Rotary machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10145378-B2
Application number	US-201314898705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2013
Priority date	Sep 6, 2013
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A rotary machine characterized by being equipped with: a rotary drive part; a drive shaft that is rotated about a horizontally extending axis by the rotary drive part; a large gear that is fixed to the drive shaft; a bearing part that rotatably supports the drive shaft, and to which a lubrication oil is supplied; multiple pinions that are driven by being engaged with the large gear; multiple compression parts that are arranged so as to correspond to the multiple pinions and are respectively rotated by the pinions; and a plate that is installed between the bearing part and the large gear and covers at least a portion of the bottom half of the large gear so as to separate the large gear and the bearing part from each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotary machine comprising:
a rotational driving part;
a driving shaft which is rotated by the rotational driving part about an axis that extends in a horizontal direction;
a gear wheel which is fixed to the driving shaft;
a bearing section which rotatably supports the driving shaft and is supplied with lubricating oil;
a plurality of pinions which mesh with the gear wheel to be driven;
a plurality of compressing parts which are provided to correspond to the plurality of pinions and are respectively rotated by the pinions; and
a first plate which is disposed between the bearing section and the gear wheel, and covers a region of at least a portion of a lower half of the gear wheel so as to separate the gear wheel from the bearing section;
a plurality of driven shaft bearing sections which rotatably support a plurality of driven shafts to which each of the plurality of pinion is fixed, respectively; and
a plurality of third plates corresponding to the plurality of driven shaft bearing sections respectively, each of the plurality of third plates being independently disposed apart from the first plate between a lower half portion of the driven shaft bearing section and the gear wheel to separate the gear wheel from the driven shaft bearing section, wherein
an upper end of the first plate is at the same position in height as the center of the driving shaft.

2. The rotary machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein a lower end of the first plate extends further downward than a lower end of the gear wheel.

3. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second plate which is disposed between an upper half portion of the bearing section and the gear wheel to separate the gear wheel from the bearing section.

4. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a casing which supports the bearing section,
wherein the casing is provided with an oil groove which guides drain oil to one side of the bearing section in an axial direction of the driving shaft on which the first plate is disposed, wherein the drain oil is discharged from the bearing section toward the other side of thereof in the axial direction.

5. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first plate is provided with bent portions formed on both side in a lateral direction of the first plate so that the first plate is separated from the inner surface of the casing.

6. The rotary machine according to claim 4 , wherein an oil thrower which is configured by a cut-out ring having a discharge port formed by cutting a lower portion thereof and a cover is attached to each side of the driven shaft bearing in a axial direction so as to allow the drain oil discharged from the driven shaft bearing to be discharged toward a space surrounded by the cut-out ring and the cover, to be discharged toward a lower side from the discharger port in a lower portion of the cut-out ring, and to abut the third plate via the oil groove.

7. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the driven shaft being horizontally spaced from the driving shaft, and as seen in a plane orthogonal to the driven shaft, the plane being divided into four quadrants by the vertical straight line passing through the driven shaft and by the horizontal straight line passing through the driven shaft, the third plate is entirely disposed in the lower quadrant that is closest to the driving shaft.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp

Inventors

• Miyata Hiroyuki
• Tokuyama Shinichiro

Classifications

• F04D29/284

  for compressors · CPC title

• F04D25/028 Primary

  the driving means being a planetary gear · CPC title

• F04D25/06

  the pump being electrically driven (F04D25/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04D29/059

  Roller bearings · CPC title

• F16H57/04

  Features relating to lubrication or cooling {or heating} (control of lubrication or cooling in hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4165) · CPC title