Patent ID: 7381032

Claim:
A hermetic compressor comprising a hermetic vessel, an electric motor element disposed in said hermetic vessel, a compressing element to be driven and rotated by said electric motor element, a suction pipe disposed in said hermetic vessel, and a suction muffler made up from a muffler main body and a muffler cover, inner wall surfaces of said muffler main body and an inner wall surface of said muffler cover defining a muffler space so that said inner wall surface of said muffler cover defines the top wall surface of said suction muffler, said muffler main body comprising: an inlet pipe whose one end is open in said hermetic vessel and other end is open in said suction muffler, and an outlet pipe whose one end is open in said suction muffler and other end is open to said compressing element, said muffler cover comprising: a tubular wall independent of the inner wall surfaces of said main muffler main body extending downwardly from said muffler cover for defining a resonance space in said muffler space, said tubular wall being formed integrally with said muffler cover.