Patent ID: 8257072
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: F01C,F04C

Abstract:
1. A vane compressor comprising: a cylinder block; a rotor rotating within the cylinder block; a plurality of vane slots provided on an outer surface of the rotor and extending inwardly; a plurality of vanes each provided slidably within each of the plurality of vane slots and reciprocating so as to contact a top end of the plurality of vanes onto an inner surface of the cylinder block along with the rotor rotating; a plurality of coil springs provided within the plurality of vane slots for pushing the plurality of vanes toward the inner surface; a plurality of guide pins each provided along each of the plurality of coil springs and directly fixed on the plurality of vanes; and a plurality of guide holes each provided for each of the plurality of guide pins and formed on the rotor, wherein: each of the plurality of guide pins is provided within each of the plurality of coil springs, each of the plurality of guide pins has a length capable of guiding an entire length of each of the plurality of coil springs when each of the plurality of vanes projects most, each of the plurality of coil springs are accommodated in an accommodating space provided in the rotor, and an inequality (b