Patent ID: 9169841
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
1. A scroll compressor comprising: a first fixed scroll member comprising a first fixed end plate and a first fixed spiral wrap provided on one face of the first fixed end plate, an orbiting scroll arrangement including at least a first orbiting scroll member comprising a first orbiting end plate and a first orbiting spiral wrap provided on one face of the first orbiting end plate, the first fixed spiral wrap and the first orbiting spiral wrap forming a plurality of first compression chambers, a first Oldham coupling provided between the first orbiting scroll member and the first fixed scroll member, and configured to prevent rotation of the first orbiting scroll member with respect to the first fixed scroll member, the first Oldham coupling being slidable with respect to the first fixed scroll member along a first displacement direction, a second Oldham coupling configured to prevent rotation of the orbiting scroll arrangement with respect to the first fixed scroll member, the second Oldham coupling being slidable with respect to the first fixed scroll member along a second displacement direction, wherein the first and second displacement directions of the first and second Oldham couplings are substantially orthogonal with respect to each other.