The present invention relates to a noise reducing device for a hermetic type compressor which is capable of reducing noise by being installed at a suction side of the hermetic type compressor.
Generally, a hermetic type compressor has a suction side provided with a suction muffler for reducing valve noise, flow-induced noise or pressure pulsation which may be generated when a refrigerant is sucked into a compression mechanism unit. The suction muffler includes a noise space in which noise generated at the time of refrigerant suctioning is reduced, an inlet formed at one side of the noise space and connected to a suction pipe of a refrigerating cycle, and an outlet formed at the other side of the noise space and connected to a suction side of the compression mechanism unit. The noise space may be partitioned into a plurality of spaces as necessary. Alternately, the plurality of noise spaces may be formed in series or in parallel.
The suction muffler may be classified into a direct suction type and indirect suction type according to a manner applied to a compressor. The direct suction type suction muffler is configured to have an inlet closely disposed at a suction pipe penetratingly coupled to a hermetic container of the compressor so that a refrigerant may be directly sucked into the compression mechanism unit, while the indirect suction type suction muffler is configured to have the suction pipe spaced from the inlet of the suction muffler by a constant gap so that the refrigerant may be sucked into the compression mechanism unit by passing through an inner space of the hermetic container of the compressor.
Technical Problem
However, in the related direct suction type suction muffler, as the suction pipe is directly connected to the inlet of the suction muffler, pressure pulsation transferred through the suction muffler or vibration noise caused by the pressure pulsation is transferred to the suction pipe and then the pressure pulsation or the vibration noise is transferred to a casing through the suction pipe, thereby increasing noise of the compressor.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a noise reducing device for a hermetic compressor which is capable of effectively reducing pressure pulsation or vibration noise generated from a compression mechanism unit in a suction muffler as well as of facilitatingly sucking a refrigerant into the compression mechanism unit through the suction muffler.
To achieve the object, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a noise reducing device for a hermetic type compressor comprising: a hermetic container to which a suction pipe is penetratingly coupled; a compressor main body installed in the hermetic container; a suction muffler disposed at a suction side of the compressor main body; and a connection member interposed between the suction pipe and an inlet of the suction muffler and having at least one plate film for controlling flow of a refrigerant.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a noise reducing device for a hermetic type compressor comprising: a hermetic container to which a suction pipe is penetratingly coupled; a compressor main body installed in the hermetic container; a suction muffler disposed at a suction side of the compressor main body and connecting the suction side of the compressor main body and the suction pipe to each other; and a connection member installed between the suction muffler and the suction pipe and directly connecting the suction muffler and the suction pipe to each other, wherein a plate film is provided so as to switch a refrigerant passage disposed in the hermetic container.
According to a noise reducing device for a hermetic type compressor of the present invention, a plate film is formed in a connection member connecting a suction pipe and a suction muffler to each other, the plate film configured to prevent a back flow of noise by being bent and open when a refrigerant is sucked and then closed when the suction of the refrigerant is finished. Accordingly, it is capable of facilitatingly sucking the refrigerant without interference and of reducing pressure pulsation or noise by blocking the pressure and noise transferred toward the suction pipe in the suction muffler, thereby being capable of remarkably reducing noise of the compressor.
Hereafter, description will now be given in detail of a noise reducing device for a hermetic compressor according to the present invention with accompanying drawings.
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Here, the communication pipe (not shown) is configured to partition the noise space (V) into a plurality of chambers and be consecutively communicated with the plurality of chambers so that the refrigerant may be guided to the compressor main body 3 by passing through the noise space (V).
The connection member 120, as shown in
And, the connection member 120 is configured to have an expanded portion 122 formed by expanding the inlet side. And then, an outlet portion of the suction pipe 4 is inserted toward the inside of the expanded portion 122 so that the expanded portion 122 and the suction pipe 4 may be integrally coupled to each other or the suction pipe 4 may be inserted into the expanded portion 122 with a slight gap between an outer circumferential surface of the suction pipe 4 and an inner circumferential surface of the expanded portion 122.
A plate film 123 is formed in the connection member 120. The plate film 123 is configured to be bent in a suction direction of the refrigerant when the refrigerant is sucked and to be elastically restored when the refrigerant is not sucked, thereby blocking pressure pulsation or noise.
The plate film 123 may be integrally formed with the connection member 120 formed of the flexible material having elasticity or may be assembled to the connection member 120 after being separately formed of a flexible material having elasticity.
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The plate film pieces 123a, as shown in
Unexplained reference numeral 5 denotes a discharge pipe.
The suction muffler of the hermetic type compressor according to the present invention has the following operations and effects.
Once a compression mechanism unit (not shown) installed in the compressor hermetic container 1 is operated, a refrigerant circulating a refrigerating cycle is directly introduced into the suction muffler 100 and the noise space (V) through the suction pipe 4 and a suction guide pipe 130. The refrigerant sequentially passes through the plurality of chambers with flowing along the communication pipe and then is sucked into the compression space of the compressor main body 3 through the outlet 112.
Here, as the suction pipe 4 is directly connected to the connection member 120 mounted at the inlet 111 of the suction muffler 100 or is disposed at an adjacent position, the refrigerant passing through the suction pipe 4 is directly sucked into the noise space (V) of the suction muffler 100 by passing through the connection member 120.
Here, the plate film 123 is formed in the connection member 120 connecting the suction pipe 4 and the inlet 111 of the suction muffler 100 to each other. As the plate film 123 is cut to be bent in a flow direction of the refrigerant, as shown in
Pressure pulsation and valve noise are generated resulting from that a suction valve is closed at the time that the compressor main body 3 completes the suction process. The pressure pulsation and the valve noise are transferred in a direction which is opposite to a direction that the refrigerant is sucked. However, the plate film 123 disposed in the connection member 120 is restored into its original state by an elastic force of itself, as shown in
Meanwhile, another embodiment of the plate film in the noise reducing device for the hermetic type compressor in accordance with the present invention will be explained as follows.
In the aforementioned embodiment, the plate film is configured to have the central portion bent centering around the inner circumferential surface of the connection member. In this embodiment, the plate film 123 is configured to be bent toward both sides centering around the central portion of itself, as shown in
Meanwhile, another embodiment regarding an installation position of the connection member in the noise reducing device for the hermetic type compressor in accordance with the present invention will be explained as follows.
In the aforementioned embodiment, the connection member is assembled to the inlet of the suction muffler. In this embodiment, the connection member 220 may be interposed at the middle of the suction pipe 4. In this case, the connection member 200 is formed in a corrugated tube shape using a flexible material. And, a plate film (not shown) same as the aforementioned may be formed in the connection member 220. The plate film may be formed in a shape same as the aforementioned, thus detailed explanation will be omitted. And, since operations and effects of the noise reducing device of the hermetic type compressor according to this embodiment are same those of the aforementioned embodiment, thus detailed explanation will be omitted. However, in this case, since the refrigerant sucked through the suction pipe 4 should be directly sucked into the suction muffler 100, the inlet 111 (see
The noise reducing device in accordance with the present invention may be broadly applied to hermetic type compressors in which a suction pipe and a compressor main body are directly connected to each other.
It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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