Patent ID: 11927191
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. A scroll compressor comprising:
a casing configured to accommodate refrigerant and oil;
a motor disposed in an inner space of the casing and configured to rotate a rotating shaft;
a compression unit disposed below the motor in the inner space of the casing and configured to compress the refrigerant based on rotation of the rotating shaft, the compression unit defining a discharge passage configured to discharge the compressed refrigerant to the inner space of the casing; and
a flow path guide that is disposed between the motor and the compression unit and separates a refrigerant flow path and an oil flow path from each other,
wherein the flow path guide defines a guide discharge hole that passes therethrough in an axial direction and is in fluid communication with the discharge passage of the compression unit,
wherein the flow path guide comprises a discharge guide protrusion that extends toward the motor and defines a guide passage therein facing the guide discharge hole, the guide passage having an annular shape surrounding the guide discharge hole,
wherein the discharge passage is one of a plurality of discharge passages that are defined at the compression unit and spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction of the compression unit,
wherein the flow path guide is one of a plurality of flow path guides that are spaced apart from one another along the circumferential direction,
wherein two adjacent flow path guides among the plurality of flow path guides define a communication space portion therebetween, and
wherein the plurality of flow path guides define (i) a plurality of guide discharge holes including the guide discharge hole and (ii) a plurality of guide passages including the guide passage.