Lubricating arrangement for compressors

Claim 1

A HERMETICALLY SEALED REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A SEALED CASING HAVING AN OIL SUMP THEREIN, A COMPRESSOR INCLUDING AN INTAKE PORT FOR WITHDRAWING LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT FROM SAID CASING AND DISCHARGING COMPRESSED REFRIGERANT EXTERIORLY OF SAID CASING, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR DRIVING SAID COMPRESSOR, A DRIVE SHAFT CONNECTING SAID MOTOR AND COMPRESSOR, A FRAME SUPPORTING SAID MOTOR AND COMPRESSOR AND INCLUDING A HOUSING SUPPORTING THE STATOR COMPONENT OF SAID MOTOR AND SURROUNDING ONE END OF SAID MOTOR, A PASSAGE IN ONE WALL OF SAID HOUSING CONNECTING THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING WITH THE COMPRESSOR INTAKE PORT, MEANS INCLUDING A CONDUIT EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG SAID ONE WALL ADJACENT SAID PASSAGE FOR DIRECTING OIL FROM SAID SUMP OVER SAID MOTOR, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OIL INTO SAID COMPRESSOR COMPRISING AN OPENING IN SAID CONDUIT FOR DIRECTING A STREAM OF OIL ONTO AN AREA OF SAID ONE WALL ABOVE AND TO ONE SIDE OF SAID PASSAGE AND A SLOPING WIRE SECURED TO SAID WALL WITH THE UPPER END IN THE PATH OF OIL FLOWING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID AREA AND THE LOWER END EXTENDING IN FRONT OF SAID PASSAGE FOR DIRECTING THE FLOW OF SOME OF SAID OIL STREAM INTO THE PATH OF REFRIGERANT FLOWING THROUGH SAID PASSAGE.