Patent ID: 6309197
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: F01C,F04C

Abstract:
A scroll compressor comprising:a first scroll having a base and a generally spiral wrap extending from said base;a second scroll having a base and a generally spiral wrap extending from said base;a shaft for causing said second scroll to orbit relative to said first scroll, said first scroll being operable to move axially along a rotational axis of said shaft relative to said second scroll;said first and second scrolls and said shaft being mounted within a sealed housing, said sealed housing including a center shell and an end cap enclosing said center shell, a refrigerant trapped between said wraps of said first and second scrolls being compressed and delivered through a discharge port extending through said base of said first scroll into a discharge pressure chamber, said discharge pressure chamber being defined between a face of said base of said first scroll and said end cap; anda seal being formed between a face of said first scroll which faces said end cap and said end cap, said seal being attached to one of said end cap and said first scroll, and between two seal portions on the other, a sliding interface defined between said seal and said two seal portions.