(19)
(11) EP 1 233 187 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34

(21) Application number: 02250724.8

(22) Date of filing: 01.02.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F04C 23/00, F04C 18/356
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 14.02.2001 JP 2001037083
14.02.2001 JP 2001037093

(71) Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Moriguchi-shi, Osaka (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Matsumoto, Kenzo
    Ora-gun, Gunma-ken (JP)
  • Tsuda, Noriyuki
    Ora-gun, Gunma-ken (JP)
  • Yamanaka, Masaji
    Tatebayashi-shi, Gunma-ken (JP)
  • Matsuura, Dai
    Ota-shi, Gunma-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Woodward, John Calvin et al
Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB)

   


(54) Hermetic compressor


(57) An object of the invention is to provide a horizontal closed type compressor for vehicle use which can suck a lubricating oil from an oil suction pipe without an oil surface of the lubricating oil becoming lower than the oil suction pipe, even in the case that a vehicle is inclined and the compressor is accordingly inclined. A horizontal closed type compressor for vehicle use is provided with a motor (6) housed within a closed container (4) to divide a shaft (7). A compression element (8) is driven by the motor (6), oil supplying means provided on the opposite side to the motor (6) feed lubricating oil to the compression element (8). The compression element (8) compresses refrigerant gas drawn from the exterior of the closed container (4) and discharge it into the motor side of the closed container, and thereafter out of the closed container from the side of the oil supplying means. Partition walls (72,73) divide the interior of the closed container (4) while allowing the refrigerant gas and the lubricating oil to move therethrough and are located respectively in the side of the motor (6) and the side of the oil supplying means in the compression element (8).






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