Hermetic compressor mounting system

Claim 1

A HERMETIC COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A CASING, AND A MOTOR-COMPRESSOR UNIT IN SAID CASING; VIBRATION ABSORBING MEANS FOR LATERALLY SUPPORTING AND LIMITING VIBRATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID UNIT COMPRISING; A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, TENSION SPRING INCLUDING A CENTER SECTION SEPARATED FROM THE END SECTIONS BY OPPOSED CONED SECTIONS AND HAVING A HIGHER SPRING RATE THAN SAID END SECTIONS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF SAID SPRING TO AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID CASING AND FOR APPLYING THERETO A TENSION FORCE SUFFICIENT TO DEFLECT THE END SECTIONS BUT NOT THE CENTER SECTION OF SAID SPRING, ANCHORING MEANS FOR ANCHORING SAIDDPRING TO SAID UNIT COMPRISING SPACED SHOULDERS ENGAGING SAID CONED SECTIONS FOR SUBJECTING THE SAID CENTER SECTION TO A TENSION FORCE GREATER THAN THE FORCE APPLIED BY SAID CONNECTING MEANS, SAID ANCHORING MEANS INCLUDING FLARED END PORTIONS FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID SPRING END SECTIONS TO SNUB HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS OF SAID UNIT.