SCROLL COMPRESSOR

A scroll compressor is provided which has a compression section (3) provided in a closed container (1), said compression section including an orbiting scroll (31) having volute teeth formed substantially symmetrically on both surfaces of an orbiting base plate (31B), and a main shaft (7) being penetrated through and fixed at a center portion of said orbiting scroll and a pair of upper and lower fixed scolls (33, 34) opposed to said both surfaces of said orbiting scroll, each of said fixed scrolls having volute tooth corresponding to each of said volute teeth of said orbiting scroll to respectively form compression chambers (32); a motor (2) provided in said closed container for driving said main shaft; and a discharge path provided below the motor (2) and through the one of the fixed scrolls (33, 34) for discharging the compressed gas compressed in the compression section (3) to the outside of the closed container (1), wherein each of said orbiting scrolls (31) and fixed scrolls (33, 34) has more than two turns of volute tooth formed toward the periphery of said main shaft.