Scroll-type compressor with cover member for suction and discharge cavities

A scroll-type compressor comprising:

• a housing having a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a rotary shaft and a flange wall;
• a stationary scroll and a revolving scroll mounted within said housing, said revolving scroll being driven by said rotary shaft;
• said flange wall constituting an outer surface of said housing and defining therein a suction cavity and a discharge cavity, said suction and discharge cavities being disposed closely adjacent one another and separated by a partition wall;
• said suction cavity being in communication with said suction chamber, and said discharge cavity being in communication with said discharge chamber;
• the outer surface of said housing formed by said flange wall defining a planar surface;
• a cover member removably mounted to said flange wall to enclose said suction and discharge cavities;
• said cover member having a suction port and a discharge port disposed adjacent one another and projecting outwardly therefrom in the same direction;
• said suction port being in communication with said suction cavity, and said discharge port being in communication with said discharge cavity;
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• said suction port and said discharge port projecting in a direction substantially transverse to the axis of said rotary shaft and substantially parallel to the planar surface of said flange wall.