Patent ID: 7361005

Claim:
A rotary compressor including, in a sealed vessel, a driving element and first and second rotary compression elements driven by the driving element, the rotary compressor being configured to suck, in the second rotary compression element, an intermediate pressure refrigerant gas compressed by the first rotary compression element and discharged, compress and discharge the refrigerant gas into the sealed vessel, the rotary compressor further comprising: a cylinder constituting the first rotary compression element; a support member blocking an opening surface of the cylinder and having a bearing of a rotary shaft; a concave portion formed in the surface of the support member on a side opposite to the cylinder; a rib which is formed in a part of the concave portion and which reinforces the bearing; and a discharge muffling chamber defined by the rib and the concave portion and a blocking plate which blocks the concave portion, the discharge muffling chamber is divided into a plurality of muffling chambers by the rib, and the muffling members are connected by a passage disposed in the blacking plate and/or the rib.