Patent ID: 6394226
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
An intake muffler for compression circuits, particularly for refrigeration systems and the like, comprising a base provided with air passage channels and a cover meant to be coupled to said base, further comprising a retention joint, have a substantially C-shaped cross-section, which is molded around a perimetric seam between said base and said cover, the upper surface of said cover and the lower surface of said base respectively having, at an edge thereof, a groove, said retention joint is molded so that it is anchored to said base and said cover, said retention joint being molded so as to be engaged in said grooves formed in the base and in the cover, said base being provided with a frustum-shaped cavity and said cover being provided with a complementarily shaped protrusion adapted to engage with said cavity, to interlock said cover with said base.