Hermetically sealed motor compressor

Claim 1

A hermetically sealed motor compressor including: a hermetically sealed casing; a compressor body housed in said casing and comprising a generally cup-shaped frame having a generally circular rim extending downward therefrom, said frame being provided at the upper portion thereof with a plurality of substantially equally spaced notches for causing the interIor of said frame to communicate with the outside thereof, the bottom of each of said notches constituting the horizontally flat upper surface of said rim; a plurality of generally L-shaped one piece spring hangers equal in number to the number of said notches, each spring hanger comprising a fitting portion fixed to said casing and an arm portion extending inwardly of said casing from said fitting portion, said spring hangers being disposed in said casing at a substantially equal peripheral spacing and with the free ends of said arm portions jointly defining an inscribed circle having a diameter larger than the outside diameter of said frame; a plurality of springs equal in number to the number of said notches, each spring having the lower end portion thereof fitted into a spring socket provided on the upper surface of the rim at the respective notch, and having the upper end portion thereof connected with the arm portion of the respective spring hanger by means of said free end of said arm portion being inserted between two adjacent coils of the upper end portion of the respective spring; and a substantially semicircular spring-engaging groove provided on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the arm portion of said spring hangers to receive one of the coils of its respective spring.