Motor-compressor unit

Claim 1

IN REFRIGERATING APPARATUS INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING AN UPPER AND LOWER SHELL SECURED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE AN ENCLOSED SPACE THEREBETWEEN, A COMPRESSOR MOUNTED IN THE LOWER SHELL, A DRIVE MOTOR RECEIVED AND SUPPORTED OVER THE COMPRESSOR AND PARTLY WITHIN THE UPPER SHELL, A VERTICAL SHAFT PROVIDED BY THE MOTOR AND OPERATIVELY ENGAGED TO THE COMPRESSOR, A SUPPLY OF LUBRICANT PROVIDED IN THE LOWER SHELL, AND VAPOROUS REFRIGERANT INTRODUCED INTO SAID HOUSING AND SUBSEQUENTLY INTO SAID COMPRESSOR, THE IMPROVEMENT, COMPRISING: A TRIPOD SUPPORT FOR SAID COMPRESSOR AND MOTOR IN SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING SPRING POST SEATS FORMED FROM THE SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS OF THE LOWER HOUSING SHELL AND PROJECTED UPWARDLY THEREWITHIN, COILED COMPRESSION SPRINGS RECEIVED ON SAID POSTS, AND INCLUDING CLOSE WOUND TURNS AT THE ENDS THEREOF FOR BETTER SEATING AND REDUCED SUPPORTING HEIGHT WITHOUT LOSS OF LATERAL FLEXIBILITY A SUPPLY OF LUBRICANT PROVIDED IN THE LOWER HOUSING SHELL AND PARTIALLY SUBMERGING SAID COMPRESSOR FOR FLOODED LUBRICATION THEREOF, SAID COMPRESSOR HAVING A HOT GAS DISCHARGE LINE CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT SIDE THEREOF AND FORMED TO INCLUDE SERPENTINE BENDS RECEIVED IN SPACED RELATION BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND SAID HOUSING SHELLS, ON ESSENTIALLY ONLY ONE SIDE THEREOF, A REFRIGERANT INPUT LINE PROVIDED THROUGH THE LOWER SHELL OF SAID HOUSING AND REMOVED FROM THE SERPENTINE BENDS IN SAID DISCHARGE LINE, AND A SECTION OF SAID DISCHARGE LINE, BETWEEN THE SERPENTINE BENDS AND THE OUTLET END THEREOF, RECEIVED IN THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN THE UPPER END OF SAID MOTOR AND THE UPPER DISPOSED HOUSING SHELL AND EXTENDED TO THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF.