Patent ID: 8888476

Claim:
A horizontal scroll compressor comprising a compressor mechanism including orbiting and fixed scrolls having respective base plates and respective spiral laps extending from the respective base plates, an electric motor for rotationally driving the compressor mechanism, and a sealed container containing therein the orbiting and fixed scrolls and the electric motor and including a discharge pipe through which a gas compressed by the compressor mechanism is discharged, wherein the horizontal scroll compressor further comprises a partition plate partitioning the sealed container into a volume containing therein the compressor mechanism and the electric motor and a discharge volume containing therein the discharge pipe and an oil supply pump for supplying oil to a bearing supporting a drive shaft for rotationally driving the compressor mechanism, an upper communication path arranged at an upper portion of the partition plate to enable the compressed gas to flow from the compressor mechanism, and a path guide member for guiding the compressed gas from the upper communication path to the vicinity of an inner side surface of the sealed container, and the path guide member is disposed below the discharge pipe, a compressed gas blow-off port end portion of the path guide member is disposed to be closer to the inner side surface in comparison with the discharge pipe, and the path guide member has an annular shape, and a flow passing area of the annular shape is larger than that of the discharge pipe.