Patent ID: 7585163

Claim:
A multicylinder rotary compressor in which a sealed container stores a driving element and first and second rotary compression elements driven by a rotation shaft of the driving element, the first and second rotary compression elements comprising: first and second cylinders; first and second rollers which are fitted into eccentric portions formed in the rotation shaft and which eccentrically rotate in the respective cylinders: and first and second vanes which abut on the first and second rollers to partition the inside of each cylinder into low and high-pressure chamber sides, the first vane being urged toward the first roller by a spring member and the second vane being urged toward the second roller by a weak spring member, the compressor being switchable between a first operation mode in which both the rotary compression elements perform a compression work and a second operation mode in which the only first rotary compression element substantially performs the compression work, wherein an urging force of the weak spring member is set to be not more than that in a case where a suction-side pressure of both the rotary compression elements or the first rotary compression element is applied as a back pressure of the second vane, and further comprising: at least one valve device, wherein the valve device allows the refrigerant to flow into the second cylinder, and wherein the valve device is coupled to the back pressure passage to apply a discharge-side pressure, a suction-side pressure, and an intermediate pressure as a back pressure of the second vane, the intermediate pressure being between the suction-side and the discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements, wherein the intermediate pressure is a pressure that, acting as the back pressure to the second vane, sufficiently urges the second vane toward the second roller, whereby pressure pulsation is reduced.