PHILIPS (IGNIS) HN2126 YEAR 1965.

The PHILIPS (IGNIS)  HN2126 was just scrapped by owner in the way as pictured, and in full perfect working order. I haven't cleaned or didn't anything.

It's a nice fridge PHILIPS branded but it's fabricated at the extint Italian IGNIS factory in the 60's.

The PHILIPS (IGNIS)  HN2126  was first IGNIS refrigerator series fitted with polyurethane insulation system.
 G.Borghi, IGNIS founder, was first Italian Appliances industry manager who discovered this insulation technology applied to fridge with the scope to obtain a smaller fridge cabinet without affecting the volumes of internal  capacity. 

Furthemore He did a very smart reconsideration of his  fridge prices  combining  capacity measures and final prices toghether.

It has excellent performance, it cools fast and deep in 30 minutes from initial warm state and it's super silent.

Many contemporary appliances would not have this level of staying power, many would ware out or require major services within just five years or less and of course, there is that perennial bug bear of planned obsolescence where components our deliberately designed to fail or manufactured with limited edition specificities..............................

It's very heavy because it has completely metal structure both external and internal (Enamel steel sheet) and is first PHILIPS / IGNIS refrigerator with a Polyurethane foam Insulation introduced by IGNIS first time instead of the classic hand-filled with mineral wood.

It's interesting how a fully functional nice refrigerator has served the first owner every day for almost 50 years without any issue and without saying a word. Then scrapped for.........What ???  

This PHILIPS (IGNIS)  HN2126 here in collection is ways more efficient and NICE than any modern cellular phone look fake expensive  refrigerator ass crap build with eventually pentane crap insulation and with coils and other many things wich are self degrading to leak lets say in 3 / 5 yrs................And they're sold as...............................A++++++++.................!!!!!!!

Compressor Aspera Frigo (lic Tecumseh) AE12Z7 (12-211) 90W 72CAL/H  INTERNAL VIEW:

Compressor Aspera Frigo (lic Tecumseh) AE12Z7 (12-211) 90W 72CAL/H  HERMETIC COMPRESSOR Lubrication of sealed compressor: 

 Improved lubrication of sealed compressors having a crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior duct and a tubular member coupled to a lower end of the interior duct and having a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil. An upper end of the internal lubrication duct ends in a first substantially conical section and a second substantially cylindrical section of variable contour depending upon the profile of the upper end of the crankshaft. A spring may also be situated inside of the tubular member.

 1. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on an exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof, said assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of said interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
an upper end of said interior lubrication duct ending in a first substantially conical section and a second substantially cylindrical section of variable contour depending upon a profile of the upper end of the crankshaft, and
the profile of the upper end of the crankshaft cutting the duct at a transition point between the second substantially cylindrical section of variable contour and the first substantially conical section.

2. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on an exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof, said assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of said interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
an upper end of said interior lubrication duct ending in a first substantially conical section and a second substantially cylindrical section of a variable contour depending upon a profile of the upper end of the crankshaft,
a spring situated inside said tubular member,
wherein said spring is constituted by an elastic and resistant wire formed as a closed loop ending with a lower leg extending towards the lower substantially conical portion of the tubular member.


3. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on a exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof, said assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of said interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
an upper end of said interior lubrication duct ending in a first substantially conical section and a second substantially cylindrical section of variable contour depending upon a profile of the upper end of the crankshaft,
a spring situated inside said tubular member,
wherein said spring is constituted by an elastic and resistant wire shaped as a substantially inverted U with two arms and bent according to a profile of the lower conical section of the tubular member.


4. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on an exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof, said assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of said interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
an upper end of said interior lubrication duct ending in a first substantially conical section and a second substantially cylindrical section of variable contour depending upon a profile of the upper end of the crankshaft, and
a spring situated inside said tubular member,
wherein said spring is constituted by an elastic and resistant wire shaped substantially as a U with upper free ends joined together and a lower end shaped according to a profile of the lower conical section of the tubular member.

5. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on an exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof, the assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of the interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
a spring situated inside said tubular member,
wherein said spring is constituted by an elastic and resistant wire formed as a closed loop ending with a lower leg extending towards the lower substantially conical portion of the tubular member.


6. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-drive compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on an exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof, the assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of the interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
a spring situated inside said tubular member,
wherein said spring is constituted by an elastic and resistant wire shaped as a substantially inverted U with two arms bent according to a profile of the lower conical section of the tubular member.


7. In a sealed compressor including a sealed casing in which an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly is housed, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with points on an exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof. the assembly also including a tubular member coupled to a lower end of the interior duct of the crankshaft and comprising a substantially cylindrical upper section and a substantially conical lower section adapted to be submerged in oil,
the improvement comprising
a spring situated inside said tubular member,
wherein said spring is constituted by an elastic and resistant wire shaped substantially as a U with upper free ends joined together and a lower end shaped according to a profile of the lower conical section of the tubular member.

Description:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to improvements in the lubrication system of sealed compressors for cooling fluids.
Sealed compressors for cooling fluids are known which include a sealed casing with an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly housed in the interior thereof, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct communicating with various points on the exterior surface of the crankshaft and with an upper end of the same, eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof. The assembly also includes a tubular device coupled to a lower end of the interior duct of the crankshaft, such tubular device having a first upper section substantially cylindrical and a second substantially conical section with an end having an orifice for the introduction of oil.
In such compressors, the oiling of the parts that are in friction is accomplished by means of the oil fluid supplied by the tubular device, which, when rotating and immersed in an oil mass, produces by centrifugal force the raising of the oil through the interior duct of the crankshaft towards the oiling points of the mechanism. Part of the oil exits out of the eccentric orifice at the upper end of the crankshaft, propelled against the interior surface of the sealed casing of the compressor.
There are various patents that disclose particular details of this oiling or lubricating system. U.S. Pat. No. 3,410,478 discloses a cylindrical tubular device joined by a conical section, as well as a wall placed in the interior of the tubular device acting as a gate, such a wall being costly to construct. U.S. Pat. No. 3,451,615 discloses a lateral outflow passage from an eccentric upper section of the interior duct of the crankshaft.

Lastly, Spanish Patent No. 504,039 discloses a channel in the extreme upper face of the crankshaft, arguing the lower cost of constructing such a channel in relation to the lateral outflow passage disclosed in the aforementioned U.S. Pat. No. 3,451,615.
It has been possible to confirm that the current solutions of tubular pumping devices lose part of their effectiveness as the compressor's operating temperature rises. Under these conditions, the fluidity of the oil mass deposited in the housing of the compressor reaches a point such that the oil mass loses velocity of rotation in relation to the velocity of rotation of the tubular device. Such device loses effectiveness as a centrifugal pump due to sliding between the interior wall of the tubular device and the layer of oil in contact with the wall.
The aforementioned interior wall that acts as a gate may, in part, solve the problem described, but it has the drawback of having a high cost of construction. Moreover, the orifice at the upper end of the crankshaft should have a certain form, so that the oil that exits therefrom has sufficient force to be propelled against the interior wall of the sealed casing of the compressor. This certain form, in the compressors that are known, entails significant difficulties in construction.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With the improvements of the invention, the noted drawbacks can be eliminated.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to eliminate the drawbacks noted above with respect to the prior art.
It is also an object of the present invention to simplify the lubrication of compressors.
It is another object of the present invention to lower manufacturing cost of a lubrication system for compressors.
It is a further object of the present invention to compensate for the decrease in oil viscosity caused by a rise in temperature in the lubrication system of a compressor.
These and other objects are attained by the present invention which is directed to improvements in the lubrication system of compressors for cooling fluids. According to the present invention, the upper end of the interior lubrication duct in a crankshaft of the compressor ends in a first substantially conical section and a second substantially cylindrical section of variable contour depending upon the profile of the upper end of the crankshaft. This distinct configuration of the upper end of the lubrication duct offers the advantage of greater simplicity in construction and consequently a lower manufacturing cost, while at the same time maintaining the same efficiency as other current forms of more complicated configuration.
Advantageously, the tubular device, which is coupled to the lower end of the interior duct of the crankshaft, is provided in its interior with a spring formed by an elastic and resistant wire affixed by means of pressure and by insertion of a part of the spring in a substantially conical section of the tubular device or member submerged in oil (the tubular device comprises a first substantially cylindrical upper section and a second substantially conical lower section adapted to be inserted into oil). The part of the spring submerged in the oil acts as a paddle propelling the oil, and thereby compensating for decrease in oil viscosity caused by the temperature.

The aforementioned spring may have various forms or structures in accordance with the present invention. In one embodiment, the spring forms a closed loop which ends with a lower leg thereof extending towards the lower substantially conical portion of the tubular device or member. In a second embodiment, the spring takes the form of two arms making a substantially inverted U, and bent according to the conical profile of the tubular device. In another embodiment, the spring takes the form of two arms shaped in a U and bent according to the conical profile of the tubular device and with the free ends thereof joined at the upper portion thereof.
All the noted spring shapes may be constructed with wire having a circular or a square cross-section so as to improve the attachment thereof within the interior of the tubular device or member.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
For a fuller understanding thereof, the present invention will be described in greater detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which certain embodiments of the present invention are schematically illustrated and to which the present invention is not intended to be exclusively restricted.
In the drawings,
FIG. 1 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of a sealed compressor of cooling fluids, in which the improvements according to the present invention are applied;
FIG. 2 is a partially sectional side view of a crank shaft and of a tubular device having the improvements according to the present invention; and
FIGS. 3 and 4 each illustrate springs for the tubular device illustrated in FIG. 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to FIG. 1, a compressor 1 includes a sealed casing 2 with an alternating motor-driven compressor assembly housed in the interior thereof, the assembly including a vertical-axis crankshaft 3 provided with a longitudinal interior lubrication duct 4 (FIG. 2) communicating with various points 5,6 on the exterior surface of the crankshaft 3, and with the upper end 7 of the same, eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof. The assembly also includes a tubular device 8 coupled to a lower end of the interior duct 4 of the crankshaft 3, the tubular device 8 comprising a first upper section 9 that is substantially cylindrical and a second lower substantially conical section 10 to be submerged in oil.
As can be seen in FIG. 2, the upper end 7 of the lubrication duct 4 terminates in a first substantially conical section 11 and a second substantially cylindrical section 12 of variable contour depending upon the profile 13 of the upper end 7 of the crankshaft 3.
As also illustrated in FIG. 2, the tubular device 8 is provided in the interior with a spring 14 formed by an elastic and resistant wire, e.g. of tempered steel, and affixed by means of pressure and by insertion of part of the spring in the conical section 10 of the tubular device or member 8 which is adapted to be submerged in the oil. As shown in FIG. 2, the spring 14 takes the form of two arms 15 and 16 shaped into an inverted U and bent at points 17 and 18 according to the conical profile of the tubular device or member 8.
In FIG. 3, the spring 14 forms a closed loop 19 ending with a lower leg 20 thereof extending towards the lower conical part 10 of the tubular device 8.

The spring illustrated in FIG. 4 takes the form of two arms 21 and 22 in the shape of a U bent at points 23 and 24 according to the conical profile of the tubular device 8 (i.e. the lower substantially conical section 10 thereof) and with the free ends 25 and 26 thereof joined at the upper portion as illustrated.
As described above, the springs are introduced into the tubular device 8 with the lower portion thereof situated in the conical section 10 to be submerged in oil. When the crankshaft 3 rotates, driven by the rotor of the electrical motor, the tubular device 8 rotates along with spring 14, with the lower part of the spring submerged in oil acting as a paddle.
The characteristic form 11 of the outflow orifice in the upper end 7 of the lubrication duct 4 permits the oil that flows through the eccentric duct 4 to be propelled in a continuous jet against the interior wall of the casing 2.
It follows from the description above that the improvements according to the present invention allow for enhancement in the lubrication of the crankshaft and in the propulsion of oil against the interior wall of the casing 2 due to the springs 14 acting as paddles, and allows for a reduction in the cost of manufacture of the crankshaft 3 by simplifying the orifice at the upper end 7 of the crankshaft 3 without diminishing the effectiveness thereof. Similarly, the cost of construction of the spring 14 is much lower than the previously described interior wall with respect to the prior art.
The preceding description of the present invention is merely exemplary, and is not intended to limit the scope thereof in any way.

 IGNIS, GIOVANNI BORGHI HISTORY.

 Investing in the industrial development of artisan villages
in Varese, Italy, Giovanni Borghi builds a factory for 200
employees to manufacture not only ovens and cooktops, but
also an appliance previously unknown in Italy: the refrigerator.
Ignis workers produce appliances for third-party companies
like Fiat, Atlantic, Philco, Emerson and Philips. Borghi builds
the “Villages of Ignis,” with affordable one- and two-family
houses (Borghi Villages), as well as a pool and sports center
in Comerio, Italy, and a hostel vvith recreational facilities for
young workers in Cassinetta, Italy, all intended to promote a
comfortable, healthy lifestyle.

  The Milan industrialist Giovanni Borghi founded the IGNIS brand of household appliances.  His factories would turn out one appliance every eight seconds, and make billions selling them to Italy's exploding middle class.   Borghi was famous for his early support of cycling, and his yellow IGNIS jerseyed squadra won more than a few great races in the late fifties and early sixties.

Borghi was aggressive, flamboyant and flashy.  And he took care of his stars - famously buying Spanish sprinter Miguel Poblet a Lancia convertible after his Milan San Remo win.   On top of his 25 million lire per year salary.  

Giovanni Borghi, was an Italian industrialist pioneer in the field of domestic appliances, returned from a trip in the USA with a real
illumination: refrigerators insulated with Polyurethane foam were much more
efficient and capacious than those hand-filled with mineral wood.
His refrigerators Group, Ignis, developed internally this technology and the
related equipment, a suitable alternative to the imported foam dispensers, which
were difficult to get, fix and maintain, stimulating an industrial supply of
similar machines.  

 And in 1959 Borghi signed the man most of Italy thought would be the man to replace Fausto Coppi:  1956 Olympic, 1958 Giro d'Italia and World Champion  Ercole Baldini.  He lured Baldini away from Legnano with a contract so fat many said it only served to asurre that il treno di Forli.. would...well...get a little too fat himself!  He was never quite as hungry once he went to IGNIS.

Borghi kept control of IGNIS in the family.  In the paternalistic Italian industrial model - like Ferrari, Maserati or Campagnolo.   He later turned the reins over to his son, who in turn finally sold the company to Dutch conglomerate, Philips.
 
When Philips decided to get into the major household appliances
market, its procedure was to buy increasing quantities of these goods from the Italian firm, Ignis, then at the height of its prosperity.
Once it became the principal client of the manufacturer, it took over supplying the latter by purchasing 50 percent of its capital. It took over the firm completely in 1972, to the satisfaction of the founder of Ignis, Giovanni Borghi. 

BORGHI DIED IN 1975.
 
Borghi is still remembered in Italia.   RAI even aired TV miniseries about his life this past year, "Mister Ignis". 


Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics Inc.), most commonly known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is a multinational Dutch electronics corporation.

Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2009, its sales were €23.18 billion. The company employs 115,924 people in more than 60 countries.[1]

Philips is organized in a number of sectors: Philips Consumer Lifestyles (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Philips Lighting and Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems).
The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips, a maternal cousin of Karl Marx, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Its first products were light bulbs and other electro-technical equipment. Its first factory survives as a museum devoted to light sculpture.[2] In the 1920s, the company started to manufacture other products, such as vacuum tubes (also known worldwide as 'valves'), In 1927 they acquired the British electronic valve manufacturers Mullard and in 1932 the German tube manufacturer Valvo, both of which became subsidiaries. In 1939 they introduced their electric razor, the Philishave (marketed in the USA using the Norelco brand name).

Philips was also instrumental in the revival of the Stirling engine.

As a chip maker, Philips Semiconductors was among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.

In December 2005 Philips announced its intention to make the Semiconductor Division into a separate legal entity. This process of "disentanglement" was completed on 1 October 2006.

On 2 August 2006, Philips completed an agreement to sell a controlling 80.1% stake in Philips Semiconductors to a consortium of private equity investors consisting of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), Silver Lake Partners and AlpInvest Partners. The sale completed a process, which began December 2005, with its decision to create a separate legal entity for Semiconductors and to pursue all strategic options. Six weeks before, ahead of its online dialogue, through a letter to 8,000 of Philips managers, it was announced that they were speeding up the transformation of Semiconductors into a stand-alone entity with majority ownership by a third party. It was stated then that "this is much more than just a transaction: it is probably the most significant milestone on a long journey of change for Philips and the beginning of a new chapter for everyone – especially those involved with Semiconductors".

In its more than 115 year history, this counts as a big step that is definitely changing the profile of the company. Philips was one of few companies that successfully made the transition from the electrical world of the 19th century into the electronic age, starting its semiconductor activity in 1953 and building it into a global top 10 player in its industry. As such, Semiconductors was at the heart of many innovations in Philips over the past 50 years.

Agreeing to start a process that would ultimately lead to the decision to sell the Semiconductor Division therefore was one of the toughest decisions that the Board of Management ever had to make.

On 21 August 2006, Bain Capital and Apax Partners announced that they had signed definitive commitments to join the expanded consortium headed by KKR that is to acquire the controlling stake in the Semiconductors Division.

On 1 September 2006, it was announced in Berlin that the name of the new semiconductor company founded by Philips is NXP Semiconductors.

Coinciding with the sale of the Semiconductor Division, Philips also announced that they would drop the word 'Electronics' from the company name, thus becoming simply Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Royal Philips N.V.).

PHILIPS FOUNDATION:

The foundations of Philips were laid in 1891 when Anton and Gerard Philips established Philips & Co. in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The company begun manufacturing carbon-filament lamps and by the turn of the century, had become one of the largest producers in Europe. Stimulated by the industrial revolution in Europe, Philips’ first research laboratory started introducing its first innovations in the x-ray and radio technology. Over the years, the list of inventions has only been growing to include many breakthroughs that have continued to enrich people’s everyday lives.




In the early years of Philips & Co., the representation of the company name took many forms: one was an emblem formed by the initial letters of Philips & Co., and another was the word Philips printed on the glass of metal filament lamps.



One of the very first campaigns was launched in 1898 when Anton Philips used a range of postcards showing the Dutch national costumes as marketing tools. Each letter of the word Philips was printed in a row of light bulbs as at the top of every card. In the late 1920s, the Philips name began to take on the form that we recognize today.



The now familiar Philips waves and stars first appeared in 1926 on the packaging of miniwatt radio valves, as well as on the Philigraph, an early sound recording device. The waves symbolized radio waves, while the stars represented the ether of the evening sky through which the radio waves would travel.



In 1930 it was the first time that the four stars flanking the three waves were placed together in a circle. After that, the stars and waves started appearing on radios and gramophones, featuring this circle as part of their design. Gradually the use of the circle emblem was then extended to advertising materials and other products.



At this time Philips’ business activities were expanding rapidly and the company wanted to find a trademark that would uniquely represent Philips, but one that would also avoid legal problems with the owners of other well-known circular emblems. This wish resulted in the combination of the Philips circle and the wordmark within the shield emblem.



In 1938, the Philips shield made its first appearance. Although modified over the years, the basic design has remained constant ever since and, together with the wordmark, gives Philips the distinctive identity that is still embraced today.



Gerard Philips:

Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips (October 9, 1858, in Zaltbommel – January 27, 1942, in The Hague, Netherlands) was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder (with his father Frederik Philips) of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by founding in 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. As the first CEO of the Philips corporation, Gerard laid with Anton the base for the later Philips multinational.



Early life and education

Gerard was the first son of Benjamin Frederik David Philips (1 December 1830 – 12 June 1900) and Maria Heyligers (1836 – 1921). His father was active in the tobacco business and a banker at Zaltbommel in the Netherlands; he was a first cousin of Karl Marx.



Career

Gerard Philips became interested in electronics and engineering. Frederik was the financier for Gerard's purchase of the old factory building in Eindhoven where he established the first factory in 1891. They operated the Philips Company as a family business for more than a decade.




Marriage and family

On March 19, 1896 Philips married Johanna van der Willigen (30 September 1862 – 1942). They had no children.

Gerard was an uncle of Frits Philips, whom he and his brother brought into the business. Later they brought in his brother's grandson, Franz Otten.


Gerard and his brother Anton supported education and social programs in Eindhoven, including the Philips Sport Vereniging (Philips Sports Association), which they founded. From it the professional football (soccer) department developed into the independent Philips Sport Vereniging N.V.



Anton Philips:

Anton Frederik Philips (March 14, 1874, Zaltbommel, Gelderland – October 7, 1951, Eindhoven) co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He served as CEO of the company from 1922 to 1939.



Early life and education

Anton was born to Maria Heyligers (1836 – 1921) and Benjamin Frederik David Philips (December 1, 1830 – June 12, 1900). His father was active in the tobacco business and a banker at Zaltbommel in the Netherlands. (He was a first cousin to Karl Marx.) Anton's brother Gerard was 16 years older.



Career

In May 1891 the father Frederik was the financier and, with his son Gerard Philips, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business. In 1912 Anton joined the firm, which they named Royal Philips Electronics N.V.

During World War I, Anton Philips managed to increase sales by taking advantage of a boycott of German goods in several countries. He provided the markets with alternative products.

Anton (and his brother Gerard) are remembered as being civic-minded. In Eindhoven they supported education and social programs and facilities, such as the soccer department of the Philips Sports Association as the best-known example.

Anton Philips brought his son Frits Philips and grandson Franz Otten into the company in their times. Anton took the young Franz Otten with him and other family members to escape the Netherlands just before the Nazi Occupation during World War II; they went to the United States. They returned after the war.

His son Frits Philips chose to stay and manage the company during the occupation; he survived several months at the concentration camp of Vught after his workers went on strike. He saved the lives of 382 Jews by claiming them as indispensable to his factory, and thus helped them evade Nazi roundups and deportation to concentration camps.

Philips died in Eindhoven in 1951.



Marriage and family

Philips married Anne Henriëtte Elisabeth Maria de Jongh (Amersfoort, May 30, 1878 – Eindhoven, March 7, 1970). They had the following children:

* Anna Elisabeth Cornelia Philips (June 19, 1899 – ?), married in 1925 to Pieter Franciscus Sylvester Otten (1895 – 1969), and had:
o Diek Otten
o Franz Otten (b. c. 1928 - d. 1967), manager in the Dutch electronics company Philips
* Frederik Jacques Philips (1905-2005)
* Henriëtte Anna Philips (Eindhoven, October 26, 1906 – ?), married firstly to A. Knappert (d. 1932), without issue; married secondly to G. Jonkheer Sandberg (d. September 5, 1935), without issue; and married thirdly in New York City, New York, on September 29, 1938 to Jonkheer Gerrit van Riemsdijk (Aerdenhout, January 10, 1911 – Eindhoven, November 8, 2005). They had the following children:
o ..., Jonkheerin Gerrit van Riemsdijk (b. Waalre, October 2, 1939), married at Waalre on February 17, 1968 to Johannes Jasper Tuijt (b. Atjeh, Koeta Radja, March 10, 1930), son of Jacobus Tuijt and wife Hedwig Jager, without issue
o ..., Jonkheerin Gerrit van Riemsdijk (b. Waalre, April 3, 1946), married firstly at Calvados, Falaise, on June 6, 1974 to Martinus Jan Petrus Vermooten (Utrecht, September 16, 1939 – Falaise, August 29, 1978), son of Martinus Vermooten and wife Anna Pieternella Hendrika Kwantes, without issue; married secondly in Paris on December 12, 1981 to Jean Yves Louis Bedos (Calvados, Rémy, January 9, 1947 – Calvados, Lisieux, October 5, 1982), son of Georges Charles Bedos and wife Henriette Louise Piel, without issue; and married thirdly at Manche, Sartilly, on September 21, 1985 to Arnaud Evain (b. Ardennes, Sedan, July 7, 1952), son of Jean Claude Evain and wife Flore Halleux, without issue
o ..., Jonkheerin Gerrit van Riemsdijk (b. Waalre, September 4, 1948), married at Waalre, October 28, 1972 to Elie Johan François van Dissel (b. Eindhoven, October 9, 1948), son of Willem Pieter

Jacob van Dissel and wife Francisca Frederike Marie Wirtz, without issue.

Tecumseh products Company HISTORY:

It was Incorporated in 1930 as Hillsdale Machine & Tool Company, All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing;  Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing; Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing; Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing; Motor and Generator Manufacturing; Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing, Named for the legendary Shawnee chief, Tecumseh Products makes a line of hermetically sealed compressors and heat pumps for residential and commercial refrigerators and freezers, water coolers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and vending machines. The company's line of scroll compressor models are suited for demanding commercial refrigeration applications and consist primarily of reciprocating and rotary designs. Tecumseh sells its products to OEMs and aftermarket distributors in more than 100 countries worldwide, with 80% of its sales generated outside of the US. It markets its products under brand names that include Celseon, L'Unité Hermétique, Masterflux, Silensys, and Vector.

Tecumseh Products Company manufactures compressors for refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, gasoline engines and automobile transmissions, and pumps and pumping equipment for industrial, commercial, and agricultural use. The second largest domestic manufacturer of engines for small tractors, snow blowers, and lawn mowers, the company is best known for its compressors, machines that compress refrigerants in air conditioners and refrigerators. The town of Tecumseh, Michigan, in which the company is headquartered, has since become known as the "Refrigeration Capital of the World."

An early 1990s public offering brought in new capital while allowing the founding Herrick family to retain control. The company has since moved to establish manufacturing hubs in Brazil and India while cutting back on U.S. production. Tecumseh has acquired some suppliers and is attempting to make its brand more visible to consumers and contractors.

Tecumseh Products was founded by Ray W. Herrick, a master toolmaker who came to prominence in the 1920s in Michigan's growing auto industry. Herrick's reputation as a knowledgeable and highly skilled toolmaker led to his rapid advancement in the industry. He was given supervisory positions and became a friend and adviser to influential inventors and industrialists such as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and Thomas Edison. In 1928 Herrick was asked to help turn around the struggling Alamo Engine Company in the southeastern Michigan town of Hillsdale, where he served until 1933 as factory manager and eventually as director of sales and production. The company continued to decline, however, and during this time Herrick and a local toolmaker named C.F. (Bill) Sage decided to launch a business of their own, incorporating as Hillsdale Machine & Tool Company in 1930.

The Hillsdale company manufactured high-quality automobile and electric refrigerator parts, as well as small tools and mechanical novelties. Also handling orders that Alamo could not fill, the Hillsdale company went from grossing $26,000 in sales during its first year of operation to $284,000 by 1933. Initially, two-thirds of the company's stock was owned by Sage and his wife, while Herrick owned the remaining third. By 1933, however, Herrick bought out most of their interest and gained control of the company.

Competition in the manufactured parts industry was fierce in 1933, and Hillsdale soon sought larger production facilities. When Alamo went into receivership that year, Herrick leased its plant for one year, hoping to purchase it at the end of the term. The rent paid to Alamo's receivers, however, cut into the Hillsdale company's profits. Furthermore, the Hillsdale company had been founded during the height of the Great Depression, and these early years were characterized by escalating debt and inadequate cash flow. By 1934, Herrick's company was close to bankruptcy.

That year, however, as a result of a concerted effort by Herrick, the Ford Motor Company, private investors, and the city of Tecumseh--located about 60 miles southwest of Detroit--Hillsdale Tool & Machine Company managed to raise a little more than $12,000, with which it acquired a 30,000-square-foot abandoned facility in Tecumseh. Changing the company's name to Tecumseh Products, Herrick had the building renovated, borrowed the necessary machinery, and soon began the mass production of automotive and refrigerator parts. The following year the company gained much needed cash flow leverage when Henry Ford helped Herrick secure a line of credit with a Detroit bank.

In 1936 Tecumseh Products began to focus on manufacturing the product on which its reputation would be built: the hermetically sealed refrigeration compressor. Five years earlier, Herrick had been approached by Frank Smith, an engineer interested in selling Herrick his compressor designs. At that time, Herrick had employed Smith as a machinist, agreeing to consider the prototypes that Smith was developing. Over the next few years, engineers Curtis Brown and Jens Touborg joined Smith, and the three eventually formed an engineering business known as Tresco. Tresco worked closely with Tecumseh Products, providing Herrick with designs for inexpensive and reliable refrigeration compressors that rivaled those of the major manufacturers. By the end of the 1930s, Tecumseh Products was producing more than 100,000 of these compressors a year.

At the onset of World War II, Herrick shifted the focus of Tecumseh Products to the manufacture of defense materials. The company continued to produce compressors, which had applications in military equipment, while also turning out anti-aircraft projectile casings and precision parts for aircraft engines. By 1942, Tecumseh was mainly producing 40-millimeter shell casings, which it supplied to the U.S. Navy. In April of that year the company received the Navy E award for excellence for its contributions to the war effort; it received several similar awards before the war ended.

In 1945 Herrick's son, Kenneth G. Herrick, returned from the war and went to work for Tecumseh Products as the company resumed its focus on the production of compressors. During this time, competition in the industry intensified, with postwar demand for electric appliances, especially refrigerators, rising dramatically. Becoming known for the high quality of its compressors, as well as for their timely delivery, Tecumseh Products soon emerged as an industry leader. In 1947 a Tecumseh Products compressor was featured in the first window unit air conditioner for the home. By 1950, Tecumseh's sales reached $72 million, and the company was producing more than two million compressors a year.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Tecumseh Products sought to expand. First it increased its production capacity with the 1950 and 1952 purchases of Universal Cooler Corp. in Marion, Ohio, and the Acklin Stamping Company of Toledo, respectively. Also involved in finding new uses for its products, the company marketed an air conditioning compressor for automobiles in 1953. The following year, Tecumseh's sales reached $124 million, and in 1955 Herrick is reported to have paid nearly $5 million to purchase Tresco, the engineering business founded by Smith, Brown, and Touborg. At this time, Herrick brought Joseph E. Layton in from International Harvester to serve Tecumseh Products as president and chief executive officer. Herrick remained the company's chairperson.

Purchasing two Wisconsin companies in 1956 and 1957--the Lauson Engine Company of New Holstein and Power Products of Grafton--Tecumseh Products claimed two new divisions designated for the production of gasoline engines. These two acquisitions were provided with new, modern equipment and tools in order to begin production of compact, lightweight engines suitable for use in lawn and garden machinery. Also during this time the company began to establish licensees abroad, planning to one day market its products worldwide.

In 1960 Tecumseh Products of Canada, Ltd. was formed as a sales distribution center for compressors manufactured in the United States. This facility was later expanded into a production facility to handle demand for compressors in Canada. Over the next decade the company acquired the Diecast Division of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, and the Peerless Gear & Machine Company, which it designated as a separate division and provided with a new plant to manufacture transaxles, transmissions, and differentials for lawn and garden equipment. Furthermore, the company set up research and development laboratories at Purdue University and in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to support its divisions, employing scientists in the fields of chemistry and metallurgy, as well as mechanical and electrical engineers.

In 1964 Layton died unexpectedly, and William Hazelwood, a divisional vice-president, was named president of Tecumseh Products. Hazelwood remained in this position until 1966 when the 76-year-old Herrick gave up the chairmanship and, retaining a position for himself as vice-chairman, named his son Kenneth as president. Four years later Kenneth Herrick's son Todd came to work for Tecumseh Products. Kenneth ascended to chairman and CEO, and William MacBeth was named president. By this time the company had manufactured more than 100 million compressors and 25 million small engines.

In 1973 Ray Herrick died. Under Kenneth Herrick, Tecumseh Products built compressor and engine plants in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, while continuing to add to its product line. For example, the company acquired M.P. Pumps, Inc., of Detroit, which produced pumps used in agricultural, industrial, and marine environments. Submersible pumps, used as sump pumps and in large cooling systems, were introduced in 1980, with the company's purchase of the Little Giant Pump Company in Oklahoma.

Tecumseh Products sought to become an international company in the 1980s, and, over the next ten years, foreign sales, both from exports and through European acquisitions, rose to 15 percent of the company's total sales revenues. In 1981 Tecumseh Products entered into a joint venture with the Italian Fiat Settori Componenti, which resulted in the formation of Tecnamotor S.p.A., a manufacturer and marketer of engines for outdoor power equipment. The following year Tecumseh Products increased its holdings in the Sociade Intercontinental de Compressores Hermeticos SICOM, S.A. SICOM was based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and served world markets through its manufacture of compressors. Tecumseh Products was further able to form a strong European interest through a 1985 joint venture with L'Unite Hermetique S.A. in Paris, a compressor manufacturer and exporter that Tecumseh Products eventually acquired as a subsidiary. The company's expansion into the international market had mixed results. It gained market share and enjoyed financial success, particularly in the engine sales of Tecnamotor, of which it acquired 100 percent ownership in 1989. This new subsidiary went on to become the largest engine manufacturer of its kind in Europe. Nevertheless, the company experienced a sharp decline in earnings during the late 1980s, which it attributed to the undervalued American dollar and delays in new product development.

In the United States, foreign competition in the production of refrigeration components intensified during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Tecumseh Products, though, continued to experience growth. In 1987 the company introduced a new line of air conditioning compressors for residential use, designed to be both quieter and more energy efficient in compliance with the federal government's National Appliance Energy Conservation Act. In 1989 air conditioning compressors were bolstered by a nationwide heat wave, and the company's net income rose to $82 million, up from $70 million the year before.

The company's interest in some foreign markets, however, suffered due to political instabilities during this time, particularly in China, where compressor sales fell almost to zero during the Tiananmen Square riots, as well as in the Middle East, where export sales were threatened by the Persian Gulf War. In 1992 Tecumseh was given an E Star award by the U.S. Department of Commerce for its commitment to international markets during these difficult times.

As Tecumseh Products entered the 1990s, it featured a broad range of products in several divisions. Refrigeration products, which accounted for more than half of its total sales, included compressors sold to the manufacturers of home cooling systems and appliances, water coolers, vending machines, and refrigerated display cases. Engine products mainly featured aluminum diecast engines of 2 to 12 horsepower used in machinery for both home lawn maintenance and farming. Power train products included transmissions, transaxles, and differentials produced for lawn and garden equipment as well as for recreational vehicles. The pump products division featured a variety of pumps made from cast iron, aluminum, stainless steel, or brass, capable of pumping up to 300 gallons per minute, while the company's submersible pumps division produced pumps for use in clothes washers and carpet cleaners as well as kidney dialysis machines.

In 1992 the company faced a new series of federal regulations designed to protect the environment by imposing restrictions on compressor and engine emissions and banning altogether chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were widely used in refrigeration. As the ban on CFCs neared implementation in the mid-1990s, Tecumseh Products began converting its compressors to operate on alternative refrigerants, which, the company asserted, were available but costly. Furthermore, in joint efforts with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Tecumseh Products researched possible improvements to the engine manufacturing process that would lead to less harmful emissions, and also developed new techniques for treating and disposing of contaminated sediments resulting from dangerous industrial wastes being dumped into rivers.

Financially, in March 1992 the stockholders of Tecumseh Products approved a proposal to reclassify its existing shares as voting Class B stock, while creating a new class of nonvoting Class A common stock. The stockholders were issued one share of the Class A stock for each share they already owned. At the time, Edward Wyatt observed in Barron's that "because 45% of the equity currently outstanding is owned by members of the founding Herrick family, the stock plan will allow them to retain their voting rights while effectively splitting the stock 2-for-1." He also observed that the new plan would probably induce analysts to follow the fortunes of Tecumseh Products more closely.

By this time the founding Herrick family had had four generations involved in Tecumseh's management. In 1994, CEO Todd Herrick told Financial World the credo of his grandfather that still guided the company: "We believe in God, we mind our business and we work like hell."

In the mid-1990s, Tecumseh had revenues of about $2 billion and 15,000 employees. The company was developing its versions of the new, energy-efficient scroll compressors that were beginning to replace traditional reciprocating compressors in the air conditioning industry.

Tecumseh opened a new plant in Georgia in 1995 and a 200,000-square-foot factory in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1997. The latter's initial product was an electric motor for air conditioner compressors that had previously been sourced in Singapore.

The company also was expanding abroad, entering a joint venture with the Shriram Group to set up a plant in Hyderabad, India. It later bought out its partner there and acquired a refrigerator compressor factory near New Delhi from Whirlpool of India.

The company began promoting its brand directly to consumers. It aired ads urging them to look for its motors when they bought snow throwers, a market in which Tecumseh held a lead over rival Briggs & Stratton Corp., which led the lawn mower market.

Sales were $1.65 billion in 2000. The company's three business segments were each profitable. Strong Brazilian operations saved the Compressor Business, while operations in India were affected by start-up costs and work stoppages. The Engine & Power Train Business had slowed after a Y2K-inspired run on generators the previous year. The smallest unit, the Pump Business, was growing on the popularity of water gardening and industrial sales. During the year, the company entered the residential wastewater collection, transfer, and disposal market through the purchase of the assets of Interon Corporation.

Tecumseh cut 900 jobs in a 2000 restructuring that closed a plant in Somerset, Kentucky. Another 600 were being cut at an Indian factory. The company was expanding its operations in Mississippi, however.

According to one report, Tecumseh controlled 20 percent of the world market for small engines. It was growing its business in Europe, where it was dominant, with a 25 percent market share. Europe made up nearly 40 percent of the world market and was expected to grow due to the opening of Eastern Europe. Tecumseh acquired its Czech carburetor supplier, Motoco, from Motor Jikov in May 2001. Tecumseh had other European operations, including joint ventures and a subsidiary in France.

Tecumseh's subsidiary in India, Tecumseh Products India Ltd. (TPIL), was starting to export to South Africa and West Asia. The Indian market itself was ripe for development, with relatively few owning refrigerators or air conditioners. Tecumseh's plants in India produced compressor components as well as completed units.

Tecumseh acquired a supplier of manufacturing software, Manufacturing Data Systems, Inc. (MDSI), in 2002. The next year, it bought FASCO Motors, Invensys PLC's electric motor operations, for $415 million. FASCO formed the basis of a new business segment, Electrical Components.

Company officials told Contracting Business that although Tecumseh had enjoyed a relatively low profile in the past, it was becoming more retail-oriented. It leveraged its expertise in compressors to products such as drinking water systems and cooling towers through its "Cool Products" line. Tecumseh's products were distributed through 130 distribution centers and 1,700 outlets in the United States. Tecumseh was phasing out its U.S. manufacturing due to price pressure from customers. The company managed net income of $10 million on sales of $1.9 billion in 2004.

Principal Subsidiaries

Evergy, Inc.; FASCO Australia Pty. Ltd.; FASCO Industries, Inc.; FASCO Motors, Ltd. (Thailand); Little Giant Pump Company; Masterflux; Manufacturing Data Systems, Inc.; Motoco a.s. (Czech Republic); M.P. Pumps, Inc.; Tecumotor/Evergy; Tecumseh do Brasil, Ltda.; Tecumseh Compressor Company; Tecumseh Europa, S.p.A. (Italy); Tecumseh France S.A.; Tecumseh Power Company; Tecumseh Products Company of Canada, Ltd.; Tecumseh Products India Ltd.; TMT Motoco, Ltd. (Brazil).

Principal Divisions

Compressors; Engines & Power Trains; Pumps; Electrical Components.

IGNIS (SIRI) MOD. 4210 SERIE IL MILIONE YEAR 1963.

The IGNIS (SIRI) MOD. 4210 SERIE IL MILIONE is a special edition refrigerator and is another everlasting.

Was called serie  "IL MILIONE" (The million series) because IGNIS (SIRI) manufacturer have surpassed at the time his million produced fridge, and designed this model with this special mark for that reason.

It was produced by SIRI (Società Italiana Refrigeranti Industriali) wich was the BORGHI industrial conglomerate dedicated to refrigerator fabrication in ITALY capable to export his products widely in Europe in the 60's.

The  IGNIS (SIRI) MOD. 4210 SERIE IL MILIONE  after power up  starts cooling in less than 8 seconds
and a nice hiss noise can be heard at freezer level. The compressor with it's 1150 rpm is almost runnin  in absolute quietly silence with a quite powerful pumping feature.

The IGNIS (SIRI) MOD. 4210 SERIE IL MILIONE  is ready to be used after 30mins after startup, even with an external temperature of 35°C !! !! !
and  it has the awesome feature of a pedal to open the door when both hands are occupied. (A foot door opener attachment for a refrigerator for easily and conveniently opening the door of a refrigerator with little effort. The foot door opener attachment for a refrigerator includes a mounting bracket being adapted to securely attach to a side wall of the refrigerator near where the door to the refrigerator can be opened; and also includes a spring-loaded lever being pivotally mounted at a central portion thereof to the mounting bracket and having a second end, a first end, and a spring member being securely attached to the mounting bracket and to the first end to bias the first end of the spring-loaded lever out of contact with the door of the refrigerator; and further includes a foot support member being securely mounted to the second end of the spring-loaded lever; and also includes a door opening member securely attached to the first end of the spring-loaded lever).

After 50 years it doesn't suffer the "weight" of it's age............................



The refrigerator is running with a STEMPEL HERMETIK HP 1/8 V220 V230 50/60HZ. compressor which was last officially produced STEMPEL HERMETIK before closing and deletion by Danfoss aquisition in 1964. These compressors weren't sharing anything technologically with  TECUMSEH or  others brands related patents therefore are pretty unique.

The compressor and the coil plant in this fridge is a rare example of powerful cooling.....quiet.....reliable evelasting running.

Many contemporary appliances would not have this level of staying power, many would ware out or require major services within just five years or less and of course, there is that perennial bug bear of planned obsolescence where components our deliberately designed to fail or manufactured with limited edition specificities..............................


IGNIS (SIRI) MOD. 4210 SERIE IL MILIONE  Carrier for a motor compressor of a refrigerating machine:STEMPEL HERMETIK HP 1/8 V220 V230 50/60HZ.

 

Application August 2, 1955, Serial No. 525,929
Claims priority, appiication Germany August 5, 1954


The present invention relates TO refrigerating machines.

More particularly, the present invention relates to the
motor compressor unit of a refrigerating machine and
especially to the carrier which is connected to the motor
and the compressor of such a refrigerating machine.

Such a carrier is conventionally made from a material
such as cast iron which must be machined considerably
after it is cast. Furthermore, such a carrier member
must be perfectly clean before it is incorporated into the
to refrigerating final assembly in order to guarantee proper operation,
and the machining of a cast member creates great prob-
lems in cleaning the member after it is machined because
chips, oil and the like, get into inaccessible places. In
addition, a motor compressor unit of a refrigerating
machine is required to be located in an extremely small
space, and the minimum size required by a carrier in
the form of a casting often creates difliculties with respect
to the small space afforded for the motor compressor
assembly. It is apparent, therefore, that in a conven-
tional motor compressor assembly the provision of a
conventional carrier which is a cast member machined
subsequent to its casting creates many difficulties and un-
desirably increases the cost of the structure.

It is an object of the present invention to overcome
the above drawbacks by providing for a motor compressor
assembly of the above type a carrier which is not made
from a cast member and which need not be machined.
In this way, many of the above-mentioned problems re-
sulting from the machining and the cleaning of a cast
member are avoided.

It is a further object of the present invention to form
a carrier of the above type oL1t of sheet metal which
may be stamped to a desired configuration and which
may be formed with suitable openings and the like simul-
taneously With the stamping, so that the inconveniences
produced by the above-mentioned machining are com-
pletely avoided.

Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention
to provide in sheet metal“ members of the above type
bulged portions which are capable of providing the carrier
 with chambers for reducing noise and for conveying
the refrigerating fluid along a desired path between
the compressor on the one hand and a condenser and
evaporator on the other hand.
Still another object of the present invention is to pro-
vide a process for forming a carrier of the above type
which eliminates many of the steps required in a conven-
tional process for forming a carrier.

Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention
to provide a structure capable of accomplishing all of
the above objects and at the same time being composed
of simple, rugged elements which are more reliable in
operation, which are inexpensive and simple to manu-
facture, and which are very easily assembled together.

With the above objects in view, the present invention
mainly consists of a carrier for the motor compressor
of a hermetically sealed refrigerating machine, this carrier including at least two sheet metal members at least
partly overlapping and joined fluid-tightly to each other
and formed with openings and bulging portions serving
as connecting surfaces, noise-reducing chambers, and a
bearing carrier.

Also, with the above objects in view, the present in-
vention mainly consists of a process for forming a carrier
of the above type, this process comprising the steps
of stamping into at least one of a pair of sheet metal
plates a plurality of depressions and openings, and soldering these sheet metal plates together in an inert
atmosphere to provide a fluid-tight connection between the
plates.

The novel features which are considered as charac-
teristic for the invention are set forth in particular in
the appended claims. The invention itself, however,
both as to its construction -and its method of operation,
together with additional objects and advantage thereof,
will be best understood from the following description
of specific embodiments when read in connection with
the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional, elevational View of a carrier
constructed in accordance with the present invention
and shown assembled together with a bearing sleeve and
a fragmentarily illustrated stator of an electric motor,
Fig. 1 being taken along line I-——~I of Fig. 3 in the direc-
tion of the arrows and the carrier of Fig. 1 being inverted
with respect to Fig. 3 and being shown assembled with
the bearing sleeve and stator which are omitted from

Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is -a sectional, elevational view taken along the
line -II~—lI of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows with
the carrier of Fig. 3 shown in Fig. 2 in a position inverted
with respect to the position of Fig. 3, the carrier being
shown in Fig. 2 assembled with a spring and with a
member for connecting the carrier with the compressor;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one embodiment of a
carrier constructed in accordance with the present in-
vention, part of the structure of Fig. 3 being broken away
to illustrate the details of this structure;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of another embodiment
of a carrier constructed in accordance with the present in-
vention, part of the structure of Fig. 41 also being broken
away to show more clearly the details of this structure;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one part of a carrier
of another embodiment of the present invention before
this part is formed into its final shape;

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the part shown in Fig. 5
after it has been formed into its final shape;

Fig. 7 shows in a perspective, exploded View two ad-.
ditional parts which are assembled together with the
part shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 shows the elements of Figs. 6 and 7 in their as-
sembled condition in a sectional, elevational view, and
these parts are also shown joined to the stator of an
electric motor and carrying a bearing sleeve for the crank
shaft of the compressor;

Fig. 9 shows in a sectional, elevational View still an-
other embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 9 illus-
trating the manner in which the carrier of this figure is
joined to the stator of an electric motor as well as to
the compressor and to the bearing sleeve for the crank
shaft of the compressor;

Fig. 10 is a sectional View of the motor compressor
unit, the section being taken along line 10-10 of Fig.
3 in the direction of the arrows and showing a carrier as
shown in Figs. 1-3;

Fig. 11 is an elevational, partly sectioned View similar
E) Fig. 10, the section being taken along line 11 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 12 is a partial end view of Fig. 10 viewed in the
direction of the arrow A in Fig. 10; and
Fig. 13 is a schematic, overall view of the refrigerator
unit, showing the pipe connections between the motor
compressor, condenser and evaporator.
Referring now to the Figs. 1-3, it will be seen that the
carrier illustrated in these figures includes an outer dished
member 1 and an inner dished member 2 nested within
the outer dished member 1 and joined together in a fluid-
tight manner preferably by soldering in an inert atmos-
phere so that the dished members 1 and 2 are unified
into a single unit.
In accordance with the present invention the dished
members 1 and 2 are formed with bulged portions which
define the noise-reducing chambers 3 and 4- when the
dished members 1 and 2 are assembled in the manner
illustrated in Figs. 1-3. Furthermore, the dished mem-
bers 1 and 2 have bulged portions which together define
antechambers 5 and 6 adapted to communicate with the
compressor and respectively communicating with the
chambers 3 and 4 through the conduit portions 7 and

3, respectively formed by elongated bulges in the outer ‘I

dished member 1. These dished members are formed
with additional bulged portions 9 which are adapted to
be connected to springs 10 in the manner shown in Fig.
2, these springs resiliently supporting the motor compressor assembly, best shown in Figs. 10 and 11, and it
will be noted that all of these bulged portions are sym-
metrically distributed in the floors of the dished mem-
bers 1 and 2. The dished member 1 is furthermore
formed with lateral, outwardly bulging portions 11 serv-
ing to fasten the dished members to the stator 12 of an
electric motor. Preferably, bored blocks M are located
within the spaces 13 formed between the bulged portions
11 of outer dished member 1 and the outer surface of
inner dished member 2, and these blocks 14 are soldered
to the dished members and serve to guide the connecting
members 15 which serve to connect the carrier to the
motor. Furthermore, the bottom wall portions of the
dished members 1 and 2 are formed during stamping of
these dished members, for example, with substantially
frusto-conical extensions 16 and 17, respectively, which
are centrally located with respect to the dished members
and which extend away from each other in the manner
indicated in Figs. 1-3. These tubular extensions 16 and
17 serve as a support for a bearing sleeve 18 (Fig. 1)
which serves as a bearing for the crank shaft of the com-
pressor, this crank shaft being driven by the motor 12
as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. This bearing sleeve 18 is
welded firmly to the extensions 16 and 17 so that in ad-
dition to serving as a bearing, the sleeve 18 serves the
additional function of adding stiffness to the assembly
which forms the carrier of the present invention.
Where the carrier of the invention is to be used with
a hermetically sealed motor compressor assembly of high
output, such as for large refrigerators or refrigerated
show cases, then, of course, the noise-reducing chambers
3 and 4 as well as the antechambers 5 and 6 must be
fairly large. In order to be able to form chambers 3-6
of the required size in a practical manner, the bulged
portions of the dished members 1 and 2 which define
these chambers are mirror images of each other so that
each member 1 and 2 is required to provide only a frac-
tion of the volume of these chambers, and in this way
it is possible to provide the desired large volume of these
chambers without difficulty. On the other hand, the
smaller conduit portions 7 and 8 as well as the suction
conduit portion 19 leading to the chamber 3 are formed
only in the dished member 1 by stamping the elongated
bulged portions therein indicated in the drawings.

 Openings 20-23 are preferably formed by stamping
simultaneously with the stamping of the dished mem-
bers or if these dished members are drawn then the
openings 2tl——23 may be stamped immediately after the
drawing in a combined drawing and stamping machine.
The opening 23 serves as a connection for a looped pres-
sure conduit which extends from the opening 235 the casing wall of the refrigerating machine through the
sealed cooling medium to the condenser, while the re-
frigerating medium flowing back from the evaporator of
the refrigerating machine flows along the suction con-
duit 19 to the suction side of the compressor as diagram-
matically shown in Fig. 13. In other words, the suc-
tion inlet of the compressor communicates with the open-
ing 21 to draw fluid through conduit 19 into chambers
3 and from the latter through the conduit 8 into the
antechamber 5 from where the fluid flows into the com-
pressor to be forced by the compressor through the
opening 21 connected to the pressure outlet of the com-
pressor and then along the conduit 8 through the cham-
bers 4 to the opening 23 from where the medium flows
in the manner described above to the condenser.
In order to connect the compressor 4’ to the carrier
1, 2 in a fluid-tight manner, a steel plate 24 (Figs. 2,
10, 11 and 12) is soldered to the outer surfaces of the
antechambers 5 and 6 and the compressor is joined to
this steel plate 24 with a suitable sealing element located
therebetween. The plate 24 is provided with a pair of
elongated cutouts 25 separated by a wall portion of
the plate 24, and these cutouts 25 respectively commu-
nicate with the openings 21 and 22 and with the suction
and pressure sides of the compressor so that in this
way the compressor sucks fluid from chamber 5 and
forces fluid into chamber 6.

The embodiment of the invention which is illustrated
in Fig. 4- and which is suitable for motor compressor
units of lighter weight and smaller output as compared
to that associated with the embodiment of Figs. 1-3,
differs from that of Figs. 1-3 in that the carrier of Fig. 4
includes only one dished member 1a. The other sheet
metal member which cooperates with the dished sheet
metal member 1a to form the carrier of Fig. 4 is simply
in the form of a substantially disc-shaped plate 2a
soldered to the outer surface of the bottom wall of
the dished member 1a. With the embodiment of Fig. 4
only the sheet metal member 2a is formed with the
bulged portions which provide the chambers 3-6 and
the conduit means 7, 8 and 19 communicating with these
chambers. However, the bulged portions 9 which serve
as connections to the springs 10 and the bulged portions
11a which serve to connect the carrier to the motor are
formed in the dished member 1a. Furthermore, the
substantially frusto-conical tubular projections 16 and
17 are respectively formed in the members 2a and la
and serve in the same way as in the embodiment of
Figs. 1-3 to carry the bearing sleeve for the crank shaft
of the compressor. With the embodiment of Fig. 4 the
outer diameter of the single dished member 1a may be
made relatively large inasmuch as the bulged portions
Ila are formed by reentrant portions extending inwardly From the outer periphery of the dished member 1a, and with this embodiment, elements such as the blocks 14 shown in Fig. 1 are unnecessary and are omitted. Except for the above differences the embodiment of Fig. 4
is identical with that of Figs. 1-3 and cooperates in the same way with the motor and the compressor of the refrigerating machine.
Figs. 5-8 illustrate an embodiment of the invention
which may advantageously be used with stators which
do not have a cylindrical outer configuration, but which
are, instead, more rectangular and provided with rounded
corners, as they are sometimes formed in the newer re-
frigerating machines in order to save weight and space.
Thus, with this embodiment of the invention, the carrier
includes essentially a four-cornered box 32 open at its
top as shown in Fig. 6 and formed by turning upwardly
and joining to each other the flaps 30a formed in the
plate 34) of Fig. 5 by forming angular cutouts 31 in the
corners of this plate 36, and a substantially fiat plate
33 joined to the outer surface of the bottom wall of the
box 32 and extending at one Sid? beyond the box 32.


The joining of the members 32 and 33 is preferably
formed by spot or roll welding at suitable places. Fur-
thermore, the upwardly bent flaps 30a which abut at
their side edges are welded together at these abutting side
edges. As is apparent from the drawings, the floor
portion of the box 32 as well as the plate 35 are formed
with the substantially frusto-conical tubular aligned ex-
tensions 17 and 16, respectively, which extend away
from each other in the manner shown in the drawings
and which serve to carry the bearing sleeve 18, as in-
dicated in Fig. 8. Furthermore, both the plate St) and
the plate 35 are formed with openings 20, the openings
20 of plate 35 being aligned with the openings 20 of
box 32 when these elements are joined to each other, and
the connecting screws 15 of the stator extend through
these openings when the motor is fixed to the carrier of
Figs. 5-8.

The bulging portions which form the noise-reducing
as well as fluid guiding chambers 3--6 as well as the
conduits communicating with the same are formed in
a separate plate 34 with the embodiment of Figs. 5-8,
this plate 34 being joined directly to the underside of
the plate 35 as by being soldered thereto in a fluid-tight
manner. In the same way as was described above, the
outer surfaces of the antechambers 5 and 6 have a plate
24 fixed thereto in order to properly connect the com-
pressor with these antechambers. After the three parts
32-34 are joined together in the abovedescribed manner,
the portion of parts 33 and 34 which extend beyond
the box 32 in the manner shown at the right of Fig. 8
are bent upwardly to the dot-dash line position indicated
in Fig. 8 so that the conduits 8 formed by elongated
bulges in the plate 34 are curved, and it will be noted
that in this dot-dash line position, which represents the
final form of the structure, the portion 35 of plate 33
which extends beyond the box 32 as well as the portion
of plate 34 joined to portion 35 are located closely ad-
jacent to the box 32 so that the space required for the
assembly is reduced in this way.

A further embodiment of the present invention is illus-
trated in Fig. 9 which is of advantage in that the distance
through which the compressor extends downwardly from
the carrier and radially toward the casing wall is less
than would otherwise be the case, which is of consider-
able significance with respect to the eflective size and
material requirements of the casing, so that with this
embodiment great advantage is derived from the saving
of space required by the casing in the refrigerator. As
is Well known, only a minimum space is provided in a
modern refrigerator to accommodate the refrigerating
machine.

In contrast to the embodiment of Figs. 5-8, the em-
bodiment of Fig. 9 is provided with relatively large
frusto-conical tubular extensions 17a and 16a respectively
formed in the sheet metal plates 32 and 33 which are
joined to each other in a fluid-tight manner, as described
above. These plates 32 and 33 which are, for example,
soldered together, are fixed to the stator 12 in the man-
ner shown in Fig. 9. Because of the relatively large
aligned extensions 16a and 17a which extend away from
each other, these extensions together with the bearing
sleeve 13 carried by the same define a relatively large
chamber ea. Furthermore, the sheet metal member 33
is not spot welded to the dished sheet metal member 32.
instead, these members are soldered together in a fluid-
tight manner and furthermore, an opening 22a is stamped
in the member 33 and is located in a position diamet-

'rically opposed to the tubular extension 40 which is

soldered to the plate 33 in alignment with another open-
ing passing therethrough. Finally, the valve plate 24
of the compressor 41 fragmentarily illustrated in Fig. 9
is soldered in a fluid-tight manner to the plate 33 and
extends as much as possible toward the lower tubular
extension 16a.
In this manner, the distance through which the com-
pressor 41 extends downwardly and laterally from the
carrier 32, 33 of Fig. 9 is substantially shortened which
is principally made possible by the fact that now the
chamber 4a may be used as part of the path for the fluid
under pressure as well as for noise-reducing purposes
and, therefore, this space between the tubular extension
and the bearing sleeve is no longer a dead space which
serves no purpose. The suction noise-reducing chamber
3:: is formed as a separate element with this embodiment
of the invention and communicates through a tube 42
connected to chamber 3a with a suitable bore formed in
the valve plate 24. The suction line communicates with
the chamber 3;; at the opening 43 thereof so that the
sealed gas may flow in the direction shown in the arrows
in Fig. 9 through the pressure noise-reducing chamber
dc: to the outlet opening 23;: of the tubular extension 4-2
to which the pressure line leading to the condenser is
joined.

It will be understood that each of the elements de-
scribed above, or two or more together, may also find a
useful application in other types of refrigerating machines
differing from the types described above.

While the invention has been illustrated and described
as embodied in a carrier for refrigerating machines, it is
not intended to be limited to the details shown, since
various modifications and structural changes may be
made without departing in -any way from the spirit of the
present invention.

Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully
reveal the gist of the present invention that others can
by applying current knowledge readily adapt it for various
applications without omitting features that, from the stand-
point of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteris-
tics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention
and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended
to be comprehended within the meaning and range of
equivalence of the following claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by
Letters Patent is:
1. A carrier for the motor compressor of a hermeti-
cally sealed refrigerator machine comprising, in com-
bination, two sheet metal members at least partly over-
lapping and joined fluid-tightly to each other, said sheet
metal members respectively being formed with aligned
tubular extensions extending away from each other; a
bearing sleeve extending into and fixed to said tubular
extensions and adapted to support a crank shaft for the
compressor; and closed chamber means formed in part
by at least one of said sheet metal members and adapted
to be connected to the compressor and the condenser of
the refrigerator machine for forming a noise-reducing
chamber.

2. A carrier for use in a refrigerating machine com-
prising, in combination, a first sheet metal member adapted
to be connected to the stator of a motor and a second
sheet metal member overlapping and joined in a fluid—tight
manner to said first sheet metal member, said second
sheet metal member having an outwardly bulged portion
forming with said first sheet metal member a noise-re-
ducing chamber through which a fluid is adapted to pass
and said first sheet metal member including a tubular
portion formed integrally therewith for supporting a
bearing for a crankshaft of a compressor.

3. A carrier, adapted to be connected to the motor and
compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising, in
combination, inner and outer dished sheet metal mem-
bers nested together and joined to each other in a fluid-
tight manner, said outer member being formed with bulg-
ing portions bulging away from said inner member and
the latter being formed with depressions bulging away
from said bulging portions of said outer member and de-
fining with the latter a plurality of chambers, said outer
member being formed with grooves communicating with
said chambers and with openings for connecting said
chambers to a compressor and for connecting said sheet
metal members to the stator of a motor.

4. A carrier, adapted to be connected to the motor
and compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising, in
combination, inner and outer dished sheet metal members
nested together and joined to each other in la fluid-tight
manner, said outer member being formed with bulging
portions bulging away from said inner member and the
latter being formed with depressions bulging away from
said bulging portions of said outer member and defin-
ing with the latter a plurality of chambers, said outer
member being formed with grooves communicating with
said chambers and with openings for connecting said
chambers to a compressor and for connecting said sheet
metal members to the stator of a motor, said inner and
outer members being respectively formed with aligned
integral tubular portions extending away from each other
and serving to carry a bearing for a crankshaft".
5. A carrier, adapted to be connected to a motor and
compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising, in
combination, a first box-shaped sheet metal member ope
at one side and having opposite said open side a wall
portion formed with an integral tubular extension; :1
second sheet metal member fixed to and extending beyond
said wall portion of said first member and having an in-
tegral tubular extension aligned with and extending away
from said tubular extension of said box--shaped member;
and a third sheet metal member formed with a plurality
of depressions some of which communicate with each
other, said third member being joined in a fluid-tight
manner to said second member at the face thereof dis-
tant from said first member and said depressions form-
ing with said second member suction and pressure noise-
reducing chambers as well as chambers adapted to com-
municate respectively with the suction and pressure sides
of a compressor.

6. A carrier, adapted to be connected to a motor and
compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising, in
combination, a first box-shaped sheet metal member open
at one side and having opposite said open side a wall
portion formed with an integral tubular extension; a
second sheet metal member fixed to and extending beyond
said wall portion of said first member and having an in-
tegral tubular extension aligned with and extending away
from said tubular extension of said box—shaped member;
and a third sheet metal member formed with a plurality
of depressions some of which communicate with each
other, said third member being joined in Va fluid-tight
manner to said second member at the face thereof dis-
tant from said first member and said depressions form-
ing with said second member suction and pressure noise-
reducing chambers as well as chambers adapted to com-
municate respectively with the suction and pressure sides
of a compressor, the portion of said second and third
members which extend beyond said first member being
curved away from the remainder of said second and third
members and located adjacent said first member.

7. A carrier, adapted to be attached to the motor and
compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising a first
dished sheet metal member formed with a frusto-conical
tubular extension; 21 second sheet metal member joined
in a fluid-tight manner to said first member and formed
with a frusto-conical tubular extension aligned with and
extending away from said extension of said first member,
said second member being formed with a pair of openings
communicating with the interior of said conical extension
of said first member; a bearing sleeve fixed within said
tubular extensions of said first and second members and
defining with the latter a noise-reducing pressure chamber
adapted to communicate through one of said openings
with a compressor and through the other of said openings
with a condenser.

8. In a refrigerating machine, in combination, a pair of
sheet metal members superimposed on each other, said
sheet metal members having respectively opposite contacting portions fixedly connected to each other and op-
posite portions respectively spaced from each other, said
spaced portions forming respectively a pressure noise-
reducing chamber adapted to be connected to a condenser,
 pressure antechamber communicating with said pres-
sure noise—reducing chamber and adapted to be connected
to the pressure outlet of a compressor, a suction noise-
reducing chamber adapted to communicate with an evapo-
rator, a suction antechamber communicating with said
suction noise-reducing chamber and adapted to communi-
cate with the suction inlet of the compressor, all of said
chambers and the communications therewith being formed
only from said two sheet metal members.

9. In a refrigerating machine, in combination, a pair
of sheet metal members superimposed on each other, said
sleet metal members having respectively opposite con-
tacting portions fixedly connected to each other and op-
posite portions respectively spaced from each other, said
spaced portions forming respectively a pressure noise-
reducing chamber adapted to be connected to a condenser,
a pressure antechambcr communicating with said pressure
noise—reducing chamber and adapted to be connected to
the pressure outlet of a compressor, a suction noise-reduc-
ing chamber adapted to communicate with an evaporator,
a suction antccharnber communicating with said suction
noise-reducing chamber and adapted to communicate with
the suction inlet of the compressor, all of said chambers
and the communications therewith being formed only
from said two sheet metal members; and a tubular projec-
tion intcgral with one of said members for carrying a hear-
ing for the crankshaft of the compressor.

10. A carrier, adapted to be connected to the motor
and compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising,
in combination, inner and outer dished sheet metal mem-
bers nested together and joined to each other in a fluid-
tight manner, said outer member being formed with bulg-
ing portions bulging away from said inner member and
the latter being formed with depressions bulging away
from said bulging portions of said outer member and de-
fining with the latter a plurality of chambers, said outer
member being formed with grooves communicating with
said chambers and with openings for connecting said
chambers to a compressor and for connecting said sheet
metal members to the stator of a motor, and said outer
member being formed with bulged portions for connecting
said members to the stator of a motor.

11. A carrier, adapted to be connected to the motor
and compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising,
 combination, inner and outer dished sheet metal mem-
‘ocrs nested together and joined to each other in a fluid-
trght manner, said outer member being formed with
bulging portions bulging away from said inner member
and the latter being formed with depressions bulging away
from said bulging portions of said outer member and de-
fining with the latter a plurality of chambers, said outer
member being formed with grooves communicating with
said chambers and with openings for connecting said
chambers to a compressor and for connecting said sheet
metal members to the state: of a motor, -and said outer
member being "formed with bulged portions for connecting
said members to the stator of a motor, said inner and outer
members being formed with opposed bulged portions for
connecting to said members springs for supporting the
carrier.
12. A carrier, adapted to be connected to the motor and
compressor of a refrigerating machine, comprising, in
combination, a dished sheet metal member formed in a
rim portion with reentrant portions for connecting the
said dished member to a stator of a motor, said dished
member also being formed in a wall portion thereof sur-
rounded by said rim portion with bulged portions adapted
to be connected to springs; and a second sheet metal mem-
ber fixed in a fluid-tight manner to the outer surface of
said wall portion of said dished member and formed with
a pluraIity of depressions some of which communicate References Cited in the file of this patent
with each other and whose interior spaces are directed
toward said outer surface of said wall portion of said
first member to define with the latter suction and pressure
chambers adapted to reduce noise and to provide communication between a compressor and an evaporator and
condenser respectively.

IGNIS (SIRI) MOD. 4210 SERIE IL MILIONE  Motor-compressor STEMPEL HERMETIK HP 1/8 V220 V230 50/60HZ.

The present invention relates to motor-compressors.

More particularly, the present invention relates to
motor-compressors of the type which are hermetically
sealed and “used in household refrigerators, for example.

With such motor-compressors it is known to provide
a carrier which is common to the motor as well as the
compressor in order to provide a very compact arrange-
ment. However, the motor-compressors known upto
the present time are expensive to manufacture particu-
larly because of the difficulties in providing the suction
and discharge valves for the cylinder of the compressor.
It is conventional to locate these valves in the end wall
of the cylinder, and this latter arrangement is exceed-
ingly complicated and expensive because of the necessity
for providing in the end wall of the cylinder a chamber
for accommodating both the suction and the- discharge
valves as wellas all of the structure associated ‘with the
suction and discharge valves. . V

One of the objectsiof the present invention is to over-
come the above drawbacks by providing an arrangement
which is far less expensive than the conventional;ar.-
rangement described above.

Another ‘object of the present invention is to provide
an‘ arrangement where only one valve need be accom-
modated at the end Wall of the cylinder of ‘the com-
pressor.

A further objectof the present invention is to pro
vide a motor.-compressor partwhich serves to mount the
cylinder on the carrier of the motor-compressor with a
structure which enables this part to additionally serve
the function of housing a valve of the motor-compressor.

An additional‘ object of the; present invention is to
provide a structure capable of accomplishingall of the
above objects and at the same time being composed of
simple ‘and ruggedly constructed; elements which are in-
expensive to manufacture and assemble and which are
very reliable in operation.
With the above objects in view, the present invention
mainly consists of a motor-compressor which includes a
carrier for carrying both the motor and compressor. A
cylinder forms part of the compressor and is provided
of the cylinder for controlling the flow of fluid therefrom.
The novel features which are considered as character-
istic for the invention are set forth in particular in the
appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as
to its construction and its method of operation, together
with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be
best understood from the following description. of specific
embodiments when read in connection with the accom-
panying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, sectional, perspective, partly
exploded view of a construction according to the present
invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cylinder of the compressor
with the block which mounts the cylinder on the carrier
which is common to the compressor and the_motor;

Fig. 2a is a fragmentary elevational view illustrating
the manner in which the cylinder is fixed to the carrier;

Fig. 3 is a perspective exploded view .illustrating the
structure of the suction valve of the cylinder;

Fig. 3a is a fragmentary sectional view further illustrat-
ing the ‘structure of the suction valve of ‘the cylinder; ‘ _

Fig. 4 is a -sectional elevational view onan enlarged
scale illustrating the discharge valve structure according
to the present invention; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view taken alongline 5--5
of Fig. 4 in the direction of the arrows.’ ‘

Referring now to the drawings and to Fig.‘ 1 in par-
ticular, it will be seen that a carrier 18 is provided for
carrying both the motor and the compressor. This car-
rier l8 isjmade of sheet metal and is ‘suitably shaped
as indicated in Fig._ 1 for carrying both the motor ‘and
the compressor. The stator" of the motor is directly
carried by the carrier 18, and at the upper left_ portion
of Fig. 1 is shown‘ the bearing of the motor which turn-
ably guides the motor shaft, this hearing being ‘directly
carried by the carrier 18, as indicated in Fig. _1. “The
motor shaft extends downwardly beyond the bearing
shown at the upper left portion of Fig. 1 in a substan-
tially vertical direction and is connected through a suit-
able crank to a piston which reciprocates i.n the cylinder
1 shown in Fig. 1, this cylinder, 1 ‘forming part'.o_f the
compressor which is also carried, by the carrier 18.
The cylinder 1 is fixed to, the carrier 18 ‘through the
medium of a block 2 which will be further ‘described
below.

The cylinder 1 has an elongated end portion‘ 3 of a.
lesser thickness than the remainder of the cylinder ‘and
joined to the remainder of the cylinder by a shoulder 4.
An end ‘wall 5 together with a sealing disc _6 formfan
end wall means for the cylinder, and this end. wall‘._5,is
' surrounded by the end portion 3 of. the cylinder and.is
with an end portion of a lesser wall thickness than the
remainder of the cylinder and joined to the remainder
of the cylinder by a shoulder in the, interior of the cylin-
der. This end portion of the cylinder accommodates
an end wall which is fixed to the cylinder and formed
with a bore for admitting fluid into the interior of the
cylinder. Between this end wall and? the shoulder of
the cylinder there is clamped, a« sealing ‘disc which is
formed with an elongated cutout in which is located a
valve member for opening and closing the bore of the
end wall ‘of the cylinder. The cylinder is further formed
with a lateral bore which ‘communicates with a bore in
a ‘block which forms part of ‘a mounting means for
mounting the cylinder on the carrier. ‘This mounting
meansincludes a discharge‘ valve structure which com-
municates through a bore of the block with the interior
spaced from the shoulder 4, in the manner indicatedjin
Fig. 1.. The sealing disc 6 is, clamped between the shoul-
der 4 and the end wall 5,‘_and’this clamping is‘brought
about by the free end portion of the cylinder which ex-
tends beyond the end walls and which is rolled over
in the manner indicated in Fig. 1 against the ‘end wall
5 to fix the latter to the cylinder as ‘well has to press
the sealing disc 6 against end wall 5 and the ‘shoulder
This sealing disc 6 may be made of any relatively soft
metal such as lead or tin, or it may be made of a_ -suitable plastic.
The end wall 5 is formed with a substantially“axial-
bore 7 through which fluid to be compressed‘ e‘nters.int_o
the‘ cylinder 1 during the suction strokes of thepiston
which lies therein. 1 At its face which is directedtoward
the interior of the cylinder 1, the end wall _5 is, formed
with an annular recess surrounding the bore 7 and pro-
viding at the inner face of the end wall 5 a valve ‘seat
portions.
The sealing disc 6 is formed, as is shown Almost"'clear
in’Fig. 3, with -an elongated‘ diametr-al cutout 10 which
is‘ of a substantially rectangular configuration and which
has narrow end portions 11, so as to provide the cutout
1_0: withclateral portions 12 which. are wider than the
portions 11. The end portions 11 of ‘the cutout Ill ex-
tend almost upto the periphery of the disc 6 and over-
lap,’ the. shoulder 4, in the manner shown most clearly
in Fig. 3a. .

The valve. member 9 is in the form of an elongated
metal strip, for example, and has a lesser thickness than
the sealing disc 6, as shown in _Fig._ 3a. This valve mem-
ber..9.'overlaps~with its free end portions the shoulder 4,
so that, as indicated in Fig. 3a, the valve member 9 is
freely movable between the shoulder 4 and the end wall
5; within the limits provided by the difference between
the thickness of the sealing disc 6 and the valve member
9. As is indicated in Fig. 1,. the annular channel of the
end. wall" 5 whichforms the valve seat 8 is wider than
the valve member 9, so that the latter is capable of en-
gaging. the valve seat 8 without interference in order
to close the bore 7.

THE opeRAtion. of the above described suction valve
structure for the cylinder 1 is believed to be evident.
‘Whenever. the piston in the cylinder 1 performs a suc-
tion stroke it willfautomatically draw the valve member
9.. away from the plate 5 to. open the bore 7, while .dur-
ing the pressure. strolzesof the piston the valve member
9 will be urged automatically into engagement with the
valve seat 8 in order to close the bore 7.

The block 2 which serves to connect the cylinder 1 of
the compressor to the carrier 18 is formed with a ‘bore
13,’and a lateral wall portion of cylinder .1 is formed with
a.bo1'.e which forms an extensionof the bore 13 and
which. is tangential to the shoulder 4 and the disc 6,
asisindicated in Fig. 1.. These latter bores form the
discharge bore. throughwwhich-fluid‘ under pressure is
discharged.fROm..the.interior..of thecylinder .1 during the
compression strokes of the pistontherein.

A channel means.22a is fixed to.the carrier .18 in the
manner indicated in Fig. llto form therewith a pressure
chamber .22 which also serves as .a noise reducing cham-
hen. This. pressure chamber 22 communicates with a
discharge conduit 25. The channel means 22a includes
apart opposite ‘a wall portion .of the carrier.18 and
formed with oneof a pair of openings 21 communicat-
ing with. the interior of the pressure chamber 22.

c A wall. member 23a is fixed to the channel means 22a
at its exterior wall and is also formed with an opening
Zlcommunioating with the opening 21 of the channel
means 22a. Four side walls 23 are fixed to and extend
fromthe -wall 23a to form therewith a substantially box-
shaped structure which. serves as a discharge valve cham-
ber... A sealing ring 21: engages the free edges of the
walls» 23, and the block 2 engages the sealing ring 2a.
As..is, indicated in Figs. 2 and 2a the block 2 is formed
witha pair of openings 19 through which a bolt extends
into threaded engagement with a pair of the walls 23 in
order to fix the block 2 to the walls 23, and in this way
fix the cylinder 1 to the carrier 18, the ‘cylinder 1 being
‘directly fixed to the block 2. The. channel means 22a
may be soldered or welded to the carrier 18, and the wall
23a may be soldered or welded to the channel means 22a,
while the four walls 23 also may be soldered or welded
to the wall 23a. Thus, it will be seen that the block 2
together with the walls 23a.and 23 form a valve cham-
ber 20 in which a discharge valve means is accom-
modated.

The. face 14 of the block 2 which.is.‘directed toward
the. interior. of the enclosure 20 and away from the cyl-
inder .1 is polished and is.formed with an annular recess
surrounding the bore 13 and providing at the interior of
the enclosure 20 a valve seat 15. An elongated. valve
member 16 having awidthwhioh is less than the outer
diameter of the annular recess defining the valve seat 15
iswadapted to engage the -valve seat 15 for closing the
bore 13 and to move’ away from the valve seat 15 for
opening the bore. The structure of the discharge valve
means isshown most clearly in Figs. 4 and 5.

Thus, referring to Figs. 4 and 5 it will be seen that the
block 2 has a pair of pins 17:: fixed to and extending
therefrom into the interior of the enclosure 20. These
pins extend through a valve stop member 16a and into
a pair of coil springs 17 in order. to guide the latter.
Thus, the springs 17 urge the valve stop member 16::
toward the block 2, this valve stop member 16a being
formed with bores through which the pins 17a freely
extend. As is indicated in Fig. 4 the central portion of
the valve stop member 16a is curved away from the block
2 and has a concave face directed toward the same.
The valve member 16 is located between the stop
member 16a and the block~2, and thistvalve member 16
is formed at its ends portions with a pair of notches
through which the pins 17a freely extend, as clearly indi-
cated in ‘Fig. 5. Thus, the springs 17 act through the
member 16a to urge the" valve 16 to its closed position,
where the valve 16 engages the valve seat 15. However,
when fluid under pressure is urged through the bore 13
from the cylinder 1 during the pressure strokes of the
piston therein, the fluid under pressure is capable of mov-
ing thevalve member 16 away from the valve seat 15
into engagement with the central curved portion of the
valve stop member 16a, and at’ this-time the fluid under
pressure can flow freely into the enclosure 20 and through
the openings 21’ into the pressure chamber 22 and from
the latter through the discharge conduit 25. During. the
suction strokes of the piston in the ‘cylinder 1, the valve
member 16 automatically .moves back to ‘its.position-en-
gaging the valve seat 15 for closing the bore 13. Thus‘,
the structure whichserves to mount. -the cylinder '1 on
the carrier 18 also serves to accommodate the discharge
valve structure which cooperates withithe compressor.

A suction. chamber 24 which also serves as -anoise re-
ducing chamber is provided,- in’ the ‘manner’ shown’ in
Fig. 1, with a wall portion having ‘a tubular extension 7a
drawn therefrom, and this tubular extension 7a extends
with a press fit intothe bore —7 of the end wall 5, so that
in this exceedingly simple manner the suction chamber
24 is fixed directly to the end walL
Thus, it will be seen that with the above described
structure of the invention the end wall ‘assembly of- the
cylinder is exceedingly simple,’ and the structure for
mounting the cylinder on the carrier 18 also serves to
‘accommodate the discharge valve structure for the cylin-
der. Thus, the cost of the assembly‘ is greatly reduced.
The unillustrated parts of the motor compressor are con-
ventional and well known to those skilled in the art.
It will be understood thateach of the elements de-
scribed above, or two or more together, may ‘also find
a useful application in other types of motor-compressors
difiesring from the types described above. .
‘While the invention has.been illustrated and described
as embodied in motor-compressors for household‘ re-
frigerators and the-like, it is not intended to be limited to
the details shown, since various modifications and struc-
tural changes may be made without departing in any way
from the spirit of the present invention.

Without further ‘analysis, the foregoing will so fully
reveal the gist‘ of the present invention that others can by
applying current knowledge readily adapt it for various
applications without ‘omitting features that, from’ the
standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential char-
acteristics of the generic or‘ specific aspects of thisinven-
tion and, therefore, such adaptations should and are in-
tended to be comprehended within the meaning and range
of equivalence of the following claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by
Letters Patent is:

1. In a motor-compressor, incombination, a cylinder
forming  of the compressor-and having an openend
portion of lesserwall thickness than the remainder of
said cylinder joined to the remainder of "said, cylinder by
a shoulder in the interior of said cylinder; an end wall
surrounded by said open end portion of lesser thickness
of said cylinder and closing said open end portion of said
cylinder, said end wall being spaced from said shoulder;
a sealing disc located between and engaging said end wall
and said shoulder, said sealing disc being formed with a
cutout and said end wall being formed with a bore com-
municating with said cutout; means for clamping said
sealing disc between said shoulder and said end wall and
for fixing said end wall to said cylinder; and a valve
member of lesser thickness than said sealing disc located
in said cutout thereof and adapted to move toward ‘and
away from said end wall for closing and opening said
bore thereof. -

2. In a motor-compressor, in combination, carrier
means for carrying a motor and a compressor; a cylinder
forming part of the compressor and having an end por-
tion of a lesser thickness than the remainder of the cylin-
der and joined to the remainder of the cylinder by a
shoulder located in the interior of said cylinder; mount-
ing means fixed to a side of said cylinder adjacent said
end portion thereof and mounting said cylinder on said
canrier means, said mounting means including a block
fixed directly to said cylinder and having a free face dis-
tant from said cylinder, said free face having a valve
seat portion and said 'b1ock being formed with a bore-
which communicates with the interior of said cylinder
and which is surrounded by said valve seat portion; first
valve means located in said mounting means and cooper-
ating with said valve seat portion of said block for con-
trolling the flow of fluid in said cylinder; end wall means
fixed to said cylinder and said end portion of lesser thick-
ness and engaging said shoulder of said cylinder, said
end wall means including an outer end wall spaced from
said shoulder and an inner sealing disc located between
said shoulder and end wall, clamped between said shoul-
der and end wall, and formed with an elongated cutout
extending substantially diametrically across said disc and
overlapping said shoulder, said end wall being formed
with -'a bore communicating with said cutout and sur-
rounded at the face of said end wall directed toward the
interior of said cylinder with a second valve seat portion;
and an elongated valve member of a lesser thickness than
said disc located in said elongated cutout thereof, having
'a pair of free end portions overlapping said shoulder of
said cylinder, and adapted to move into and out of en-
gagement with said second valve seat portion for closing
and opening said bore in said end wall.

3. In ‘a motor-compressor, in combination, carrier
means for carrying a motor and la compressor; a cylin-
der forming part of the compressor and having an end
portion of a lesser thickness than the remainder of the
cylinder and joined to the remainder of the cylinder by a
shoulder located in the interior of said cylinder; mount-
ing means fixed to a side of said cylinder adjacent said
end portion thereof and mounting said cylinder on said
carrier means, said mounting means including a block
fixed directly to said cylinder and having a free face
distant from said cylinder, said free fiace having a valve
seat portion and said block being formed with a bore
which communicates with the interior of said cylinder
and which is surrounded by said valve seat portion; first
valve means located in said mounting means and co-
operating with said valve seat portion of said block for
controlling the flow of fluid in said cylinder; end wall
means fixed to said cylinder and said end portion of les-
ser thickness and engaging said shoulder of said cylinder,
said end ‘wall means including an outer end tilall spaced
from said shoulder and an inner sealing disc located be-
tween said shoulder and end wall, clamped between said
shoulder and end wall, and formed with an elongated cut-
out extending substantially diametrically across said disc
and overlapping said shoulder, said end wall being formed
with a bore communicating with said cutout and sur-
rounded at the face of said end wall directed toward the
interior of -said cylinder with a second valve seat
portion; and an elongated valve member of a lesser
thickness than said disc located in said elongated cutout
thereof, having a pair of free end portions overlapping
said shoulder of said cylinder, and adapted to move into
and out of engagement with said second valve seat portion
for closing and opening said bore in said end wall, said
cylinder being formed with «‘a «bore extending substan-
tially radially from the axis of said cylinder, and being
tangential to said sealing disc, and forming an extension
of said bore of said block. ,

4. In a motor-compressor, in combination, carrier
means for carrying a motor and a compressor; a cylinder
forming part of the compressor and having an end por-
tion of alesser thickness than the remainder of the cyl-
inder and joined to the remainder of the cylinder by a
shoulder located in the interior of said cylinder; mount-
ing means fixed to a side of said cylinder adjacent said
end portion thereof and mounting said cylinder on said
carrier means, said mounting means including, a block
fixed directly to said cylinder and having a free face dis-
tant from said cylinder, said free face having a valve
seat portion and said block being formed with a bore
which communicates with the interior of said cylinder
and which is surrounded by said valve seat portion; first
valve means located in said mounting means and co-
operating with said valve seat portion of said block for
controlling the flow of fluid in said cylinder; end wall
means fixed to said cylinder and said end portion of
lesser thickness and engaging said shoulder of said cyl-
inder, said end wall means including an outer end wall
spaced from said shoulder and an inner sealing disc lo-
cated between said shoulder and end wall, clamped be-
tween said shoulder and end wall, and formed with an
elongated cutout extending substantially diametrically
across said disc and overlapping said shou:lder,,said end
wall being formed with a bore communicating with said
cutout and surrounded at the face of said end wall di-
rected toward the interior of said cylinder with a second
valve seat portion; an elongated valve member of a lesser
thickness than said disc located in said elongated cutout
thereof, having a pair of free end portions overlapping
said shoulder of said cylinder, and adapted to move into
and out of engagement with said second valve seat por-
tion for closing and opening said bore in said end wall;
and a suction chamber having a wall portion provided
with a tubular extension which extends with a press fit
into said bore of said end wall.

5. In a motor-compressor, in combination, a cylinder
forming part of the compressor and having an open end
portion of a lesser wall thickness than the remainder of
said cylinder joined to the remainder of said cylinder by
a shoulder in the interior of said cylinder; an end wall
surrounded by said open end portion of lesser thickness
of said cylinder and closing said open end portion of
said cylinder, said end wall being spaced fro.m said shoul-
der; a sealing disc located between and engaging said end
wall and said shoulder, said end portion of said cylinder
having a free peripheral portion extending beyond said
end wall and rolled over against the same for clamping
said sealing disc between said shoulder and end wall for
fixing said sealing disc and end wall to said cylinder, said
sealing disc being formed with an elongated cutout over-
lapping said shoulder and said end wall being formed
with a bore communicating with said cutout; and an
elongated valve member of a lesser thickness than said
sealing disc located in said cutout thereof, having free
end portions overlapping said shoulder, and adapted to
move toward and away from said end wall for closing
and opening said bore thereof.

6. In a motor-compressor, in combination, a cylinder
having an end portion of a lesser thickness than the
said cylinder‘by“ a shouldeR in” the’4iiit’ei'-ioi-'1‘of‘said CYLINder; a‘: sealing" disc surrounded by said’-end portioniof
said’- cylinder‘ and’ located" in said shoulder thereof, said
sealing disc being formed with an elongated diametral
cutout having opposed end portions which are narrower
than the remainder of said cutout respectively overlap-
ping said shoulder of said cylinder; an end wall fixed to
said1 end portion of said cylinder and forming an end
wall of said cylinder, said end [wall engaging ‘said sealing
disc and pressing the same against said shoulder and being
formed with a bore communicating with said cutout of
saidisealing disc; and an elongated valve member longer
than the diameter of the interior ofsaid cylinder at a
portion thereof beyond said end portion of lesser thick-
ness located invsaid cutout and overlapping said shoulder
of» said cylinder, said- valve member havingin said nar-
rower‘ end p’ortioni'of said sealing disc free ends, respec-
tively,‘ which are of a lesser width than said narrow end
portion of said sealing disc-and said valve member hav-
ing a lesser thickness than said-sealing discso as to be
freely movable‘ toward and away from said bore of said
end wall.
7. In-—a'rnotor-compressor, in combination, a cylinder
having an end portion of a’ lesser thickness than the
remain‘der'of said cylinder joined to the remainder of
said’ cylinder by a shoulder in the interior of said cylin-
der; a sealing disc surrounded by said end-portion of
said cylinder and located at said shoulder thereof, said
sealing disc being formed with an elongated diametral
cutout having opposed end portions which are narrower
than the -remainder of said cutout respectively overlap-
ping said shoulder‘ of said cylinder; an end wall fixed to
said‘ end‘ portion of said‘_cylin'der‘ and forming an‘ end
wall of said'-cylinder,‘ saidcnd Wall engaging said sealing
disc and pressing the same against said shoulder and
being forrnedwith a borecommunicating with said cutout
of’ said -sealing disc; and an-—» elongated valve member
longer than the diameter‘ of the interior of said cylinder
at a portion thereof- beyond said end portion of lesser
thickness’ located in said cutout and overlapping said
shoulder of said cylinder, said valve member having in
said narrower end portions of said sealing disc, cutout
freeends, respectively, which are of a lesser width than
said narrow end portions of said sealing disc cutout and
said valve member havinga lesser thickness than said
sealing disc soas to be freely movable toward and away
from said bore of said end wall, -said cylinder being
formed with a substantially radial bore whichis tangential.
to‘ said sealing disc and shoulder, whereby said radial
bore may serve as an outlet for’ compressed fluid while
said’ bore of said end wall may serve‘ as a suction inlet
for! admitting fluid into the cylinder. _

- 8. Ina -motor-compressor, in combination, a carrier
for carrying a motor and a compressor; a mounting mem-
ber fixed to said carrier and having four side wall por-
tions extending from said carrier and defining a cham-
ber; -a block fixed to said mounting member at said four
wall portions thereof and closing said chamber, said block
being formed with a bore communicating wtih the interior
of said chamber; valve‘ means in said chamber for closing
and opening said bore; and a cylinder fixed at a lateral
portion thereof ‘to said block‘ at the exterior of said cham-
ber and» formed in awall portion-thereof with a bore com-
municating with the inter-iorof said cylinder and form-
ing’ an extension of the bore ofasaid block.

9; In a motor-compressor, in combination, a carrier‘
for carrying" a motor and a compressor; wall means fixed
tovsaid carrier‘ and forming a? pressure chamber with" a
part of said carrier, said wlall means having a wall por-
tionlocated opposite said part of said carrier; a substan-
tially box-shaped member fixed to said wall portion of
said wall means at the exterior of said pressure cham-
ber," said box-sliapedvmemberi having four’ side wall por-
tionsvand an‘-endvwall,.said end wall being fixed. to said‘
w-all-portion of: said wall-means. and saiclwall portion of
said“ wall’. m"'eai1"s=’» and: said?’ end’, wall being”-‘formed’: WitHIN
openings I which ‘-comrnunicate with each :-other‘ so‘ -that’ the
interior‘ of. said‘ box’-‘shaped member. communicates--with
the interior -of said pressure chamber,‘ said -four‘ sideiwall
portions having’ freevedges distant from‘ said pressure
chamber; a blockfixed‘ to said freeedges -of said box-‘
shapedmember and closing the same, said’block”b‘eing
formed with a bore passing therethrough and‘havi'ng-at
its face in the interior of said box-shaped member a valve
seat portion surrounding said bore; valve means located
in said box-shaped member and cooperating withsaid
valve seat for a'_dmitting fluid’ into said box-shaped mem-
ber and from the latter i11to said pressure chamber when
fluid above a given pressure flowsalong said bore of said
block» into said box-shaped member; anda-cylinder fixed
at a lateral portion thereof to said block at the exteri'or
of said box’-shaped member ‘and formed'with7a bore which
communicateswith the interior of said cylinder and-forms
an extension of the bore ‘of saidblock, whereby when com-
pressed fluid in said cylinder is discharged through said
bore of said‘ cylinder into‘ said bore of said block, the
compressed fluid willflow into said, pressure chamber
through said box-shaped member.

10. In‘-afmotor-compressor, in ‘combination; va-cylinder
forming part of‘ the compressor-and having an ropen-end
portion of lesserwiall thickness than the remainder-of said
cylinder joined to the remainderof said cylinder by" a
shoulder inthe interior of said" cylinder; an end wall
surrounded by said openend portion oflesser thickness
of said cylinder and «closing said openend portionrof said
cylinder, said”-end wallbeing spaced from said shoulder;
asealing disc located. between and engagingisaid endwall
and said shoulder, said‘ sealing disc? being formed with
an elongated cutout ‘overlapping said’ shoulder. andsaid
end wall being formed witlta bore communicating with
said cutout; means-for =clamp‘ing’_‘:saidsealingdisc between‘
said shoulder and said‘ end wall and for fixing said end
wall to said cylinder; and -an elongated valve member‘ of
lesser thickness than said sealing‘ d-isc'locate'd in said cut-‘
out thereof, having free end portionsoverlapping. said
shoulder.-' and adapted to move toward and away‘ from
said end wall for closing and opening said bore thereof.

11. In a motor-compressor, in combination, a cylinder
forming part ofthe compressor and havingin the‘ region
of an open-end thereof an annular face substantially nor-’
mal to the axis -of saidcylinder; a sealing disc abutting
with one face thereof against said annular face of said
cylinder andibeingformed with -an elonga_ted’cutout'ove’rl
lapping said annularface; an end wall abutting against
the other face of said sealing disc and being formed.’ with
a bore communicating with said cutout; means for‘ fasten-
ing said end wall to" said cylinder and for clamping said
sealing disc between said-annular face’ and said end wall;
and an elongated valve member of Falesser thickness than
said. sealing disc located in said" cutoutthereof, having-
free end portions overlapping said annular" face. and
adapted to move toward and away from said end wall for
closing and opening said bore‘ thereof.

12. In :a motor-compressor, in combination, a carrier
for carrying the motor and compressor, said ‘carrier hav-
ing a wall portion; channelmeans fixedito said wall por-
tion of said carrier‘ and forming a pressure chamber there-‘
with, said channel means having :a part distant from said
carrier wall portion formed with a borercommunicating
with the interior of said pressure chamber; a wall fixedt-o
said channel means at the exterior’ of said pressure cham-
ber andat s-aidi part of -said‘ channel meansformed with
said opening, said Wall being formedwith an opening
communicating with said opening of said part of said
channel mieans; four side walls fixed to and extending
from said wall fixed to said channel means to define an
enclosure therewith; a block fixed to said side walls and
defining with the latter and with said wall a closed en-
closure communicating. with said pressure chamber.
through ~saidesopening; said block being~.forme‘d with a-bore
passing therethrough; valve means in said enclosure for
closing and opening said bore; a cylinder fixed at an ex-
terior side portion thereof to said block and formed with
a lateral bore forming an extension of said block bore,
said cylinder having an elongated end portion of a lesser
thickness than the remainder of said cylinder and joined
to the remainder of said cylinder by a shoulder located in
the interior of said cylinder; a sealing disc located in said
cylinder against said shoulder thereof and formed with
an elongated diametral cutout overlapping said shoulder;
an end wall fixed to said end portion of said cylinder and
pressing said sealing disc against said shoulder, said end
wall being formed with a bore communicating with the
interior of said cylinder through said cutout of said sealing disc, said end portion of said cylinder having a free
peripheral portion extending beyond said. end wall and
,being rolled over against the same to clamp said sealing
disc between said end wall and shoulder; and an elongated
valve member in said cutout of said sealing -disc, of -a
lesser thickness than said sealing disc, having free end por-
tions respectively overlapping said shoulder, and being
freely movable toward and away from said bore of said
end wall for closing and opening the same.

 IGNIS, GIOVANNI BORGHI HISTORY.

 Investing in the industrial development of artisan villages
in Varese, Italy, Giovanni Borghi builds a factory for 200
employees to manufacture not only ovens and cooktops, but
also an appliance previously unknown in Italy: the refrigerator.
Ignis workers produce appliances for third-party companies
like Fiat, Atlantic, Philco, Emerson and Philips. Borghi builds
the “Villages of Ignis,” with affordable one- and two-family
houses (Borghi Villages), as well as a pool and sports center
in Comerio, Italy, and a hostel vvith recreational facilities for
young workers in Cassinetta, Italy, all intended to promote a
comfortable, healthy lifestyle.

  The Milan industrialist Giovanni Borghi founded the IGNIS brand of household appliances.  His factories would turn out one appliance every eight seconds, and make billions selling them to Italy's exploding middle class.   Borghi was famous for his early support of cycling, and his yellow IGNIS jerseyed squadra won more than a few great races in the late fifties and early sixties.

Borghi was aggressive, flamboyant and flashy.  And he took care of his stars - famously buying Spanish sprinter Miguel Poblet a Lancia convertible after his Milan San Remo win.   On top of his 25 million lire per year salary.  

Giovanni Borghi, was an Italian industrialist pioneer in the field of domestic appliances, returned from a trip in the USA with a real
illumination: refrigerators insulated with Polyurethane foam were much more
efficient and capacious than those hand-filled with mineral wood.
His refrigerators Group, Ignis, developed internally this technology and the
related equipment, a suitable alternative to the imported foam dispensers, which
were difficult to get, fix and maintain, stimulating an industrial supply of
similar machines.  

 And in 1959 Borghi signed the man most of Italy thought would be the man to replace Fausto Coppi:  1956 Olympic, 1958 Giro d'Italia and World Champion  Ercole Baldini.  He lured Baldini away from Legnano with a contract so fat many said it only served to asurre that il treno di Forli.. would...well...get a little too fat himself!  He was never quite as hungry once he went to IGNIS.

Borghi kept control of IGNIS in the family.  In the paternalistic Italian industrial model - like Ferrari, Maserati or Campagnolo.   He later turned the reins over to his son, who in turn finally sold the company to Dutch conglomerate, Philips.
 
When Philips decided to get into the major household appliances
market, its procedure was to buy increasing quantities of these goods from the Italian firm, Ignis, then at the height of its prosperity.
Once it became the principal client of the manufacturer, it took over supplying the latter by purchasing 50 percent of its capital. It took over the firm completely in 1972, to the satisfaction of the founder of Ignis, Giovanni Borghi. 

BORGHI DIED IN 1975.
 
Borghi is still remembered in Italia.   RAI even aired TV miniseries about his life this past year, "Mister Ignis".