NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE FOR USE IN A RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR USING A SIDE-BRANCH SILENCER

摘要

A noise reduction device has a side branch silencer. The side branch silencer is formed within a discharge valve assembly which includes is divided into a discharge muffler, a gasket, a discharge valve piece and a valve plate. The side branch silencer is provided with a cutout formed through the gasket to communicate with a discharge passage formed through the gasket. The cutout is blocked vertically by both a lower surface of a muffler plate of the discharge muffler and an upper surface of the discharge valve piece.