Abstract: A scroll-type compressor constituted by a stationary scroll and a revolving scroll, and an electric motor for causing a revolving motion of the revolving scroll are disposed in a closed container. The scroll-type compressor has openings which are adapted to permit fluid compression pockets between two scrolls to be communicated with the space inside the closed container when the pressure in the pockets have been increased to a predetermined pressure intermediate between the suction and discharge pressures, so that the pressure in the closed container may be maintained at the same level as the above-mentioned predetermined pressure. The bottom part of the closed container constitutes an oil well where the lubricating oil is stored. This oil well is connected to the suction side of the compressor through an oil feed passage constituted by a capillary tube, so that the oil is fed to the compressor due to the pressure difference between the space inside the closed container and the inlet side of the compressor.

Abstract: An improved vane type rotary compressor provided with a control mechanism of a lubricating oil supply passage by which the lubricating oil supply passage is arranged to be opened during operation of the compressor, and to be closed during shut-down of the compressor for obtaining a sufficient amount of lubricating oil supply during operation and also for preventing reverse rotation during shut-down of the compressor.

Abstract: Apparatus for the generation of compressed air includes a compressor, a motor for driving the compressor, a supply source of liquid lubricant for cooling the compressor, a storage container for the liquid lubricant, devices for separating the lubricant from the compressed air and for cooling the separated lubricant, and devices for controlling and regulating the procedures effected by the apparatus in the generation of the compressed air.

Abstract: A scroll type compressor unit including a compressor housing having fluid inlet and outlet ports, and two fixed and orbiting scroll members within the compressor housing. Each scroll member has an end plate and a spiral element which are maintained angularly and radially offset so that both spiral elements interfit with a line contacts between the spiral curved surfaces to define moving sealed off pockets. In order that the fluid may be reliably taken into all fluid pockets, the end plate of the fixed scroll member is formed with a suction port connecting to the fluid inlet port at a position adjacent to the outer terminal end of the orbiting spiral element. Thus, the fluid introduced through the suction port may be taken into a fluid pocket which is formed at the outer terminal end portion of the orbiting spiral element and is sent along the outer surface of the orbiting spiral element to a fluid pocket which is formed at the outer terminal end of the fixed spiral element.

Abstract: A scroll-type refrigerant compressor unit is assembled by inserting parts into the compressor housing in a predetermined order and by finally securing a front end plate onto the compressor housing by bolts, which simplifies the production of the compressor unit. A drive shaft is supported by a single radial bearing, and a disk rotor having a drive pin to effect the orbital motion of the orbiting scroll member is fixedly mounted on the inner end of the drive shaft and is supported on the front end plate by a thrust bearing. Thus, the drive shaft and, therefore, the compressor unit are reduced in length and deflections and vibrations of the drive shaft are prevented. A lubricating system is provided to lubricate the shaft seal assembly on the drive shaft wherein the oil in the compressor housing is directed to the shaft seal cavity and returns to the interior of the compressor housing after lubricating the radial and thrust bearings and other parts.

Abstract: The disclosed rotary compressor includes a wire gauze disposed in its shell to traverse a passage through which a compressed gaseous refrigerant from a delivery tube flows to a discharge tube within the shell. A lubricant included in the compressed refrigerant is separated from the latter by the wire gauze and falls on a sump disposed at the bottom of the housing. Further an L roof-shaped partition may be interposed between the top of a compressor unit and the housing to divide a space around the compressor unit into two space portions in which the delivery and discharge tubes open respectively.

Abstract: A liquid-injected compressor device for avoiding condensation of moisture in the outlet of a compressor is disclosed. The device comprises a control valve which is actuated in opposite directions by two sensors. One of the sensors senses the inlet temperature of the compressor and the other the outlet temperature. A constant temperature difference is maintained between the inlet and outlet of the compressor.

Abstract: A housing surrounds a compressor for cooling media and forms at one axial end of the same a chamber which receives from the compressor one or more streams of gaseous cooling medium in which compressor lubricating oil is entrained. The chamber communicates with an outlet of the housing and is filled with a body of gas-permeable material through which the stream or streams must pass on the way to the outlet, and which separates entrained oil from the gaseous cooling medium.

Abstract: Separation of lubricating oil, entrained in the discharge gas produced by a rotary vane compressor, is achieved in a relatively small space by initially passing the oil-laden discharge gas through a first closed chamber, containing an oil separating element, to form a stream of gas having some of its oil removed and having a desired velocity uniformly distributed across the stream's cross section. The gas stream is then circulated within a second and larger closed chamber where the remaining oil is separated out by gravity settling and impingement on the second chamber's walls. The separated oil collects in a reservoir at the bottom of the second chamber to form an oil pool. The oil-free discharge gas exits through an outlet in the second chamber.

Abstract: An improved vane compressor including a novel lubricating oil separator means disposed within a discharge pressure chamber formed between the casing and the pump housing. The oil separator means comprises an element having a reticulate or spongy structure having pores communicating with each other and a shape substantially similar to that of the discharge pressure chamber, and baffle board guide means arranged for guiding fluid travelling in said element toward the outlet of the compressor. The oil separator element has a channel continuously formed in peripheral surfaces and an end surface thereof and adapted to cooperate with an associated inner surface of the discharge pressure chamber to form an oil passage for facilitating charge and discharge of oil through the oil charge and discharge port of the compressor.

Abstract: An improved vane compressor including a novel lubricating oil separator disposed within a discharge pressure chamber formed between the casing and the pump housing. The oil separator comprises a pair of fluid-traversable upper and lower plates disposed within the discharge pressure chamber, an oil separating element interposed between said upper and lower plates, which preferably has a reticulate or spongy structure having pores communicating with each other, and a hollow cylindrical guide element fitted in the casing in a fashion covering the inner peripheral wall of the discharge pressure chamber but a lower part thereof, said guide element having a depression formed in a peripheral surface thereof and defining a passage for guiding a gaseous medium toward the compressor outlet, whereby oil separation takes place at multiple places, resulting in high rate of oil separation.