driven engine having a device for equilibration of propulsion forces in the bearing assemblies produced by the steam drive and equipped with steam and oil separators. The device for equilibrating the propulsion force includes a space disposed between the drive shaft and the surrounding casing, the device being connected on one side to the pressurized steam source and on the other side to a discharge pipe via a throttle channel. The clearance is situated in the casing on both sides of the drive screws and runs along the lateral surface of the drive shaft on the portion thereof opposing the direction of the propulsion force. The steam and oil separators are provided with elements for discharge of the steam and oil.

Abstract: An air-cooled shaft seal comprises an annular body having an inner surface and an outer surface. One or more helical channels are formed on the inner surface. A plurality of external surfaces such as radial fins are disposed in axially spaced relationship on the outer surface, and extend radially in a direction away from a longitudinal axis of the annular body. The external surfaces present a substantially increased surface area through which heat energy is transferred from polymeric material contained in the seal to the atmosphere. The seal may be installed on one or shafts of a gear pump for transporting a viscous material under pressure.

Abstract: This compressor 1 is for compressing an introduced working gas to a predetermined pressure and exhausting by means of the rotation of a crank shaft 5 which is rotatively supported by a front case 4 of a housing 1A by a main bearing 6, and has a partition means 31 (labyrinth seal for example) which is provided between the main bearing and a shaft seal 28 which is provided at the outer side of the main bearing along the axial direction, and separating a space in which the shaft seal is provided from a low pressure chamber 15 of the housing to form a sealing chamber 30, and a first lubricating agent supply passage 29 which is formed in the housing and is opened to the sealing chamber for supplying a lubricating agent to the sealing chamber. A part of the highly compressed lubricating agent which is supplied the sealing chamber can be leaked to the low pressure chamber via the partition means during the operation of said compressor.

Abstract: A vacuum pump comprising a pump chamber having an inlet and an outlet and through which gas from an enclosure connectable to the inlet can be pumped to a pump exhaust. At least one rotor, adapted for high velocity rotation, is provided within the chamber and mounted on a shaft extending from the chamber and to a pump gearbox substantially isolated from the chamber by means of a shaft seal associated with the shaft. The shaft seal is of a close tolerance but non-contact design. During use of the pump, gas pressure in the vicinity of the shaft seals and arising from the changeable gas pressures associated with operation of the pump rotor is buffered.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump includes a pump mechanism having a driven shaft. The driven shaft is connected to an input shaft by a flexible coupling such as a splined connection. A housing extends completely around the driven shaft, and a high-pressure seal is disposed between the housing and the input shaft. A thrust bearing carries hydraulic axial forces on the input shaft to the housing. This arrangement provides balanced hydraulic forces on both ends of the driven shaft, thereby reducing friction and wear.

Abstract: An inclined surface is formed in an upper inside wall of housing. The inclined surface inclines downwardly toward a lip seal. Lubricant oil supplied to the upper end of the inclined surface flows along the inclined surface without dropping downwardly due to surface tension, and flows to the lower end of the inclined surface then reaches the lip seal. Thus, the lubricant oil is supplied to the lip seal with certainty, thereby suppressing the wear of the lip seal and improving the durability of the compressor.

Abstract: A compressor in accordance with the present invention includes a male rotor which is axially aligned with and in communication with two female rotors. The compressor includes a housing and a thrust balance configuration. The thrust balance configuration includes a thrust balance disc mounted to a male rotor shaft in a discharge housing of the compressor. The thrust balance disc is exposed to fluid from the compressor at high pressure. The outside diameter of the thrust balance is sized to provide sufficient area to react thrust loads produced by the first rotor. The thrust balance configuration serves to balance the thrust loads imparted on the male rotor and allows for full axial discharge porting.

Abstract: A hydraulic gear machine, particularly an internal-gear pump in a vehicular transmission, with an internal gear and an external gear, has a central bearing tube that rotatably supports the external gear and receives the input or output shaft of the transmission. The transmission shaft is rotatably supported in the bearing tube by means of a bearing that is radially interposed between the transmission shaft and the bearing tube.

Abstract: An air-cooled shaft seal comprises an annular body having an inner surface and an outer surface. One or more helical channels are formed on the inner surface. A plurality of external surfaces such as radial fins are disposed in axially spaced relationship on the outer surface, and extend radially in a direction away from a longitudinal axis of the annular body. The external surfaces present a substantially increased surface area through which heat energy is transferred from polymeric material contained in the seal to the atmosphere. The seal may be installed on one or shafts of a gear pump for transporting a viscous material under pressure.

Abstract: An eccentric worm pump has a tubular stator extending along a main axis and having an intake side and an output side, an eccentric worm fitting in the stator and centered on a rotor axis offset from the main axis, an intake housing forming an intake compartment opening into the intake side, a connecting shaft extending along the main axis from the rotor through the intake compartment, and a drive shaft extending along the main axis from the connecting shaft out of the intake compartment. The rotor, connecting shaft, and drive shaft are unitarily formed of plastic. A seal housing mounted on the intake housing seals around the drive shaft. A drive connected to the drive shaft rotates the drive shaft, connecting shaft, and rotor about the axis to draw fluid through the stator from the intake side to the output side thereof.

Abstract: Methods of sealing a planetary rotor engine, and the resulting seals, are described which improve the engine's efficiency and solves each of three main problem areas. A first method and resulting dynamic seal for sealing the rotor face surfaces as they translate across one another to constantly reform the contact between each other includes the key step of moving the shaft centerlines of each of the rotors, thereby radially positioning the rotors along diametric axes at positions which compensate for varying thermodynamic conditions (e.g. thermal expansion or contraction of rotor materials). A second method and resulting dynamic seal for effectively minimizing leakage between the end space formed between the rotor end and the case includes the key step of introducing a surface depression of any shape on one, or both, of the rotor end and opposing casing, thereby eliminating the need for a frictional seal and, in essence, forming a pressure wave plug.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid-conveying machine, in particular, a pump having a component rotating in a stationary housing part inside an annular gap. The stationary housing part separates an interior having a higher product pressure from an exterior having a lower pressure. A rotating component is mounted in an external bearing which is sealed with respect to the interior via a sealing system. In order to improve the sealing, the invention provides that the annular gap is formed between two sliding bearing shells which comprise extremely hard, wear-resistant materials and, in accordance with the operating principle of a radial sliding bearing, form a first pressure-reducing stage. A feedback device, which feeds back the leakage from this first sealing stage into the conveying process of the machine, is connected downstream of the first pressure-reducing stage. A second sealing stage is arranged axially downstream of the feedback device.

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: A device is provided for sealing a rotor shaft supported on a bearing mounted in a housing of an appliance for compressing or expanding a fluid containing, apart from the housing, at least one rotor mounted therein. The sealing device is situated between the rotor and the bearing around the rotor shaft and includes at least two zero contact or frictionless seals. The sealing device successively includes between the rotor and the bearing a first zero contact seal; a double, reverse lip seal with two lips; and a second zero contact seal. The two lips are partly directed towards one another and partly directed towards the rotor shaft along their backsides. An entry for fluid under pressure opens between the lips, whereby the lips, depending on the pressure between them, are in contact with to the rotor shaft or are lifted from the rotor shaft.

Abstract: The pump (20) has a rotor (80) rotatable by a drive in a pump duct (25). The rotor (80) has a pump element (90) with undulating boundary faces extending radially. The boundary faces are bounded cylindrically and run in a fitted manner in a cylindrical conveying region (27), their highest points running adjacent to the end faces (35) of the pump duct in a sealed manner. In addition, a sealing slide (31) is provided, which is displaceable parallel to the axis of rotation (76) and which seals off the pump duct (25) between the inlet (22) and the outlet (23), so that during rotation the rotor (80) follows the undulating movement of the boundary faces (96) of the pump element (90). In addition, sealing means seal off the media-conveying pump chambers from the housing (21). The rotor (80) is detachably connected to the drive shaft (180) while forming connecting boundary faces, which are arranged on the drive side on the other side of the sealing means with respect to the media-conveying pump chambers.

Abstract: In order to cool the slide bearing area for the slidable bearing of a gear pump shaft, a slide bearing bush with a slide bearing area and, in the case of the guiding-through of a shaft, a sealing area extends in one piece integrally to the outside, and a cooling-medium guiding system provided in the bush is connected from the outside. This eliminates all sealing problems for the cooling medium feeding to the slide bearing area.

Abstract: The pump has an integrated fluid pressure actuator which provides for the movement and the axial retention of a movable cover which closes one end of the seat of rotation of the lobes of the pump itself. When the pump is in operation, the movable cover closes the seat of the lobes whereas, when the pump is to be washed, the cover is moved away from the lobes to allow effective circulation of the cleaning liquid. The pump is further equipped with a circuit for washing the seals on the shafts, which is automatically active when the movable cover is in the retracted position of the washing phase and which, in this state, draws the cleaning liquid directly from the suction pipe of the pump, makes it circulate behind the seals on the shafts and discharges it into the delivery zone of the pump itself. The pump is also equipped with apertures which perform the function of indicators of malfunctioning of the pump itself in the event of the main seals on the shafts giving way.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a vapor recovery unit of a fuel dispenser, and comprises a vapor pump, a variable speed electric motor coupled to drive the pump, and an electric control package connected to control the speed of the motor, the foregoing components being located in an integrated unit housing. The pump comprises a positive displacement vapor pump such as a vane pump; the motor comprises a variable speed induction motor; and the control package is operable to receive fuel-flow representative pulses from one or two flow meters, and to vary the pump-motor speed to recover substantially all of the displaced vapor during fueling. The unit housing is preferably installed in a dispenser cabinet and hydraulically coupled in a vapor flow pipe and electrically connected to receive the fuel flow pulses from one or two fuel flow meters. The vapor recovery unit is useful as original equipment (OEM) and/or as a retrofit component.

Abstract: A rotary piston machine includes a piston arrangement mounted in a gas-tight interior housing, wherein the piston arrangement has at least four individual rotary pistons which are constructed essentially equally and have end faces which are arranged so as to be in alignment with each other. The rotary piston machine further includes sealing assemblies composed of positioning members and sealing rods, wherein a sealing assembly is provided for each gap between adjacent rotary pistons and wherein each sealing assembly includes at least one sealing rod. The center points of circular arcs with two different radii defining the cross-section of each rotary piston are located on the corner points of a rhombus and the center points of the larger circular arcs are located in the corner points with the larger rhombus angles, wherein the larger rhombus angle is greater by 50.degree. to 50.degree. than the smaller rhombus angle.

Abstract: A seal arrangement for an engine-driven supercharger to prevent burning and abnormal wear of an rubber-made oil seal fitted on a shaft of a rotor of the supercharger. The supercharger includes a housing, a rotor chamber is formed in the housing and the rotor is rotatably placed in the rotor chamber. A shaft chamber is formed next to the rotor chamber. The rotor shaft projects from the rotor chamber into the shaft chamber in a longitudinal direction of the rotor. A bearing is provided inside the shaft chamber for supporting the rotor shaft at a free end of the rotor shaft. A lubrication oil is fed to the bearing. The supercharger sucks external air into the rotor chamber by making the rotor chamber pressure negative and rotates the rotor for compressing the air in the rotor chamber. The oil seal is fitted on the rotor shaft between the bearing and the rotor chamber for defining an oil chamber in the shaft chamber between the oil seal and the bearing.

Abstract: A rotary screw compressor system is provided wherein the base plate connecting the prime mover to the compressor integrates the drive transmission with the lubricating fluid flow path between lubricating circuit components. Each of those circuit components and the compressor is removably mounted to the base plate via segregating housings. The compressor is mounted to the base plate with drive shaft and working fluid outlet on the same side. A pre-separation chamber is included within the base plate to facilitate removal of lubricant from the compressed working fluid prior to passage of the working fluid through the separator component. A double seal arrangement is provided about the connection of the prime mover drive shaft to the base plate. That seal arrangement includes a lubricant collection chamber between the seals, and control air is used to recycle lubricant from that chamber to the air inlet of the compressor.

Abstract: An improved gear pump having members with different hardnesses includes a housing defining an internal bore with inlet and outlet passageways. A head member includes a wall between the inlet and outlet passageways and extends toward a toothed rotor. A toothed idler gear meshes with the rotor. The head member and idler gear are made of materials having a hardness greater than that of the rotor material. In one embodiment the idler gear is made of ceramic material whereas the head member and rotor are made of cast iron, with the head member treated to have a hardness greater than that of the rotor.

Abstract: A rotary displacement compressor having an inlet channel for introducing low pressure gas, an outlet channel through which compressed gas escapes, and at least one rotor mounted in bearings and operating in a working space. The compressor includes a liquid injector for injecting liquid into the working space, a liquid separator provided in the outlet channel for separating liquid from the compressed gas, and a pressure liquid conduit connecting the liquid separator and the liquid injection port. A bearing lubrication circuit includes a tank, a pump, a supply conduit for supplying liquid from the pump to the bearings in which the rotor is mounted, a withdrawal conduit for withdrawing liquid from the bearings to the tank, and a pump inlet conduit for supplying liquid from the tank to the pump.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a pump is adapted for controlling thrust loads and limiting undesirable axial movement of components. The pump has a shaft having first and second shaft ends, and the pump may be configured so that the shaft is drivable from one or both of the shaft ends. The first and second shaft ends are respectively supported in a first and second bearing arrangement. Each bearing arrangement includes a radial main bearing having an inner race disposed around the shaft end. The inner race contacts a mounting ring to transfer outwardly axial thrust forces against a thrust bearing assembly. Each bearing arrangement is retained by a bearing cap contacting against an outer side of the thrust bearing assembly. A shim having a selected thickness can be placed between the bearing cap and the housing in order to position the internal pump components in an axially centered position to maintain proper clearances in order to minimize wear.

Abstract: A moderately high pressure, sliding vane pump is fabricated from low modulus plastic by routing high pressure fluid away from the central pump perimeter and into a bearing gland chamber for discharge porting. Port fittings are push socket connections that are sealed by O-rings and held in place against fluid pressure ejection by a saddle plate that cross-pins to the port boss.

Abstract: A pump for delivering hot, corrosive material having a shaft seal comprising a seal gap through which hot gases flow, and wherein the sealing gases also flow around the pump bearings for the purpose of cooling the bearings.

Abstract: A structure for preventing axial leakage in a scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll, a closer mounted on the fixed scroll, a discharge chamber formed on the closer, a discharge port formed at the center of the fixed scroll, and a variable back pressure formed between the closer and the fixed scroll. The variable back pressure chamber is formed penetrating to the discharge chamber by a polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) or a piston. By the polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) having uniform expansion coefficient and the piston, the variable back pressure chamber is closed in case of high discharge pressure and opened in case of low pressure. A downward sealing force is acting on small area of a upper surface of the fixed scroll in case of high discharge pressure and broad area in case of low pressure.

Abstract: A pump comprising a durable rotor member having large diameter journal ends at each side of a central vane section comprising vane slots having well areas which slidably-engage a mating vane element. The present vane pumps comprise novel cylindrical floating ring seal elements having a support body which continuously seals the face of the cam member, and have a movable inner ring assembly which becomes pressure-loaded against the rotor journals during use, to minimize or limit axial pressure leakage while balancing or minimizing bearing load.

Abstract: A large diameter portion of a rotating shaft is supported by an opening in a front housing via a radial bearing. An outer race of the bearing is in contact with an inner, rear surface of the housing as a shoulder portion of the opening. The inner surface is forwardly recessed, so that a small chamber is formed between the housing and the bearing unit. The housing has a stopper projection at a rear end of an opening to which a shaft seal unit is inserted. The projection is axially projected to a faced front surface of the large diameter portion of the shaft, while a seal chamber is formed between the shaft seal unit and the large diameter portion. The seal chamber is in communication with the small chamber. A plurality of circumferentially spaced grooves for holding lubricant are formed at the recessed surface for forming the small chamber.

Abstract: An improved rotary device (20), such as a fluid pump or motor, includes a housing (24) which encloses a working unit (22). The working unit (22) includes a cam ring (38) which cooperates with a rotor (40) and a plurality of vanes (42) to form a plurality of variable volume working chambers. The housing (24) includes a main section (26) and a cover section (28). The main section (26) of the housing (24) has three separate risers (122, 124 and 126). Any one of the three risers (122, 124 or 126) may be connected with a fluid conduit (116). The main and cover sections (26 and 28) of the housing (24) are movable relative to each other to enable the rotary device (20) to be mounted in a selected one of a plurality of orientations on a support structure.

Abstract: In a rotary gas compressor which has a compression housing, in which the gas compressing elements are operatively confined, a shaft and bearing housing is provided. The latter housing is removably coupled to an end of the compression housing, and supports therein the rotary shaft and the bearings therefor. The bearings are located in a portion of the shaft and bearing housing which is outboard or external of the compression housing. A coolant chamber is set abut the shaft and bearing housing whereat the bearings are located. The latter housing further has apertures formed therein to visually expose the shaft, as well as for discharging therethrough any leaking lubricant.

Abstract: An improved shaft seal including a relatively uniformed diameter hole in a housing surrounding a relatively uniformed shaft, with a shoulder on the shaft passing axial loads through a thrust bearing and seal to a ring fixedly connected to the housing.