Patent ID: 7736134

Claim:
A vane machine comprising: a housing; an outer ring disposed within said housing; at least one inner rotor; at least one outer rotor having a plurality of shoes seating on an inner surface of said outer ring; a plurality of vane elements extending substantially radially to define separate first delivery cells, each of said vane elements being held in said inner rotor for displacement in a radial direction at a radially inner end area of said vane elements and being held in a pivotable manner in one respective shoe of said outer rotor at a radially outer end area of said vane elements, wherein said radially inner end areas of said vane elements are substantially held in said inner rotor at fixed angles; means defining a guide in which at least one lateral edge area of each said shoe is guided in a sliding fashion; and a bracket element disposed within said housing and mounted to pivot about a pivot axis with respect thereto, said bracket element bearing said outer ring, said bracket element and said housing defining a pressure region, wherein said bracket element is structured to pivot about said pivot axis when said pressure region is subjected to fluid pressure.