Patent ID: 7431571
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: F04C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A muffler for a hermetic rotary compressor comprising: a muffler body coupled so as to cover a compression space of a cylinder, and covering one side surface of a bearing including a discharge hole through which refrigerant gas of high pressure compressed in the compression space is discharged, whereby forming a noise reducing space, in which the refrigerant gas discharged through the discharge hole flows, with the one side surface of the bearing; a discharge port formed on the muffler body so as to be adjacent to the noise reducing space; and a guide cover located in the noise reducing space and coupled to an inner wall of the muffler body for guiding the refrigerant gas flowing in the noise reducing space to the discharge port with the inner wall of the muffler body, wherein the guide cover has an elongated shape and extends over the discharge port to an entrance of the guide cover in a radial manner with respect to a center axis of the muffler body.