Patent ID: 6506028
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A suction muffler for a hermetic compressor, comprising a hollow body (10,20) provided, externally, with gas inlet and gas outlet nozzles (12,22) and, internally, with a plurality of chambers (C1, C2, C3) and a duct (T) having an end connected with and opened to the gas inlet nozzle (12), median windows (45,55), which are longitudinally spaced from each other and opened to respective chambers (C1, C2), and an opposite end opened to a last chamber (C3), which is maintained opened to the gas outlet nozzle (22),wherein the last chamber (C3) is partially divided in two volumes, with different shapes and dimensions, by a deflecting wall (D) occupying a substantial part of the height of the last chamber (C3) from a bottom wall (42,52) thereof opposite to that in which is provided the gas outlet nozzle (22), the opposite end of the duct (T) projecting to the inside of the last chamber (C3), through said bottom wall (42,52) thereof, by an extension not greater than the height of the deflecting wall (D), both the gas outlet nozzle (22) and the opposite end of the duct (T) being opened to the larger volume of the last chamber (C3), in mutually offset positions.