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Swash plate type compressor shoe

US4683804A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 14, 1985
Grant dateAug 4, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18336
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A swash plate type compressor is provided with a compressor shoe having a sliding contact surface for making sliding contact with a swash plate. The sliding contact surface is formed with a central hole. A crest portion is formed between the hole and the outer periphery of the shoe, and smooth surface portions connect the crest portion with the hole and the outer periphery, the crest portion being located substantially at or inwardly of a radially middle point of the sliding contact surface between the hole and the outer periphery.

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