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US 2004/0170517 A1Published application
Compressor
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Kawata, Kenji Watanabe, Kenji Okuzono, Nobunao Tsuchida
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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Kawata, Kenji Watanabe, Kenji Okuzono, Nobunao Tsuchida
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A compressor comprises a compressing mechanism which compresses fluid including a lubricant, a separation chamber into which the fluid compressed by the compressing mechanism is introduced and in which at least a portion of the lubricant included in the fluid is separated from the fluid, and an oil-storage chamber in which the lubricant separated from the fluid in the separation chamber is stored. An oil-introducing passage is formed between the separation chamber and the oil-storage chamber to bring these chambers into communication with each other, the oil-introducing passage introduces the lubricant separated in the separation chamber into the oil-storage chamber, an opening of the oil-introducing passage on the side of the oil-storage chamber is lower than an oil level of the lubricant stored in the oil-storage chamber in the vertical direction.
A compressor comprising a compressing mechanism which compresses fluid including a lubricant, a separation chamber into which the fluid compressed by said compressing mechanism is introduced and in which at least a portion of the lubricant included in the fluid is separated from the fluid, and an oil-storage chamber in which the lubricant separated from the fluid in said separation chamber is stored, wherein an oil-introducing passage is formed between said separation chamber and said oil-storage chamber to bring these chambers into communication with each other, said oil-introducing passage introduces the lubricant separated in said separation chamber into said oil-storage chamber, an opening of said oil-introducing passage on the side of said oil-storage chamber is lower than an oil level of the lubricant stored in said oil-storage chamber in the vertical direction.
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