Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge silencer (6) for a hermetically encapsulated refrigerant compressor (1), which comprises a piston/cylinder unit (4) that compresses a refrigerant and has a compression chamber (3) and which is enclosed by a hermetically sealed compressor housing (2), wherein the compression chamber (3) is supplied with refrigerant coming from an evaporator through a suction silencer (5) and discharges refrigerant compressed by the piston/cylinder unit (4) into a pressure line (7a, b) through the discharge silencer (6). According to the invention, the discharge silencer (6) comprises a main body (8), on which an inlet flange (9) for the refrigerant coming from the piston/cylinder unit (4) is arranged, and an outlet channel (10), through which the refrigerant can be led into a pressure line (7a, b) that supplies a condenser with compressed refrigerant.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor, comprising a hermetically sealed compressor housing (1), in whose interior (8) a piston-cylinder unit (4) compressing a refrigerant operates, which sucks in refrigerant from outside (9) the compressor housing (1) via a suction pipe (2) and expels the refrigerant under compression via a pressure section (3, 6), formed from a pressure pipe (3) manufactured from plastic and a connection pipe (6) manufactured from metal in the direction of a condenser situated outside (9) the compressor housing (1).