A compressor includes a shell assembly, a muffler plate and a compression mechanism. The shell assembly has a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. The muffler plate is disposed within the shell assembly and separates the suction chamber from the discharge chamber. The muffler plate includes a hub having a circumferentially extending inner portion and a circumferentially extending intermediate portion. The circumferentially extending inner portion defines a discharge passage extending therethrough. The circumferentially extending intermediate portion has a slot formed in a surface thereof. The slot extends at least partially around the circumferentially extending intermediate portion. The compression mechanism is disposed within the suction chamber and provides working fluid to the discharge chamber via the discharge passage of muffler plate.

An apparatus for damping pressure pulsation for a compressor of a gaseous fluid in a refrigerant circuit including a housing with an inlet opening and at least one first outlet opening and a piston element movable in an axial direction within a volume enclosed by the housing and supported on the housing in a beared manner via a spring element, wherein the piston element respectively controls a flow cross section of the inlet opening and the first outlet opening, wherein the piston element and the housing have at least one first sealing surface and a second sealing surface. The first sealing surfaces form a first seat and the second sealing surfaces form a second seat, wherein between the seats, one chamber enclosed by the housing and the piston element for expanding the fluid when flowing into the chamber and/or at least one second outlet opening in the housing is formed.

A suction muffler for a reciprocating compressor comprises a first housing portion and a second hosing portion. The first housing portion comprising a first inlet opening, and a second inlet opening. The second housing portion comprises a blocking member configured to block one of a first refrigerant flow path from the first inlet opening to a suction muffler outlet and a second refrigerant flow path from the second inlet opening to the suction muffler outlet. The blocking member can be provided in different configurations by a selection of the second housing portion or by configuring the relative arrangement of the first housing portion and the second housing portion.

A rotary compressor includes a compression device including a compression space to accommodate a refrigerant introduced through an inlet, and configured to compress the refrigerant and to discharge the refrigerant to an outlet, a driving device to drive the compression device, a flange member to partition an inner portion of the case into a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region, and a muffler member disposed on a surface of the flange member to form a first space to store oil and a second space. The flange member includes a first hole communicating with the second space to allow the low-pressure region to communicate with the compression space, the muffler member includes a second hole which forms part of a refrigerant flow path, and at least one of the flange member and the muffler member includes a third hole which forms part of an oil flow path.

A compressor includes a drive mechanism and a compression mechanism having a discharge passage and a plurality of members disposed to overlap. The discharge passage includes a muffling chamber, an inflow passage connected to an inflow end of the muffling chamber, and an outflow passage connected to an outflow end of the muffling chamber. The muffling chamber is formed across two or more of the plurality of members. The compression mechanism includes first and second cylinders, and a second closing member that covers an opening surface a of the first cylinder and an opening surface of the second cylinder. The muffling chamber includes an expansion chamber having a passage sectional area larger than the inflow and outflow passages. The expansion chamber is formed across the second closing member, and the first and second cylinders.

According to one embodiment, a compressor includes cylinders, a rotating shaft, bearings, and discharge valve mechanisms. Each of the discharge valve mechanisms includes a discharge valve and a valve presser. Regarding the valve pressers, each of the valve pressers includes a main body part lengthwise along the longitudinal direction of the discharge valve, and at least one of the valve pressers includes a fixed part extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the discharge valve relatively to the main body part and fixed to the bearing.

A compressor includes a drive mechanism and a compression mechanism having a discharge passage and a plurality of members disposed to overlap. The discharge passage includes a muffling chamber, an inflow passage connected to an inflow end of the muffling chamber, and an outflow passage connected to an outflow end of the muffling chamber. The muffling chamber is formed across two or more of the plurality of members. The compression mechanism includes first and second cylinders, and a second closing member that covers an opening surface a of the first cylinder and an opening surface of the second cylinder. The muffling chamber includes an expansion chamber having a passage sectional area larger than the inflow and outflow passages. The expansion chamber is formed across the second closing member, and the first and second cylinders.

A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a casing, and a temperature detector. The compression mechanism includes a rotation axis. The casing accommodates the compression mechanism. The casing includes a compression mechanism contact portion. The compression mechanism is in contact with an inner surface of the compression mechanism contact portion. The temperature detector is attached to an outer surface of the compression mechanism contact portion and is configured to sense temperature of the compression mechanism contact portion.

A rotary compressor includes a compression mechanism having a cylinder, a piston, and a Helmholtz muffler. The Helmholtz muffler has a resonance chamber in the compression mechanism and a communication groove formed on an end face of the cylinder to connect the cylinder and resonance chambers. The communication groove is open at the end face of the cylinder and has a pair of side wall portions and a bottom wall portion between the side wall portions. Each side wall portion has a first portion adjacent an open end of the communication groove and a second portion adjacent the bottom wall portion. A surface of the first portion is a flat or bowed surface. A surface of the second portion is a bowed surface having a predetermined curvature so as to be connected to the surface of the first portion and a surface of the bottom wall portion.

The present disclosure relates to a compressor including a branch part for reducing vibration and noise caused by a refrigerant flowing inside a muffler by expanding an enclosed space formed by a compression part and the muffler in the direction of a rotation axis.