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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
May. 28, 1987
Kiyoshi Sawai, Kusatsu, JP;
Michio Yamamura, Kusatsu, JP;
Shuuichi Yamamoto, Shiga, JP;
Hiroshi Morokoshi, Shiga, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A scroll compressor for use as a refrigerant compressor in an air conditioner or as an air compressor. An orbiting scroll member of the compressor has a drive shaft integral therewith and received in a bore formed in an eccentric bearing which in turn is received in an elongated hole formed in an end surface of a crankshaft such that the eccentric bearing is slidable in the elongated hole. The elongated hole and the eccentric bearing are so sized that the orbiting scroll wrap and a cooperating stationary scroll wrap do not contact with each other. A constant minimum gap is left between both scroll wraps regardless of any change in the centrifugal force acting on the orbiting scroll member due to a change in the operation speed. In consequence, vibration and noise due to contact between both scroll wraps are remarkably reduced and the efficiency of the compressor is improved appreciably.