F04C29/025

Scroll compressor witha lubricant supply system and refrigeration cycle apparatus having the scroll compressor

A scroll compressor includes a crank shaft 6, an orbiting scroll 32, and a second plug part 329. The crank shaft 6 has a lubricant channel 63 which allows lubricant 9 to flow therethrough. The orbiting scroll 32 is attached to the crank shaft 6 and has a second inner channel 327 that allows the lubricant supplied thereto through the crank shaft 6 to outwardly flow therethrough. The second plug part 329 serving as an adjustment part is provided in the second inner channel 327 of the orbiting scroll 32 and adjusts a flow amount of the lubricant 9 flowing through the second inner channel 327.

Compressor with Oil Pump

A compressor may include a compression mechanism and an oil pump. The compression mechanism is configured to compress a working fluid. The oil pump may be defined by a driveshaft and a bearing. The driveshaft is drivingly connected to the compression mechanism and includes a lubricant passage. The bearing receives a portion of the driveshaft and includes a bearing surface that rotatably supports the driveshaft. The bearing includes a pump cavity surface that is spaced apart from the driveshaft and cooperates with a diametrical surface of the driveshaft to define a pump cavity that extends around the diametrical surface of the driveshaft. The bearing includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The inlet passage receives oil from an oil sump and provides oil to the pump cavity. The outlet passage receives oil from the pump cavity and provides oil to the lubricant passage of the driveshaft.

SCROLL COMPRESSOR PROVIDED WITH AN ORBITAL DISC LUBRICATION SYSTEM
20200408208 · 2020-12-31 ·

The scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll; an orbiting scroll (8); a drive shaft (16); a support arrangement (5) on which is slidably mounted the orbiting scroll (8); a rotation preventing device configured to prevent rotation of the orbiting scroll (8) with respect to the fixed scroll, the rotation preventing device including orbital discs (28) respectively arranged in circular receiving holes (29) provided on the support arrangement (5), each orbital disc (28) being provided with an outer circumferential bearing surface (31) configured to cooperate with an inner circumferential bearing surface (32) provided on the respective circular receiving hole (29); and a lubrication system configured to lubricate the inner and outer circumferential bearing surfaces (32, 31) with oil supplied from an oil sump, the lubrication system including an oil reservoir (38) in which part of the oil supplied to the lubrication system is collected during operation of the scroll compressor, and a plurality of lubrication passages (41) provided on the support arrangement (5), each lubrication passage (41) including an oil outlet aperture (41.2) emerging in a bottom surface of a respective circular receiving hole (29) and an oil inlet aperture (41.1) emerging in the receiving chamber (27).

STEAM COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A DRY POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT UNIT AS A SPINDLE COMPRESSOR
20200386228 · 2020-12-10 ·

The invention relates to a spindle compressor designed as a twin-shaft rotary displacement machine for delivering and compressing flow media, particularly steam. It comprises a pair of spindle rotors in a compressor housing (1) comprising an inlet collecting space (11) and an outlet collecting space (12). The centre distance of the pair of spindle rotors is at least 10% longer on the inlet-side end than on the outlet-side end. Each of the two spindle rotors (2, 3) is driven by an electric motor (18, 19), and an electronic synchronisation controls the electric motors (18, 19) such that the spindle rotors (2, 3) rotate in a contact-free manner.

Compressor bearing housing drain

A bearing housing drain in a scroll compressor and method for controlling lubrication of a thrust bearing in the scroll compressor are disclosed. The compressor includes a compressor housing; a non-orbiting scroll member and an orbiting scroll member; an orbiting scroll hub having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end being disposed at a vertical elevation that is lower than the upper end; a thrust bearing; a lubricant sump; a housing drain cavity disposed within the compressor housing and configured to receive lubricant from the lubricant sump and to deliver the lubricant to the thrust bearing; and a bearing housing drain fluidly connected to the housing drain cavity and the lubricant sump.

OIL SUPPLYING MECHANISM, AND HORIZONTAL COMPRESSOR HAVING SAME

Disclosed are an oil supplying mechanism, and a horizontal compressor having same. Disclosed is an oil supply mechanism for a horizontal compressor, the horizontal compressor including a housing, a motor, a rotating shaft driven by the motor, and a bearing pedestal supporting the rotating shaft. The oil supply mechanism includes a separating member, the separating member being in the form of a ring having a central hole for allowing the bearing pedestal to pass therethrough, and the separating member being configured to separate the housing into an oil storage chamber and a motor chamber with the motor provided therein. The separating member is constructed to have an annular groove opening into the oil storage chamber. The oil supply mechanism and the horizontal compressor having the oil supply mechanism can reduce or minimize free space in the motor chamber and/or facilitate a quality inspection on the structure of a pump.

Compressor having centrifugation structure for supplying oil

A scroll compressor is provided which is capable of supplying oil stored in an oil storage chamber upward through a rotary shaft to lubricate a bearing portion. The scroll compressor may include a casing in which oil is stored in an oil storage chamber formed at a lower portion of the casing, a drive motor provided in an inner space of the casing, a rotary shaft coupled to the drive motor and including an oil supply path configured to guide the oil stored in the oil storage chamber and at least one oil hole that passes from the oil supply path to an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shall a main frame coupled to the rotary shaft and provided under the drive motor, a fixed scroll coupled to the rotary shaft and provided under the main frame, and an orbiting scroll provided between the main frame and the fixed scroll, into which the rotary shaft is inserted and to which the rotary shaft is eccentrically coupled, the orbiting scroll performing an orbiting movement to form a compression chamber with the fixed scroll. The oil guided upward through the oil supply path may be discharged through the at least one oil hole and supplied to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.

LUBRICANT SUPPLY PASSAGE FOR COMPRESSOR
20200325899 · 2020-10-15 ·

A fluid machine includes a first rotor rotatable about a first axis, a second rotor rotatable about a second axis, a casing for supporting said first rotor and said second rotor, a sump having a volume of lubricant contained therein, a first lubricant passage for supplying lubricant from the sump to a dynamic interface associated with the first rotor, and a second lubricant passage for supplying lubricant from the sump to a dynamic interface associated with the second rotor. A pressure differential created within the fluid machine supplies the lubricant from the sump to the first lubricant passage and the second lubricant passage.

Hermetic compressor

A hermetic compressor includes an airtight case a lower portion of which oil is stored in; a frame received in the airtight case; a compression mechanism disposed in the frame and to compress a refrigerant; a motor mechanism including a stator fixed to the frame and a rotor to rotate inside the stator; a rotation shaft coupled to the rotor and provided with a cavity at a lower portion of the rotation shaft, wherein the rotation shaft rotates together with the rotor and operates the compression mechanism; a stationary shaft inserted into the cavity of the rotation shaft, fixed to the airtight case, and provided with a helical groove formed on an outer circumferential surface; and an oil raising member fixed to the cavity of the rotation shaft and configured to surround the stationary shaft. The oil raising member raises the oil stored in the airtight case.

COMPRESSOR
20200248687 · 2020-08-06 ·

Provided is a compressor including fixed scroll (6) and revolving scroll (7) configuring compression mechanism (2), compression chamber (9) formed between fixed scroll (6) and revolving scroll (7), intake chamber (11) provided on an outer circumferential side of fixed scroll (6), discharge port (12) provided in a central part of fixed scroll (6), muffler (16) provided to cover discharge port (12) at an upper part of fixed scroll (6), and heat-insulating member (24) provided between fixed scroll (6) and muffler space (14) formed by muffler (16). After a refrigerant gas taken into intake chamber (11) is compressed by revolving scroll (7) revolving and compression chamber (9) moving while changing a volume of compression chamber (9), the refrigerant gas is discharged from discharge port (12). The refrigerant gas discharged from discharge port (12) is discharged into muffler space (14).