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A reciprocating piston type compressor provided with pistons reciprocating in respective cylinder bores arranged in a cylinder block for compression of refrigerant gas in response to rotation of a reciprocation-drive-mechanism including a rotating drive shaft, a suction chamber receiving the refrige

A reciprocating piston type compressor provided with pistons reciprocating in respective cylinder bores arranged in a cylinder block for compression of refrigerant gas in response to rotation of a reciprocation-drive-mechanism including a rotating drive shaft, a suction chamber receiving the refrigerant gas before compression and communicating with the cylinder bores via suction ports of a valve assembly, and a discharge chamber receiving the compressed refrigerant gas and communicating with the cylinder bores via discharge ports of the valve assembly, the discharge chamber being divided into a plurality of sub-chambers arranged to be in registration with the plurality of discharge ports of the valve assembly for attenuating pulsative components in the pressure of the compressed refrigerant gas, and the sub-chambers being sectioned by ribs having fluid passageways for providing communication among the sub-chambers.

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A reciprocating piston type compressor including: a cylinder block provided with a plurality of parallel cylinder bores formed therein and arranged around an axial drive shaft for driving reciprocating pistons in the cylinder bores; a valve assembly arranged at an axial end of said cylinder block an

A reciprocating piston type compressor including: a cylinder block provided with a plurality of parallel cylinder bores formed therein and arranged around an axial drive shaft for driving reciprocating pistons in the cylinder bores; a valve assembly arranged at an axial end of said cylinder block and provided with suction and discharge ports respectively communicating with said plurality of cylinder bores; and a housing means sealingly attached to the same axial end of said cylinder block via said valve assembly and defining therein a suction chamber receiving a refrigerant gas before compression and a discharge chamber receiving therein a compressed refrigerant gas, said suction chamber fluidly communicating with said suction ports of said valve assembly and said discharge chamber fluidly communicating with said discharge ports of said valve assembly, wherein said discharge chamber is isolated from said suction chamber by a wall, extending annularly so as to surround said suction chamber; and wherein said discharge chamber comprises a plurality of sub-chambers communicating, respectively, with said plurality of discharge ports of said valve assembly so as to attenuate pulsative components of discharge pressure of said compressed gas discharging from said respective cylinder bores, said sub-chambers being sectioned by radial ribs extending from an end face of said housing means toward said valve assembly, said respective radial ribs defining fluid passageways in the form of a flow choke, arranged between ends of said ribs and said valve assembly so as to provide a fluid communication among said plurality of sub-chambers; said radial ribs extending from an inner end face of said housing means, which is perpendicular to an axis of the axial drive shaft, toward the valve assembly, said ribs being integral with the inner end face of said housing means; and wherein said discharge chamber further comprises one additional sub-chamber having no direct communication with any one of said discharge ports of said valve assembly, and having direct fluid communication with a delivery port delivering said compressed refrigerant gas toward a refrigerating circuit which incorporates therein said reciprocating piston type compressor, said additional sub-chamber being sectioned from neighboring ones of said sub-chambers by ribs which are arranged so as to extend from said end face of said housing means to define fluid passageways in the form of a fluid choke, and are arranged adjacent to said valve assembly, said fluid passageways providing communication between said additional sub-chamber and said neighboring sub-chambers.