A compressor that inhales refrigerant gas from an external refrigerant
circuit, compresses the inhaled refrigerant gas and discharges the
compressed refrigerant gas, comprising a cylinder block having a
plurality of bores, and a suction muffler chamber having a suction port
connected to an external refrigerant circuit installed on the outer
circumferential surface of the cylinder block, a front housing coupled to
the front side of the cylinder block and forming a crank chamber, a
driving shaft supported so as to freely rotate with respect to the
cylinder block and the front housing, a single-headed piston connected to
a slanting plate element mounted on the driving shaft and linearly
reciprocating inside the bores of the cylinder block, and a rear housing
connected to and closing the rear side of the cylinder block, having a
discharge chamber and a suction chamber, and having two or more suction
chamber connecting passages at an upstream side of the suction chamber.