Linear compressor
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyeongweon LEE, Jeehyun Kim, Joonsung Park, Byunghoon Woo, Youngcheol Han
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Abstract
A linear compressor is provided that may include a casing, a compressor body accommodated in the casing and defining a compression space for a refrigerant, a suction pipe coupled to a first side of the casing to supply the refrigerant to the compression space, a discharge pipe coupled to a second side of the casing to discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space outside of the casing, a process pipe coupled to the second side of the casing spaced apart from the discharge pipe to inject a refrigerant for supplement into the casing, and a separator that separates a mixed fluid of a refrigerant and oil infected through the process pipe.
Claims20
A linear compressor, comprising:
- a casing;
- a compressor body accommodated in the casing and defining a compression space for a refrigerant;
- a suction pipe coupled to a first side of the casing to supply the refrigerant to the compression space;
- a discharge pipe coupled to a second side of the casing to discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space outside of the casing;
- a process pipe coupled to the second side of the casing spaced apart from the discharge pipe to inject a refrigerant for supplement into the casing;
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- a separator that separates a mixed fluid of a refrigerant and oil injected through the process pipe.
A linear compressor, comprising:
- a casing;
- a compressor body accommodated in the casing and defining a compression space for a refrigerant;
- a suction pipe coupled to a first side of the casing to supply the refrigerant to the compression space;
- a discharge pipe coupled to a second side of the casing to discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space outside of the casing;
- a process pipe coupled to the second side of the casing spaced apart from the discharge pipe to inject a refrigerant for supplement into the casing;
- and
- a separation pipe that separates a mixed fluid of a refrigerant and oil injected through the process pipe, wherein the separation pipe has an internal diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the process pipe.
A linear compressor, comprising:
- a casing;
- a compressor body accommodated in the casing and defining a compression space for a refrigerant;
- a suction pipe coupled to a first side of the casing to supply the refrigerant to the compression space;
- a discharge pipe coupled to a second side of the casing to discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space outside of the casing;
- a process pipe coupled to the second side of the casing spaced apart from the discharge pipe to inject a refrigerant for supplement into the casing;
- and
- a separator in the form of a barrier that separates a mixed fluid of a refrigerant and oil injected through the process pipe and defines a passage for the mixed fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.