Patent ID: 7614860

Claim:
A scroll compressor comprising: a compression section provided in a closed container, said compression section including: an orbiting scroll having a groove and volute teeth formed substantially symmetrically on both surfaces of an orbiting base plate, and a main shaft being penetrated through and fixed at a center portion of said orbiting scroll; seal means provided at least partially inside the groove of the orbiting scroll; and a pair of fixed scrolls opposed to said both surfaces of said orbiting base plate, each of said fixed scrolls having a volute tooth corresponding to each of said volute teeth of said orbiting scroll to respectively form compression chambers; a motor provided in said closed container for driving said main shaft; a suction pipe provided to said closed container for introducing a suction gas into said closed container and for causing said suction gas to be sucked into said compression section after cooling said motor; and a discharge pipe provided to said closed container for discharging said suction gas compressed by said compression section, wherein the seal means is provided for sealing the compression chambers formed between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scrolls from an orbiting bearing provided at a main shaft side of the orbiting scroll and from main shaft bearings provided between the fixed scrolls and the main shaft.