Patent ID: 7150603

Claim:
A compressor comprising: a cylinder block having a plurality of bores arranged in a line therein; a front housing coupled to the front end of the cylinder block and having a crank chamber; a driving shaft rotatably supported to the cylinder block and the front housing; a piston linked with a swash plate mounted on the driving shaft and performing a straight reciprocating motion inside the bore of the cylinder block; a suction muffler chamber formed on the outer circumference of a compressor body, the suction muffler chamber having a suction port communicating with an external refrigerant circuit and an oil storing part capable of storing oil a in horizontal state of the driving shaft; a rear housing connected to the cylinder block to close the rear end of the cylinder block and having a discharge chamber and a suction chamber therein, the rear housing further having a suction chamber communicating passage for communicating the suction chamber with the suction muffler chamber at the upstream part of the suction chamber, whereby the oil stored in the oil storing part is supplied to the suction chamber passing through the suction chamber communicating passage when the compressor is started.