A piston type compressor having a drive plate (swash plate), wherein
sliding friction between the drive plate and shoes is reduced and the
compressor is made smaller by slidably attaching the shoes engaged with
spherical ends of pistons to a shoe holding plate formed with guide
grooves in the radial direction and supporting the shoe holding plate by
the drive plate through a thrust bearing. The drive plate is connected to
an arm of the shaft side through a double slide link mechanism to enable
it to be supported by only a front end of the front housing.
