Mechanism and method for aligning a fixed scroll in a scroll compressor
CA 2241669 C · Owner: Tecumseh Products Company · Inventors: Misiak, Michael W.
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A method and mechanism for aligning a fixed scroll member relative to a main bearing member in a scroll compressor. A shoulder is machined on the outer perimeter of a main bearing member and interfits with an arcuate lip on the fixed scroll member to thereby center the fixed scroll member. A notch is machined into the arcuate lip of the fixed scroll member and receives a projecting pin disposed on the main bearing member when the fixed scroll is assembled to the main bearing member. Relative rotation of the fixed scroll member and main bearing member brings one edge of the projecting pin into engagement with an abutment surface defining one end of the notch and thereby properly rotationally …
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- Filed June 25, 1998 and granted September 3, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 25, 2018.
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