Pre-testable and repairable hermetic scroll type compressor

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A hermetic type scroll compressor includes a hermetically sealed compressor housing formed by first and second cup shaped casings. The first casing houses a compression mechanism while the second casing, houses a drive mechanism. The compression mechanism includes a fixed scroll affixed to the first cup shaped casing an orbiting scroll interfitted atan angular and radial offset with the fixed scroll and a rotation preventing, device disposed between the orbiting scroll and the center block. The movement of both the compression and driving mechanisms may be inspected or tested and those mechanisms may be readily disassembled so that component parts thereof may be adjusted or replaced before …