Compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10962010-B2
Application number	US-201515510401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Sep 19, 2014
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A compressor having a torque load reducing unit to move a center of weight to which a gas force is applied is provided. As the torque load reducing unit is formed at an oval-shaped roller, a distance between a rotation center of the roller and an operation point to which a gas force is applied is shortened. This may reduce a torque load to the roller, and may enhance a compression efficiency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor, comprising:
a driving motor;
a rotational shaft configured to transmit a rotational force of the driving motor;
a cylinder installed at one side of the driving motor, the cylinder having a first suction opening and a second suction opening penetrating in a radial direction, respectively;
a roller having an outer circumferential surface contacting an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder at at least two points, rotated by the rotational shaft, and concentric with the cylinder; and
at least two vanes movably provided at the cylinder, contacting the outer circumferential surface of the roller, and configured to divide at least two compression spaces formed by the cylinder and the roller into a suction chamber and a compression chamber, wherein the roller is provided with a plurality of torque load reducing units configured to move a center of weight to which a gas force is applied by the roller, wherein the plurality of torque load reducing units is formed, respectively, at two sides of a short-axis direction central line of the roller, wherein the short-axis direction central line is perpendicular to a long-axis direction central line of the roller at a rotation center, wherein the long-axis direction center line connects a plurality of contact points between the outer circumferential surface of the roller and the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder with each other, wherein the plurality of torque load reducing units is formed as holes which penetrate the roller in a shaft direction or grooves formed at upper and lower side surfaces of the roller having a predetermined depth, and the plurality of torque load reducing units is at least partially positioned on the long-axis direction central line of the roller, wherein the plurality of torque load reducing units each includes an outer wall surface formed to have a curved surface, and an inner wall surface that connects two ends of the outer wall surface, wherein the outer wall surface of each torque load reducing unit is spaced from the outer circumferential surface of the roller by a predetermined sealing distance, wherein the outer wall surface of each torque load reducing unit is formed to have a same curvature as the outer circumferential surface of the roller so that the predetermined sealing distance is the same in a circumferential direction, wherein the inner wall surface of each torque load reducing unit is formed to have a straight line shape or a convex curved shape toward the outer wall surface and a curvature radius of the inner wall surface is larger than a curvature radius of the outer wall surface, wherein the plurality of torque load reducing units is formed to be asymmetrical to each other, based on the long-axis direction central line of the roller, and wherein the plurality of torque load reducing units is formed such that a geometrical center of each of the plurality of torque load reducing units is positioned at a front side of the long-axis direction central line of the roller, assuming that a rotational direction of the roller based on the long-axis direction central line is toward the front side, and a front end of each of the plurality of torque load reducing units communicates with the suction chamber to allow a portion of oil received therein and having a relatively high pressure to be introduced into the suction chamber to thereby lubricate a bearing surface between the outer circumferential surface of the roller and the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder.

2. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a long-axis diameter of a virtual oval which connects two ends of the outer wall surface of the plurality of torque load reducing units with each other, is formed to be larger than a diameter of the rotational shaft, but smaller than a long-axis diameter of the roller.

3. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a long-axis diameter of each torque load reducing unit is formed to be larger than or equal to a value obtained by adding the predetermined sealing distance to a diameter of the rotational shaft, but smaller than or equal to a value obtained by deducting the predetermined sealing distance from a long-axis diameter of the roller.

4. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a short-axis diameter of a virtual oval which connects two ends of the outer wall surface of the plurality of torque load reducing units with each other, is formed to be larger than a diameter of the rotational shaft, but smaller than a short-axis diameter of the roller.

5. The compressor of claim 4 , wherein a short-axis diameter of each torque load reducing unit is formed to be larger than or equal to a value obtained by adding the predetermined sealing distance to the diameter of the rotational shaft, but smaller than or equal to a value obtained by deducting the predetermined sealing distance from the short-axis diameter of the roller.

6. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a maximum interval between the outer wall surface and the inner wall surface of each torque load reducing unit is formed to be larger than zero, but to be smaller than a half of a value obtained by deducting a diameter of the rotational shaft from a long-axis diameter of the roller.

7. The compressor of claim 6 , wherein a maximum interval between the outer wall surface and the inner wall surface of the torque load reducing unit is formed to be larger than zero, but to be smaller than or equal to a half of a value obtained by deducting the predetermined sealing distance and the diameter of the rotational shaft from the long-axis diameter of the roller.

8. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of torque load reducing units is configured to move the center of weight to which the gas force is applied, toward the rotation center of the roller, and wherein the long-axis direction central line of the roller which connects two contact points of the roller contacting the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is perpendicular to a virtual line which connects a lengthwise central line of the two vanes, and a distance between a geometrical center of each torque load reducing unit and the rotation center is equal to or larger than a distance between the center of weight and the rotation center.

9. The compressor of one of claim 1 , wherein the long-axis direction central line of the roller which connects two contact points of the roller contacting the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is perpendicular to a virtual line which connects a lengthwise central line of the two vanes, and a distance between the center of weight to which the gas force is applied by the roller and the rotation center of the roller is larger than or equal to (0.0749×a long-axis diameter of the roller), but smaller than or equal to (0.212×the long-axis diameter of the roller).

10. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the roller and the rotational shaft are formed of different materials, and the roller is formed to have a lower density than the rotational shaft.

11. A compressor, comprising:
a driving motor;
a rotational shaft configured to transmit a rotational force of the driving motor;
a cylinder installed at one side of the driving motor, the cylinder having a first suction opening and a second suction opening penetrating in a radial direction, respectively;
a roller having an outer circumferential surface contacting an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder at at least two points, rotated by the rotational shaft, and concentric with the cylinder; and
at least two vanes movably provided at the cylinder, contacting the outer circumferential surface of the roller, and configured to divide at least two compression spaces formed by the cylinder

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Moon Seokhwan
• Sa Bumdong
• Lee Byeongchul

Classifications

• F04C18/3566

  the inner and outer member being in contact along more than line or surface · CPC title

• F04C23/008

  Hermetic pumps · CPC title

• F04C2250/20

  of the rotor · CPC title

• F04C29/005

  Means for transmitting movement from the prime mover to driven parts of the pump, e.g. clutches, couplings, transmissions · CPC title

• F04C18/356

  with vanes reciprocating with respect to the outer member · CPC title