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Scroll type fluid machine having first and second bearings for the driving shaft

US5649817A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1996
Grant dateJul 22, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C29/0021
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An oil-free type fluid machine with scrolls is disclosed, which contains a fixed scroll composed of a fixed scroll swirl, a fixed scroll base and a casing, an orbiting scroll composed of an orbiting scroll swirl, an orbiting scroll base and an orbiting scroll boss, the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll interposed one another, a driving shaft, an eccentric driving shaft provided on the driving shaft with a predetermined eccentricity S, which penetrates the orbiting scroll boss and the fixed scroll base, the orbiting scroll performs an orbiting motion as opposed to the fixed scroll to form a compression room by the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll, a member for preventing the orbiting scroll from rotating on the driving shaft, a first bearing for supporting the driving shaft, a second bearing for supporting the eccentric driving shaft at an end which is not adjacent to the driving shaft, a bearing shoe concentrically provided with respect to the driving shaft, around the eccentric driving shaft and inside the second bearing for obtaining a bilateral bearing structure, a shim provided on an end face of the first bearing, and a wave washer provided at an end face of the second b…

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