Patent ID: 8827667

Claim:
A scroll compressor, comprising: a casing; a scroll compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant; a driving motor that has a driving shaft and is connected to the scroll compression mechanism through the driving shaft to drive the scroll compression mechanism; a main frame that supports the scroll compression mechanism in the casing; a bearing plate that supports the driving shaft of the driving motor in the casing and has an opening portion through which upper and lower spaces above and below the bearing plate intercommunicate with each other; and a first cover that covers a surrounding of the driving shaft between the driving motor and the bearing plate, wherein the cover is configured so as to be passable through the opening portion, wherein the first cover is divided into plural cover members each of which is configured so as to be passable through the opening portion, and the cover members are secured to the bearing plate so that front and rear end portions in a rotational direction of adjacent cover members are radially overlapped with each other and the front end in the rotational direction of one of the adjacent cover members is arranged inside a rear end in the rotational direction of the other cover member.