Patent ID: 8967986
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: F01C,F04C

Abstract:
1. A scroll fluid machine comprising: a first scroll which includes a first end plate and a first wrap that is spirally wound onto the first end plate; a second scroll which faces the first scroll and includes a second end plate and a second wrap that is spirally wound onto the second end plate in such a manner as to overlap with the first wrap of the first scroll and form plural compression chambers; a recessed groove extending along a tooth area of one of the first wrap and the second wrap of the first scroll and the second scroll; a sealing member mounted between the recessed groove and a tooth land of the other one of the first scroll and the second scroll; and a plurality of linear cut arrangements formed in the sealing member and generally equally spaced apart one-to-another along a direction of length along the sealing member, each arrangement forming a lip including: wherein said first location is spaced apart from the second location on the surface along the direction of length such that the first linear cut and the second linear cut, respectfully, do not intersect within the sealing member, wherein said second location is positioned between a leading end of the lip and a base end of the lip, wherein the leading end of the lip is adjacent to the surface of the sealing member, and the base end of the lip is adjacent to a third location at which the first linear cut and the second linear cut terminate in the sealing member, and wherein a distance between the first location and the second location of each arrangement of the plurality of arrangements along the direction of length of the sealing member is less than a distance between one of the first linear cut and the second linear cut in each arrangement and the other one of the first linear cut and the second linear cut in an adjacent arrangement in the plurality of arrangements along the direction of length of the sealing member.