Patent ID: 7736137

Claim:
A scroll compressor comprising an outlet chamber defined between a housing and a fixed scroll having a fixed base plate and a fixed spiral wall upstanding on the fixed base plate, for being supplied with a fluid which is compressed by orbiting movement of a movable scroll interleaving said fixed scroll, a separation chamber held in fluid communication with said outlet chamber, for separating a lubricating oil contained in said fluid, and an oil storage chamber held in fluid communication with said separation chamber, for storing said lubricating oil, wherein said fixed scroll includes a guide passage configured to receive the oil from an oil supply hole which is defined in said fixed base plate for flowing said lubricating oil, and extending in an outer circumferential portion of said fixed spiral wall from said fixed base plate along an axial direction of said fixed scroll; said guide passage being defined by a groove formed on an outer surface of the fixed spiral wall, the groove being open radially and outwardly relative to an axis of the fixed scroll.