Scroll compressors are provided with vapor injection or by-pass ports that
will allow greater flow of refrigerant through the port than was the case
in the prior art. The prior art has typically utilized a single injection
port having a diameter equal to or slightly larger than the thickness of
the scroll wrap. In this way, the scroll wrap is able to prevent or
restrict cross-flow leakage from the port from passing between the two
compression chambers. However, this single port has also limited the
amount of refrigerant that can be returned. In one embodiment, the
present invention utilizes a plurality of ports generally spaced along
the length of the wrap such that cross-flow can still be prevented while
providing a greater cross-sectional flow area into or out of the
compression chambers. In another embodiment, the several ports may be
replaced by a single elongated port. Further, if cross-flow leakage is
not a particular problem, the ports may be positioned such that they
begin to communicate, and stop communicating, serially, with the two
chambers.