Piston with releasable rod connection for refrigeration compressors
AssigneeZanussi Elettromeccanica S.p.A.
InventorsEmilio Pierobon, Arcangelo Santamato
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Abstract
A piston and connecting rod includes a connecting rod supporting a piston. The connecting rod has a piston end, with the piston being supported on the connecting rod so that it is moved away from the piston end during pivoting of the connecting rod in response to a predetermined angular movement of its crank end so as to maintain the compression ratio during the combustion phase and increase the dwell period of the piston prior to its descent. The piston includes a rounded recess underneath, and the connecting rod includes a terminal portion with a shape to pivot within the recess. An elastic element snaps into recesses of the piston to hold the rod and piston together.
Claims5
Electric compressor, in particular for household refrigerating apparatuses, comprising:
- a hollow piston (1) without any through-hole provided for accomodating the gudgeon pin.
- a connecting rod (4),
- a recess (3) provided in the inner surface (2) of said piston on the opposite side with respect to the working surface thereof, said recess being adapted to accomodate in a rotatable coupling form both the upper terminal portion of the connecting rod (4) and the coupling elements,
- one or more coupling elements (11, 12) adapted to link the upper terminal portion (5) of said connecting rod with said piston,
- elastic means (6) adapted to elastically lock said elements inside said piston and engage themselves, with respect to said piston, against appropriate recesses (13, 14) provided in the inner cylindrical surface (15) thereof,
- said connecting rod and said coupling elements being made in a single-piece construction, and said coupling means being adapted to reciprocally engage said connecting rod and said piston, and
- said piston being free from any through-passing holes provided to accomodate the end portions of said gudgeon pin,
- characterized in that said coupling means are formed by two relief side extensions (11, 12) provided on said upper terminal portion (5) of the connecting rod, on opposite faces thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.