Patent ID: 6910872
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: F04C

Abstract:
1. A rotary compressor having a drive device generating a rotating force, a rotating shaft connected to said drive device at a first end thereof and rotated by the rotating force of the drive device, and a cylinder through which a second end of the rotating shaft passes, comprising: two or more compressing chambers provided in the cylinder such that the two or more compressing chambers are sequentially arranged along an axial direction of the rotating shaft; a plurality of rollers eccentrically installed on the rotating shaft such that the plurality of the rollers are arranged in the two or more compressing chambers, respectively; and a clutch installed on the rotating shaft and transmitting the rotating force of the rotating shaft to at least one of the plurality of rollers for varying a quantity of refrigerant discharged from the rotary compressor according to a rotating direction of the rotating shaft.