Suction arrangement for a refrigeration compressor
US8992186B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S417/902
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A refrigeration compressor is provided and may include a shell carrying a suction-inlet tube having an outlet nozzle opened to the interior of the shell and a cylinder block to which is mounted a suction muffler that incorporates an admission tube provided with an inlet nozzle.The inlet nozzle of the admission tube may be disposed adjacent to the outlet nozzle of the suction-inlet tube. The inlet nozzle may admit under at least one of the conditions of underpressure in its interior or deflection of the refrigerant-fluid flow in the interior of the shell the gaseous phase and may direct the liquid phase to a region of the shell external to the inlet nozzle.
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