Scroll compressor

A scroll compressor, comprising:

• a housing having a housing suction port that draws in fluid and a housing discharge port that discharges fluid;
• a rotary shaft accommodated in the housing, the rotary shaft being supported by the housing to be rotatable about an axis of the rotary shaft;
• and
• a compression mechanism accommodated in the housing, the compression mechanism including:
• a fixed scroll fixed to the housing;
• and
• an orbiting scroll configured to orbit about the axis as the rotary shaft rotates, wherein
• the housing includes:
• a suction chamber into which fluid is drawn from the housing suction port;
• a compression chamber that is connected to the suction chamber, fluid in the compression chamber being compressed through meshing of the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll;
• and
• a discharge chamber connectable to the compression chamber, fluid being discharged to the discharge chamber from the compression chamber,
• the fixed scroll includes:
• a disc-shaped fixed base plate;
• and
• a spiral fixed volute wall extending from the fixed base plate,
• the orbiting scroll includes:
• a disc-shaped orbiting base plate that faces the fixed base plate;
• and
• a spiral orbiting volute wall that extends from the orbiting base plate toward the fixed base plate,
• a main discharge port is formed at a center of the fixed base plate, the main discharge port discharging compressed fluid to the discharge chamber,
• an auxiliary discharge port is formed in a portion of the fixed base plate that is different from the main discharge port, the auxiliary discharge port discharging fluid in the compression chamber to the discharge chamber when a pressure in the compression chamber is higher than or equal to a preset pressure,
• the fixed base plate includes:
• a plate-shaped main reed valve configured to open and close the main discharge port;
• and
• a plate-shaped auxiliary reed valve configured to open and close the auxiliary discharge port,
• the main discharge port includes a main recess that opens toward the main reed valve so as to increase a cross-sectional area of a flow passage for the fluid discharged toward the main reed valve,
• the auxiliary discharge port includes an auxiliary recess that opens toward the auxiliary reed valve so as to increase a cross-sectional area of a flow passage for the fluid discharged toward the auxiliary reed valve, and
• a sealing surface area, with which the fixed base plate and the auxiliary reed valve are in contact with each other to seal the auxiliary recess, is larger than a sealing surface area with which the fixed base plate and the main reed valve are in contact with each other to seal the main recess,
• an auxiliary arm is disposed between the auxiliary reed valve and the fixed base plate so as to connect the auxiliary reed valve and the fixed base plate to each other,
• the fixed base plate includes a recessed auxiliary groove that intersects with an extending direction of the auxiliary arm and is not in contact with the auxiliary arm, and
• a sealing surface area, with which the fixed base plate and the auxiliary reed valve are in contact with each other to seal the auxiliary recess, is defined by contact between the auxiliary reed valve and a portion of the fixed base plate that is on a side of the auxiliary groove on which the auxiliary discharge port is disposed.