Hermetic compressor
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SAMSUNG GWANGJU ELECTRONICS CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2005-06-16
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-91119, filed Dec. 15, 2003 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates, in general, to hermetic compressors and, more particularly, to a suction muffler of a hermetic compressor, which draws a gas refrigerant of a low pressure passing through an inlet pipe into a compression chamber of a cylinder block.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] Generally, hermetic compressors are widely used in refrigeration systems, such as a refrigerator, to compress a refrigerant. A conventional hermetic compressor includes a hermetic casing to define a hermetic space, with a compressing unit to compress a refrigerant and a drive unit to drive the compressing unit being installed in the hermetic casing.
[0006] The co...