Patent ID: 9441629
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: F01C,F04C

Claim Text:
1. A rotary compressor, comprising: a housing defining an internal cavity having an inner wall surface, wherein the internal cavity of the housing has a housing longitudinal axis extending transverse to a housing plane that bisects the inner wall surface; a rotor having a peripheral surface and being positioned within the internal cavity of the housing, the rotor configured to rotate about a rotor axis of rotation eccentric to the housing longitudinal axis, wherein the rotor has a first side surface and an opposed second side surface, and wherein the rotor further comprises a pair of end plates that rotate therewith the respective first and second side surfaces of the rotor; and a gate having a distal end, the gate being slidably mounted therewith the rotor and translates axially relative to the rotor about and between a first position, in which the distal end of the gate is positioned at a first distance from the peripheral surface of the rotor, and a second position, in which the distal end of the gate is positioned at a second distance from the peripheral surface of the rotor, wherein the distal end of the gate is constrained to be spaced proximate from the inner wall surface of the housing as the rotor rotates about the rotor axis of rotation; wherein at least portions of the peripheral surface of the rotor, portions of the inner wall surface, and varying portions of the gate proximate the distal end of the gate define a chamber of varying volume as the rotor rotates about the rotor axis of rotation.