Patent ID: 7473081

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed compressor comprising an electrically driven element having a rotating shaft, a rotary compressing element driven by said rotating shaft comprising a cylinder having a compression chamber therein, a primary and secondary bearing member supporting said cylinder and said rotating shaft, an inlet to provide refrigerant to said compression chamber, a hermetically sealed container for receiving the electrically-driven element, the primary and secondary bearing members and the compressing element therein, an oil pool in said hermetically sealed container, and a conduit for the passage of oil from said pool to an annular space of said primary bearing member along an outer peripheral surface of said rotating shaft at a rubbing face of said bearing member against said rotating shaft, comprising the steps of: forming a through hole in said primary bearing member extending from a surface of said primary bearing member at said annular space to an outer peripheral surface of said primary bearing member to form an oil path from said annular space to the compression chamber when refrigerant is sucked into the compression chamber; and inserting said primary bearing member into said hermetically sealed container while gripping said primary bearing member and aligning an open end of the through hole at the outer peripheral surface of the primary bearing member with a section of said hermetically sealed container to be welded from an outside of said hermetically sealed container; and welding said section to close the open end of said through hole.