Patent ID: 7182586

Claim:
A scroll compressor comprising: a driving motor fixedly installed in a casing; a frame fixedly installed in the casing to support a rotary shaft of the driving motor, and having a second suction opening at its one side and a second discharge opening at its other side; a fixed scroll fixedly installed at the frame and having a first suction opening at its edgemost and a first discharge opening at its central portion; an orbiting scroll put on the frame, forming a first compression chamber by being engaged with the fixed scroll, and making an orbiting movement by being coupled to the rotary shaft; a self-rotation preventing member interposed between the frame and the orbiting scroll, for preventing a self-rotation of the orbiting scroll and inducing an orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll; and a vane making a linear movement in a radial direction of the frame according to an orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll, and forming between the frame and the orbiting scroll a second compression chamber including a space where the second suction opening exists and a space where the second discharge opening exists.