Patent ID: 7374410

Claim:
A low-pressure type orbiting vane compressor, comprising: a hermetically sealed shell having an inlet tube and an outlet tube; a crankshaft disposed in the shell such that the crankshaft can be rotated by a drive unit; a compression unit, including an orbiting vane connected to the crankshaft and disposed in a cylinder to perform an orbiting movement to compress refrigerant gas introduced into the cylinder; and a diverging member that diverges refrigerant gas introduced into the shell through the inlet tube to an inlet port of the cylinder and the drive unit, wherein the inlet port is provided at one side of the cylinder to allow refrigerant gas to be introduced into the cylinder and a wrap of the orbiting vane has a through-hole which communicates with the inlet port of the cylinder and an opening which is disposed adjacent to the through-hole and has a slider disposed in the opening.