Closed compressor
AssigneeMatsushita Refrigeration Company
InventorsToshihiko Ota, Hidetoshi Nishihara, Akihiko Kubota, Masahiko Osaka, Manabu Motegi, Kazuhito Noguchi, Takeshi Kojima
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Abstract
In a hermetic compressor for use on an air-conditioning unit as well as a refrigerating unit such as a refrigerator and a showcase, there is disclosed a constitution designed to provide a silently operated hermetic compressor that has an intake muffler readily assembled thereon. The hermetic compressor including a substantially disk-like elastic member disposed between the intake muffler at an outlet thereof and a cylinder head is provided, in which an outlet orifice of the intake muffler constantly remains pressed against an intake valve port through a gasket.
Claims5
A hermetic compressor comprising:
- a hermetic vessel;
- a compression element placed in the hermetic vessel;
- a cylinder block including a cylinder that forms the compression element;
- a valve plate including an intake port, the valve plate being disposed on an opening end of the cylinder;
- a cylinder head rigidly secured to the valve plate opposite to the cylinder;
- an intake muffler having an outlet positioned in a concavity of the cylinder head, and further having an orifice of the outlet provided at a distal end of the intake muffler and opened to the intake port;
- and a substantially disk-like elastic member disposed between the outlet and the cylinder head, wherein said orifice of the outlet of the intake muffler constantly remains pressed against the intake port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.