Patent ID: 6402485
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
A compressor comprising:a shell having an inlet tube for drawing a refrigerant, and an outlet tube for discharging the compressed refrigerant; a compressor part arranged in an upper portion of the shell having an inlet hole for drawing refrigerant flowed through the inlet tube for compressing the refrigerant flowed through the inlet hole; a motor part arranged in a lower portion of the shell for transmission of a driving force for operating the compressor part; and, a main frame having an edge arranged adjoined to a baffle, the baffle provided for splitting the refrigerant flowed into the shell through the inlet tube into a flow for the compressor part and a flow for the motor part, and the edge having a curved guide surface extended to the inlet hole of the compressor part for forming a refrigerant flow passage together with the baffle, wherein the guide surface has a radius of curvature set ti be equal to a distance from the edge of the main frame to the inlet hole.