Patent ID: 6581507
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A single-headed piston type swash plate compressor provided with:a housing internally defining and forming cylinder bores, a crank chamber, a compression chamber, a suction chamber, and a discharge chamber; a single-headed piston accommodated in each of the cylinder bores to be able to reciprocate therein and to define the compression chamber therein; a drive shaft driven by an external drive source and supported by the housing; a swash plate synchronously rotatably supported with respect to the drive shaft; and a pair of shoes provided at the front and rear of the swash plate so as to be accommodated in the piston and to drive the piston; wherein: the swash plate is comprised of a swash plate substrate made of a first metal; at least one shoe provided at a rear surface of the swash plate substrate is mainly comprised of a second metal or resin with a smaller specific gravity than the first metal; and at least one shoe is impregnated by a lubricating oil.