Patent ID: 6056519
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A vibrating compressor comprising:an enclosed casing;a block having formed therein a cylinder within which a piston reciprocates to change a volume of a compression chamber;a moving mechanism moving the piston within the cylinder in a first direction; andan elastic unit including a plurality of plates each of which is connected at a first portion to said block and at a second portion to the piston and each of which has formed therein at least one slit curved to define an arm which is elastically flexed to urge the piston in a second direction opposite the first direction in response to the movement of the piston through said moving mechanism, the slit of each of the plates being greater in width than the arm, the plates being disposed adjacent to each other so that the arm of each of the plates overlaps with the slit of adjacent one of the plates.