a first embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to fig1 through 5 . as shown in fig1 a pair of cylinder blocks 1 and 2 are coupled together . a front housing 5 is connected via a valve plate 3 to the outer end face of the front cylinder block 1 , and a rear housing 6 is likewise connected via a valve plate 4 to the outer end face of the rear cylinder block 2 . the cylinder blocks 1 and 2 , the valve plates 3 and 4 , the front housing 5 and the rear housing 6 are fastened by bolts 22 . a pair of retaining holes 1a and 2a are formed in the center portions of both cylinder blocks 1 and 2 so as to communicate with each other . annular projections 3a and 4a are formed on the valve plates 3 and 4 . the projections 3a and 4a are fitted in the respective holes 1a and 2a to position the valve plates 3 and 4 to the cylinder blocks 1 and 2 . support holes 5a and 6a are formed at the center portions of the front housing 5 and the rear housing 6 , respectively , and communicate with the respective retaining holes 1a and 2a . bearings 7 and 8 , each having a plurality of rollers with a truncated cone shape , are accommodated in the support holes 5a and 6a , respectively . a rotary shaft 9 is rotatably supported on the front housing 5 and rear housing 6 via the bearings 7 and 8 . an outer race 7a of the bearing 7 abuts on the bottom and inner wall of the associated support hole 5a . inner races 7b and 8b of the bearings 7 and 8 abut on step portions 9a1 and 9b1 , respectively , between large diameter portions 9a and 9b and a small diameter portion 9c of the rotary shaft 9 . the rollers 7c of the bearing 7 are located between the outer race 7a and the inner race 7b , and the rollers 8c of the bearing 8 are located between the outer race 8a and the inner race 8b . the front rollers 7c are arranged on the circumference of an imaginary cone c1 , which converges toward the front of the compressor , and the rear rollers 8c are arranged on the circumference of an imaginary cone c2 , which converges toward the rear of the compressor . the bottoms of the two imaginary cones c1 and c2 therefore face each other . each of the rollers 7c and 8c has an outer end positioned near the rotary shaft 9 and an inner end positioned apart from the rotary shaft 9 . the rotary shaft 9 is secured to a swash plate 10 serving as a cam plate . a swash plate chamber 11 is formed between the cylinder blocks 1 and 2 , which have inlet ports 12 . an external refrigeration circuit ( not shown ) is connected to the inlet ports 12 so that refrigerant gas is supplied via the inlet ports 12 in the swash plate chamber 11 from the external refrigeration circuit . as shown in fig2 and 3 , five cylinder bores 13a , are formed in the cylinder block 1 , and five cylinder bores 14 , 14a are formed in the cylinder block 2 . the bores 13 , 13a , 14 , 14a are formed at equiangular distances about the rotary shaft 9 . the five front cylinder bores 13 , 13a make axially aligned pairs with the five rear cylinder bores 14 , 14a , and each pair of cylinder bores retains a reciprocating double - headed piston 15 or 15a . the rotational movement of the swash plate 10 is converted to the reciprocal movement of the pistons 15 , 15a via shoes 16 and 17 . when the swash plate 10 rotates , therefore , the pistons 15 , 15a move forward and backward in their respective cylinder bores 13 , 13a and 14 , 14a . the diameter &# 34 ; r &# 34 ; of the front cylinder bores 13 , 13a is made smaller than the diameter &# 34 ; r &# 34 ; of the cylinder bores 14 , 14a . accordingly , the pressure - receiving area &# 34 ; m &# 34 ; of a front head , 15a , of each piston 15 , 15a is smaller than the pressure - receiving area &# 34 ; m &# 34 ; of a rear head 15b . discharge chambers 18 and 19 are formed in the peripheral portions of the front housing 5 and the rear housing 6 , respectively . the heads 15a and 15b of each piston 15 , 15a define two compression chambers pa and pb in each pair of cylinder bores 13 and 14 . the compression chambers pa and pb are connected respectively to the front and rear discharge chambers 18 and 19 via discharge ports 3b and 4b in the front and rear valve plates 3 and 4 . the individual discharge ports 3b and 4b are selectively opened or closed by flapper type discharge valves 20 and 21 . the degree of opening the of discharge ports 3b and 4b by the discharge valves 20 and 21 is restricted by retainers 23 and 24 , respectively . the individual discharge chambers 18 and 19 are connected to the aforementioned external refrigeration circuit . rotary valves 25 and 26 having an almost cylindrical shape are fixed to the outer surfaces of the large diameter portions 9a and 9b of the rotary shaft 9 , respectively . the rotary valves 25 and 26 are respectively accommodated in the retaining holes 1a and 2a . formed in the inner walls of the rotary valves 25 and 26 respectively are bleeding passages 25a and 26a , which permit the support holes 5a and 6a to communicate with the swash plate chamber 11 . a lip seal 29 is provided between the front housing 5 and the rotary shaft 9 to prevent leakage of the refrigerant gas to outside the compressor from the support hole 5a . as shown in fig2 suction ports 1b equal in number to the front cylinder bores 13 , 13a are formed in the front cylinder block 1 at equiangular distances between the front retaining hole 1a and the front cylinder bores 13 , 13a . the individual suction ports 1b are always connected to the cylinder bores 13 , 13a . likewise , as shown in fig3 suction ports 2b equal in number to the rear cylinder bores 14 , 14a are formed in the rear cylinder block 2 at equiangular distances between the rear retaining hole 2a and the rear cylinder bores 14 , 14a . the individual suction ports 2b are always connected to the cylinder bores 14 , 14a . each rotary valve 25 , 26 has a single suction passage 27 or 28 . inlets 27a and 28a of the suction passages 27 and 28 are open to the swash plate chamber 11 , while outlets 27b and 28b are open to the outer surfaces of the rotary valves 25 and 26 . when the rotary valves 25 and 26 rotate , therefore , the suction passages 27 and 28 successively cause the swash plate chamber 11 to communicate with the cylinder bores 13 , 13a and 14 , 14a via the individual suction ports 16 , 2b . the piston 15a shown in fig1 and 3 is positioned at the top dead center with respect to the front cylinder bore 13a , and is positioned at the bottom dead center with respect to the rear cylinder bore 14a . when the piston 15a is located at such a position , the outlet 27b of the suction passage 27 is just before the connection to the suction port 1b of the front cylinder bore 13a , while the outlet 28b of the suction passage 28 is just before the disconnection from the suction port 2b of the rear cylinder bore 14a . when the piston 15a starts moving downward from the top dead center to the bottom dead center with respect to the front cylinder bore 13a in the suction stroke for this cylinder bore 13a , the suction passage 27 is connected to the compression chamber pa of the cylinder bore 13a as the rotary valve 25 rotates . consequently , the refrigerant gas in the swash plate chamber 11 is supplied into the compression chamber pa of the cylinder bore 13a via the suction passage 27 . when the piston 15a starts moving upward from the bottom dead center to the top dead center with respect to the front cylinder bore 14a in the discharge stroke for cylinder bore 14a at the same time the suction stroke for the front cylinder bore 13a is carried out , the suction passage 28 is disconnected from the compression chamber pb of the cylinder bore 14a , as the rotary valve 26 rotates . consequently , the refrigerant gas in the compression chamber pb is discharged into the discharge chamber 19 via the discharge port 4b while pushing the discharge valve 21 open . the discharged refrigerant gas is returned to the external refrigeration circuit . the above - described suction and discharge operations of the refrigerant gas are likewise performed for the compression chambers pa and pb of the other cylinder bores 13 and 14 . the structure of the bearings will now be described in detail . as shown in fig1 and 4 , the front end of the rotary shaft 9 protrudes outward from the front housing 5 , and the rear end is placed in the support hole 6a of the rear housing 6 . a partition 30 as a transmitting member is retained in the support hole 6a in such a way as to be slidable along the axis of the rotary shaft 9 . the partition 30 abuts on the outer race 8a of the roller bearing 8 without contacting the inner race 8b . a seal ring 31 intervenes between the partition 30 and the surface of the support hole 6a . the partition 30 defines a pressure chamber 32 at the back of the support hole 6a . a belleville spring 33 is placed in the pressure chamber 32 . this belleville spring 33 pushes the partition 30 against the outer race 8a of the roller bearing 8 to apply a frontward load to the rotary shaft 9 via the bearing 8 . this pre - load is transmitted to and engages the front step portion 9a1 of the rotary shaft 9 with the front roller bearing 7 . the pressure chamber 32 is connected via a passage 34 to the discharge chamber 19 . accordingly , the discharge pressure of the refrigerant gas acts on the pressure chamber 32 , and the discharge pressure in the pressure chamber 32 acts against the suction pressure in the support hole 6a via the partition 30 . since the discharge pressure is normally greater than the suction pressure , the presence of the pressure chamber 32 supplement the pre - load applied to the rotary shaft 9 . when the swash plate 10 rotates together with the rotary shaft 9 , the five pistons 15 reciprocate in the respective cylinder bores 13 and 14 via the shoes 16 , 17 . in accordance with the reciprocation of each piston 15 , the refrigerant gas is supplied to the swash plate chamber 11 via the inlet ports 12 . as the rotary valves 25 and 26 rotate together with the rotary shaft 9 , the gas in the swash plate chamber 11 is supplied to the compression chambers pa and pb in order after passing through the suction passages 27 and 28 of the rotary valves 25 and 26 . the gases are compressed in the individual compression chambers pa and pb , and are then discharged to the discharge chambers 18 and 19 via the discharge ports 3b and 4b and the discharge valves 20 and 21 . when the gases are compressed , the pressures in the front and rear compression chambers pa and pb act on the front head 15a and rear head 15b of each piston 15 . the difference between the sum of the pressures acting on the individual front heads 15a and the sum of the pressures acting on the individual rear heads 15b is transmitted as a net thrust load in the thrust direction to the rotary shaft 9 via the pistons 15 , 15a , shoes 17 and swash plate 10 . this net thrust load varies as indicated by a curve c 0 in the graph in fig5 . the vertical scale of the graph represents the size and direction of the load and the horizontal scale indicates the rotational angle of the rotary shaft 9 . the symbol &# 34 ;+&# 34 ; in the graph represents the thrust load acting toward the rear housing 6 from the front housing 5 ( hereinafter called &# 34 ; front thrust load &# 34 ;), and the symbol &# 34 ;-&# 34 ; represents the thrust load toward the front housing 5 from the rear housing 6 ( hereinafter called &# 34 ; rear thrust load &# 34 ;). in this embodiment too , as indicated by the curve c 0 , the acting direction of the thrust load alternately changes fives times and the size of the thrust load is generally shifted toward the minus side on the vertical scale . the rear thrust load on the rotary shaft 9 is received by the front roller bearing 7 and is transmitted to the front housing 5 . the front thrust load is received by the rear roller bearing 8 , the partition 30 and the belleville spring 33 and is transmitted to the rear housing 6 . if the areas of the front and rear heads 15a and 15b are the same as in the prior art , the size of the front thrust load should approximately equal the size of the rear thrust load as indicated by a curve c 1 in fig5 . in this embodiment , however , the area &# 34 ; m &# 34 ; of the front heads 15a of the pistons 15 , 15a is set smaller than the area &# 34 ; m &# 34 ; of the rear heads 15b . when the pressures in the front and rear compression chambers pa and pb are equal to each other , the force acting on the rear heads 15b is greater than the force acting on the front heads 15a . as a result , as indicated by the curve c 0 in fig5 the size of the thrust load is shifted toward the minus side on the vertical scale more than in the case of the curve c 1 , so that the maximum value f max1 of the front thrust load becomes smaller than the maximum value f max2 of the rear thrust load . if the areas of the front and rear heads 15a and 15b of the pistons 15 , 15a are made different from each other as mentioned above , it is apparent that even when the compressor has a uniform pressure when activated , a net thrust load is applied to the rotary shaft 9 . this net thrust load is equivalent to the difference between the front thrust load and the rear thrust load . further , loads in the thrust direction are applied to the rotary shaft 9 by the urging force of the belleville spring 33 and the pressure in the pressure chamber 32 in this embodiment , as indicated by a straight line l in fig5 . the combined force of those loads is represented by f 0 . the preload by the belleville spring 33 is constant . the load resulting from the pressure in the pressure chamber 32 slightly changes in accordance with the discharge pressure but is nearly constant . the load f 0 represented by the line l acts against the front thrust load . the load f 0 in this embodiment is set slightly greater than the maximum value f max1 of the front thrust load and less than the conventional maximum value f max0 of the front thrust load . the setting of the load f 0 in this manner prevents rotary shaft 9 from fluttering and prevents abnormal sounds and abnormal vibration . this embodiment can also reduce the rotational resistance of the rotary shaft 9 as compared to the conventional compressor , thereby reducing the power loss . in the case where the load in the thrust direction is given only by the urging force of the belleville spring 33 , it becomes necessary to use a spring whose urging force is greater than the thrust load occurring when the discharge pressure becomes maximum . since this embodiment is designed to generate an extra load from in the pressure chamber 32 using the discharge pressure , however , the urging force of the belleville spring 33 can be reduced so that the rotational resistance to the rotary shaft 9 and the power loss can be decreased further . the strength of the urging force of the belleville spring 33 depends on the amount of the deformation of that spring . since this deformation amount depends on the assembling precision of the cylinder blocks 1 and 2 , the front housing 5 and the rear housing 6 , there is a variation in the strength of the urging force of the belleville spring 33 . when a reduction of the spring force by this variation is expected , it is necessary to previously set the urging force of the belleville spring 33 higher . on the contrary , since the above - described structure of the present embodiment permits the urging force of the belleville spring 33 to be set smaller , the variation becomes smaller so that the spring 33 can be produced with a high precision . further , the rotary valves 25 and 26 are used as inlet valves in this embodiment to bring about the following advantages . when a flapper type inlet valve is used , the inlet valve firmly sticks around the suction port due to the lubricating oil sustained in the refrigerant gas , delaying the operation timing of the inlet valve . since this type of inlet valve is positioned close to the suction port even when the suction port is opened , it acts as a resistance against the suction of the refrigerant gas . the delay of the operation timing and the suction resistance reduces the volumetric efficiency of the compressor . in contrast , the use of the rotary valves 25 and 26 eliminates the problems with valve sticking and suction resistance caused by the lubricating oil . when pressures in the compression chambers pa and pb become slightly lower than the suction pressure in the swash plate chamber 11 , the refrigerant gas spontaneously flows into the compression chambers pa and pb . the use of the rotary valves 25 and 26 can therefore improve the volumetric efficiency significantly as compared with the use of a flapper type inlet valve . to make the areas of the front and rear heads 15a and 15b of each piston 15 , 15a different from each other without changing the overall size of the compressor , one of the diameters of the front and rear cylinder bores 13 , 13a and 14 , 14a should be made smaller . this reduces the overall discharge displacement of the compressor . the improvement of the volumetric efficiency made by the use of the rotary valves 25 and 26 , however , compensates for the reduction in discharge displacement . modifications as shown in fig6 and 7 will now be described , noting mainly the differences from the above - described embodiment . like or same reference numerals as used for this embodiment will be used for the components of the modifications which have the same structures as those of this embodiment to avoid redundancy . in the modification shown in fig6 support holes 3c and 4c are formed in the valve plates 3 and 4 . the rotary shaft 9 is rotatably supported in the support holes 3c and 4c via the roller bearings 7 and 8 . a coil spring 35 intervenes between the outer race 8a of the roller bearing 8 and the rear housing 6 . the coil spring 35 urges the roller bearing 8 forward , applying the preload to the rotary shaft 9 . a plurality of projections 5b are formed on the front housing 5 . the projections 5b press the outer race 7a of the roller bearing 7 backward . the rear thrust load on the rotary shaft 9 is received by the front housing 5 via the roller bearing 7 and the projections 5b . the front thrust load on the rotary shaft 9 is received by the rear housing 6 via the roller bearing 8 and the coil spring 35 . the rear end of the rotary shaft 9 extends into the rear discharge chamber 19 so that it is urged forward by the discharge pressure . a discharge passage 9c is formed in the rotary shaft 9 . the refrigerant gas in the rear discharge chamber 19 is therefore merged into the refrigerant gas in the front discharge chamber 18 via the discharge passage 9c , and the merged gas is discharged to the external refrigeration circuit from an outlet port 5c in the front housing 5 . the provision of the discharge passage 9c in the rotary shaft 9 contributes to making the compressor more compact as compared with the case where discharge passages are provided in the cylinder blocks 1 and 2 . the direction of the pressure in the discharge chamber 19 acting on the rotary shaft 9 is the same as the urging direction of the coil spring 35 . those forces act as a load on the rotary shaft 9 to supplement the preload of the spring . accordingly , the power loss is reduced as compared with the case where the preload is net supplemented . the rotary valves 25a and 26a are firmly secured to the pair of large diameter portions 9a and 9b on the rotary shaft 9 . seal rings 36 and 37 intervene respectively between the rotary valve 25a and the rotary shaft 9 and between the rotary valve 26a and the rotary shaft 9 . the rotary valves 25a and 26a are accommodated in the retaining holes 1a and 2a , respectively . the discharge pressures in the discharge chambers 18 and 19 act on the outer end portions of both rotary valves 25a and 26a , and the suction pressure in the swash plate chamber 11 acts on the inner end portions . both rotary valves 25a and 26a shield the suction pressure area from the discharge pressure area . the suction , compression and discharge of the refrigerant gas are performed also in this modification as per the above - described embodiment . in the modification shown in fig7 a ring - shaped leaf spring 38 intervenes between the plurality of projections 5b on the front housing 5 and the outer race 7a of the roller bearing 7 , and this spring 38 applies a preload to the rotary shaft 9 . more specifically , the projections 5b abut on the outer surface of the leaf spring 38 and the outer surface of the spring 38 protrudes outward from the outer race 7a . the projections 5b push the outer surface portion of the leaf spring 38 against the roller bearing 7 . consequently , the leaf spring 38 deforms , applying a preload to the rotary shaft 9 . a plurality of projections 6b are formed on the rear housing 6 . the projections 6b abut on the outer race 8a of the surface of the roller bearing 8 . the rear thrust load on the rotary shaft 9 is received by the front housing 5 via the roller bearing 7 , the leaf spring 38 and the projections 5b . the front thrust load on the rotary shaft 9 is received by the rear housing 6 via the roller bearing 8 and the projections 6b . further , in this invention , the maximum value f max1 of the front thrust load can be set to a negative value by increasing the difference between the areas of the front and rear heads of each double - headed piston . this design can eliminate the need for the spring for applying a preload to the rotary shaft 9 or the structure for supplying the discharge pressure to the pressure chamber 32 . to receive the thrust load , an angular bearing or an ordinary ball bearing may be used in place of the roller bearing . the cam plate in this invention maybe a wave cam , which is a cam whose surface is designed to permit each piston to reciprocate a plurality of times while the cam turns once . a second embodiment of this invention will now be described in detail with reference to fig8 through 12 , noting mainly the differences from the first embodiment . as shown in fig8 and 10 , a recess 15c is formed in the rear end face of each piston 15 , 15a to expand the volume of the compression chamber pb . as shown in fig8 when the front head 15a of the piston 15 , 15a is at the top dead center with respect to the front cylinder bore 13 , 13a , the volume &# 34 ; n &# 34 ; of the front compression chamber pa is minimized and the volume of the rear compression chamber pb is maximized . when the piston 15 , 15a is at the top dead center with respect to the rear cylinder bore 14 , 14a , the volume &# 34 ; n &# 34 ; of the rear compression chamber pb is minimized and the volume of the front compression chamber pa is maximized . when the volume of each compression chamber pa or pb is minimum , dead space is formed between the piston and valve plate and the refrigerant gas in that space is not discharged to the discharge chamber 18 or 19 from the discharge port 3b or 4b and remains there . a curve da in fig1 ( a ) represents a variation in pressure in the front compression chamber pa , and a curve db represents a variation in pressure in the rear compression chamber pb . a curve ea in fig1 ( b ) represents a variation only in the front thrust load pressure according to the pressure change in the compression chamber pa or pb . a curve eb represents a variation only in the rear thrust load pressure according to the pressure change in the compression chamber pa or pb . it is apparent that every thrust load produced with respect to the rotary shaft 9 varies as indicated by a curve c 0 in fig1 ( c ). the meanings of the terms and symbols in fig1 ( c ) are the same as shown in fig5 and the curve c 0 is obtained by combining the curves ea and eb . the whole curve c 0 is shifted considerably toward the minus side on the vertical scale . if the dead space in the compression chamber pa equals the dead space in the compression chamber pb as in the prior art , the thrust load changes nearly along the cosine curve as indicated by a curve c 1 in fig1 ( c ) or the curve c 1 fig5 . as the recess 15c is provided in the end face of the rear head 15b in this embodiment , however , the volume n of the dead space in the rear compression chamber pb is greater than the volume n of the dead space in the front compression chamber pa . in the suction stroke of the piston , the volume of the compression chamber increases and the refrigerant gas having remained in the dead space expands . the greater the dead space is , the lower the pressure in the compression chamber becomes in the suction stroke . it is therefore apparent from fig1 ( a ) that the pressure fall in the rear compression chamber pb is smaller than the pressure fall in the front compression chamber pa . it is also apparent from the curve c 0 in fig1 ( c ) that the difference in size between the dead spaces in the front and rear compression chambers pa and pb reflects on the entire thrust load to the rotary shaft 9 . for example , the maximum value f max1 of the front thrust load is smaller than the maximum value f max2 of the rear thrust load . this is because the dead space in the compression chamber pb is set greater than the dead space in the compression chamber pa . a curve l in fig1 ( c ) represents the load f 0 applied to the rotary shaft 9 due to the deformation of the spring 33 and the pressure in the pressure chamber 32 . the preload given to the rotary shaft 9 by the spring 33 is constant . the supplemental load by the pressure in the pressure chamber 32 slightly varies in accordance with the discharge pressure but is nearly constant . the rear thrust load is received by the front housing 5 via the front roller bearing 7 , whereas the front thrust load is received by the rear housing 6 via the rear roller bearing 8 , the partition 30 and the spring 33 . the load f 0 acts against the front thrust load . the load f 0 is therefore set slightly larger than the maximum value f max1 of the front thrust load and lower than the conventional maximum value f max0 of the front thrust load as in the first embodiment . accordingly , the rotary shaft 9 does not flutter and the abnormal sounds and abnormal vibration can be prevented as in the first embodiment . this second embodiment can also reduce the rotational resistance to the rotary shaft 9 more than the prior art , thereby reducing the power loss . modifications of the second embodiment will now be described with reference to fig1 through 18 . the structure of the modification shown in fig1 is the combination of the structure of the modification shown in fig6 and that of the second embodiment shown in fig8 . more specifically , a recess 15c is formed in the rear end face of each piston 15 and a coil spring 35 is provided in the rear housing 6 . this modification therefore brings about the function and advantages equivalent to those of the combination of the structures shown in fig6 and 8 . the structure of the modification shown in fig1 is the combination of the structure of the modification shown in fig7 and that of the second embodiment shown in fig8 . more specifically , a recess 15d is formed in the front end face of each piston 15 and a leaf spring 38 is provided in the front housing 5 . this modification therefore has the function and advantages equivalent to those of the combination of the structures shown in fig7 and 8 . in the modification shown in fig1 , the structure for applying a load to the rotary shaft 9 is the same as the one in the second embodiment with the exception that the length &# 34 ; t &# 34 ; of the rear head 15e of a double - headed piston 15b is set shorter than the length &# 34 ; t &# 34 ; of the front head 15a . accordingly , the volume of the dead space in the rear compression chamber pb becomes larger than the volume of the dead space in the front compression chamber pa . it is therefore possible to reduce the power loss while preventing vibration , as in the second embodiment . in the modification shown in fig1 , the structure for applying a load to the rotary shaft 9 is the same as the one in the second embodiment . the length &# 34 ; y &# 34 ; of the rear cylinder bore 14b is set shorter than the length &# 34 ; y &# 34 ; of the front cylinder bore 13a . accordingly , the volume of the dead space in the rear compression chamber pb becomes larger than the volume of the dead space in the front compression chamber pa . it is therefore possible to reduce the power loss while preventing vibration , as in the second embodiment . in the modification shown in fig1 , the structure for applying a load to the rotary shaft 9 is the same as the one in the second embodiment . however , the diameter &# 34 ; r &# 34 ; of the discharge port 4d with respect to the rear compression chamber pb is set greater than the diameter &# 34 ; r &# 34 ; of the discharge port 3b with respect to the front compression chamber pa and the cross - sectional area of the discharge port 4d is greater than that of the discharge port 3b . accordingly , the volume of the dead space in the rear compression chamber pb becomes larger than the volume of the dead space in the front compression chamber pa , so that this modification can reduce the power loss while preventing the vibration as in the second embodiment . in the modification shown in fig1 , the structure for applying a load to the rotary shaft 9 is the same as the one in the first embodiment with the exception that an annular recess 14a is formed in the inner wall of the rear cylinder bore 14a . this recess 14a communicates with the dead space in the rear compression chamber pb . accordingly , the volume of the dead space in the rear compression chamber pb becomes larger than the volume of the dead space in the front compression chamber pa . it is therefore possible to reduce the power loss while preventing the vibration as in the first embodiment . in the second embodiment and the modifications thereof , the maximum value f max1 of the thrust load acting toward the compression chamber that has a larger dead space from the compression chamber that has a smaller dead space can be made to approach zero by increasing the difference between the dead spaces in the front and rear compression chambers ( see fig1 ( c )). the desired load can therefore be obtained even if the compressor is modified to apply the load to the rotary shaft only by permitting the discharge pressure to act on the rotary shaft . in this case , the springs 33 , 35 and 38 become unnecessary . although the embodiments utilize the swash plate as a cam plate , a wave plate disclosed in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 756 , 239 or the like may be used .