Shoe for swash plate type compressor

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EP 1 256 717 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(21)	Application number: 02009381.1

(22)	Date of filing: 07.05.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F04B 27/08

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

10.05.2001 JP 2001139539

(71)	Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
	Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Sugiura, Manabu, K K Toyota Jidoshokki Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Sugioka, Takahiro, K K Toyota Jidoshokki Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Onoda, Akira, K K Toyota Jidoshokki Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Murakami, Tomohiro, K K Toyota Jidoshokki Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Okubo, Shino, K K Toyota Jidoshokki Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	Shoe for swash plate type compressor

(57) A shoe for use in a swash plate type compressor, interposed between a swash plate and a piston, has a plane sliding surface, a spherical sliding surface and a side surface. The plane sliding surface, which is substantially a plane, slides with respect to the swash plate. The spherical sliding surface, which is substantially a part of sphere surface, slides with respect to the piston. The side surface is provided between the plane sliding surface and the spherical sliding surface. The side surface includes a chamfered surface adjacent to the plane sliding surface. An angle between the chamfered surface and the extended plane sliding surface ranges from 20° to 80° .

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