Rotary vane compressor with reduced pressure on the inner vane tips
CA 2080577 C · Owner: Tecumseh Products Company · Inventors: Gannaway, Edwin L.
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In a rotary vane hermetic compressor an improved loading structure is provided for the vanes. A pressure reducing means incorporated into the compressor rotor reduces the frictional loading of the vane tips against the compressor walls. A passageway vents fluid at suction pressure into a cavity in the rotor containing the inner tips of the sliding vanes.
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- Filed October 14, 1992 and granted July 28, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 2012.
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