Patent ID: 8602755

Claim:
A rotary compressor, comprising: a plurality of cylinders each having a compression space formed therein, a suction port that communicates with each compression space, and a vane slot formed at a predetermined interval from the suction port in a circumferential direction; a plurality of rolling pistons that respectively orbit in the compression spaces of the plurality of cylinders so as to compress refrigerant therein; and a plurality of vanes each slidably inserted in a respective vane slot so as to partition the corresponding compression space into a suction chamber and a discharge chamber, wherein a center line of the suction port that extends in a refrigerant flow direction intersects, in the compression space, with a center line of the vane slot extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the intersection point is closer to the vane slot than to a center of the compression space, wherein the center line of the suction port passes along a center of the rolling piston at a position where a tangent line passing along an outer circumferential surface of the rolling piston is orthogonal to the center line of the vane slot.