Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Compressors – Household
A FRIGIDAIRE, MODEL A, TWIN CYLINDER, 1/4 HP, COMPRESSOR, DISTINGUISHED, BY ITS FLAT SURFACED FLYWHEEL, DESIGNED FOR “V ” BELT DRIVE, 1931: With reduced, 12″, flat flywheel, engineered for V belt operation, this compressor stands as an historic marker of two simultaneous trends in refrigeration machine engineering, the shift to modest increases in machine speed and the cautious transition to fully engineered V belt drives, based on the company’s cumulative engineering experience of the day.
