Patent ID: 8622723

Claim:
A scroll compressor comprising: a first scroll member having a first flat plate part, a first spiral wall part having a spiral shape and extending substantially perpendicularly from a first plate surface of the first flat plate part, a fluid inlet formed near an end of the first spiral wall part, a first through hole formed in the first flat plate part and extending from a first opening formed in the first plate surface, the first through hole being located at a position spaced a predetermined length from the fluid inlet, and a third through hole configured to connect to the first through hole, the first through hole being sandwiched between a most outer wall of the first spiral wall part and an inner circumferential wall arranged to be opposite to the most outer wall; a second scroll member having a second flat plate part, and a second spiral wall part having a spiral shape and extending substantially perpendicularly from a second plate surface of the second flat plate part, the second spiral wall part being configured to mesh with the first spiral wall part; a casing configured to house the first scroll member and the second scroll member; a fluid introducing pipe extending through the casing from an opening of the first through hole, the opening being formed at a side of the first through hole opposite to the first opening of the first through hole, and the fluid introducing pipe having an inner space configured to connect to the first through hole; a piston disposed in the first through hole that is configured to be biased toward the fluid introducing pipe by a biasing force of a biasing member, the piston having an annular groove formed on a side surface of the piston, and a second through hole opening on an end surface of the piston toward the fluid introducing pipe and opening at a bottom surface of the annular groove, the piston having the annular groove and the second through hole being configured such that the piston shuts the first opening while the third through hole connects to the first through hole when a fluid that applies a pressure per unit area larger than the biasing force of the biasing member per unit area is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe and the piston is spaced from the first opening while the third through hole connects to the first opening when a fluid that applies a pressure per unit area smaller than the biasing force of the biasing member per unit area is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe; and a piston ring fitted into the annular groove of the piston and having a stepped fitting end.