Patent ID: 6511530
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B01D,F04C,Y10S

Abstract:
A compressor connected to a discharge pipe for transferring discharged refrigerant to outside, comprising:a housing; a compression mechanism provided in the housing for sucking, compressing and discharging refrigerant including oil for lubrication thereof; and an oil separator for separating oil from discharged refrigerant, the oil separator comprising, a separation chamber which is formed in the housing, the separation chamber having an opening end that is opened to a surface of the housing, the separation chamber being provided on a wall thereof with introduction and ejection bores, respectively, and a separator pipe having a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion, both of which are inserted into the separation chamber, the large diameter portion being fixed to an inner wall of the separation chamber in a vicinity of the opening end thereof so that circumferential space between the small diameter portion and the inner wall of the separation chamber is formed so as to allow the introduction bore to communicate with the ejection bore, wherein the discharged pipe is fluid-tightly connected and fixed directly to the housing at the opening end of the separation chamber for communicating with the separation chamber via a ring shaped seal member which is disposed in a gap between the discharge pipe and the housing, the ring shaped seal member having a diameter that is substantially equal to an or greater than outer diameter of the large diameter portion.