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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1990
Naoshi Takimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Yutaka Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirokazu Kohayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Sou Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaji Hagiwara, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirafuji, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A horizontal rotary compressor comprises a sealed shell having a lubricating oil accumulated at a lower part therein; a drive unit included in the sealed shell; a compression unit included in the sealed shell and driven by the drive unit through a crankshaft; the crankshaft having a lubricating oil feeding hole formed therein; a lubricating oil pump for supplying the lubricating oil to the crankshaft to lubricate the compression unit; a discharge muffler which is arranged at the end of the compression unit remote from the drive unit, and which is provided with a lubricating oil passage; the lubricating oil passage having one end opened in the lubricating oil and the other end opened at the lubricating oil feeding hole; and a discharge refrigerant gas passage which is formed to be upwardly inclined in the discharge muffler so as to communicate from the space in the discharge muffler to the lubricating oil feeding passage.