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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
James F Gordon, Louisville, KY (US);
Owen H Scheldorf, Louisville, KY (US);
Gary O Scheldorf, Greenville, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A hermetically sealed compressor unit includes a hermetically sealed casing having a side wall with a cylindrical inner surface; an electric motor is positioned within the casing and includes a stator with a cylindrical outer wall having an interfering fit with the casing side wall inner surface; a rotary compressor unit driven by the motor includes a cylinder spaced from the motor and having a cylindrical outer wall welded to the casing side wall at selected positions; and at least one stiffening ring positioned adjacent the cylinder and having a cylindrical outer wall of a larger diameter than said cylinder outer wall and having an interfering fit with the casing side wall inner surface.