Noise reduction media for a reciprocating compressor
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsGregory William Hahn, Michael Goodman Schroeder, Brent Alden Junge
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Abstract
A compressor includes a housing defining a sump for collecting lubricant, a pump for circulating the lubricant within the housing, the pump comprising a lubricant intake tube defining a pump inlet positioned within the sump, and a noise dissipation media positioned within the sump on a surface of the lubricant and above the pump inlet, wherein a media void is defined around the lubricant intake tube.
Claims20
A compressor defining an axial direction and a vertical direction, the compressor comprising:
- a housing defining a sump for collecting lubricant;
- a pump for circulating the lubricant within the housing, the pump comprising a lubricant intake tube defining a pump inlet positioned within the sump;
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- a noise dissipation media positioned within the sump on a surface of the lubricant and above the pump inlet, wherein a media void is defined around the lubricant intake tube.
A noise dissipation media for use in a linear compressor, the linear compressor comprising a housing defining a sump and a lubricant intake tube defining a pump inlet positioned within the sump, the noise dissipation media comprising:
- a buoyant mat defining one or more apertures and a tube aperture configured to receive the lubricant intake tube and define a media void around the lubricant intake tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.