Patent ID: 7060122

Claim:
An oil separator for a compressor, comprising: a wall with an inner surface, the inner surface defining an inner chamber with a separator region and an oil accumulation region, the separator region having an impingement surface; a mixture inlet that provides a passageway for an oil gaseous refrigerant mixture to flow from the exterior of the separator into the inner chamber of the separator; a gas outlet that provides a passageway for the gaseous refrigerant from the separator region to the exterior of the separator; and an oil outlet that provides a passageway for separated oil from the accumulation region to the exterior of the separator, the oil being separated from the oil gaseous refrigerant mixture as the mixture impinges against the impingement surface, the separated oil draining into the accumulation region from where the oil exits the separator through the oil outlet, the accumulation region being positioned to the side of the separator region, the juncture between the accumulation region and the separator region defining an entrance to the accumulation region, the accumulation region having a terminal end sloped relative to the entrance so that the separated oi flows from the entrance towards the terminal end.