Patent ID: 6884046
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: F01C,F04C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A rotating compressor comprising: a casing housing therein a compressor motor, a compression mechanism which is driven by said compressor motor, and a partition member which divides an inside of said casing into a high-level pressure space and a low-level pressure space, said casing having a trunk part shaped like a cylinder and an end plate secured firmly to said trunk part by welding, said partition member being so formed as to be press-fitted to said casing at one of a weld area where said trunk part and said end plate are welded together and a vicinity of said weld area and including a collar part projecting radially outwardly and contacting an upper end surface of said trunk part, said end plate contacting an upper end surface of said collar part and being so formed as to be clearance-fitted to said partition member and at least a part of said trunk part in a radial direction; and a peripheral groove extending continuously in a circumferential direction for allowing for shrinkage of said casing caused by welding at said weld area of said trunk part and said end plate and being formed in an outer peripheral surface of said partition member.