Patent ID: 7988432

Claim:
A rotary compressor comprising: a cylinder having a vane for partitioning an inner space of the cylinder into a compression section and a suction section; upper and lower bearings respectively disposed on top and bottom of the cylinder, for defining a compression chamber by hermetically sealing the inner space of the cylinder; a crankshaft installed to penetrate the cylinder, the upper bearing, and having an eccentric portion at an outer circumference thereof; at least one discharge port communicating with the compression chamber, and through which compressed refrigerant is discharged; a valve assembly having at least one suction port for selectively supplying refrigerant through two different positions inside the compression chamber according to a rotational direction of the crankshaft, and at least one refrigerant flowing portion for feeding the refrigerant to the suction port, the valve assembly comprising: a stationary valve fixedly disposed between an outer periphery of the cylinder and an outer periphery of one of the upper and lower bearings; and a rotational valve rotatably mounted along an outer circumference of the stationary valve.