Abstract: A compressor includes three suction pipes. A first center of a first suction pipe, a second center of a second suction pipe, and a third center of a third suction pipe are positioned at vertices of a triangle. A first distance between the first center and a center of a compressor main body is smaller than a second distance between the second center and the center of the compressor main body and a third distance between the third center and the center of the compressor main body. A second flow path cross section and a third flow path cross section are positioned on opposite sides of a center connection line sandwiched therebetween. The first suction pipe is connected to a suction port which is at an uppermost position among three suction ports provided in a case.

Abstract: In embodiments, a compressor includes three suction pipes. A first center of a first suction pipe, a second center of a second suction pipe, and a third center of a third suction pipe are positioned at vertices of a triangle. A first distance between the first center and a center of a compressor main body is smaller than a second distance between the second center and the center of the compressor main body and a third distance between the third center and the center of the compressor main body. A first flow path cross section of the first suction pipe overlaps a center connection line passing through the center of the compressor main body and a center of an accumulator. A second flow path cross section and a third flow path cross section are positioned on opposite sides of the center connection line sandwiched therebetween. The first suction pipe is connected to a suction port which is at an uppermost position among three suction ports provided in a case.

Abstract: The height measured from the bottom surfaces of support legs is set to be 2.5 or more times as great as the outer diameter of the compressor body, the height of the center of gravity measured from the bottom surfaces of the support legs to the center of gravity is set to be ½ or less the overall height, and the support legs are provided in number of four, based on the fulfillment of Rc/cos ?<Rb<L. Here Rb is the support point radius of the compressor body, Rc is the outer radius of the compressor body, L is the distance from a longitudinal central axis of the compressor body to a longitudinal central axis of an accumulator, and ? is an angle half the angle formed between the adjacent support legs about the central axis.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes a compression unit having a roller and a vane for compressing refrigerant. The vane has a film having first to fourth layers on its metallic base member. The first layer is made of chromium. The second layer is made of chromium and tungsten-carbide. The third layer is made of metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide. The fourth layer is made of non-metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing carbon and hydrogen. In the second layer, chromium content-rate on a first-layer side is larger than on a third-layer side, and tungsten-carbide content-rate on the third-layer side is larger than on the first-layer side. In the third layer, content-rate of the at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide on a second-layer side is larger than on a fourth-layer side. The roller with which an end-edge of the vane slidably-contacts is made of flake graphite cast iron containing molybdenum, nickel and chromium.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes a compression unit having a roller and a vane for compressing refrigerant. The vane has a film having first to fourth layers on its metallic base member. The first layer is made of chromium. The second layer is made of chromium and tungsten-carbide. The third layer is made of metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide. The fourth layer is made of non-metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing carbon and hydrogen. In the second layer, chromium content-rate on a first-layer side is larger than on a third-layer side, and tungsten-carbide content-rate on the third-layer side is larger than on the first-layer side. In the third layer, content-rate of the at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide on a second-layer side is larger than on a fourth-layer side. The roller with which an end-edge of the vane slidably-contacts is made of flake graphite cast iron containing molybdenum, nickel and chromium.

Abstract: As a hermetic type compressor, a motor portion and a compression mechanism portion that are coupled to the motor portion with a rotating shaft interposed therebetween are accommodated in a closed vessel. The compression mechanism portion comprises a cylinder that comprises an internal diameter hole, and a main bearing and a sub-bearing in which a bearing hole that journals the rotating shaft is provided and the internal diameter hole of the cylinder is closed to form a compression chamber in the compression mechanism portion. The main bearing and the sub-bearing have a circular groove that is opened toward the compression chamber side, an inner circumferential surface of the circular groove is tapered such that a diameter increases gradually from the compression chamber side toward an opposite side of the compression chamber side, and a depth of the circular groove is set to 40% of a diameter of the bearing hole.

Abstract: There is provided a pressure switching mechanism that switches one compressor mechanism in a sealed-type rotary compressor between regular compression operation and operation stop in accordance with the magnitude of load, and the pressure switching mechanism is equipped with a branch pipe which includes an open/close valve at the middle thereof and which communicates a high-pressure side of a refrigerating cycle to a second suction pipe, an auxiliary suction pipe connected to the suction pipe end part in an accumulator, a check valve which is mounted on either the auxiliary suction pipe or the suction pipe and checks a reverse flow of refrigerant into the accumulator, and a guide pipe which mounts and holds the suction pipe or the auxiliary pipe to the accumulator.