Patent · US Expired

Vacuum preventing device for scroll compressor

US7094038B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 2003
Grant dateAug 22, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 24, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C18/0215
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a vacuum preventing device including a housing engaged to one side of an outer circumference portion of a fixed scroll to divide the area into a discharge region and a suction region, a chamber formed in the housing and having a compression hole connected to a compression region at one side therein, a suction hole connected to a suction region at the other side therein, and a discharge hole connected to a discharge region at a middle side therein, an open/close member is movably installed in the chamber to selectively connect the discharge hole to the suction hole, and an elastic member is installed in the chamber to provide an elasticity force to the open/close member.

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