SCROLL TYPE COMPRESSOR WITH IMPROVED LUBRICATING ARRANGEMENT FOR MOVABLE PARTS THEREOF

摘要

In a scroll type compressor, a movable scroll is engaged with an immovable scroll so that spaces are formed for taking in a fluid including a lubricating oil mist to be compressed. The movable scroll is revolved around a central axis of the immovable scroll so that, as the spaces are displaced toward a center of the immovable scroll, a volume thereof is reduced to compress the fluid therein. The immovable scroll has a passage through which each of the spaces is communicated with a discharge chamber upon reaching the center, whereby the compressed fluid is successively discharged through the passage into the chamber. An oil-separating plate is disposed in the chamber at a given level lower than the passage, and a reed valve is provided at the passage. A retainer for the reed valve is shaped such that the compressed fluid discharged from the passage through the reed valve is directed to and impinged on an upper surface of the plate, to thereby separate a lubricating oil from fluid, whereby the separated oil is reserved in a lower portion of the chamber defined by the plate, and thus a level of the reserved oil is maintained at the upper surface thereof.