Patent ID: 7686592

Claim:
A compressor comprising: a compression element for compressing refrigerant gas; a hermetic container for accommodating the compression element; and a suction pipe linking inside and outside the hermetic container, wherein the compression element comprises: a cylinder; a piston which reciprocates inside the cylinder; a compression chamber formed in the cylinder; and a suction muffler whose one end leads to the compression chamber, the suction muffler comprising: a main body forming a muffling space; an intake port opened to the hermetic container and leading to the muffling space; and a gas catcher surrounding the intake port and having an opening facing an orifice of the suction pipe, wherein the opening of the gas catcher has an upper end located above a lower end of the orifice of the suction pipe and a lower end located below the lower end of the orifice of the suction pipe, the lower end of the opening of the gas catcher defined by a lower surface of the gas catcher, and the intake port has an opening facing the lower surface of the gas catcher, wherein an angle between a horizontal line and a shortest line connecting the lower end of the opening of the gas catcher and the lower end of the orifice of the suction pipe is not less than 30°, and wherein the intake port of the suction muffler is opened downward, and an inner face of the gas catcher is concavely curved.