Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho

Nobuyuki Araki

Shozo Nakayama

Kenji Takenaka

Kimio Kato

Masayuki Kurahashi

A swash-plate type compressor wherein a plurality of pistons fitted into a plurality of cylinder bores having their center on a circle are reciprocated by a swash-plate secured to a rotary shaft at a tilt angle. A swash-plate chamber rotatably accommodating the swash-plate concurrently functions as a passage for the refrigerant gas sucked, and an annular refrigerant gas passage, whose external diameter is larger than that of a circumcircle of the aforementioned cylinder bores and whose inner side is open to the swash-plate chamber, is formed on the external side of the swash-plate chamber. This annular passage for the refrigerant gas sucked functions as a by-pass therefor, diminishes the flow resistance of the refrigerant gas, and facilitates the cooling of the pistons with a result of reducing the operation noise produced from the engaging portion of the pistons and the swash-plate.

Swash-plate type compressor

A swash plate type compressor adapted for use in an automotive cooling system is disclosed. A cylinder block, which forms a principal part of the compressor and is axially divided into two portions, has at least four bores arranged at equal distances along the circumference thereof. A clamping bolt for uniting all principal members of the compressor extends through a hole provided through a narrow interzone lying between each two adjacent bores. The through hole has a diameter considerably greater than that of the clamping bolt. The space between the inner surface of the hole and the outer surface of the bolt serves as a passage through which a low pressure refrigerant gas flows, and this helps simplification in construction and improvement in capacity of the swash plate type compressor.

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Kariya, Japan

Nobuyuki Araki