Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
In a rotor assembly for use in a hermetically sealed regrigeration compressor environment wherein the rotor assembly includes a rotor body having a centrally disposed and longitudinally extending bore, a conductive structure carried by the body, a plurality of fastening means extending longitudinally from the conductive structure, and a shroud held in assembled relationship with the rotor body by the fastening means, the improvement wherein: said shroud includes means removably secured thereto for preventing gases from moving longitudinally therepast and toward the longitudinally extending bore; said means removably secured to said shroud including a plug attached to and forming a part of said shroud; said plug being attached to the remainder of said shroud by at least two tabs that each are a unitary structural part of both the plug and the remainder of the shroud, said at least two tabs establishing ramps that interconnect the plug and remainder of the shroud, said ramps lying at a predetermined angle relative to the plane of the remainder of the shroud, and said plug being offset from the plane of the remainder of the shroud.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
In a rotor assembly for use in a hermetically sealed regrigeration compressor environment wherein the rotor assembly includes a rotor body having a centrally disposed and longitudinally extending bore, a conductive structure carried by the body, a plurality of fastening means extending longitudinally from the conductive structure, and a shroud held in assembled relationship with the rotor body by the fastening means, the improvement wherein: said shroud includes means removably secured thereto for preventing gases from moving longitudinally therepast and toward the longitudinally extending bore; said means removably secured to said shroud including a plug attached to and forming a part of said shroud; said plug being attached to the remainder of said shroud by at least two tabs that each are a unitary structural part of both the plug and the remainder of the shroud, said at least two tabs establishing ramps that interconnect the plug and remainder of the shroud, said ramps lying at a predetermined angle relative to the plane of the remainder of the shroud, and said plug being offset from the plane of the remainder of the shroud.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The invention of claim 1, wherein the plug is compressively retained within the remainder of the shroud by strains established around the periphery of the plug at the time of original manufacture thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein the predetermined angle is at least approximately about forty-five degrees.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein the tabs define predetermined fracture lines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention of claim 4 wherein the plug is offset from the remainder of the shroud longitudinally toward the rotor body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The invention of claim 4 wherein the minimum transverse dimension across the plug is less than the transverse distance between two of the fastening means whereby the plug can be moved transversely between such two fastening means upon separation of the plug from the remainder of the shroud.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein at least one counterweight is trapped under the shroud and held fast on at least one of the fastening means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein a rotor shaft is held fast in the longitudinally extending bore and wherein the plug overlies an end of said shaft.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein said at least two tabs lie on an imaginary line about which the plug may be twisted during separation of the plug from the remainder of the shroud.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The invention of claim 2 wherein the shroud constitutes a substantially vibration free structure at least partly because of the compressive retention of the plug in the remainder of the shroud.