Patent ID: 9353773
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: F04B,F15B

Claim Text:
1. A mounting arrangement for a suction muffler in a linear motor compressor of the type which comprises a movable assembly formed by: a piston having a cylindrical tubular body with an open rear end and a front end closed by a top wall which carries a suction valve; and an actuating means connected to the piston to drive the latter in a reciprocating movement, the mounting arrangement being characterized in that the piston houses, internally, a suction muffler comprising two tubular inserts longitudinally disposed in the interior of the piston, said tubular inserts having open adjacent ends spaced from each other and closed opposite ends respectively affixed to the top wall of the piston and to the actuating means, said tubular inserts defining, in the interior of the cylindrical tubular body of the piston, a muffling chamber (C) and an annular passage medianly opened to the muffling chamber (C), through the adjacent ends of the tubular inserts, and communicating the open rear end of the piston with its suction valve.