Patent ID: 6835052
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A suction valve assembly of a reciprocating compressor comprising:a piston disposed to be linearly movable in a cylinder forming a compression chamber and having a suction passage for sucking a fluid and a valve seat formed at a front side thereof; an inertial valve having a valve plate detachably attached at the valve seat of the piston and opening and shutting the suction passage, the inertial valve having a support bar extended from a rear side of the valve plate and inserted into the suction passage, the support bar having a plurality of guide grooves at regular intervals in a circumferential direction thereof; and a plurality of guide pins slidably inserted into the plurality of guide grooves of the support bar of the inertial valve, the plurality of guide pins being fixed at the piston to limit an opening rate of the valve plate.