Patent ID: 7780426

Claim:
A rotary compressor comprising: a housing defining first and second compressing chambers separated from each other; first and second flanges coupled to the housing, to close the first and second compressing chambers, respectively; an intermediate plate to separate the first and second compressing chambers from each other; first and second rollers rotatably installed in the first and second compressing chambers, respectively; first and second vanes installed to reciprocate in a radial direction of the first and second compressing chambers, to divide the first and second compressing chambers, respectively; and a vane control device to control the reciprocating of the first vane by use of a suction pressure and a discharge pressure, to vary a compression capacity, wherein a first gap, defined at an end of the first roller between the first roller and the first flange, is smaller than a second gap defined at an end of the second roller between the second roller and the second flange.