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Inertial balance system for a de-orbiting scroll in a scroll type fluid handling machine

  • US 5,282,728 A
  • Filed: 06/02/1993
  • Issued: 02/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A balance system for a scroll type fluid handling machine having a housing with a front section and a rear section;

  • a fixed scroll with an end plate and a wrap in the rear section of the housing;

    an orbital scroll with an end plate and a wrap that cooperates with the fixed scroll to displace fluid;

    an orbital scroll drive including a crankshaft rotatably journaled in the front section of the housing and operable to drive the orbital scroll in an orbit; and

    a pair of balance assemblies that are rotated by the crankshaft and are shiftable relative to each other to change the balance force exerted by the balance assemblies.

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