Patent ID: 6585496
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
A sealed compressor comprising:a sealed housing; a compressor pump unit mounted adjacent one end of said sealed housing; an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, said stator being provided with windings adjacent a lower end of said housing spaced from said compressor pump unit, said rotor having a lower counterweight attached to said rotor to be driven with said rotor; a shaft connected to said rotor and extending to be operatively connected to said compressor pump unit, said shaft extending downwardly beyond said motor toward said lower end of said housing; a lubricant main sump provided in said housing at said lower end; and a lubricant reservoir provided by a structural member having a lower wall with a bleed orifice such that lubricant in said reservoir can return through said bleed orifice to said main sump.