Double-piston compressor having a sliding block producing a stroke curve that deviates from a sinusoidal stroke curve
11732702 · 2023-08-22
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Inventors
Cpc classification
F16H21/22
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B53/144
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B27/0428
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B9/04
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04D25/062
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B25/005
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B25/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F04B25/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B27/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B27/04
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B53/14
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A compressor includes a low pressure stage having a low pressure cylinder, a high pressure stage having a high pressure cylinder, a low pressure piston guided in an axially movable manner in the low pressure cylinder, a high pressure piston guided in an axially movable manner in the high pressure cylinder, a piston rod rigidly connecting the low pressure piston and the high pressure piston, and a sliding block guide. The sliding block guide includes a recess arranged in the piston rod and further includes two substantially parallel sliding block tracks. One of the sliding block tracks has an arc-shaped indentation in a central portion. The sliding block tracks are constructed and such that a movement of the low pressure piston and of the high pressure piston follows a piston stroke curve that deviates from a regular sinusoidal stroke curve.
Claims
1. A two-stage compressor of a compressed air supply device, the two-stage compressor comprising: a low pressure stage having a low pressure cylinder; a high pressure stage having a high pressure cylinder; a low pressure piston guided in an axially movable manner in the low pressure cylinder; a high pressure piston guided in an axially movable manner in the high pressure cylinder; a piston rod rigidly connecting the low pressure piston and the high pressure piston; and a sliding block guide, the sliding block guide having a recess arranged in the piston rod, the sliding block guide having two substantially parallel sliding block tracks, one of the sliding block tracks having an arc-shaped indentation in a central portion, wherein the cylinder of the low pressure stage and the cylinder of the high pressure stage are arranged radially opposite with respect to an axis of rotation of a drive shaft, wherein the low pressure piston and the high pressure piston are connected to the drive shaft via the sliding block guide, wherein the two sliding block tracks are aligned in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, wherein the drive shaft has a drive interface configured to engage with the recess, an axis of the drive interface being arranged axially parallel to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, the drive interface being secured on the drive shaft with an eccentricity, and wherein the sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide are constructed and arranged such that, during operation of the two-stage compressor, a movement of the low pressure piston and of the high pressure piston follows a piston stroke curve that deviates from a regular sinusoidal stroke curve having an amplitude corresponding to the eccentricity of the drive interface.
2. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arc-shaped indentation is a circular-arc-shaped indentation.
3. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 2, wherein a radius and a depth of the circular-arc-shaped indentation are dimensioned such that a stroke height of the piston rod when the drive interface passes through the indentation is kept constant.
4. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive interface includes a crank pin, the crank pin being secured on the drive shaft at a position radially spaced by the eccentricity from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft.
5. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 4, wherein the drive interface further includes a rolling bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring of the rolling bearing lying on the crank pin and the outer ring of the rolling bearing rollably guided on the two parallel sliding block tracks.
6. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 4, wherein the drive interface further includes a rolling bearing and a slide bearing ring, wherein the rolling bearing has an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring of the rolling bearing lying on the crank pin and the outer ring of the rolling bearing lying against an interior of the slide bearing ring, and wherein the slide bearing ring has an exterior surface that is guided on the two parallel sliding block tracks.
7. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston stroke curve and the regular sinusoidal stroke curve have a same stroke width.
8. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amplitude of the piston stroke curve corresponds to a stroke height of the low pressure piston and of the high pressure piston.
9. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the central portion, the sliding block track having the arc-shaped indentation in the central portion is not linear to the other sliding block track of the two sliding block tracks.
10. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 9, wherein the other of the two sliding block tracks includes a linear portion, the linear portion having a length of at least twice the eccentricity and at most a maximum length of the recess.
11. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein only one of the sliding block tracks has an arc-shaped indentation in a central portion.
12. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the sliding block tracks have a straight portion, the straight portion of one of the sliding block tracks being parallel to the straight portion of the other of the sliding block tracks.
13. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movement of the low pressure piston and of the high pressure piston follows a piston stroke curve that deviates from the regular sinusoidal stroke curve in that it includes a reduced amplitude in at least one stroke of each of the pistons.
14. The two-stage compressor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the piston stroke curve that deviates from the regular sinusoidal stroke curve has a constant displacement value over an interval of rotation of the drive shaft.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The present invention will be described in even greater detail below based on the exemplary figures. The invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments. All features described and/or illustrated herein can be used alone or combined in different combinations in embodiments of the invention. The features and advantages of various embodiments of the present invention will become apparent by reading the following detailed description with reference to the attached drawings which illustrate the following:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(16) Embodiments of the present invention provide a double-piston compressor of a compressed air supply device, having a low pressure stage and a high pressure stage, which each have a cylinder with a piston guided in an axially movable manner therein, wherein the two cylinders are arranged radially opposite with respect to an axis of rotation of a drive shaft, wherein the two pistons are rigidly connected to one another by means of a piston rod, wherein the two pistons are drivingly connected to the drive shaft via a sliding block guide, wherein the sliding block guide has a recess which is arranged in the piston rod, is provided with two parallel sliding block tracks and is aligned perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, and in which the sliding block guide has a drive element which is in engagement with the recess, is arranged axially parallel with respect to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft and is secured on the drive shaft with an eccentricity.
(17) Embodiments of the present invention provide a double-piston compressor having a sliding block guide of the type mentioned at the outset, which has two parallel sliding block tracks.
(18) A regular sinusoidal stroke curve of pistons can be modified in a desired manner by a suitable alteration to the alignment and/or the contour of the parallel sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide.
(19) Embodiments of the invention therefore provide a double-piston compressor of a compressed air supply device, which has a low pressure stage and a high pressure stage. The two pressure stages each have a cylinder with a piston guided in an axially movable manner therein, wherein the two cylinders are arranged radially opposite with respect to an axis of rotation of a drive shaft. The two pistons are rigidly connected to one another by means of a piston rod and are drivingly connected to the drive shaft via a sliding block guide. The sliding block guide has a recess which is arranged in the piston rod, is provided with two parallel sliding block tracks and is aligned perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft. Moreover, the sliding block guide has a drive element which is in engagement with the recess in the piston rod, is arranged axially parallel with respect to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft and is secured on the drive shaft with an eccentricity.
(20) According to embodiments of the invention, the sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide are constructed and arranged such that, during operation of the double-piston compressor, the movement of the pistons follows a stroke curve which deviates from a regular sinusoidal stroke curve, which has an amplitude corresponding to the eccentricity of the drive element.
(21) A first modification of the sliding block guide provides that the sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide are arranged at an inclination in the direction of rotation of the drive shaft relative to a perpendicular on a longitudinal axis of the piston rod. It is thus achieved that the stroke curve of the pistons is phase-shifted towards late and that the amplitude of the stroke curve is increased beyond the eccentricity of the drive element. In contrast, the stroke width, i.e. the angle of rotation range of the intake and pressure strokes of the pistons, remains unaltered.
(22) An alternative second modification of the sliding block guide provides that the sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide are arranged at an inclination in opposition to the direction of rotation of the drive shaft relative to the perpendicular on the longitudinal axis of the piston rod. It is thus achieved that the stroke curve of the pistons is phase-shifted towards early and that the amplitude of the stroke curve is increased beyond the eccentricity of the drive element. The stroke width of the intake and pressure strokes of the pistons also remains unaltered in this case.
(23) For functional reasons, the angle of inclination of the sliding block tracks relative to the perpendicular on the longitudinal axis of the piston rod, should be a maximum of 45°.
(24) A third modification of the sliding block guide, which can be applied both to a perpendicular and an inclined alignment of the sliding block tracks, provides that at least one of the sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide has a circular-arc-shaped indentation in a central portion. As a result of the indentation, the peak of the stroke curve is capped, or the maximum amplitude is reduced, and the pressure stroke of the piston facing the indentation and the intake stroke of the piston facing away from the indentation are therefore reduced accordingly.
(25) The radius and the depth of the circular-arc-shaped indentation of the at least one sliding block track are dimensioned such that the stroke height of the piston rod when the drive element passes through the indentation is kept constant. With such a geometry of the indentation, it is ensured that the piston rod is not displaced when the drive element passes through the indentation, so that the progression of the stroke curve of the pistons in the relevant portion is linear and not wavy.
(26) A fourth modification of the sliding block guide, which can be applied both to a perpendicular alignment of the sliding block tracks and in combination with the above-mentioned modifications of the sliding block guide, provides that the sliding block tracks of the sliding block guide are curved in the shape of a circular arc in the direction of one of the two pistons. As a result of this modification of the sliding block guide, the stroke width, i.e. the angle of rotation range of the piston rod, during the stroke movement is increased in the direction of the cylinder facing the curvature of the sliding block tracks and the stroke width of the piston rod during the stroke movement is reduced by the same amount in the direction of the cylinder facing away from the curvature of the sliding block tracks.
(27) An embodiment, known per se, of a double-piston compressor 1.5 of a compressed air supply device is shown in
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(30) The stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.1, shown in the graph of
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(32) The stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.2, shown in the graph of
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(34) In the first half-section of 0° to 180°, which forms the intake stroke of the piston 5 of the low pressure stage 2 and the pressure stroke of the piston 7 of the high pressure stage 3, the stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.3, shown in the graph of
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(36) As can be seen from the stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.4, shown in the graph of
(37) With reference to the example of the known sliding block guide 14.5 of the double-piston compressor 1.5 according to
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(39) According to the second embodiment shown in
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(42) While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, such illustration and description are to be considered illustrative or exemplary and not restrictive. It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made by those of ordinary skill within the scope of the following claims. In particular, the present invention covers further embodiments with any combination of features from different embodiments described above and below.
(43) The terms used in the claims should be construed to have the broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the foregoing description. For example, the use of the article “a” or “the” in introducing an element should not be interpreted as being exclusive of a plurality of elements. Likewise, the recitation of “or” should be interpreted as being inclusive, such that the recitation of “A or B” is not exclusive of “A and B,” unless it is clear from the context or the foregoing description that only one of A and B is intended. Further, the recitation of “at least one of A, B and C” should be interpreted as one or more of a group of elements consisting of A, B and C, and should not be interpreted as requiring at least one of each of the listed elements A, B and C, regardless of whether A, B and C are related as categories or otherwise. Moreover, the recitation of “A, B and/or C” or “at least one of A, B or C” should be interpreted as including any singular entity from the listed elements, e.g., A, any subset from the listed elements, e.g., A and B, or the entire list of elements A, B and C.
LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
(44) 1.1 Double-piston compressor, first embodiment 1.2 Double-piston compressor, second embodiment 1.3 Double-piston compressor, third embodiment 1.4 Double-piston compressor, fourth embodiment 1.5 Double-piston compressor, known embodiment 2 Low pressure stage 3 High pressure stage 4 Cylinder 5 Piston 6 Cylinder 7 Piston 8 Piston rod 9 Longitudinal axis of the piston rod 10 Drive shaft 11 Axis of rotation of the drive shaft 12 Drive element 12′, 12″ Drive element 12* Drive element 13 Crank pin 13′, 13″ Crank pin 14.1 Sliding block guide, first embodiment 14.2 Sliding block guide, second embodiment 14.3 Sliding block guide, third embodiment 14.4 Sliding block guide, fourth embodiment 14.5 Sliding block guide, known embodiment 15 Recess 15′ Recess 15″ Recess 16 First sliding block track 16′ First sliding block track 16″ First sliding block track 17 Second sliding block track 17″ Second sliding block track 18 Direction-of-rotation arrow, direction of rotation 19 Stroke-direction arrow, stroke direction 20 Perpendicular 21 Indentation of the first sliding block track 16′ 22, 22′ Rolling bearing 23, 23′ Inner ring 24, 24′ Outer ring 25 Slide bearing ring 26 Rolling bearing 27 Slide body e Eccentricity Z.sub.H Stroke height Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.1 Stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.2 Stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.3 Stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.4 Stroke curve Z.sub.H(ϕ)_1.5 Stroke curve ∝ Angle of inclination tan(∝) Tangent of the angle of inclination ϕ Angle of rotation sin(ϕ) Sinus of the angle of rotation cos(ϕ) Cosine of the angle of rotation