Abstract: A hydraulic pump motor components including at least two co-acting gears arranged in wells which conform to the gears and which communicate with channels for supply and return oil respectively. To enable the displacement of the pump or motor to be readily changed, the housing of the pump or motor is made in two parts (1, 2) which can be sealingly coupled together. The one part (1), the mounting part, in which the input shaft (3) of the pump, or the output shaft (3) of the motor, is journalled is provided with an inlet and an outlet (10, 11) for supply and return oil respectively. The shaft (3) passes completely through the mounting part (1) and projects from the end surface of the mounting part located in the dividing plane of the housing, for receiving a sun wheel (5). The journal shafts (8, 9) for the planet wheels (6, 7) also project out from the end surface, and channels for supply and return oil respectively discharge into this end surface.

Abstract: A sealing chamber is defined between the front head and the front side block, and an oil chamber between the rear side block and a partition member secured to the rear end face of the rear side block, respectively. The drive shaft, on which the rotor is rigidly fitted, is radially supported by a pair of roller bearings provided at the front and rear side blocks. The bearings have end portions remote from the rotor enclosedly disposed in the sealing chamber and the oil chamber. The lubricating oil feeding system includes lubricating oil feeding bores formed in the front and rear side blocks and communicating with a zone under discharge pressure, and clearances between the front and rear side blocks and opposed end faces of the rotor. The clearances have predetermined flow resistance, and communicate, on one hand, with the back pressure chamber formed within the rotor, and on the other hand, with the sealing chamber and the oil chamber by way of the above roller bearings.

Abstract: A rotary compressor comprises an open-ended cylinder having its open ends closed by end plates and an eccentrically rotatable rotor housed inside the cylinder. A hydrodynamic seal is provided on either the rotor or each of the end plates for minimizing any possible unwanted leakage of lubricant oil.

Abstract: A gear pump (10) is disclosed having a housing (12) defining first and second gear cavities (38,40) and inlet and outlet ports (42,44). A pair of intermeshing gears (20,22) having a plurality of teeth (32) and teeth roots (36) are positioned in the cavities. A pair of bleed slots (50) are provided for directly communicating with the gear tooth roots and permitting entrained air and fluid thereat to be delivered away from the inlet and outlet ports. Advantageously, the bleed slots are located generally adjacent the breakaway points (46) of the respective cavities, and a pair of charging slots (62) are provided for communicating pressure from the outlet port with the gear teeth and encouraging movement of entrained air radially inwardly toward the bleed slots.

Abstract: A scroll-type fluid machine is provided with a plurality of liquid-confining pockets formed in the sliding surface of the end member of either one of orbiting and stationary scrolls. In operation, a high liquid pressure is generated in the pocket or pockets positioned in the region where a localized high axial urging force is exerted during operation, so that the localized high axial urging force acting on the two scrolls is partially or fully negated.

Abstract: A Wankel-type engine has a housing with a chamber therein having parallel, axially spaced side surfaces joined by an end surface which has a semi-circular contour in an axially longitudinal plane. A rotor, eccentrically mounted on a shaft carried by the housing for rotation in the chamber, has a pair of side portions adjacent to the chamber side surfaces and a plurality of lobes, each having an end portion which has a semi-circular configuration corresponding to the semi-circular contour of the chamber end surface. Multi-layer, self-expanding seals engaging the chamber end surface are carried by each rotor end portion, and the rotor side portions carry seals engaging the chamber side surfaces. Lubrication is supplied to the seals. The semi-circular chamber end surface is provided on a separate member mounted between a pair of housing members, or alternatively is provided on complimentary portions of a pair of housing members.

Abstract: An improved rotary vane machine assembly of the type utilized for producing vacuum in motor vehicle power brake assistance units wherein a compensating coupling connects the pump drive shaft with the drive motor of the pump and a lubricant is supplied to the working elements of the pump from said drive motor, the improvement comprising a pot-shaped hood which receives the working components of the pump and, in particular, the rotor and vanes, and a mounting flange having a bell-shaped foot portion surrounding the compensating coupling and a lid portion covering the open end of the pot-shaped hood. A compensating disc which limits the operating chamber of the working components in an axial direction is also disclosed, the compensating disc being pressed against the face of the vanes by means of a cushion of lubricant and/or a compression spring.

Abstract: In a rotary compressor of the sliding vane type, the vanes maintain sliding contact with the inner wall of the housing while moving periodically inward and outward in generally radial slots in the cylindrical rotor, which is provided with conduits for injecting oil or other liquid into the working chambers formed by the rotor, the vanes and the housing's inner wall. The housing has inlet ports for a gas to be compressed in the working chambers and has outlet ports for the compressed gas. Valves are provided to open and close said rotor conduits in synchronism with said periodic moving of the vanes, whereby the liquid is injected into the working chambers only during such periods when these chambers are closed to the gas inlet and outlet ports.

Abstract: A rotary vacuum pump is provided with a housing having a cylindrical chamber. A rotor having a plurality of slideably mounted vanes is mounted within the chamber by a shaft extending through an eccentric bore. Hydraulic oil delivered to the rotor under pressure urges the vanes against the chamber walls. Escaping oil lubricates and seals the vanes and also lubricate the rotor shaft.

Abstract: A rotor is journalled in a housing having gas inlet ports and outlet ports for compressed gas, the gas being compressed in working chambers formed between the rotor, an inner surface of the housing and vanes which periodically move inward and outward in slots in the rotor during its rotation and while sliding against said inner surface of the housing. Oil or other liquid is injected into the working chambers through grooves in at least one internal wall of the housing, the grooves being positioned to communicate with the working chambers through small recesses, located in edge portions of the rotor, during at least parts of the periods starting when a vane immediately trailing one of said recesses has just passed a said inlet port, thus blocking the connection between said last inlet port and the corresponding working chamber immediately preceding said vane, and ending when the pressure in said corresponding working chamber equals the liquid injection pressure.

Abstract: A rotary mechanism including a housing defining an operating chamber having a wall, a shaft journalled in the housing and having an eccentric within the chamber, a rotor within the chamber and journalled on the eccentric, and at least one seal carried by the rotor and slidably engaging the wall. A seal lubricating system is provided and includes an aperture in the wall along with a conduit for directing lubricant to the aperture. A plug partially closes the aperture and has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the housing, with the result that an oil-emitting gap is provided and its area changes proportional to temperature, and, thus, oil viscosity, to meter the proper amount of oil for seal lubrication irrespective of temperature.

Abstract: A rotor is operatively provided in a bore of a cylinder which is formed with an inlet and an outlet. The cylinder is enclosed by a housing with an annular chamber being defined between the cylinder and the housing. The housing has an inlet which is connected to the inlet of the cylinder. The outlet of the cylinder is provided at an upper portion thereof. An oil sump is defined by a lower portion of the annular chamber of the housing. A partition divides the interior of the housing into the annular chamber within which the cylinder is disposed and an outlet chamber which communicates with an outlet of the housing. The lower portion of the partition is cut away to communicate the annular chamber with the outlet chamber.

Abstract: A rotor is eccentrically mounted in a bore of a housing and formed with radial slots in which vanes are slidably retained. The vanes partition the bore into a plurality of fluid chambers which increase in volume in an inlet portion of the bore and decrease in volume in an outlet portion of the bore upon rotation of the rotor. An inlet opens into the inlet portion of the bore and an outlet leads from the outlet portion of the bore. An oil sump provided at the bottom of the housing is connected to the outlet and pressurized thereby. An end plate of the housing is formed with a semi-annular high pressure oil groove in the outlet portion of the bore and a semi-annular low pressure oil groove in the low pressure portion of the bore which communicate with the slots radially inwardly of the vanes so that oil in the slots urges the vanes into sealing engagement with the wall of the bore.

Abstract: A rotor is eccentrically mounted in a bore of a housing and formed with radial slots in which vanes are slidably retained. An oil passageway leads from an oil sump through the radially inner portions of the slots to a fluid inlet passageway, the oil sump communicating with an oil separation chamber which constitutes part of a fluid outlet passageway. The high pressure in the oil separation chamber forces oil through the oil passageway to lubricate the vanes and urge the vanes into sealing engagement with the inner wall of the bore. Oil sucked from the inlet passageway into the bore and entrained in the working fluid lubricates the outer ends of the vanes and flows into the oil separation chamber. The fluid outlet passageway is formed so that the fluid flow path reverses direction in the oil separation chamber. The oil entrained in the fluid is unable, due to its higher density and inertial force, to negotiate the reversal of direction, is thereby separated from the fluid and returned to the oil sump.

Abstract: A rotary compressor apparatus having a housing with a rotor eccentrically mounted therein and such rotor includes a plurality of sliding vanes which define constantly changing compression pockets as the rotor is rotated. The apparatus includes a plurality of ports which may be opened to permit full unloading when starting the compressor and which may be selectively closed to control the quantity of gaseous matter being compressed. The apparatus also includes a high pressure oil injector at each end of the rotor for sealing such ends to prevent loss of compression.

Abstract: A rotary mechanism including a housing defining an operating chamber, a shaft journalled in the housing and having an eccentric within the chamber, a rotor within the chamber and journalled on the eccentric, a timing gear carried by the housing and within the chamber and having a predetermined number of teeth, an internal ring gear carried by the rotor and meshed with the timing gear, the ring gear having a number of teeth greater than the predetermined number of the timing gear whereby a crescent-shaped gap between the gears exist. A crescent-shaped pad is carried by the eccentric within the gap and an inlet port is provided in the eccentric adjacent one corner of the pad for supplying hydraulic fluid to the gap. An outlet port is located in the eccentric adjacent the other corner of the pad for conveying pressurized hydraulic fluid to a point of use within the mechanism. The invention provides high pressure hydraulic fluid through unique use of the timing and ring gears necessary in such mechanisms.

Abstract: A rotary vane compressor in which the pressure difference between inlet and outlet passages is utilized to accomplish lubrication without a supplementary oil pump comprises a housing with a cylindrical bore, a hollow rotor eccentrically rotatable on a shaft in the bore and at least one vane radially slidable in a slot in the rotor and sealingly engaging with the inner surfaces of the bore to define fluid chambers of varying volume. The compressor further has inlet and outlet passages communicating with the bore and an oil sump disposed below the bore. A first passageway connects the outlet passage with the sump, and the hollow of the rotor constitutes a second passageway. A third passageway connects the sump with one end of the hollow and a fourth passageway connects the other end of the hollow with the inlet passage.