Linear compressor with suction guide and suction muffler
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyunyoung Lee, Kiwon Noh
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Abstract
A compressor includes a casing, a piston accommodated in a cylinder disposed inside the casing to reciprocate forward and backward, the piston being configured to define a suction space in which a refrigerant is accommodated therein, a suction muffler connected to the piston to guide the refrigerant to the suction space, a suction guide disposed behind the suction muffler and fixed to the casing, the suction guide being disposed parallel to the suction muffler in an axial direction, and a suction pipe passing through the casing to extend into the suction guide, the suction pipe being configured to suction the refrigerant. A portion of the suction muffler is disposed to overlap the suction guide in a direction crossing the axial direction.
Claims19
A compressor comprising:
- a casing;
- a cylinder disposed in the casing;
- a piston that is disposed in the cylinder, that is configured to reciprocate in an axial direction, and that defines a suction space for receiving a refrigerant;
- a suction muffler that is connected to the piston and configured to guide the refrigerant to the suction space;
- a suction guide that is fixed to the casing and disposed parallel to the suction muffler in the axial direction;
- and
- a suction pipe that extends through the casing into the suction guide and that is configured to suction the refrigerant,
- wherein at least a portion of the suction muffler overlaps with at least a portion of the suction guide in a direction that traverses the axial direction,
- wherein a portion of the suction muffler is received in the suction guide, and
- wherein an outlet of the suction pipe is disposed in the suction guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.