Patent · US Expired

Sliding shoe for a rotatable swash-plate type refrigerant gas compressor

US4420986A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1981
Grant dateDec 20, 1983
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12701
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a sliding shoe for a rotatable swash-plate type refrigerant gas compressor. This shoe is slidably connected between a rotatable swash-plate and a ball rotatably engaged with a piston. One of the major surfaces of the shoe slidably contacts a sliding surface of the swash-plate. A sliding surface of the shoe facing the swash-plate is formed with a flat plane at its center portion and chamfered surface at the remaining portion of the sliding surface. At least the sliding plane of the shoe is coated with a lead alloy. According to the present invention, even if the swash-plate type compressor has no lubrication, abrasion and seizing of the shoe can be reduced to a great extent.

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