Compressor and air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11067083-B2
Application number	US-201515301072-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2015
Priority date	Apr 10, 2014
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A compressor includes a low-pressure stage cylinder, a first high-pressure stage cylinder and a second high-pressure stage cylinder which are stacked, a partition is arranged between each two adjacent cylinders, the first and second high-pressure stage cylinders are both situated at a same side of the low-pressure stage cylinder or respectively situated at two sides of the low-pressure stage cylinder, the lower flange is situated below the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder. A first sliding sheet is provided in the first high-pressure stage cylinder, a second sliding sheet is provided in the second high-pressure stage cylinder, and a third sliding sheet is provided in the low-pressure stage cylinder. The first and the second high-pressure stage cylinders are arranged in parallel, and the first and second high-pressure stage cylinders arranged in parallel are connected to the low-pressure stage cylinder in series.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor, comprising:
a single low-pressure stage cylinder and two high-pressure stage cylinders, wherein the two high-pressure stage cylinders include a first high-pressure stage cylinder and a second high-pressure stage cylinder;
a roller is provided in the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder, and the second high-pressure stage cylinder;
a lower flange, wherein the lower flange is provided with a middle chamber, and the middle chamber is so arranged that refrigerant moves from the low-pressure stage cylinder to the first high-pressure stage cylinder and/or the second high-pressure stage cylinder via the middle chamber within the compressor;
wherein the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are stacked, and an upper partition is arranged between the first and second high-pressure stage cylinders and a lower partition is arranged between the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are both situated at a same side of the low-pressure stage cylinder;
wherein the lower flange is situated below the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder;
wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder has a first sliding sheet slot, and a first sliding sheet is provided in the first sliding sheet slot, the second high-pressure stage cylinder has a second sliding sheet slot, and a second sliding sheet is provided in the second sliding sheet slot, the low-pressure stage cylinder has a third sliding sheet slot, and a third sliding sheet is provided in the third sliding sheet slot; and
wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are arranged in parallel, and the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder arranged in parallel are connected to the low-pressure stage cylinder in series, and the low-pressure stage cylinder functions as a first-stage compression cylinder;
wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder function as an unloadable cylinder via a first pin engaging the first sliding sheet to change a state of the first sliding sheet from a free state to a locked state and/or a second pin engaging the second sliding sheet to change a state of the first sliding sheet from a free state to a locked state to adjust a number of loaded high-pressure stage cylinders while keeping the low-pressure stage cylinder loaded,
wherein the first pin is biased toward the first sliding sheet by a first spring and the second pin is biased toward the second sliding sheet by a second spring;
wherein the second high-pressure stage cylinder includes a chamber, the first spring has a first end engaging the first pin and an opposite second end disposed in the chamber, a first vertical passage extends through the upper partition to connect the first high-pressure stage cylinder to the second high-pressure stage cylinder and a second passage sloping upward from the chamber toward the first passage to connect the chamber to the first vertical passage;
the first sliding sheet, the second sliding sheet and the third sliding sheet being configured in such a way that:
in a first working mode of the compressor, the first sliding sheet is in the locked state, and both of the second sliding sheet and the third sliding sheet are in the free state where second pin is not engaged with the second sliding sheet; and
in a second working mode of the compressor, all of the first sliding sheet, the second sliding sheet and the third sliding sheet are in the free state, wherein a load on the compressor in the second working mode is greater than the load on the compressor in the first working mode.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are both situated at an upper side of the low-pressure stage cylinder.

3. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein, the compressor has a third working mode; in the first working mode, the low-pressure stage cylinder performs a first stage compression, and the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder both perform a second-stage compression;
in the second working mode, the low-pressure stage cylinder performs a first-stage compression, and the second high-pressure stage cylinder or the first high-pressure stage cylinder performs a second-stage compression; and
in the third working mode, the first sliding sheet and the second sliding sheet are both in the locked state, and the low-pressure stage cylinder performs a first-stage compression, and the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are both in an uploaded state.

4. An air conditioner, comprising a compressor, and the compressor comprising:
a single low-pressure stage cylinder and two high-pressure stage cylinders, wherein the two high-pressure stage cylinders include a first high-pressure stage cylinder—and a second high-pressure stage cylinder;
a roller is provided in the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder, and the second high-pressure stage cylinder;
a lower flange, wherein the lower flange is provided with a middle chamber, and the middle chamber is so arranged that refrigerant moves from the low pressure stage cylinder to the first high-pressure stage cylinder and/or the second high-pressure stage cylinder via the middle chamber within the compressor;
wherein the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are stacked, and an upper partition is arranged between the first and second high-pressure stage cylinders and a lower partition is arranged between the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are both situated at a same side of the low-pressure stage cylinder;
wherein the lower flange is situated below the low-pressure stage cylinder, the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder;
wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder has a first sliding sheet slot, and a first sliding sheet is provided in the first sliding sheet slot, the second high-pressure stage cylinder has a second sliding sheet slot, and a second sliding sheet is provided in the second sliding sheet slot, the low-pressure stage cylinder has a third sliding sheet slot, and a third sliding sheet is provided in the third sliding sheet slot; and
wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder are arranged in parallel, and the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder arranged in parallel are connected to the low-pressure stage cylinder in series, and the low-pressure stage cylinder functions as a first-stage compression cylinder;
wherein the first high-pressure stage cylinder and the second high-pressure stage cylinder function as an unloadable cylinder via a first pin engaging the first sliding sheet to change a state of the first sliding sheet from a free state to a locked state and a second pin engaging the second sliding sheet to change a state of the first sliding sheet from a free state to a locked state to adjust a number of loaded high-pressure stage cylinders while keeping the low-pressure stage cylinder loaded,
wherein the first pin is biased toward the first sliding sheet by a first spring and the second pin is biased toward the second sliding sheet by a second spring;
wherein the second

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Huang Hui
• Hu Yusheng
• Wei Huijun
• Wu Jian
• Yang Ouxiang
• Liang Shebing
• Ren Liping
• Luo Huifang
• Zhu Hongwei
• Xu Jia

Classifications

• F04C28/065

  Capacity control using a multiplicity of units or pumping capacities, e.g. multiple chambers, individually switchable or controllable · CPC title

• F04C23/001

  of similar working principle · CPC title

• F04C18/3564 Primary

  the surfaces of the inner and outer member, forming the working space, being surfaces of revolution · CPC title

• F04C18/356 Primary

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

• F04C23/00

  Combinations of two or more pumps, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type, specially adapted for elastic fluids; Pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids; Multi-stage pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids (F04C25/00 takes precedence) · CPC title