Patent ID: 8186970
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
1. A scroll compressor comprising: a hermetic container; a fixed scroll fixed in the hermetic container and provided with a spiral shaped fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll provided with a spiral shaped orbiting wrap engaged with the fixed wrap of the fixed scroll so as to implement one pair of compression chambers, wherein at least one of the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll is provided with one or more bypass holes communicated with the compression chambers, wherein at least one chamber having a specific volume is formed at an outlet side of the bypass holes, wherein a valve is installed at one side of the at the least one chamber so as to open/close an inner space of the at the least one chamber, wherein the hermetic container comprises a cylindrical case and a plurality of caps covering upper and lower sides of the case, and wherein one of the caps is provided with a power terminal for operating the valve.