Scroll compressor

Abstract

A scroll compressor according to the present invention includes a casing having a hermetic inner space divided into a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion, an orbiting scroll disposed within the inner space of the casing and performing an orbiting motion, a non-orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber together with the orbiting scroll, the compression chamber having a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber and a discharge chamber, a back pressure chamber assembly coupled to the non-orbiting scroll to form a back pressure chamber, a valve accommodation groove formed on at least one of the non-orbiting scroll or the back pressure chamber assembly, a bypass hole formed from the intermediate pressure chamber into the valve accommodation groove in a penetrating manner, a check valve accommodated in the valve accommodation groove and opening and closing the bypass hole according to pressure of the intermediate pressure chamber, a communication passage communicating the valve accommodation groove and the low pressure portion with each other, and a control valve selectively opening and closing the communication passage, whereby a facilitated fabrication, improved responsiveness and relaxed restriction for a specification of a valve can be achieved.