Patent ID: 7338268

Claim:
A compressor comprising a casing, a driving part adapted to be accommodated in the casing for generating a driving force, a compression part for compressing gas with the driving force from the driving part and provided with an inlet for inhaling the gas and an outlet for discharging the compressed gas, and a valve apparatus for opening/closing the outlet, the valve apparatus comprising: a valve body accommodation part comprising an inner surface of a cylindrical shape for communicating with the outlet, and connected to a gas discharging path for discharging the compressed gas discharged through the outlet; and a valve body accommodated in the valve body accommodation part and curved to close the outlet elastically and to open the outlet with the compressed gas of the compression part, wherein the outlet is an elongated shaped slot formed longitudinally along a direction in which the valve body is inserted into the valve body accommodation part, so as to correspond to a first end of the valve body.