VANE FOR A VANE CELL PUMP AND VANE CELL PUMP

Abstract

A vane for a vane cell vacuum pump. The vane can be rotated about an axis of rotation by a rotor in a pump chamber and guided in the longitudinal direction in the rotor, with an upper side and a lower side to abut against the bottom and the ceiling of the pump chamber, with a rear side opposite a front side to limit the pressure chambers, with at least one face to slidably abut against an inside wall of the pump chamber on the casing side. The vane comprises a base body of a first plastic material and a vane end molded of a second plastic material to the base body forming the face. The base body comprises a mounting section around which the vane end is formed. The mounting section comprises at least one recess transverse to the front side and/or the rear side.

Claims

1. A vane (10) for a vane cell pump (60)in particular, for a vacuum pumpwherein the vane (10) can be rotated about an axis of rotation by a rotor (66) in a pump chamber (64) and guided in the longitudinal direction in the rotor (66), with an upper side (12) and a lower side 14 to abut against the bottom and the ceiling of the pump chamber (64), with a front side (16) and a rear side (18) opposite the front side (16) to limit the pressure chambers, with at least one face (20) to slidably abut against an inside wall (68) of the pump chamber (64) on the casing side, wherein the vane (10) comprises a base body (22) made of a first plastic material and a vane end (24) that is molded to the base body (22), forms the face (20), and consists of a second plastic material, and wherein the base body (22) comprises a mounting section (26) around which the vane end (24) is formed, wherein the mounting section (26) comprises at least one recess (36, 38, 40, 42) that runs in a direction transverse to the front side and/or the rear side (16, 18).

2. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one recess (36, 38) is provided in the middle region of the mounting section (26).

3. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one recess (40, 42) is provided in the region of the upper side and/or lower side of the mounting section (26).

4. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one recess extends completely through the mounting section (60) in the transverse direction.

5. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one recess (38) comprises undercuts (46) when viewed in the longitudinal direction.

6. The vane (10) according to claim 5, wherein the at least one recess (38) is designed in the shape of a I when viewed from the transverse direction and that the cross-bars of the T form the undercuts (46).

7. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein several and/or differently designed recesses (36, 38, 40, 42) are provided in the mounting section (26).

8. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein the mounting section (26) comprises two grooves (30, 32) that are laterally offset with respect to one another and run parallel to the faces (20) when viewed in the transverse direction.

9. The vane (10) according to claim 8, wherein the groove bars (33) limiting the two grooves (30, 32) and facing away from the base body (22) are connected by a wall section (34) that runs diagonally to the front side and/or rear side (16, 18) when viewing the upper side (12) and/or bottom side (14) from above.

10. The vane (10) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one vane end (24) is designed to be asymmetrical when viewed from above.

11. The vane (10) according to claim 10, wherein the vane end (24) comprises a first bellied section (50) and a flat second section (52) that runs diagonally to the front side and/or rear side when viewed from above and faces the low pressure chamber during operation.

12. The vane (10) according to claim 11, wherein the second section (52) is adjoined by at least one additional flat third section (54, 56) that also runs diagonally to the front and/or rear side and that encloses a smaller angle with the front side (16) and/or the rear side (18) than the second section (52) and/or runs parallel to the second section (52).

13. A vane cell pump (60)in particular, a vacuum pumpcomprising a pump chamber (64), a rotor (66) that is rotatably mounted in the pump chamber, and a vane (10) according to claim 1 that is mounted guidably in the radial direction in the rotor (66).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 is a perspectival view of a vane according to the invention;

[0023] FIG. 2 is a top view of the vane according to FIG. 1;

[0024] FIG. 3 is the view of the vane according to FIG. 1, with a separately illustrated vane end;

[0025] FIG. 4 is a frontal view of the base body of the vane according to FIG. 1;

[0026] FIG. 5 is a lateral view of the base body according to FIG. 4;

[0027] FIG. 6 is a top view of the base body according to FIG. 4;

[0028] FIG. 7 is the base body according to FIG. 4 in a perspectival view, diagonally from above;

[0029] FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the vane end of FIG. 3; and

[0030] FIG. 9 is a vane cell pump according to the invention with a vane according to FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] FIGS. 1 through 3 show a vane 10 according to the invention for a vane cell pump as shown in FIG. 9, for example. The vane 10 has an upper side 12 and a lower side 14. Furthermore, running orthogonally thereto, it comprises a front side 16 and a rear side 18. At its free ends 24, the vane 10 provides two faces 20. The vane 10 comprises a base body 22, which is made of a first plastic material that is comparatively inexpensive, break-proof, and dimensionally stable, such as PPS with glass fibers. On the base body 22, the vane ends 24 forming the faces 20 are provided, which are made of a wear-resistant material, such as PEK or irradiated PA66. The vane ends 24 are molded to the mounting section 26, which can be seen especially well in FIGS. 4 through 7.

[0032] The base body 22 comprises a closed front side 16 and a closed rear side 18, as shown clearly in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, wherein the base body as a whole is designed in the manner of a lattice, with bars 28 running diagonally to the front side 16 and the rear side 18.

[0033] The vane ends 24 are preferably molded to the base body 22 in a two-component injection molding process.

[0034] As can be seen clearly in FIGS. 4 through 7, which show only the base body 22 without the vane ends 24, the mounting sections 26 provide in the region of their front side and rear side, respectively, a groove 30, 32 running parallel to the face 20. The grooves do not lie in a common plane running orthogonal to the front or rear side 16, 18, but are arranged laterally offset with respect to one another.

[0035] As the top view according to FIG. 6 in particular shows, the two groove bars 33, which limit the two grooves 30, 32, are connected to one another via a wall section 34, which, in the top view, runs diagonally to the front side 16 and the rear side 18.

[0036] As is also shown in the FIGS. 4 through 7, the two mounting sections 26, respectively, comprise four recesses 36, 38, 40, 42, which extend in a direction transverse to the front side 16 and the rear side 18.

[0037] The recesses 36 and 38, respectively, are provided in the center region of the mounting section 26 and comprise, respectively, two holding surfaces 43 running parallel to the upper and/or lower side 12, 14 and a bottom 45. The recess 38 is thereby introduced by the front side 16 of the base body 22; the recess 40, by the rear side 18 of the base body 22.

[0038] As can be seen clearly in FIG. 5, there is a bar 44 between the recesses 36 and 38; the recesses 36 and 38 thus do not completely extend through the mounting section 26 in the transverse direction. It is conceivable that recesses that extend completely through the mounting section in the transverse direction are also provided.

[0039] As can be seen clearly in FIG. 2 or 4, for example, the recesses 38 comprise undercuts 46 when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vane 10, i.e., orthogonal to the face 20. The recesses 38 are designed in the shape of a T, wherein the undercuts 46 are formed by the free ends of the cross-bar of the T. When injection-molding the vane ends 24, these undercuts 46 are filled with the material of the vane ends 24. In this way, a secure fixation of the vane ends 24 to the base body 22 is achieved. At higher temperatures in particular, forces that act orthogonally to the upper and/or lower side can be diverted into the holding surfaces 43 and into the undercuts 46. A movement or separation of the vane end 24 in the direction orthogonal to the upper and/or lower side of the vane ends 24 from the base body 22 can, therefore, not occur.

[0040] In vanes 10 that are built higher, i.e., in vanes in which the upper side 12 is spaced further from the lower side 14, it is conceivable to provide additional recesses corresponding to the recesses 38 and 40 in the mounting section 26.

[0041] As can be clearly seen in particular in the top view according to FIG. 3, the vane ends 24 are designed to be asymmetrical, wherein the center vertical axis 48 is axially symmetrical. In the section of FIG. 3 enlarged in FIG. 8, which shows a vane end 24, it can clearly be seen that the vane ends 24 comprise a bellied section 50 that is provided to slidably abut the inside wall 68 of the pump chamber 64 during operation of the pump 60. The bellied section 50 is adjoined by a flat second section 52 running diagonally to the front side 16 and the rear side 18. The section 52 encloses an angle a with the rear side 18 of the vane 10 in the range of 30 to 60 and, in particular, in the range of 55. During operation, the section 52 faces the low pressure chamber.

[0042] This second section 52 is adjoined by a third section 54 that runs parallel to the second section 52, is set back, and is connected via an intermediate section 56 to the section 52. It is also conceivable that the third section 54 runs parallel to the second section 52 and is, in particular, set back from this second section.

[0043] On the upper side and the lower side of the end sections, molding points 58 can be seen.

[0044] FIG. 9 shows a vacuum pump 60 without a cover, which comprises a housing 62, which surrounds a pump chamber 64. In the housing 62, a rotor 66 is rotatably mounted, in which the vane 10 shown in FIGS. 1 through 7 is mounted movably in the longitudinal direction of the vane 10 in a vane slot. During operation of the pump, the vane ends 24 slidably abut an inside wall 66 of the pump chamber 64 on the casing side. In this way, the vane 10 divides the pump chamber 64 into different pressure chambers. During operation, the rotor 66 rotates about its axis of rotation along the arrow 68, whereby air, or another fluid such as oil, is sucked in through an inlet opening 70 provided in the housing 62, and air or another fluid is discharged through an additional outlet opening 72.

[0045] The vane cell pump shown in FIG. 9 with a vane 10 as shown in FIGS. 1 through 8 has the advantage that the vane ends 24 are securely fixed to the base body 22 at higher temperatures. Due to different temperature coefficients of the material of the base body and of the material of the vane ends 24, it can nonetheless be prevented that the vane ends 24 separate from or slide along the base body 22 at high temperatures or in vanes built high in the vertical direction.