Patent ID: 7882779

Claim:
A variable displacement inclined plate type compressor comprising a spindle, an inclined plate provided to be inclinable relative to said spindle and rotating together with said spindle, a pair of shoes arranged to hold said inclined plate therebetween, and a piston coupled with said inclined plate through said pair of shoes, wherein a quantity of stroke of said piston is determined depending on an inclination angle of said inclined plate, characterized in that said compressor has a groove in a sliding surface of said inclined plate with which a planar part of said shoe comes into contact, and said groove is formed such that a contact area of said shoe and said sliding surface of said inclined plate when said inclination angle of said inclined plate is minimum becomes smaller than a contact area of said shoe and said sliding surface of said inclined plate when said inclination angle of said inclined plate is maximum.