Abstract: A compressor includes a casing, a compression mechanism, and a motor that drives the compression mechanism. The casing is configured to cover an internal space. The internal space includes a first space and a second space larger than the first space. The casing has a first casing part covering the first space and a second casing part covering the second space. At least one of the first space and the second space is a high-pressure space configured to contain high-pressure fluid. A metallic coating may be formed on an outer surface of at least the first casing part. Alternatively, a resin coating may be formed on an outer surface of the casing.

Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a pumping stage, a rotary shaft supported by a lubricated support bearing; a lubricant deflector mounted between the lubricated support bearing and a ring seal which is mounted on the rotary shaft between the lubricant deflector and the pumping stage, a first reservoir containing a first reserve of liquid lubricant and in communication with the lubricated support bearing in a first volume, a lubricant splashing unit mounted on the rotary shaft in the first reservoir and having one end bathed in the first reserve of lubricant. A second reservoir includes a second reserve of liquid lubricant separated from the first reservoir by a separation wall having an aperture through which the first and second reserves of lubricant communicate. A lubricant return channel having one inlet facing the lubricant deflector opens into the second volume of the second reservoir above the second reserve of lubricant.

Abstract: A gas pump including a first housing part (1) comprising a sealing surface (6); a second housing part (2) comprising a sealing surface (7); a delivery chamber (3) comprising an inlet (4) and an outlet (5) for a gas; and a delivery device (11, 12), which can be moved within the delivery chamber (3), for delivering the gas, wherein the housing parts (1, 2) are joined to each other such that they at least partially enclose the delivery chamber (3) over a circumference of the chamber, and such that their sealing surfaces (6, 7) abut each other in order to seal off the delivery chamber (3), and wherein a sealing recess (9) extends in at least one of the sealing surfaces (6, 7) around the delivery chamber (3) and is filled with a sealing liquid when the gas pump is in operation.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the overheating of sealed oil gear cases and excessive charge air temperatures at high engine speeds in automotive supercharger use by providing liquid cooling of one or more of the housings of a supercharger. Cooling the front cover of the supercharger will reduce the gear case temperatures under boost. Cooling the bearing housing will also reduce gear case temperatures in the adjacent gear case. Cooling the rotor housing, in combination with cooling of the rotors by a separate system, will maintain more uniform clearances under continuous boost, as with racing and autobahn applications. Cooling may be by traditional liquid coolant or with oil, and with separate or combined systems. The invention discloses liquid coolant systems for controlling sealed gear case lubricant temperatures as well as supercharger charge air temperatures if desired. Combined coolant handling and flow systems and their advantages are also disclosed.

Abstract: In a gas compressor, a cyclone block is configured to include a substantially cylindrical space into which a compressed gas is introduced to separate refrigeration oil from the gas. A pressure bypass is formed in the substantially cylindrical space defined by an outer cylindrical unit and an inner cylindrical unit to communicate with a discharge chamber having lower pressure than that of the substantially cylindrical space. The pressure bypass includes a pressure valve to open and close the pressure bypass in accordance with the internal pressure of the substantially cylindrical space having the pressure bypass. During a high speed operation of a compressor unit, the coolant gas including unseparated refrigeration oil is discharged from the pressure bypass.

Abstract: A screw displacement pump is provided. The screw displacement pump is of single-entry, double-shaft construction with an external bearing of the two screw shafts. A pump housing encloses the screw shafts by forming feed chambers and externally delimiting the feed chambers with its internal shell surface, as well as a suction chamber for the medium to be induced and a pressure chamber to accommodate the medium pumped by the screw shafts. The pump housing is inserted into a pressure housing and attached to the pressure housing, so that the pressure chamber encloses the pump, at least in part.

Abstract: A lubricant-tight vane rotary vacuum pump includes at least one pump stage (17, 18) having a safety valve (3) for controlling gas flow to the pump stage, a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir (30) at least partially surrounding the pump stage housing (10, 40), and a hydraulic conduit (31) connecting the lubricant pump outlet (22) with the safety valve (3), with a pressurized lubricant flow through the hydraulic conduit (31) opening the safety valve (3), and a channel (32) branching from the hydraulic conduit (31) for delivering a pressurized lubricant into the lubricant reservoir (30).

Abstract: A compressor and oil separation device therefore are provided. The oil separation device is integrated with a compressor and includes a first case having a refrigerant inlet into which a refrigerant mixed with oil is sucked and an oil recollecting member through which oil separated from the refrigerant flows, and a second case positioned outside of the first case and having a refrigerant outlet through which refrigerant separated from an oil is discharged. With this constructions, a pipe connecting the compressor and a separate oil separation device is not required, thereby reducing fabrication costs and facilitating installation.

Abstract: The invention provides a twin-shaft, dry-running rotary piston machine (1) comprising two rotary pistons (8) supported in a housing (2) via shafts (4) and roller bearings (6) with rolling elements, said rotary pistons are horizontally arranged and mesh with each other in opposite directions, so as to define a conveying chamber; two oil chambers (10) arranged in said housing (2) at opposite front sides of the conveying chamber in the area of the roller bearings (6) and provided to be at least in part filled with lubricating oil, two splash elements (12), with per oil chamber (10) one splash element (12) being arranged on the shafts (4) in such a manner that every shaft (4) carries a total of only one splash element (12); and at least two connection channels (14) connecting the two oil chambers (10) with each other.

Abstract: A scroll type compressor includes a housing defining a discharge pressure region, a fixed scroll member having a fixed base plate and a fixed scroll wall, a movable scroll member having a movable base plate and a movable scroll wall, a fixed wall slidably supporting the movable scroll member, a back pressure chamber defined on a back surface side of the movable base plate. A supply passage connects the back pressure chamber to the discharge pressure region and passes through a sliding portion between the movable scroll member and the fixed wall. A clearance at the sliding portion varies in response to a position of the movable scroll member in a direction in which the movable scroll member approaches to or leaves from the fixed wall, whereby cross-sectional area of the clearance where gas passes is varied to adjust pressure in the back pressure chamber.

Abstract: A compressor having a housing and mutually engaged stationary and orbiting scrolls. A crankcase is disposed between a motor and the orbiting scroll. A shaft is operably connected with the orbiting scroll and extends through the crankcase and the motor. The end of the shaft extending from the motor is rotatably supported by a bearing mounted in a bearing support. A counterweight is rotationally coupled with the shaft proximate the bearing support. An oil sump is disposed within the housing and an oil shield is fixed to the bearing support. The oil shield has a cylindrical portion with an open end which encircles the counterweight and may include a plurality of flexible members having inwardly bent portions which engage a groove on the bearing support.

Abstract: A compressor assembly having a housing in which a compressor mechanism and discharge chamber are located. A first port communicates compressed gas and oil from the compressor mechanism to the discharge chamber. A one-way valve allows the compressed gas and oil to enter the discharge chamber through the first port. A second port in the discharge chamber defines an outlet in the housing through which compressed gas and oil are discharged from the compressor assembly. The second port is disposed vertically below the first port in the lower half of the discharge chamber to thereby limit the quantity of oil which may collect in the discharge chamber. The second port may be defined by a discharge tube which passes through the housing at a flat portion of the housing which thereby facilitates the welding of the tube to the housing.

Abstract: A horizontal rotary compressor is configured such that an electrically powered compressor body is accommodated in a horizontally long hermetic receptacle in which a lubricating oil is accumulatively preserved, an interior of the hermetic receptacle is partitioned by a partition member into an oil storage portion space in which the compressor mechanism portion is positioned and an electric motor side space in which the electric motor portion is positioned, an oil communication portion is provided below the partition member, a gas communication opening is provided in an upper portion of the partition member, and an oil feed passageway is formed of a center opening, an oil guide opening, and oil suction tubing along the rotation axis.

Abstract: A two-stage screw compressor has two compressor stages whose rotor housings are arranged with their axes parallel to one another and are enclosed by a common coolant housing at a distance. A coolant inlet and a coolant outlet are located at the common coolant housing, as well as guide walls such that the coolant flowing through the coolant housing flows around and cools the rotor housings of the two compressor stages one after the other in an S-shaped flow path.

Abstract: A scroll compressor having fixed and orbiting scrolls. The scrolls are disposed within a housing which defines a plenum having an oil sump. A shaft is coupled at one end to the orbiting scroll and is also coupled to a motor located in the housing. A bearing support is secured within the housing and has a central boss with a bearing mounted therein. The bearing supports the shaft opposite the orbiting scroll. The bearing support includes an outer ring and a plurality of support arms extending from the outer ring to the boss. The lowermost portion of the outer ring freely extends for an arc of approximately 120 degrees between adjacent support arms. The lowermost portion of the outer ring is disposed within the oil sump and includes a recessed portion defining a passage between the outer ring and housing for communicating lubricating oil.

Abstract: A microturbine engine core with gas bearings used to support a rotating group is provided, including methods of optimizing the engine core's performance. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to ascertain quickly the subject matter of the technical disclosure. The abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor comprising a housing, a cylinder block and a bearing assembly in the housing and defining a cylindrical cavity therein. A roller piston, drivingly coupled to a motor, is disposed in the cylindrical cavity. The cylinder block includes a reciprocating vane within a vane slot defined therein. The vane slot extends axially through said cylinder block, radially from an outside perimeter surface of the cylinder block to the cylindrical cavity. At least a portion of the vane slot is defined by a pair of substantially parallel sidewalls with the vane disposed in the vane slot and urged against the roller piston. The vane is guided by the substantially parallel sidewalls and a clearance exists between the vane and the substantially parallel sidewalls.

Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor comprising a housing, a cylinder block and a bearing assembly in the housing and defining a cylindrical cavity therein. A roller piston, drivingly coupled to a motor, is disposed in the cylindrical cavity. The cylinder block includes a reciprocating vane within a vane slot defined therein. The vane slot extends axially through said cylinder block, radially from an outside perimeter surface of the cylinder block to the cylindrical cavity. At least a portion of the vane slot is defined by a pair of substantially parallel sidewalls with the vane disposed in the vane slot and urged against the roller piston. The vane is guided by the substantially parallel sidewalls and a clearance exists between the vane and the substantially parallel sidewalls.

Abstract: A fluid compressor comprises a sealing case, an oil reservoir formed to an inner bottom portion of the sealing case, in an installed state, for storing an lubricating oil and a compression mechanism having a helical blade structure housed in the sealing case. The compression mechanism comprises a cylinder, a rotating member arranged in the cylinder so as to perform eccentric motion and a helical blade interposed between the rotating member and the cylinder for defining a plurality of partitioned compression chambers. The fluid compressor further comprises an electric motor unit housed inside the sealing casing in operative connection to the compression mechanism. The compression mechanism has a vertical structure in which the fluid is compressed and transferred in a perpendicular direction in the installed state.

Abstract: In a horizontal type scroll compressor an external end of a volute (2b) of a fixed scroll (2) is extended near to an external end side of a volute (3b) of a movable scroll (3). By the extension of the volute (2b), inlet ports (22, 23) opening to compression rooms (RA, RB) respectively are disposed near to each other and are located at an upper level in a closed casing (1). An inlet passage (24) is formed at the top of a housing (4) which divides the closed casing (1) into a compression element chamber (12A) and a motor chamber (12B). The opening position of an inlet pipe (11) is displaced circumferentially with respect to the inlet passage (24). The inlet passage (24) is displaced circumferentially with respect to the inlet ports (22, 23) of the compression rooms (RA, RB). The inlet passage (24) is displaced forward in a traveling direction of the movable scroll (3) with respect to the inlet ports (22, 23).

Abstract: An oil supplying apparatus for a horizontal type rotary compressor capable of securing a substantial oil supplying and preventing oil leakage to the outside thereof thereby enhancing higher oil supplying efficiency of the compressor is disclosed.

Abstract: In a high side, vertical, twin cylinder rolling piston hermetic compressor, a portion of the high pressure gas is diverted from the chamber defined by the lower muffler and the pump bearing to the axial bore of the crankshaft. The crankshaft extends into the oil sump such that rotation of the shaft produces a pumping action for pumping oil from the sump to structure requiring lubrication. Additionally, the flow diverted from the chamber to the axial bore produces a jet pump effect which supplements the pumping action produced by the rotating shaft, particularly at low speed.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a compressor housing made up of a cup-like first casing having a suction port defined therein and a cap-like second casing having a discharge port defined therein. The compressor housing accommodates a stationary scroll member having a stationary end plate and a stationary scroll wrap protruding axially from the stationary end plate, and an orbiting scroll member having an orbiting end plate and an orbiting scroll wrap protruding axially from the orbiting end plate, with the orbiting scroll wrap being in engagement with the stationary scroll wrap to define a plurality of working pockets therebetween. At least one shim is interposed between mating surfaces of the first and second casings to regulate axial gaps between axial end surfaces of the stationary and orbiting scroll wraps and the orbiting and stationary end plates opposed thereto.

Abstract: Reciprocation of the vane of a rolling piston compressor can produce a pumping action which draws oil from the sump and discharges it into the gas exiting from the discharge chamber. By providing a restricted communication between the sump and the spring cavity, the amount of oil being pumped can be reduced to a level just sufficient for lubricating the vane.

Abstract: A lubricating device for a horizontal type hermetic compressor. The device includes an oil cylinder at the back of a spring-biased vane in a compressing cylinder, and also includes an oil piston and an oil valve in the oil cylinder. The oil piston communicates with the oil valve by the movement of the vane, thus to achieve the lubrication oil supply through the oil cylinder. The oil piston is biased by a compression coil spring positioned under the piston, so that it is easy to fabricate the compressor. Since the length of the oil piston is longer than the distance between the upper dead point of the oil pumping chamber and the vane slot reference hole, introduction of refrigerant into the oil cylinder is reliably prevented. This device uses a conventional horizontal type hermetic compressor with a slight change of its construction and easily precisely controls the flow rate of the lubrication oil to be delivered.

Abstract: Two oil passages are defined in a cylinder unit of a rotary compressor for feeding lubrication oil to front and rear bearings. The bearings bear a shaft of a rotor unit relative to the cylinder unit. At least one of the two oil passages is formed with an orifice which is defined by the cylinder unit.

Abstract: A horizontal-installation-type scroll compressor requiring small installation space adopts a technique which can reduce the amount of refrigerating machine oil circulating through the refrigeration cycle. By using this scroll compressor, an air conditioner is provided whose unit body has a reduced depth and which has satisfactory ventilation efficiency and cyclic efficiency.The scroll compressor includes a closed container which is separated into a section lodging an electric motor and a compression mechanism and a section where a discharge pipe is provided. Refrigerating machine oil is stored in the section including the discharge pipe in order to ensure the requisite amount of refrigerating machine oil. An oil separation mechanism is provided in the passage of the refrigerant gas so that refrigerant gas containing little amount of refrigerating machine oil may be sent out from the discharge pipe.

Abstract: A multi-stage rotary type compressor is constituted in such a manner that an electric motor and a plurality of compression elements to be driven by the electric motor are disposed in a closed container and the compression elements thus-disposed are sequentially connected in series. The compressor thus-constituted is arranged in such a manner that the space in the closed container is filled with the pressure discharged from the final stage. Furthermore, lubricating oil, the pressure of which is equivalent to the level of the pressure discharged from each compression element, is introduced into a back side chamber of a vane of each compression element to urge the back side of each vane with the pressure of lubricating oil. As a result, the wear of the tip end of the vane and the input loss are prevented. Therefore, satisfactory durability and compression efficiency can be obtained.

Abstract: The invention refers to a hermetic compressor with rotary rolling piston, of the type of high internal pressure inside the shell (1) and small displacement volume, and with its cylindrical chamber, internal to the cylinder block (4), being internally divided by the rolling piston (50,500) and by a sliding vane (9), into suction and discharge chambers with internal pressure being considerably lower than the internal pressure of the shell during most of the rolling piston (50,500) operating cycles. An axial gap for the passage of lubricant oil is provided between the annular faces of the rolling piston (50,500) and the axial end walls (10a, 20a) of the cylindrical chamber. The rolling piston (50,500) presents an external diameter/internal diameter relation of about 1.63 up to 2.22, in order to increase the radial path of the lubricant oil through said axial gaps.

Abstract: A compressor oiling system for a horizontal rotary compressor including a pressure plate defining a motor chamber and compressor unit chamber within the compressor each having an oil sump. An opening in the pressure plate allows oil pressurized by discharge pressure from the compressor to pass through an oil pickup passageway leading from the sump portion of the compressor unit chamber to the outboard bearing of the actual compressor unit. During compressor operation, discharge gases create a pressure differential across the pressure plate allowing the oil level to raise within the compressor unit chamber to the level of the crankshaft thereby lubricating the crankshaft bearings.

Abstract: A scroll-type compressor has a stationary scroll frame 7 on which a discharge muffler 24 is provided so as to form a first discharge space 24a. First and second discharge passages 25, 26 are formed to extend through the stationary scroll frame 7 and a bearing 20 so as to provide communication between the first discharge space 24a and the interior of the hermetic container 1. The second communication hole opens in the interior of the hermetic container 1 through a guide member 29 at a level above the level of a lubricating oil in a lubricant reservoir 31. Since the opening of the second communication hole into the hermetic container is set by the guide member 29 at a level above the oil level in the lubricant reservoir 31, the discharge passage can be formed easily without requiring any special component which defines the passage.

Abstract: A pumping apparatus for pumping a gas having application to helium leak detectors has a vane and oil-seal type vacuum pump immersed in a closed tank (9) partially filled with oil (10). The apparatus also includes an oil pump (20) for renewing the oil seal located inside the tank. The oil pump is equipped with a noise-reducing mixing device enabling the oil for constituting the oil seal to be mixed with a noise-reducing gas. The noise-reducing gas is fed from the outside of the tank to the mixing device by means of a pipe (24) passing through the wall of the tank and opening via a Venturi tube to the suction duct of the immersed oil pump.

Abstract: A two-stage rotary vane vacuum pump includes a pre-vacuum stage having a pre-vacuum pumping chamber and an outlet valve; a main oil sump; and a first oil conduit having a first opening communicating with the main oil sump and a second opening communicating with the pre-vacuum pumping chamber. The first opening is located at a level below an operational oil level in the main oil sump. There is further provided an intermediate oil sump situated at a level above the outlet valve and being arranged for receiving oil from the pre-vacuum pumping chamber; and a second oil conduit leading from the intermediate oil sump to components of the vacuum pump to be supplied with oil. All such components are situated at a level below the intermediate oil sump.

Abstract: A horizontal rotary compressor comprises a sealed shell having a lubricating oil accumulated at a lower part therein; a drive unit included in the sealed shell; a compression unit included in the sealed shell and driven by the drive unit through a crankshaft; the crankshaft having a lubricating oil feeding hole formed therein; a lubricating oil pump for supplying the lubricating oil to the crankshaft to lubricate the compression unit; a discharge muffler which is arranged at the end of the compression unit remote from the drive unit, and which is provided with a lubricating oil passage; the lubricating oil passage having one end opened in the lubricating oil and the other end opened at the lubricating oil feeding hole; and a discharge refrigerant gas passage which is formed to be upwardly inclined in the discharge muffler so as to communicate from the space in the discharge muffler to the lubricating oil feeding passage.

Abstract: A variable capacity vane compressor has a first oil sump formed in a bottom of a discharge pressure chamber arranged at one side of a cylinder close to one side block, and a second oil sump formed in a bottom of a suction chamber arranged at another side of the cylinder close to the other side block. An oil passageway communicates between the first oil sump and the second oil sump. A control element is arranged in the other side block for rotation about its own axis in opposite directions to thereby vary the compression starting timing. A pressure chamber acts to apply control pressure created from discharge pressure from the cylinder to the control element for causing rotation of the control element. A seal member is fitted on the control element such that part of the seal member is located in the pressure chamber. A high pressure-introducing passageway is formed in the other side block and communicates with the second oil sump.

Abstract: A sealing device for an oil rotary vacuum pump of the type which includes a rotor, a cylinder for accommodating the rotor, the cylinder having a suction port and a discharge port, an end cover provided at one end of the cylinder, a rotary shaft of the rotor passing the end cover, an oil casing attached to the end cover such that it encloses the cylinder, the oil casing containing oil, an interior of the oil casing above the oil forming a space portion, and a bearing provided in the end cover so as to rotatably support the rotary shaft of the rotor.

Abstract: A lubricating system for a rotary horizontal crankshaft hermetic compressor, including a hermetic shell housing a cylinder block, main bearing and sub bearing which supports one end portion of a crankshaft and an electric motor which supports the other end portion. The shell defines as a lubricating oil sump and receives gas from the cylinder through a discharge orifice. The cylinder block divides the shell into a rear section, housing the electric motor, which section has the outlet end of the gas discharge orifice, and a front section which is in communication with the end of the compressor discharge tube and with the rear shell section through a lower oil passage in the sump. There is a gas duct and a level regulating passage with the gas duct being dimensioned to create a pressure differential between the two sections which is sufficient to elevate the lubricating oil in the front section up to the crankshaft end for lubricating it.

Abstract: A rotary rolling piston type compressor having a cylinder mounted in a hermetic shell and a rolling piston driven by a crankshaft carried by the rotor of an electric motor whose stator is fixed internally to the shell. An external part of the cylinder has a radial slot that houses a slidable vane which defines with the cylinder and the piston compression and a suction chamber. The vane surface facing the suction chamber has a planar surface on its upper portion parallel to the vane surface facing the compression chamber and the lower portion of the surface facing the suction chamber has a relieved, or chamfered, section(s). The chamfered surface(s) develops a hydrodynamic wedge effect upon the vane during downward displacement, increasing the lubricating and stability capacity of the vane against the wall of the slot in which the vane slides, and reduces the area of the vane which is in actual contact with the wall of the slot.

Abstract: A horizontal crankshaft rotary compressor in a housing having a discharge muffler formed with a plurality of interconnected communicating volumes with a discharge tube extending through the housing in which an oil draining tube has one end communicating with the lowest muffler volume where oil accumulates and the other end with the interior of the shell at a point above the oil in the bottom of the housing.

Abstract: A hermetic horizontal scroll compressor uses the motion of the Oldham coupling to pump oil from the sump to a lubrication distribution system for the scroll compressor.

Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor has a motor unit composed of a stator and a rotor which are arranged in an upper portion of a hermetic housing, an oil-lubricated compressor unit arranged in a lower portion of the hermetic housing, a crank shaft which interconnects said motor unit and said compressor unit, a discharging silencer which is formed by a lower bearing of the compressor unit positioned around the lower end of the crank shaft and a cover of the lower bearing. The hermetic rotary compressor further has a lower balancing weight mounted around a lower shaft end portion of the crank shaft which extends to a position below the discharging silencer and a weight cup surrounding the lower balancing weight. In this hermetic rotary compressor, the lower balancing weight is not disposed within the discharging silencer.

Abstract: An oil feeding system for a scroll compressor includes an enclosed vessel accommodating therein an electric motor disposed at an upper position and a scroll compressor section disposed at a lower section and adjacent to the motor. A suction pipe opens into the enclosed vessel for the purpose of maintaining a low-pressure atmosphere in the interior of the enclosed vessel. A gyratory shaft of a gyratory scroll engages with an eccentric hole formed in the end of the drive shaft, and a trochoid pump is disposed at the end of the gyratory shaft. A pump case has a portion below the pump, which is formed with a circular-arc large-volume suction port on one side thereof and a circular-arc discharge-side oil sump on the other side thereof.

Abstract: A lateral rotary compressor includes a container for storing lubricating oil, compressing device disposed in the container for compressing a gaseous fluid, and a driving device disposed in the container for driving the compressing device. The compressing device includes a blade chamber defined in the compressing device above the surface level of the lubricating oil in the container, reciprocally movable blade disposed in the blade chamber for increasing and decreasing the volume in the blade chamber, and an oil passage device for drawing the lubricating oil in the container into the blade chamber and for feeding the lubricating oil in the blade chamber to the compressor device in response to the reciprocal movement of the blade.

Abstract: A lubrication circuit connected to rotary vacuum pumps is composed of a hydraulic circuit and of the relative pump unit for lubrication and for auxiliary controls, including isolation of the negative pressure space from the pump on the stopping of the latter, with the aid of a closure member (10), for the operation of which use is made of the pressure of the fluid present in the pump discharge space with the aid of a duct (33, 34) between said discharge space and a means (8, 9) operating the closure member (10), which duct is subdivided into two portions between which is disposed a control member (27, 31) the operation of which is dependent on the oil pressure produced by the pump unit and propagated, with complete absence of flow, through a duct (23) so as to reach a control member (27, 31) which supervises the operation of the closure member (10).

Abstract: A rotary vane vacuum pump includes a drive unit, such as an electric motor, and a pump unit, preferably constructed as a cartridge pump unit. The drive unit may take any suitable form, but the cartridge unit includes one or more pumping stages plus a pumping stage of small dimension to lower pressure and increase outgassing of the lubricant. The rotors of the rotary vane pump unit are shaftless, that is they together form an axis of rotation without a separate axial shaft and are thus simplified in construction. All of the requirements of oiling, outgassing and gas ballast are fulfilled in the additional stage.

Abstract: A sliding-vane rotary compressor of the type having a cylinder, a rotor rotatably disposed therein and carrying thereon a plurality of vanes, a pair of side blocks attached to opposite ends of the cylinder, and a pair of heads attached to the side blocks, respectively, the improvement which comprises a partition wall separating an oil sump from a low pressure chamber which is defined by and between one of the side block and the head attached thereto, and at least two connecting passages interconnecting the oil sump and a high pressure chamber which is defined by and between the other side block and the head attached thereto.

Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprising a pair of fixed and orbiting scrolls having their respective wraps in mesh with each other. A drive shaft engaging the orbiting scroll is connected to an electric motor and is supported by a frame. An end plate of the oribiting scroll is slidably held between the frame and an end plate of the fixed scroll. A first feed oil passage is formed in at least one of the end plate of the fixed scroll and the frame. The first passage has one end communicates with an oil reservoir defined at a bottom of the housing and the other end opening on a sliding surface contacting with the orbiting scroll. A second feed oil passage formed in the end plate of the orbiting scroll has one end always communicating with the other end of the first passage. The other end of the second passage is located in the vicinity of the axis of the orbiting scroll. A third feed oil passage formed in the drive shaft has one end communicating with the other end of the second passage.

Abstract: An upper housing for rotatably supporting a driving scroll in a sealing container is provided with an annular chamber to be maintained at the atmospheric pressure. The annular chamber is communicated with a compression chamber formed between the driving and driven scrolls through a discharge conduit which is formed in the driving shaft of the driving scroll. The annular chamber is communicated with the inside of the container through a throttling path. An oil stored in the lower part of the container is induced with the compression chamber during the revolution of the both scrolls to be introduced into the annular chamber. Owing to the throttling path, the oil is stored in the annular chamber to separate the inside of the container and the annular chamber kept at the atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a compression section disposed in a case. The compression section has a cylinder and first and second bearings fixed on both sides of the cylinder to define a compression chamber together with the cylinder. A first discharge mechanism for discharging a fluid compressed in the compression chamber into the outside of the chamber is provided at the first bearing. A second discharge mechanism for discharging a fluid compressed in the compression chamber into the outside of the chamber is provided at the second bearing. The first mechanism has a first discharge port formed in the first bearing and a first discharge valve for opening and closing the first port. The second mechanism has a second discharge port formed in the second bearing and a second discharge valve for opening and closing the second port with a different frequency from that of the first valve.

Abstract: A moving vane type compressor has a cylinder which is made of a sintered material having a density of 6.6 to 7.6 and a composition consisting essentially of 0.6 to 0.8% of carbon, 1 to 2% of copper and the balance substantially iron. The cylinder is encased by a hermetic casing therebetween a high pressure chamber into which a refrigerant compressed by the compressor is discharged. Lubricating oil separated from the discharged refrigerant within the high pressure chamber and the lubricating oil suspended in the form of a mist by the refrigerant attach to the outer peripheral surface of the wall of the cylinder made of the sintered material. The oil attaching to the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder is forced by the refrigerant pressure acting thereon into the pores of the sintered material such as to block these pores, thus preventing the compressed gas in the cylinder from leaking outside through the pores.