Rotary compressor
11002279 · 2021-05-11
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
F04C15/0065
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C2250/101
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C2210/26
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C23/001
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C2/3564
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C29/12
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F04C29/12
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C15/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C23/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A rotary compressor includes a cylinder with a vane slot and a suction port. A vane is slidably disposed in the vane slot. The suction port guides fluid to a compression chamber at one circumferential end of the vane slot. The suction port may be formed in a recessed manner in a radial direction such that at least an end of the suction port in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder forms a slot shape extending between opposite axial side surfaces of the cylinder. A circumferential length of the suction port is reduced from conventional suction ports as a result of the slot configuration, thereby advancing the compression start angle, and a partition wall portion between the suction port and the vane slot may have elasticity, thereby suppressing close contact between the vane and the vane slot.
Claims
1. A rotary compressor, comprising: a cylinder having an annular shape; at least two plate members provided on upper and lower axial side surfaces of the cylinder, respectively, and forming a compression chamber together with the cylinder; a rolling piston provided inside the compression chamber, the rolling piston being coupled to a rotation shaft; and a vane slidably disposed in a vane slot formed in the cylinder such that contact between the vane and an outer circumferential surface of the rolling piston divides the compression chamber into a suction chamber and a discharge chamber, wherein the cylinder comprises a suction port configured for guiding fluid to the compression chamber at one circumferential side of the vane slot, and the suction port is recessed in a radial direction such that at least an inner circumferential end of the suction port located at an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder forms a slot shape extending between the upper and lower axial side surfaces of the cylinder, wherein the suction port has an asymmetric shape, the suction port having a cross sectional area closer to the vane slot with respect to a radial center line of the suction port that is larger than a cross sectional area disposed on an opposite side of the radial center line from the vane.
2. The rotary compressor of claim 1, wherein the suction port is formed in the slot shape from an outer circumferential end to the inner circumferential end located at the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder.
3. The rotary compressor of claim 1, wherein the suction port comprises a chamfered portion formed on at least one edge of the suction port in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder.
4. The rotary compressor of claim 1, wherein the suction port is formed such that an inner circumferential end cross-sectional area is greater than an outer circumferential end cross-sectional area with respect to the cylinder.
5. A rotary compressor, comprising: a first cylinder, comprising: a first compression chamber, a first suction port communicatively coupled with the first compression chamber, and a first vane slot on one side of the first suction port; a first roller rotatably supported in the first compression chamber; a first vane slidably disposed in the first vane slot, and contacting an outer circumferential surface of the first roller; a second cylinder disposed on one axial side of the first cylinder, and forming a second compression chamber separated from the first compression chamber, the second cylinder comprising: a second suction port communicatively coupled with the second compression chamber, and a second vane slot on one side of the second suction port; a second roller rotatably supported in the second compression chamber; a second vane slidably disposed in the second vane slot, and contacting an outer circumferential surface of the second roller; and an intermediate plate disposed between the first cylinder and the second cylinder, separating the first compression chamber and the second compression chamber, and formed with a suction passage configured for connection to a suction pipe, the suction passage being communicatively coupled with the first suction port and the second suction port, wherein at least one of the first suction port or the second suction port fluidly connects an inner circumferential surface of the respective first or second cylinder and at least one axial side surface of the respective first or second cylinder in contact with the intermediate plate, wherein a first partition wall portion is formed between the first suction port and the first vane slot and a second partition wall portion is formed between the second suction port and the second vane, wherein the first suction port has an asymmetric shape, the first suction port having a cross sectional area closer to the first vane slot with respect to a radial center line of the first suction port that is larger than a cross sectional area disposed on an opposite side of the radial center line from the first vane.
6. The rotary compressor of claim 5, wherein at least one of the first suction port or the second suction port is formed in a slot shape extending between opposite axial side surfaces of the respective first or second cylinder such that both of the axial side surfaces thereof are open.
7. The rotary compressor of claim 5, wherein at least one of the first suction port or the second suction port is formed in a slot shape extending from an outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface of the respective first or second cylinder.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
(2) In the drawings:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(12) Hereinafter, a rotary compressor according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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(14) Referring to
(15) The casing 10 includes a circular cylindrical housing 11 having both upper and lower open ends and an upper cap 12 and a lower cap 13 which cover the upper and lower ends of the circular cylindrical housing 11 to seal the inner space 10a.
(16) A suction pipe 15 connected to an outlet side of an accumulator 40 is coupled to a lower half portion of the circular cylindrical housing 11, and a discharge pipe 16 connected to a discharge side refrigerant pipe at an inlet side of a condenser 2 may be coupled to the upper cap 12. The suction pipe 15 may be directly connected to a suction passage 351 of an intermediate plate 35 which will be described later through the circular cylindrical housing 11, and the discharge pipe 16 may be communicatively coupled with the inner space 10a of the casing through the upper cap 12. The suction passage of the intermediate plate and a suction port of a cylinder contained within cylindrical housing 11 and fluidly communicating with the suction passage will be described later.
(17) For the electric motor unit 20, a stator 21 is press-fitted into and fixed to the casing 10, and a rotor 22 is rotatably inserted into the stator 21. A rotary shaft 23 is press-fitted and coupled to the center of the rotor 22.
(18) For the compression unit 30, a main bearing 31 supporting the rotary shaft 23 is fixedly coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the casing 10, and a sub-bearing 32 supporting the rotation shaft 23 together with the main bearing 31 is provided at a lower side of the main bearing 31. A cylinder for forming a compression space together with the main bearing 31 and the sub-bearing 32 is provided between the main bearing 31 and the sub-bearing 32.
(19) In various embodiments of this disclosure, only one cylinder may be provided in circular cylindrical housing 11 of casing 10. In various alternative embodiments a plurality of cylinders may be stacked in an axial direction within circular cylindrical housing 11 of casing 10. A case with one cylinder is called a single type, and a case with a plurality of cylinders is called a twin type. In the case of a single type, one compression space is formed in one cylinder, and in the case of a twin type, two cylinders typically form a first compression space and a second compression space with the intermediate plate therebetween. However, in some cases, two or more cylinders may form two or more compression spaces in the case of a twin type.
(20) Furthermore, in the case of the single type, the cylinder is fastened and fixed to the main bearing 31 together with the sub-bearing 32 by bolts, and in the case of the twin type, for a plurality of cylinders 33, 34, an upper cylinder 33 is bolted to an upper surface of the intermediate plate 35 together with the main bearing 31 and a lower cylinder 34 is bolted to a lower surface of the intermediate plate 35 together with the sub-bearing 32 by interposing the intermediate plate 35 therebetween. Hereinafter, a twin rotary compressor having an intermediate plate will be described as a representative example.
(21) For example, as shown in
(22) A first discharge port 31a for discharging refrigerant compressed in the first compression space 331 is formed in the main bearing 31, and a first discharge valve 311 for opening and closing the first discharge port 31a is provided at an end portion of the first discharge port 31a. A first discharge cover 381 having a first discharge space 381a is provided on an upper surface of the main bearing 31.
(23) A second discharge port 32a for discharging refrigerant compressed in the second compression space 341 is formed in the sub-bearing 32, and a second discharge valve 321 for opening and closing the second discharge port 32a is provided at an end portion of the second discharge port 32a. A second discharge cover 382 having a second discharge space 382a is provided on a lower surface of the sub-bearing 32.
(24) Furthermore, an intermediate plate 35 is provided between the first cylinder 33 and the second cylinder 34, and the first compression space (V1) is formed together with the main bearing 31 in the first cylinder 33, and the second compression space (V2) is formed together with the sub-bearing 32 in the second cylinder 34 by interposing the intermediate plate 35 therebetween.
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(27) A first rolling piston 361 and a second rolling piston 362 are rotatably coupled to the first compression space (V1) and the second compression space (V2) with respect to the first eccentric portion 231 and the second eccentric portion 232 of the rotation shaft 23, respectively. The first rolling piston 361 is sealed in contact with the main bearing 31 by the intermediate plate 35 and the second rolling piston 362 is sealed in contact with the sub-bearing 32 by the intermediate plate 35 in an axial direction, respectively.
(28) The intermediate plate 35 may be provided with a suction passage 351 fluidly coupled to the suction pipe 15. The suction passage 351 may be formed in a radial direction to a predetermined depth on an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate plate 35, and a first end of the first suction port 331 and the second suction port 341 may be formed to communicate with an upper half portion and a lower half portion of the suction passage 351 through a first communication hole 352a and a second communication hole 352b, respectively.
(29) Furthermore, at least one of the first suction port 331 and the second suction port 341 has a second end opposite to the first end, which is communicatively coupled with an inner circumferential surface of the relevant cylinder and recessed to a predetermined depth on an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. Hereinafter, the first suction port will be described as a representative example. Therefore, the second suction port may be formed in the same manner as the first suction port, and in some cases, the second suction port may be formed in a hole shape through the cylinder in the same shape at both ends thereof. Of course, as described above, for the second suction port, the second end may be formed to be recessed, and the first suction port may be formed in a hole shape as a whole.
(30) As shown in
(31) Here, for the first suction port 331, the suction port as a whole, extending from the foregoing second end 331b all the way to the first end 331a which is an inlet end may be formed in a slot shape, and as a result, the entire length of the first suction port 331 as a whole may be formed in a slot shape extending between the upper surface 33a and the lower surface 33b of the first cylinder 33.
(32) In this case, as shown in
(33) However, in some cases, the first suction port 331 may have a rectangular cross-sectional shape from the first end 331a to the second end 331b in a planar projection. In this case, the manufacturing of the first suction port 331 may be easily carried out.
(34) Furthermore, the first suction port 331 may be preferably formed with a chamfered portion 335 on at least one of the edges of the first cylinder 33 in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the first cylinder 33 to suppress the wear of the first rolling piston 361. In this case, the chamfered portion 335 may be preferably formed at an edge located on the farther side with respect to an edge located in an opposite direction to a movement direction of the first rolling piston 361, that is, with respect to the first vane slot 332.
(35) The foregoing twin rotary compressor according to this embodiment operates as follows.
(36) When power is applied to the stator 21, the rotor 22 and the rotation shaft 23 rotate inside the stator 21 while the first rolling piston 361 and the second rolling piston 362 perform an orbiting motion, and allow refrigerant to flow into each of the compression spaces (V1, V2) of the first cylinder 33 and the second cylinder 34 while a suction chamber volume of each of the compression spaces (V1, V2) is varied in accordance with an orbiting motion of the first and second rolling pistons 361, 362.
(37) The refrigerant is discharged to the discharge spaces 381a, 382a of the first discharge cover 381 and the second discharge cover 382, respectively, through the first discharge port 31a of the main bearing 31 and the second discharge port 32a of the sub-bearing 32 while a compression load in the first compression space (V1) and the second compression space (V2) is generated by the first rolling piston 361 and the first vane 371 and by the second rolling piston 362 and the second vane 372.
(38) Then, while refrigerant discharged to the first discharge cover 381 is directly discharged to the inner space 10a of the casing 10, refrigerant discharged to the second discharge cover 382 is moved to the discharge space 381a of the first discharge cover 381 through a refrigerant passage (F) that sequentially passes through the sub-bearing 32, the second cylinder 34, the intermediate plate 35, the first cylinder 33, and the main bearing 31. A series of processes in which the refrigerant is discharged to the inner space 10a of the casing 10 together with the refrigerant discharged from the first compression space (V1), and circulated to the cooling cycle are repeated.
(39) Furthermore, refrigerant that has passed through the cooling cycle flows into the suction passage 351 of the intermediate plate 35 through the suction pipe 15, and the refrigerant is distributed to the first suction port 331 and the second suction port 341, respectively, through the communication hole 352a, 352b communicating with the suction passage 351 and sucked into the first compression space (V1) and the second compression space (V2).
(40) Here, refrigerant being sucked into the first compression space (V1) through the first suction port (refrigerant at the second suction port is substantially the same as that at the first suction port, and thus a description thereof is essentially the same as the description of the first suction port) may be uniformly distributed over the entire area between the upper surface 33a and the lower surface 33b of the first cylinder 33 and sucked into the first compression space (V1) since the entire portion of the first suction port 331 is formed in a slot shape.
(41) Accordingly, as shown in
(42) Moreover, as shown in
(43) In this case, as shown in
(44) Though not shown in the drawing, a spacer portion may be further formed on a lower surface of the main bearing 31 in contact with the partition 333 or on an upper surface of the intermediate plate 35 or formed on either one of the partition wall portion 333 and the main bearing 31 and the partition wall portion 333 and the intermediate plate 35.
(45) Meanwhile, another embodiment of the first suction port according to the present disclosure will be described as follows.
(46) In the above-described embodiment, the entire first suction port is formed in a slot shape. But in the present embodiment, part of the first suction port 331 is formed in a slot shape and the remaining portion thereof is formed in a hole or groove shape passing through the first cylinder 33.
(47) For example, as shown in
(48) Here, the non-slot portion 336 may be connected to the first communication hole 352a of the intermediate plate 35 to have a “┌”-shaped hole shape, or formed in a groove shape inclined from a lower surface 33b of the first cylinder 33 in contact with an upper surface of the intermediate plate 35 toward the inner circumferential surface.
(49) Furthermore, the slot portion 337 is recessed to a predetermined depth from an inner circumferential surface of the first cylinder 33 toward an outer circumferential surface thereof (i.e., non-slot portion), and formed in a slot shape having both open axial side surfaces of the first cylinder 33.
(50) The basic configuration and operation effects of the suction port according to the present embodiment as described above are similar to those of the above-described embodiment. However, according to the present embodiment, an upper surface of the first suction port 331 may be formed in a closed shape, and thus it may be possible to secure a cylinder strength in a portion constituting the first suction port as compared with the above-described embodiment in which the entire first suction port has a slot shape. In addition, the vicinity of the second end 331b constituting an outlet end of the first suction port 331 is formed to be recessed from the inner circumferential surface, and thus a cross-sectional area of an outlet end of the suction port may be secured to be larger while the circumferential length is smaller as compared with the hole as described in the foregoing embodiment, thereby advancing the suction completion time to increase compression efficiency.
(51) Moreover, the partition wall portion 333 forming the slot portion 338 may serve as a cushioning portion to suppress the first vane 371 from being excessively brought into close contact with the first vane slot 332 by a discharge pressure, thereby enhancing compression performance as compared with a case where the first suction port 331 is formed in a hole shape.
(52) Refrigerant sucked into the first compression space (V1) through the first suction port 331 passes through the slot portion 337 and through the non-slot portion 336 constituting the first suction port 331. At this time, as the non-slot portion 336 is formed in a hole shape or a groove shape having a closed top side, refrigerant is not directly in contact with the main bearing 31, and therefore receives less heat from the main bearing 31. Accordingly, it may be possible to suppress refrigerant being sucked into the first compression space (V1) from increasing the specific volume due to overheating, thereby reducing the suction loss of the refrigerant.
(53) Another embodiment of the first suction port according to the present disclosure will be described as follows.
(54) In the above-described embodiments, the first suction port is formed to have the same symmetrical shape at both sides with respect to a radial center line in a planar projection (axial projection), but in this embodiment, the first suction port 331 is formed to have an asymmetric shape at both sides.
(55) For example, when the first suction port 331 is formed in a symmetrical shape, it may be advantageous in that the first suction port 331 can be easily manufactured. However, in this case, as the cross sectional areas of both sides thereof is the same with respect to a radial center line (CL), refrigerant is substantially uniformly distributed throughout the entire area of the first suction port 331, and thus as the refrigerant is sucked in, the suction stroke becomes longer and the suction completion time may be relatively delayed.
(56) In contrast, in the embodiment shown in
(57) Furthermore, when the first suction port 331 is asymmetrical and the cross-sectional area (A1) closer to the first vane slot 332 is relatively larger than the cross-sectional area (A2) opposite thereto, a radial length of the partition wall portion 333 located between the first suction port 331 and the first vane slot 332 may be formed to be larger. Accordingly, it may be possible to more effectively prevent the suction side surface 371a of the first vane 371 from being excessively brought into close contact with an inner surface of the first vane slot 332. Accordingly, a friction loss with respect to the first vane may be reduced to prevent the first vane from being separated from an outer circumferential surface of the first rolling piston, thereby suppressing compression loss due to refrigerant leakage.
(58) As described above, the second suction port is formed substantially the same as the first suction port, and has the same operational effect. Therefore, the description of the second suction port is essentially the same as the description of the first suction port.
(59) Although the above-described embodiments relate to a twin rotation compressor, the above-described slot-shaped suction port may be applied in the same manner to a single rotary compressor.
(60) For example, as shown in
(61) In this case, the suction port 331 may be formed as a non-slot portion 336 such as a hole from an outer circumferential surface toward an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 33 up to a substantially intermediate depth while the slot portion 337 is formed in a slot shape in which the upper surface 33a and the lower surface 33b of the cylinder 33 are open from the intermediate depth in a radial direction to an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 33.
(62) The basic structure and operational effects of the foregoing slot-shaped suction port may be substantially the same as those of the embodiment in which the first suction port (and/or the second suction port) 331, 341 is or are open between the upper surface 33a and the lower surface 33b of the cylinder 33 to have a slot shape as a whole in the foregoing twin rotary compressor. Therefore, the detailed description thereof is essentially the same as the description of the foregoing embodiments.
(63) Meanwhile, in the case of a twin rotary compressor in the foregoing embodiments, when the suction pipe 15 is connected to the first cylinder 33 and the second cylinder 34, respectively, the suction port may be formed in the same manner as that of a single rotary compressor having one cylinder.
(64) In addition, in the case of a single rotary compressor in the foregoing embodiments, when the suction pipe is connected to the main bearing or the sub-bearing, the suction port may be formed in the same manner as that of a twin rotary compressor having a plurality of cylinders.