Frigidaire made a rotary compressor and I think it was originally the late 40's in the States. It was called the Meter Miser and only had three moving parts.
It was made at the Frigidaire plant at Hendon as well up to the mid / late 60's.

Only scrapped one a few years ago maybe I should have kept it for old times sake installed loads in my time.

One last thought, they were also issued to us on a frame as vacuum pumps, I say issued in those days we had one per branch!