Refrigerant compressor having interconnected muffler section

Claim 1

A compressor comprising: a body; compression means having a cylinder block for being disposed in the body of the compressor in order to compress sucked-in refrigerant of low pressure and low temperature to a high pressure and high temperature, and a piston disposed within the cylinder block for reciprocating movement; an electric motor including a rotor and a stator connected by a crank shaft and a connecting rod to a piston disposed in the cylinder block of the compression means for displacing the piston in linear reciprocating movements; a valve plate formed with a discharge hole and a suction hole so that the refrigerant compressed to high temperature and high pressure in the cylinder block can be discharged, and so that the low temperature and low pressure refrigerant in the cylinder block can be sucked-in; a cylinder head fixed to the valve plate with a gasket disposed therebetween, said cylinder head formed at an inner surface thereof with a discharge chamber and a receptible groove; a base muffler mounted in the receptible groove of the cylinder head to thereby interdict the transfer of the heat radiated from the electric motor; and a suction muffler for attenuating noises generated by a flow of low pressure and low temperature refrigerant sucked thereinto; the base muffler including a suction tube insertable into a recess of the suction muffler for connecting the suction muffler to the base muffler, the suction tube including a longitudinal slit formed therein to render the suction tube elastic for easier insertion into said recess, and the suction tube being tapered to limit the distance to which the suction tube can be inserted into the recess.