Patent ID: 7255543
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
1. A scroll compressor comprising: a housing defining a drive chamber and a discharge chamber therein; a revolving unit arranged in the drive chamber; a scroll unit arranged in the housing and including a fixed scroll having an end face facing the drive chamber and a movable scroll driven by the revolving unit to make revolving motion relative to the fixed scroll, the fixed scroll and the movable scroll cooperating with each other to compress a working fluid containing lubricating oil and to discharge the compressed working fluid into the discharge chamber; and an oil separator for separating part of the lubricating oil from the working fluid discharged into the discharge chamber, the oil separator including an oil chamber for storing the lubricating oil separated from the working fluid, and a return device for returning the lubricating oil in the oil chamber to the drive chamber, the return device having