Patent ID: 6062033
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F04B,F24F,F25D

Abstract:
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:a compressor; anda noise-reducing apparatus encompassing the compressor and includinga bottom sheet attached tightly to an underside of the compressor, anda top sheet disposed atop the bottom sheet and encompassing upright sides and a top of the compressor, the top sheet comprising a downwardly-open dome-shaped structure having a lower edge attached to a top surface of the bottom sheet, the dome-shaped structure including first and second substantially identically shaped semi-dome shaped sections joined together along a parting line lying in a substantially vertical plane, the dome-shaped structure covering top and side portions of the compressor and including a suction hole and a discharge hole formed therein adjacent the lower edge thereof and adapted to accommodate a suction pipe and a discharge pipe, respectively, of the compressor.