Patent ID: 6071099
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
A scroll compressor comprising:an hermetically sealed vessel having first and second ends;a scroll compression element and an electric element housed in said hermetically sealed vessel spaced from said vessel first end; said scroll compression element comprising:a fixed scroll having an end plate with a spiral wrap of an involute curve on the surface thereof;a rocking scroll having an end plate with a spiral wrap of an involute curve on the surface thereof opposed to and engaged with said fixed scroll;driving means for turning said rocking scroll in relation to said fixed scroll so that a plurality of compression spaces formed by said rocking scroll and said fixed scroll gradually become smaller from outside toward the inside, thereby implementing compression;coupling means for revolving said rocking scroll with respect to said fixed scroll in such a manner that the rocking scroll does not rotate;a partition between said fixed scroll end plate and said hermetically sealed vessel first end and fixed to said vessel to provide a space in said vessel sealable from said compression element;a muffler in said space in said vessel formed by a member inside said vessel and attached to said partition;a hole in said partition providing communication with a discharge hole in the end plate of said fixed scroll and said muffler to provide the compressed product from said fixed scroll to said muffler; anda discharge pipe attached to said muffler and in communication with the muffler interior, said discharge pipe extending through said vessel and providing communication to the exterior of said sealed vessel.