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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1979
Keiji Tachibana, Tokyo, JP;
Masatosi Terasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihiko Nakayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Junichi Kaneko, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a turbo-refrigerator apparatus provided with a compressor in the form of a turbocompressor, a speed increasing gear system capable of switching from one speed increase ratio to another at least in two stages is located between the turbocompressor and an electric motor, so that a speed increase ratio suitable for the conditions of outdoor air can be selected to operate the apparatus with high efficiency. Housings of the turbocompressor, electric motor and speed increasing gear system are connected together in such a manner that a shaft supporting an impeller of the turbocompressor, an output shaft of the electric motor and shafts of the speed increasing gear system are located within the respective housings to render the apparatus hermetic to avoid extension of the rotary shafts through the housings, thereby avoiding leak of the working fluid of the turborefrigerator apparatus to outside.