US20080175738A1

US20080175738A1 - Compressor and oil blocking device therefor

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Publication number: US20080175738A1
Application number: US11/930,515
Authority: US
Inventors: Chul-su Jung; Myung-Kyun Kiem; Ki-Tae Jang; Byeong-Chul Lee; Se-Heon Choi; Seon-Woong Hwang; Byung-Kil Yoo
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2007-01-19
Filing date: 2007-10-31
Publication date: 2008-07-24
Also published as: EP2115302A4; EP2115302A1; EP2115302B1; WO2008088112A1

Abstract

A compressor and oil blocking device therefor are provided which are capable of preventing oil from spreading onto, for example, a balance weight, which are capable of preventing oil from being excessively sucked into a compression device by a separating device disposed between a driving motor and the compression device, and which are capable of constantly maintaining a predetermined amount of oil in compression chambers regardless of a rotational speed of the driving motor by directly supplying oil to a bearing surface and the compression chambers and by easily discharging gas from an oil drain passage. A trochoid gear pump may be used to smoothly supply oil to the compression device. Further, a synchronous reluctance motor may be used to enhance a performance of the compressor and to expand a driving region of the compressor.

Description

The present application claims priority to Korean Application No. 10-2007-0006267 filed in Korea on Jan. 19, 2007, and to Korean Application No. 10-2007-0038514 filed in Korea on Apr. 19, 2007, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

BACKGROUND

1. Field
A compressor and an oil blocking device therefor are disclosed herein.
2. Background
Compressors are known. However, they suffer from various disadvantages.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a scroll compressor according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of an oil blocking device of the scroll compressor of FIG. 1 according to one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of an oil blocking device of the scroll compressor of FIG. 1 according to another embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a separating device provided in the oil blocking device of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 5 and 6 are perspective views showing a separating device provided in the oil blocking device of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rotor and a rotation shaft of a driving motor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an oil pump of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for supplying oil to a compression chamber of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a graph showing an energy efficiency ratio (EER) and an oil circulation rate (OCR) of the compressor of FIG. 1; and

FIGS. 12-14 are exemplary installations of a compressor having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Generally, a compressor is a device for converting mechanical energy into compression energy to compress a fluid. Compressors are divided into various kinds including a reciprocating compressor, a rotary compressor, a vane compressor, and a scroll compressor according to the method for compressing a fluid.
A scroll compressor may be provided with a driving motor that generates a driving force in a hermetic casing, and a compression device that compresses a refrigerant by receiving the driving force generated by the driving motor. The compression device may include an orbiting scroll coupled to a driving or rotational shaft of the driving motor that performs an orbit motion with respect to a fixed scroll to form a pair of compression chambers. As the compression chambers move towards a center, a refrigerant is consecutively compressed and then discharged.
When the driving motor rotates, oil contained in the inner space of the casing is sucked along the driving shaft to lubricate the compression device and cool the driving motor. However, such scroll compressors, when the driving motor rotates at a low speed, a pumping force for the oil is weak and vapor in the oil blocks an oil passage in the rotational shaft. Accordingly, an amount of oil supplied to the compression chambers is decreased increasing friction between the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll. On the other hand, when the driving motor rotates at a high speed, an amount of spread oil is increased, supplying a large amount of oil to the compression chambers along with the refrigerant. Accordingly, a leakage amount of oil is increased, lowering reliability of the compressor. Also, as an amount of the supplied oil increases, a suction amount of the refrigerant decreases, lowering the reliability of the compressor.
Hereinafter, a scroll compressor and oil blocking device therefor according to embodiments will be explained in detail. Embodiments are disclosed herein implemented in a scroll compressor. However, embodiments may be implemented in other type compressors as well. Further, the scroll compressor may be a high side type scroll compressor or a low side type compressor.
As shown in FIG. 1, the scroll compressor 1 may include a casing 10 hermetically formed so as to contain oil therein, and to which a refrigerant suction pipe SP and a refrigerant discharge pipe DP may be connected, a driving motor 20 disposed in the casing 10 that generates a rotational force, and a compression device 30 disposed in the casing 10 that compresses a refrigerant by receiving the rotational force by from the driving motor 20.
The casing 10 may include a body 11, which may have having a cylindrical shape. The driving motor 20 and the compression device 30 may be installed at upper and lower portions of an inner circumferential surface of the casing 10. The casing 10 may further include an upper cap 12 and a lower cap 13 that hermetically cover upper and lower sides of the body 11.
A main frame 14 and a sub-frame 15 having axial holes 14 a and 15 a that support a rotational shaft 23 of the driving motor 20, respectively, may be fixed to upper and lower sides of the body 11. An oil level pipe 16 a and an oil collecting pipe 16 b, which each may be connected to a refrigerating cycle system, and that maintaining a predetermined amount of oil may be communicated with a lower portion of the body 11. The oil collecting pipe 16 b may be positioned to be lower than the oil level pipe 16 a.
The main frame 14 may include an axial hole 14 a penetratingly formed at a center thereof, an oil pocket 14 b, which may be disposed on an upper end of the axial hole 14 a to collect oil sucked through the rotational shaft 23, an oil collecting hole 14 c, which may be disposed at one side on an outer circumferential surface of the oil pocket 14 b to collect the oil inside the oil pocket 14 b to the casing 10, and an oil supplying hole 14 d, which may be disposed at another side on the outer circumferential surface of the oil pocket 14 b to partially supply the oil inside the oil pocket 14 b to the compression chambers P. An oil blocking device or unit 17 that prevents oil from spreading onto a balance weight 24 by receiving the axial hole 14 a may be disposed adjacent a lower surface of the main frame 14.
The oil blocking device 17 may have a cylindrical shape, as shown in FIG. 2, or may have a conical shape having a section downwardly extending, as shown in FIG. 3. Further, the oil blocking device 17 may be formed to have an area wide enough to receive certain mechanical parts, such as balance weight 24, so as to prevent oil from spreading there onto. The oil blocking device 17 may be formed to have an area wide enough to receive a coil 21 a of a stator 21, or an area wide enough to overlap with the coil 21 a in a vertical direction so that oil collected by contacting the oil blocking device 17 may be directly supplied onto the coil 21 a in drop form. As shown in FIG. 3, one or more oil guiding portions 17 a may extend from a lower surface of the oil blocking device 17 to supply collected oil onto the coil 21 a.
A separating device 18 that separates the driving motor 20 and the compression device 30 may be provided on the outer circumference of the oil blocking device 17, which may be disc shaped. As shown in FIG. 4, the separating device 18 may be formed so that an inner circumferential surface thereof may be integrally extended from an upper outer circumferential surface of the oil blocking device 17, or so that an outer circumferential surface thereof may be adhered to an inner circumferential surface of the casing 10. Accordingly, oil inside the driving motor 20 may be prevented from being introduced into the compression chambers. An oil drain passage 18 a through which oil supplied to the compression device 30 may be drained to the driving motor 20 may be concavely formed at one side on an outer circumferential surface of the separating device 18. An oil drain guide member 19 disposed towards a lower side of the casing 10 may be connected to the oil drain passage 18 a, thereby preventing oil drained from the compression device 30 from spreading in the casing 10.
As shown in FIG. 5, the oil drain guide member 19 may have a
-shaped sectional surface, and may be coupled to the casing 10 by, for example, welding so that an opening thereof may form the oil drain path 19 a together with an inner circumferential surface of the casing 10. The oil drain guide member 19 may be formed to be tapered so that oil collected through the oil drain passage 18 a may be smoothly drained. Also, an outlet of the oil drain guide member 19 may extend lower than an upper end of the coil 21 a of the driving motor 20 so that drained oil may be prevented from being mixed with spread oil or refrigerant.
As shown in FIG. 6, the oil drain guide member 19 may be formed in a pipe shape. The oil drain passage 18 a may be a hole, not a groove, so as to be tightly coupled to the oil drain guide member 19.
A refrigerant passage 18 b that passes a refrigerant by connecting upper and lower sides of the casing 10 to each other on the basis of the separating device 18 may be formed at another side on the outer circumferential surface of the separating device 18. An oil separating plate (not shown) that separates oil from refrigerant sucked through the suction pipe SP may be inserted or communicated to/with the refrigerant passage 18 b. The refrigerant passage 18 b may be formed in a lower pressure type scroll compressor where the inner space of the casing 10 is filled with suction pressure, but may not be formed in a higher pressure type scroll compressor where the inner space of the casing 10 is filled with discharge pressure.
When the separating device 18 is provided with the oil blocking device 17, an oil drain guide passage (not shown) through which oil discharged from a discharge port 31 c of the fixed scroll 31 together with a refrigerant may be guided to the oil drain passage 18 a may be formed in the main frame 14 or the fixed scroll 31.
As shown in FIG. 1, the driving motor 20 may include a stator 21 fixed to the casing 10 that receives power from outside, a rotor 22 disposed in the stator 21 with a predetermined air gap therebetween and rotate by being interworked with the stator 21, and a rotational shaft 23 coupled to the rotor 22 by, for example, shrinkage fit to transmit a rotational force generated by the driving motor 20 to the compression device 30.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the rotor 22 may be provided with an axial hole 22 a that receives the rotational shaft 23 at a center thereof. The rotor 22 may be a cylindrical rotor laminator formed as a plurality of thin steel plates laminated in a shaft lengthwise direction by, for example, shrinkage fit. A plurality of magnetic flux barriers 22 b, which may be arc-shaped, may be penetratingly formed in a radial direction of the axial hole 22 a along a circumferential direction of the rotor 22.
One or more oil collecting grooves 22 c that enhance a heat emitting effect by passing collected oil into the rotor 22 may be formed on a circumferential surface of the axial hole 22 a. The oil collecting grooves 22 c may be formed in a shaft lengthwise direction, or in a direction inclined from a central longitudinal axis of the shaft. When being slantingly formed, the oil collecting groove 22 c may be formed in a rotational direction of the rotational shaft 23 so as to smoothly collect oil.
The rotational shaft 23 may be provided with an oil passage 23 a therein penetratingly formed in a shaft lengthwise direction. Oil passing holes 23 b through which sucked oil may be supplied to the axial holes 14 a and 15 a of the main frame 14 and the sub-frame 15 may be formed in a radial direction at upper and lower sides of the oil passage 23 a. One or more gas discharge holes 23 c through which gas sucked through the oil passage 23 a together with oil may be discharged outside the oil passage 23 a may be formed between the oil passing holes 23 b.
As shown in FIG. 1, the gas discharge hole 23 c may be disposed at a lower side of the balance weight 24, thereby being prevented from being blocked by the balance weight 24 coupled to the rotational shaft 23. Also, the gas discharge hole 23 c may be disposed inside the oil blocking device 17 so that oil leaked through the gas discharge hole 23 c may be blocked by the oil blocking device 17.
As shown in FIG. 1, an oil pump 25 that pumps oil inside the casing 10 may be disposed at a lower end of the rotational shaft 23. The oil pump 25 may be a trochoid gear pump that forms a capacity by an inner gear 25 a and an outer gear 25 b applied so as to reduce time during which oil supply is stopped due to a suction pressure change and a liquid refrigerant vaporization.
A pump driving device 23 e coupled to the inner gear 25 a of the trochoid gear pump may be integrally formed at a lower end of the rotational shaft 23. A driving surface 23 f that rotates the inner gear 25 a by being engaged with the inner gear 25 a may be disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the pump driving device 23 e.
As shown in FIG. 8, the trochoid gear pump may include the inner gear 25 a, the outer gear 25 b, a pump cover 25 c, and a mesh box 25 d. A thrust plate 25 e may be installed between the rotational shaft 23 and the oil pump 25. The thrust plate 25 e may be fixed to a through hole 15 b of the sub frame 15.
The trochoid gear pump may have a plurality of inlets with height differences so that a predetermined amount of oil may always be pumped regardless of a mixed degree between oil and refrigerant. For instance, when oil and refrigerant are mixed with each other at an acceptable state, both the oil and the refrigerant are pumped through both inlets. On the contrary, when the refrigerant and the oil are mixed with each other at an inferior state in which the refrigerant is disposed below the oil, only the refrigerant may be pumped through an inlet disposed at a lower side resulting in oil deficiency. However, if the inlets are disposed with height differences, the oil disposed at an upper side may be pumped together with the refrigerant, thus enhancing a lubricating performance.
As shown in FIG. 1, the compression device 30 may include a fixed scroll 31 fixed to an upper surface of the main frame 14, an orbiting scroll 32 orbitably disposed on the upper surface of the main frame 14 so as to form a plurality of compression chambers P by being engaged with the fixed scroll 31, and an Oldham's ring 33 disposed between the orbiting scroll 32 and the main frame 14 that orbits the orbiting scroll 32 and prevents the orbiting scroll 32 from rotating about its central axis. The compression device 30 may further include a high-low pressure separating plate 34 disposed on a rear surface of a plate portion 31 d of the fixed scroll 31 that divides an inside of the casing 10 into a suction space S1 and a discharge space S2, and a backflow preventing valve 35 that prevents backflow of discharge gas by opening and closing the discharge port 31 c of the fixed scroll 31. The fixed scroll 31 may be formed so that a fixed wrap 31 a that forms the compression chambers P may have an involute shape at a lower surface of the plate portion 31 d. A suction port 31 b that communicates with the suction space S1 of the casing 10 may be formed at a side surface of the plate portion 31 d. The discharge port 31 c through which a compressed refrigerant may be discharged to the discharge space S2 may be formed at a center of an upper surface of the plate portion 31 d.
The orbiting scroll 32 may be formed so that an orbiting wrap 32 a forming the pair of compression chambers P together with the fixed wrap 31 a of the fixed scroll 31 may have an involute shape at an upper surface of the plate portion 31 d of the orbiting scroll 32. A boss portion 32 b coupled to the rotational shaft 23 and receiving a rotational force generated by the driving motor 20 may be formed at a center of the lower surface of the plate portion 32 d.
As shown in FIG. 9, an oil injecting hole 32 c that communicates with the oil supplying hole 14 d of the main frame 14 to spray oil supplied through the oil supplying hole 14 d to the compression chambers P may be formed at the plate portion 32 d of the orbiting scroll 32. The oil injecting hole 32 c may be formed before the orbiting wrap 32 a starts a compression operation so as to prevent a refrigerant leakage therethrough. An oil storing groove 14 e that stores a predetermined amount of oil may be formed at an end of the oil supplying hole 14 d of the main frame 14 so that oil may be smoothly supplied through the oil injecting hole 32 c.
Operation of a scroll compressor according to an embodiment disclosed herein will be explained herein below.
When power is supplied to the driving motor 20, the rotational shaft 23 rotates together with the rotor 22 to transmit a rotational force to the orbiting scroll 32. Then, the orbiting scroll 32 performs an orbiting motion on an upper surface of the main frame 14 due to the Oldham's ring 33 by an eccentric distance. Accordingly, the compression chambers P that consecutively move are formed between the fixing wrap 31 b of the fixed scroll 31 and the orbiting wrap 32 b of the orbiting scroll 32. As the orbiting scroll 32 continuously performs the orbiting motion, the compression chambers P move towards the center thus to have a decreased volume, thereby compressing a sucked refrigerant. Then, the compressed refrigerant is discharged to the discharge space S2 of the casing 10 through the discharge port 31 c of the fixed scroll 31, to the refrigerating cycle system through the refrigerant discharge pipe DP, and the above processes are repeated.
The trochoid gear pump 25 disposed at a lower side of the rotational shaft 23 pumps oil contained in the casing 10 using a capacity formed between the inner gear 25 a and the outer gear 25 b thereof. Then, the oil is sucked to an upper end of the rotational shaft 23 through the oil passage 23 a. Some of the oil is supplied to the axial holes 14 a and 15 a of the main frame 14 and the sub frame 15 through the oil passage holes 23 b, and the other is spread from the upper end of the rotational shaft 23. Then, the oil spread from the upper end of the rotational shaft 23 is stored in the oil pocket 14 b of the main frame 14. Some of the oil is collected in the oil collecting hole 14 c of the casing 10, and the other is moved to a thrust bearing surface of the main frame 14 through the oil supplying hole 14 d to be supplied to the compression chambers P through the oil injecting hole 32 c of the orbiting scroll 32.
While the rotational shaft 23 rotates or the trochoid gear pump pumps oil, foam generated from the oil may be introduced into the oil passage 23 a, preventing the oil from being sucked to the compressor. However, the gas is discharged from the oil passage 23 a through the gas discharge hole 23 c disposed in the middle portion of the rotational shaft 23. Accordingly, the oil may be smoothly supplied or sucked to the compressor.
Oil collected after being used to lubricate the axial hole 14 a of the main frame 14 may be spread by being stirred by the balance weight 24. However, the oil is not spread into the casing 10 by the oil blocking device 17 disposed at a lower surface of the main frame 14, and then is separated from refrigerant and collected. The collected oil is supplied to the coil 21 a of the stator 21 by the oil blocking device 17 or the oil guiding portion 17 a of the oil blocking device 17, thereby cooling the coil 21 a. As shown in FIG. 4, when the separating device 18 is further provided at the oil blocking device 17, oil spread from the inner space of the casing 10 is not easily moved to the compression device 30 from the driving motor 20 due to the separating device 18. The oil is constantly supplied to the compression chambers P or between the main frame 14 and the orbiting scroll 32 from the oil pocket 14 b of the main frame 14 through the oil supplying hole 14 d and the oil injecting hole 32 c of the orbiting scroll 32.
Accordingly, when the driving motor is rotated at a high speed, oil is prevented from being excessively supplied to the compression chamber of the compression device. As a result, an amount of a refrigerant sucked to the compression chamber is increased, enhancing efficiency of the compressor.
Also, even when the driving motor is rotated at a low speed, an amount of oil supplied to the compression chamber through the oil supplying hole and the oil injecting hole may always be constant. Accordingly, abrasion of the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll due to oil deficiency may be prevented, and a performance of the compressor enhanced by reducing frictional loss. When the rotational shaft of the driving motor is rotated at a high speed, oil stirred by the balance weight may be prevented from spreading by the oil blocking device. Accordingly, oil mixed with refrigerant may be prevented from being excessively introduced into the compression chamber. As a result, an amount of oil leaked to the refrigerating cycle system together with compressed refrigerant may be reduced, thereby preventing reduced performance of the compressor due to oil deficiency.
FIG. 10 is a graph showing an energy efficiency ratio (EER) and an oil circulation rate (OCR) of the compressor of FIG. 1 according to whether the oil blocking device is provided or not. Referring to FIG. 10, the compressor having the oil blocking device has a higher EER than the compressor not having the oil blocking device by 0.5˜0.6, and shows a low oil circulation rate than that of the compressor not having the oil blocking device by approximately 12˜13 wt %. The effects become more distinct when the compressor is rotated at a high speed of more than 60 Hz.
Since the driving motor may be implemented as a synchronous reluctance motor, the compressor may have an enhanced performance when rotated at a low speed. Herein, a heat emitting amount of the motor may be decreased, expanding a driving region of the compressor.
Further, since the balance weight may be coupled to the rotational shaft, transformation of the rotational shaft due to an eccentric load of the driving motor may be prevented. Also, the eccentric load of the driving motor may be effectively compensated with a reduced weight of the balance weight.
Since a trochoid gear pump may be used as the oil pump, time during which oil supply is stopped due to a suction pressure change and a liquid refrigerant vaporization may be reduced. Also, the trochoid gear pump may be directly coupled to the rotational shaft, reducing the number of components and assembly processes.
Embodiments disclosed herein provide a scroll compressor capable of always maintaining a predetermined amount of oil regardless of a rotational speed of a driving motor.
In accordance with an embodiment broadly described herein, there is provided a scroll compressor that includes a casing having a hermetic inner space for contain oil therein a driving motor disposed at the inner space of the casing a compression device or unit coupled to a rotational shaft of the driving motor, disposed at the inner space of the casing, and forming a compression chamber as a fixing scroll and an orbiting scroll are engaged to each other, a frame fixedly disposed between the driving motor and the compression unit, for supporting the rotational shaft of the driving motor and the compression unit, an oil blocking device or unit disposed between the driving motor and the compression unit, for preventing oil from being introduced into the compression chamber, and an oil supplying device or unit for supplying oil sucked through the rotational shaft to the compression chamber.
In accordance with another embodiment broadly described herein, there is provided a scroll compressor that includes a casing having a hermetic inner space for containing oil therein, a driving motor disposed at the inner space of the casing, and having a rotational shaft to which a balance weight is integrally coupled and a compression device or unit coupled to the rotational shaft of the driving motor, disposed at the inner space of the casing, and forming a compression chamber as a fixing scroll and an orbiting scroll are engaged to each other. An oil passage may be penetratingly formed in the rotational shaft in a shaft direction, and one or more gas discharge holes may be penetratingly formed in the middle of the oil passage in a radial direction.
Although an exemplary scroll compressor is presented herein, for ease of discussion, it is well understood that this can be equally applied to other types of compressors, or another application in which this type of oil blocking is required and/or advantageous.
More specifically, the compressor and oil blocking device therefor according to embodiments disclosed herein has numerous applications in which compression of fluid is required, and in different types of compressors. Such applications may include, for example, air conditioning and refrigeration applications. One such exemplary application is shown in FIG. 12, in which a compressor 710 having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein is installed in a refrigerator/freezer 700. Installation and functionality of a compressor in a refrigerator is discussed in detail in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,082,776, 6,955,064, 7,114,345, 7,055,338, and 6,772,601, the entirety of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Another such exemplary application is shown in FIG. 13, in which a compressor 810 having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein is installed in an outdoor unit of an air conditioner 800. Installation and functionality of a compressor in a refrigerator is discussed in detail in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,121,106, 6,868,681, 5,775,120, 6,374,492, 6,962,058, 6,951,628, and 5,947,373, the entirety of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Another such exemplary application is shown in FIG. 14, in which a compressor 910 having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein is installed in a single, integrated air conditioning unit 900. Installation and functionality of a compressor in a refrigerator is discussed in detail in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,032,404, 6,412,298, 7,036,331, 6,588,228, 6,182,460, and 5,775,123, the entirety of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Any reference in this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “example embodiment,” etc., means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with any embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the purview of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other ones of the embodiments.
Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number of illustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art that will fall within the spirit and scope of the principles of this disclosure. More particularly, various variations and modifications are possible in the component parts and/or arrangements of the subject combination arrangement within the scope of the disclosure, the drawings and the appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications in the component parts and/or arrangements, alternative uses will also be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A compressor, comprising:

a casing;

a compression device having a compression chamber and configured to receive, compress, and discharge a refrigerant; and

an oil blocking device configured to block oil from the compression device from spreading onto certain mechanical parts disposed therebelow, wherein the oil blocking device comprises a substantially planar blocking plate with at least one oil flow path adjacent an outer circumference of the blocking plate.

2. The compressor of claim 1, wherein the at least one oil flow path comprises at least one oil flow hole disposed in the blocking plate.

3. The compressor of claim 2, wherein the at least one oil flow path further comprises a tube in communication with the at least one oil flow hole.

4. The compressor of claim 1, wherein the at least one oil flow path comprises at least one channel formed at an outer periphery of the blocking plate.

5. The compressor of claim 4, wherein the at least one channel is disposed adjacent the casing and forms an enclosed oil passage therewith.

6. The compressor of claim 1, further comprising a drive motor configured to drive the compression device, wherein the certain mechanical parts comprise a balance weight attached to a rotational shaft connecting the motor to the compression device.

7. The compressor of claim 6, wherein the compression device comprises:

a fixed scroll; and

an orbiting scroll disposed adjacent thereto to form the compression chamber therebetween.

8. The compressor of claim 7, wherein an oil supply passage is formed in the rotational shaft through which oil is supplied to the compression device.

9. The compressor of claim 8, further comprising a pump attached to the rotational shaft configured to pump oil within the oil supply passage.

10. The compressor of claim 9, wherein the pump comprises a trochoid gear pump.

11. The compressor of claim 8, further comprising at least one oil discharge hole formed in the rotational shaft in communication with the oil supply passage.

12. The compressor of claim 8, further comprising at least one gas discharge hole formed in the rotational shaft.

13. The compressor of claim 8, further comprising a main frame having a bearing surface on which the orbiting scroll is supported, wherein an oil supply passage is formed in the main frame which is in communication with the oil supply passage formed in the rotational shaft.

14. The compressor of claim 1, further comprising an oil supply pipe formed in the casing configured to allow oil to be supplied or returned to the compressor therethrough.

15. The compressor of claim 1, further comprising an oil level checking pipe formed in the casing configured to allow an oil level in the compressor to be checked.

16. A scroll compressor comprising the compressor of claim 1.

17. A compressor, comprising:

a casing;

an oil blocking device configured to block oil from the compression device from spreading onto certain mechanical parts, wherein the oil blocking device comprises a blocking plate with a plurality of oil directing flanges extending therefrom.

18. The compressor of claim 17, wherein the plurality of oil directing flanges comprise at least three oil directing flanges.

19. The compressor of claim 18, wherein at least three oil directing flanges are configured to direct oil toward a coil of a motor that drives the compression device.

20. A scroll compressor comprising the compressor of claim 17.

21. A compressor, comprising:

a casing;

a drive motor disposed within the casing;

a compression device having a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber therebetween and driven by the drive motor via a rotational shaft to receive, compress, and discharge a refrigerant, the orbiting shaft being supported on a bearing surface of a main frame;

a first oil passage formed in the rotational shaft to supply oil to the compression device;

a second oil passage formed in the main frame in communication with the first oil passage to supply oil to the compression device; and

an oil blocking device configured to block oil from spreading onto certain mechanical parts disposed below the drive motor.

22. The compressor of claim 21, wherein the oil blocking device comprises a substantially planar blocking plate with at least oil flow path adjacent an outer circumference of the blocking plate.

23. The compressor of claim 22, wherein the oil flow path comprises an oil flow hole disposed in blocking plate.

24. The compressor of claim 23, wherein the oil flow path further comprises a tube in communication with the oil flow hole.

25. The compressor of claim 22, wherein the oil flow path comprises a channel formed at an outer periphery of the blocking plate.

26. The compressor of claim 25, wherein the channel is disposed adjacent the casing and forms an enclosed oil passage therewith.

27. The compressor of claim 21, wherein the oil block device comprises a blocking plate with a plurality of oil directing flanges extending therefrom.

28. The compressor of claim 21, further comprising a drive motor configured to drive the compression device, wherein the certain mechanical parts comprise a balance weight attached to a rotational shaft connecting the motor to the compression device.

29. The compressor of claim 21, further comprising at least one gas discharge hole formed in the rotational shaft.

30. The compressor of claim 21, further comprising an oil supply pipe formed in the casing configured to allow oil to be supplied or returned to the compressor therethrough.

31. The compressor of claim 21, further comprising an oil level checking pipe formed in the casing configured to allow an oil level in the compressor to be checked.

32. A scroll compressor comprising the compressor of claim 21.