Scroll compressor including compliance mechanism for the orbiting scroll member
CA 2063232 C · Owner: Tecumseh Products Company · Inventors: Gatecliff, George W.; Richardson, Hubert, Jr.
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A hermetic scroll-type compressor including a housing, fixed and orbiting scroll members a, frame member having a thrust surface adjacent the orbiting scroll member back surface, and a crankshaft coupled to the orbiting scroll member. A seal between the thrust surface and the back surface of the orbiting scroll member seals between a radially inner portion of the back surface exposed to discharge pressure and a radially outer portion exposed to suction pressure. The frame member defines an annular oil chamber having a side surface and a bottom surface above which the radially outer portion of the back surface orbits in spaced relationship. The oil chamber contains a sufficient depth of oil …
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- Filed March 17, 1992 and granted November 15, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 2012.
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