Compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10087918-B2
Application number	US-201514938279-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2015
Priority date	Dec 11, 2014
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A compressor of the present invention comprises a crankshaft, a first compression part, and a second compression part for further compressing a gas discharged from the first compression part. The first compression part comprises a first reciprocating motion conversion part, a first pressing part, and a first cylinder body comprising a plurality of cylinder components, while the second compression part comprises a second reciprocating motion conversion part, a second pressing part, and a second cylinder body comprising a plurality of cylinder components. The number of the cylinder components of the second cylinder body is smaller than that of the cylinder components of the first cylinder body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor comprising:
a crankshaft;
a first compression part for compressing a gas: and
a second compression part for further compressing the gas discharged from the first compression part, wherein
the first compression part comprises:
a first reciprocating motion conversion part including a first connecting rod directly connected at a first end to the crankshaft to rotate with the crankshaft, a first crosshead directly connected to a second end of the first connecting rod to move linearly in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the crankshaft, and a first piston rod directly connected at a first end to the first crosshead to linearly reciprocate with a rotation of the crankshaft;
a first pressing part directly connected to a second end of the first piston rod of the first reciprocating motion conversion part, capable of compressing a gas; and
a first cylinder body for storing the first pressing part,
the first cylinder body comprising cylinder components, including a first cylinder component having a first compression chamber, a second cylinder component having a second compression chamber, and a third cylinder component having a third compression chamber, mutually fitted together in a state of being arranged co-axially and along a moving direction of the first pressing part, allowing a gas compression by the first pressing part moving within the first cylinder component, the second cylinder component, and the third cylinder component of the first cylinder body, and the second compression part comprises:
a second reciprocating motion conversion part connected to the crankshaft, linearly reciprocating with a rotation of the crankshaft;
a second pressing part connected to the second reciprocating motion conversion part, capable of compressing a gas; and
a second cylinder body for storing the second pressing part,
the second cylinder body comprising cylinder components, including a fourth cylinder component having a fourth compression chamber and a fifth cylinder component having a fifth compression chamber, mutually fitted together in a state of being arranged co-axially and along a moving direction of the second pressing part, allowing a gas compression by the second pressing part moving within the fourth cylinder component and the fifth cylinder component of the second cylinder body,

wherein an inner diameter of the second cylinder component is smaller than an inner diameter of the first cylinder component, and an inner diameter of the third cylinder component is smaller than the inner diameter of the second cylinder component,
wherein an inner diameter of the fifth cylinder component is smaller than an inner diameter of the fourth cylinder component,
wherein a total number of the cylinder components that comprise the second cylinder body is smaller than a total number of the cylinder components that comprise the first cylinder body.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first compression part further comprises a first group of first ring members disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the first cylinder component and the first pressing part, a second group of the first ring members disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the second cylinder component and the first pressing part, and a third group of the first ring members disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the third cylinder component and the first pressing part; and
the second compression part further comprises a first group of second ring members disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the fourth cylinder component and the second pressing part and a second group of the second ring members disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the fifth cylinder component and the second pressing part.

3. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a stroke of the second pressing part is set to be smaller than a stroke of the first pressing part.

4. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first group of the first ring members, the second group of the first ring members, and the third group of the first ring members are fitted in annular grooves formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the first pressing part; and
the first group of the second ring members and the second group of the second ring members are fitted in annular grooves formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the second pressing part.

5. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder components of the first cylinder body and the cylinder components of the second cylinder body are arranged in parallel toward the same direction with reference to the crankshaft.

6. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first pressing part comprises at least three pistons mutually fitted together, including a first piston arranged in the first cylinder component, a second piston arranged in the second cylinder component, and a third piston arranged in the third cylinder component;
the second pressing part comprises at least two pistons mutually fitted together, including a fourth piston arranged in the fourth cylinder component, and a fifth piston arranged in the fifth cylinder component; and
a number of the pistons of the second pressing part is smaller than a number of the pistons of the first pressing part.

7. The compressor according to claim 6 , wherein:
a first gap is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the first piston and an inner peripheral surface of the first cylinder component,
a second gap is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the second piston and an inner peripheral surface of the second cylinder component, the second gap being smaller than the first gap,
a third gap is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the third piston and an inner peripheral surface of the third cylinder component, the third gap being smaller than the second gap,
a fourth gap is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the fourth piston and an inner peripheral surface of the fourth cylinder component, the fourth gap being smaller than the third gap, and
a fifth gap is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the fifth piston and an inner peripheral surface of the fifth cylinder component, the fifth gap being smaller than the fourth gap.

8. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second cylinder component includes a cylinder projecting part at a first end of the second cylinder component, the cylinder projecting part of the second cylinder component being positioned in a first end of the first cylinder component such that the cylinder projecting part of the second cylinder component directly contacts an inner peripheral surface of the first cylinder component,
the third cylinder component includes a cylinder projecting part at a first end of the third cylinder component, the cylinder projecting part of the third cylinder component is positioned in a second end of the second cylinder component such that the cylinder projecting part of the third cylinder component directly contacts an inner peripheral surface of the second cylinder component, and
the fifth cylinder component includes a cylinder projecting part at a first end of the fifth cylinder component, the cylinder projecting part of the fifth cylinder component is positioned in a first end of the fourth cylinder component such that the cylinder projecting part of the fifth cylinder component directly contacts an inner peripheral surface of the fourth cylinder component.

9. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first pressing part comprises at least three pistons mutually fitted together, including a first piston arranged in the first cylinder component, a second piston arranged in the

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Okuno Takashi
• Nagura Kenji

Classifications

• F04B53/14

  Pistons, piston-rods or piston-rod connections · CPC title

• F04B39/0094

  crankshaft · CPC title

• F04B25/02

  of stepped piston type · CPC title

• F04B25/04

  having cylinders coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis · CPC title

• F04B25/005 Primary

  with two cylinders · CPC title