Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Tsutomu Ichikawa

Wataru Sakashita

Makoto Hayano

Tsukasa Chiyoya

A scroll compressor for use in compressing gases includes a stationary scroll member having a top surface, a movable scroll member orbiting about the stationary scroll member for compressing gases together with the stationary scroll member as it orbits about the stationary scroll member, a muffler cavity formed in the stationary scroll member to increase the size of a muffler space in the scroll compressor, a discharge port formed in the center of the stationary scroll member for discharging the compressed gases, a release port formed in an offset position from the center of the stationary scroll member, a release cavity formed in the stationary scroll member and in communication with the released port, release guide passage passing through the stationary scroll member in parallel with the top surface of the stationary scroll member in communication with the release cavity, a sealed case for housing the stationary scroll member and the movable scroll member and a release pipe connected to the release guide passage through the sealed case.

Scroll compressor with bypass release passage in stationary scroll member

A scroll compressor for use in compressing gases includes a stationary scroll member having a top surface, a movable scroll member orbiting about the stationary scroll member for compressing gases together with the stationary scroll member as it orbits about the stationary scroll member, a discharge port formed in the center of the stationary scroll member for discharging the compressed gases, a plurality of release ports which are offset different distances from the center of the stationary scroll member, a release cavity formed in the stationary scroll member and in communication with one of the plurality release ports, a release guide passage passing through the stationary scroll member in parallel with the top surface of the stationary scroll member in communication with the release cavity, a sealed case for housing the stationary scroll member and the movable scroll member and a release pipe connected to the release guide passage through the sealed case.

In a scroll compressor enclosed in a casing and a movable scroll member is driven eccentrically by an electric motor, a thrust force created by the compression and applied to the movable scroll member is cancelled by a high pressure chamber which is provided between a surface of the movable scroll member and a frame member and supplied with a pressurized gas delivered from the scroll compressor. The high pressure chamber is formed into an annular shape defined by radially inner and outer tapered walls, and radially inner and outer seal rings having resilience to shrink and expand respectively are provided in the chamber for preventing leakage of the gas out of the high pressure chamber.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Tsutomu Ichikawa