Rotary trochoidal compressor with compressible sealing

摘要

A rotary trochoidal compressor comprising a rotor mounted for planetary motion within a housing and in which the peripheral surface of the compressor rotor is substantially a hypotrochoid and the peripheral inner surface of the housing is the outer envelope of the rotor and in which a compressible layer is provided on the inner surface of the rotor housing for sealing against the rotor peripheral surface.