Patent ID: 6679690
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
A scroll compressor disposed in a closed vessel, comprising:a guide frame attached to said closed vessel the guide frame having bottom and top ends in an axial direction and first and second guide frame cylindrical surfaces, the first guide frame cylindrical surface being provided near the bottom end, the second guide frame cylindrical surface being provided near the top end and having a larger diameter than that of the first guide frame cylindrical surface; a compliant frame disposed in said guide frame having first and second compliant frame cylindrical surfaces fitted in the first and second guide frame cylindrical surfaces, respectively; a fixed scroll member attached to the guide frame, the fixed scroll member having plate-like scroll teeth; and an oscillating scroll member having plate-like scroll teeth adapted to engage with the plate-like scroll teeth of said fixed scroll member to form a compression chamber therebetween; wherein a distance between a bottom end of the first compliant frame cylindrical surface and a bottom end of the second compliant frame cylindrical surface in the axial direction is longer than a distance between a top end of the first guide frame cylindrical surface and a top end of the second guide frame cylindrical surface in the axial direction.