Patent ID: 7857602

Claim:
A muffler installation structure for compressors comprising: an end plate member fitted to an opening end of a cylinder body; a cup-shaped muffler fitted to the end plate member; and a fixing member for fixing the muffler to the end plate member, the muffler having a peripheral wall which is fitted to an outer peripheral surface of a body portion of the end plate member, at places near the fixing member, an inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the muffler and the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the end plate member being clearance-fitted, while at places distant from the fixing member, the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the muffler and the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the end plate member being close-fitted to each other, in a state before the muffler is fitted to the end plate member, the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the end plate member being shaped into a generally perfect circle as viewed in an axial direction, the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the muffler being shaped into a generally-defined ellipse as viewed in the axial direction, a major axis of the generally-defined ellipse of the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the muffler being larger than a diameter of the generally perfect circle of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the end plate member, and a minor axis of the generally-defined ellipse of the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the muffler being smaller than the diameter of the generally perfect circle of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the end plate member.