MUFFLER OF SCROLL COMPRESSOR

• US 20080008612A1
• Filed: 07/06/2006
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Dong-soo, PARK, Hyo-keun, SUH, Jeong-hwan, KIM, Seung-yup
• Granted Patent: US 7,527,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 418/55.1
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/0215 where only one member is moving
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 23/008 Hermetic pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/065 Noise dampening volumes, e.g. muffler chambers
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/068 the silencing means being arranged inside the pump housing

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a muffler of a scroll compressor. The muffler includes a first muffler having a pair of chambers defined above an outlet of a fixed scroll to communicate with the outlet and a gas passage hole formed at the center of an upper end thereof, and a second muffler located around the first muffler to be spaced apart from the gas passage hole of the first muffler and having a chamber including one or more guidance paths of the fixed scroll. The muffler can achieve reduction of operational noise, sufficient separation of oil contained in discharge gas, and efficient isolation between a discharge pressure inside the muffler and outside suction pressure.

Claims

1. A muffler of a scroll compressor comprising:

a first muffler having a pair of chambers defined above an outlet of a fixed scroll to communicate with the outlet and a gas passage hole formed at the center of an upper end thereof; and

a second muffler located around the first muffler to be spaced apart from the gas passage hole of the first muffler and having a chamber communicating with one or more guidance paths of the fixed scroll.

2. The muffler according to claim 1, wherein the chambers of the first muffler include a lower first chamber and an upper second chamber.

3. The muffler according to claim 2, wherein the second chamber is defined by an inclined conical wall.

4. The muffler according to claim 3, wherein the inclined conical wall has pleats.

5. The muffler according to claim 1, wherein the second muffler is defined by a planar gas confronting wall forming the center of a top thereof and a curved wall extending downward from the planar gas confronting wall to have a gentle curvature.

6. The muffler according to claim 5, wherein the curved wall has pleats.

7. A scroll compressor comprising:

a main frame and sub frame mounted in a shell at upper and lower locations of the shell;

an orbiting scroll disposed on an upper end surface of the main frame and coupled with a crank shaft that is rotated by a drive unit;

a fixed scroll arranged above the orbiting scroll and having a fixed wrap to be engaged with an orbiting wrap included in the orbiting scroll;

a first muffler arranged above an outlet of the fixed scroll and having a gas passage hole; and

a second muffler arranged around the first muffler to be spaced apart from the first muffler and having a chamber including one or more guidance paths defined in the fixed scroll.

8. The compressor according to claim 7, wherein the first muffler has a lower first chamber and an upper second chamber.

9. The compressor according to claim 8, wherein the second chamber is defined by an inclined conical wall.

10. The compressor according to claim 9, wherein the inclined conical wall has pleats.

11. The compressor according to claim 7, wherein the second muffler is defined by a gas confronting wall and a curved wall extending downward from the planar gas confronting wall to have a gentle curvature.

12. The compressor according to claim 11, wherein the curved wall has pleats.

13. The compressor according to claim 7, further comprising:

a stator press-fitted in the shell at a position between the main frame and the sub frame; and

a rotor arranged in the stator and adapted to rotate by power applied thereto.

14. The compressor according to claim 13, wherein the crank shaft is inserted through the center of the rotor in such a manner that opposite ends thereof are rotatably supported by the main frame and sub frame, respectively.

15. The compressor according to claim 14, wherein a crank pin is eccentrically formed at the upper end of the crank shaft to be coupled to a boss formed at the center of a lower portion of the orbiting scroll.

16. The compressor according to claim 15, wherein an oil supply path is vertically penetrated in the crank shaft.

17. The compressor according to claim 7, wherein the orbiting wrap and fixed wrap define a compression chamber therebetween, and the fixed scroll has an outlet to discharge refrigerant gas compressed in the compression chamber.

18. The compressor according to claim 17, wherein the fixed scroll has one or more guidance paths to guide the refrigerant gas, discharged from the mufflers, into a lower region of the compressor.