Suction muffler for reciprocating compressor
AssigneePanasonic Appliances Refrigeration Devices Singapore
InventorsSan Haw CHONG, Zhen Chyen LAU
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Abstract
A suction muffler for a reciprocating compressor comprises a first housing portion and a second hosing portion. The first housing portion comprising a first inlet opening, and a second inlet opening. The second housing portion comprises a blocking member configured to block one of a first refrigerant flow path from the first inlet opening to a suction muffler outlet and a second refrigerant flow path from the second inlet opening to the suction muffler outlet. The blocking member can be provided in different configurations by a selection of the second housing portion or by configuring the relative arrangement of the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
Claims10
A suction muffler for a reciprocating compressor, the suction muffler comprising:
- a first housing portion comprising a first, inlet opening, and a second inlet opening, wherein the first inlet opening and/or the second inlet opening is configured to receive refrigerant from a suction pipe of the reciprocating compressor;
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- a second housing portion comprising a blocking member configured to block one of a first refrigerant flow path from the first inlet opening to a suction muffler outlet, and a second refrigerant flow path from the second inlet opening to the suction muffler outlet, the suction muffler outlet being configured to couple to a compression component of the reciprocating compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.