A scroll compressor includes fixed and movable scrolls defining a compression chamber, and a crankshaft. The movable scroll at least partially covers a discharge port formed in the fixed scroll to change a communication area that is a portion of a total area of the discharge port that contributes to communication with the compression chamber. First to third rotation angle positions become larger in order. As the crankshaft rotates from the first to second rotation angle position the communication area increases at a first rate. In the first rotation angle position the compression chamber and the discharge port start communicating with each other. The second rotation angle position is a preliminary discharge interval angle. As the crankshaft rotates from the second to third rotation angle position the communication area increases at a second rate. The second rate of increase is greater than the first rate of increase.

A damping apparatus for an exhaust valve in a compressor, an exhaust valve assembly having the damping apparatus, and a compressor using the exhaust valve assembly. The damping apparatus comprises a fixed body; the fixed body comprises an exhaust hole comprises an exhaust hole through which a compression cavity and an exhaust cavity are in fluid communication with each other; the exhaust hole comprises an inlet, an outlet, and an intermediate cavity provided between the inlet and the outlet and allowing the inlet and the outlet to be in fluid communication with each other; the intermediate cavity is configured to enable the backflow of the gas from the exhaust cavity to form a vortex in the intermediate cavity. The damping apparatus has advantages of reducing the force and frequency of impacts on an exhaust valve plate, and prolonging the service life of the valve plate.

Disclosed herein may be an electric compressor. The electric compressor may include: a rear housing having a discharge chamber into which refrigerant is discharged; and an oil separator disposed in the discharge chamber and having a refrigerant inlet hole through which the refrigerant is drawn into the oil separator. The discharge chamber may protrude in a multi-stepped manner outwards from the rear housing such that a volume of the rear housing is increased, and based on the oil separator, an internal space of the discharge chamber may be divided into spaces having different volumes.

A screw compressor includes a casing having an outer peripheral wall, and a compression mechanism. The compression mechanism includes a screw rotor with helical grooves, a gate rotor with a plurality of gates meshing with the helical grooves, and a cylinder housing the screw rotor. The compression mechanism is disposed inward of the outer peripheral wall. The outer peripheral wall has a discharge passage through which a fluid compressed in the compression mechanism flows. The discharge passage includes an inner peripheral passage formed along an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder, and an outer peripheral passage formed along the inner peripheral passage and the outer peripheral wall. The inner and outer peripheral passages are formed so that the fluid compressed in the compression mechanism sequentially flows through the inner and outer peripheral passages.

In an oil-cooled screw compressor, a tooth crest arc of a fixed width is provided to the tooth crest of a male tooth profile, and simultaneously a tooth bottom arc is provided to the tooth bottom of a female tooth profile. Due to the actions thereof, the operation chamber immediately before disappearing exists only in a bottom half region from a line that connects the centers of the male and female tooth profiles, and the opening area relative to the volume of the operation chamber can be increased. As a result, the discharge of oil becomes smooth and energy loss is reduced.

A compressor may include: a casing (10) having a refrigerant inlet space (V1) therein communicating with a suction pipe suctioning a refrigerant; a high/low pressure separation plate (90) provided by crossing an upper part of a compression unit (50) to partition the refrigerant inlet space (V1) positioned at a lower portion of the high/low pressure separation plate (90) and a refrigerant discharge space (V2) positioned at an upper portion thereof; and a discharge guide (100). In this case, the discharge guide (100) is provided in the refrigerant discharge space (V2) and is combined with an upper surface of the high/low pressure separation plate (90) to cover a communicating hole 92 of the high/low pressure separation plate communicating the refrigerant inlet space (V1) with the refrigerant discharge space (V2) and at least a portion thereof extends to a discharge pipe (14).

A scroll compressor is provided that may include a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber separated from the first compression chamber, and having a greater compression ratio than the first compression chamber, a first discharge port that communicates with the first compression chamber and provided with a first discharge inlet and a first discharge outlet, and a second discharge port separated from the first discharge port, that communicates with the second compression chamber, and provided with a second discharge inlet and a second discharge outlet, the discharge outlet of at least one of the first discharge port or the second discharge port may have a larger sectional area than the discharge inlet. Accordingly, a discharge delay in each compression chamber may be prevented in advance, thereby suppressing compression loss.

The scroll compressor comprises a fixed scroll element comprising a fixed end plate (13) and a fixed spiral wrap (14); an orbiting scroll element comprising an orbiting end plate and an orbiting spiral wrap (16), the fixed and orbiting spiral wraps (14, 16) being intermeshed with each other to define pairs of compression pockets, a radial inner pair of compression pockets comprising a direct pocket (17.1) and an indirect pocket (17.2); a central main discharge port (18) formed in the fixed end plate (13) and configured to communicate the direct pocket (17.1) with a discharge pressure volume; and an auxiliary discharge port (26) formed in the fixed end plate (13) at a position close to an outer wall side (14.2) of the fixed spiral wrap (14) and adjacent the inner end (14.4) of the fixed spiral wrap (14). The auxiliary discharge port (26), during orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll element (12), is at least partially uncovered by the orbiting spiral wrap (16) to communicate the indirect pocket (17.2) with the discharge pressure volume.

A scroll compressor formed having a casing, a compression unit provided in an inner space of the casing to form a compression chamber composed of an inner pocket and an outer pocket by a pair of two scrolls, and bypass holes provided in the compression unit to bypass refrigerant suctioned into the compression chamber to the inner space of the casing to vary compression capacity, wherein the bypass holes are formed in a compression chamber constituting the inner pocket and a compression chamber constituting an outer pocket to be located in compression chambers having different pressures along a movement path of the respective compression chambers.

A scroll compressor is provided, that may include a connection groove to reduce discharge resistance. The scroll compressor may include a fixed scroll including a fixed end plate and a feed wrap and an orbiting scroll, rotating with respect to the fixed scroll and including an orbiting end plate and an orbiting wrap, and structure in which a connection groove having a concave groove shape provided at an inner surface of the fixed end plate to allow a refrigerant to flow through the connection groove depending on an overlapping state of the fixed wrap and the connection groove, thereby providing an effect of increasing opening efficiency of discharge holes at a beginning of discharge.