Scroll compressor

摘要

This compressor 1 is for compressing an introduced working gas to a predetermined pressure and exhausting by means of the rotation of a crank shaft 5 which is rotatively supported by a front case 4 of a housing 1A by a main bearing 6, and has a partition means 31 (labyrinth seal for example) which is provided between the main bearing and a shaft seal 28 which is provided at the outer side of the main bearing along the axial direction, and separating a space in which the shaft seal is provided from a low pressure chamber 15 of the housing to form a sealing chamber 30, and a first lubricating agent supply passage 29 which is formed in the housing and is opened to the sealing chamber for supplying a lubricating agent to the sealing chamber. A part of the highly compressed lubricating agent which is supplied the sealing chamber can be leaked to the low pressure chamber via the partition means during the operation of said compressor.