Capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11300211-B2
Application number	US-202117467855-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2021
Priority date	Sep 8, 2020
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device includes: a housing having a shaft chamber; a rotating shaft arranged in the shaft chamber; a first pole shoe and a second pole shoe fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart in an axial direction of the rotating shaft; a permanent magnet fitted over the rotating shaft and located between the first pole shoe and the second pole shoe; a first magnetically nonconductive capillary block and a second magnetically nonconductive capillary block fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. A first capillary cavity is formed among the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block, the first pole shoe and the rotating shaft; and a second capillary cavity is formed among the second magnetically nonconductive capillary block, the second pole shoe and the rotating shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device, comprising:
a housing having a shaft chamber;
a rotating shaft rotatably arranged in the shaft chamber;
a first pole shoe and a second pole shoe fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, a first sealing gap being formed between the first pole shoe and the rotating shaft in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, a second sealing gap being formed between the second pole shoe and the rotating shaft in the radial direction of the rotating shaft, and a magnetic liquid is provided in the first sealing gap and the second sealing gap;
a permanent magnet fitted over the rotating shaft and located between the first pole shoe and the second pole shoe; and
a first magnetically nonconductive capillary block and a second magnetically nonconductive capillary block fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the first pole shoe and the second pole shoe being both located between the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block and the second magnetically nonconductive capillary block,
wherein a first capillary cavity is formed among the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block, the first pole shoe and the rotating shaft, a second capillary cavity is formed among the second magnetically nonconductive capillary block, the second pole shoe and the rotating shaft, and a magnetic liquid is provided in the first capillary cavity and the second capillary cavity,
the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block comprises a first base ring and a first protruding ring extending inwardly from the first base ring; the first protruding ring comprises a first end surface and a second end surface oppositely arranged in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; the second end surface of the first protruding ring is closer to the first pole shoe than the first end surface of the first protruding ring; the first pole shoe comprises a first end surface and a second end surface oppositely arranged in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; and the first end surface of the first pole shoe is closer to the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block than the second end surface of the first pole shoe,
a distance between the second end surface of the first protruding ring and the first end surface of the first pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft gradually decreases from outside to inside in the radial direction of the rotating shaft,
the second magnetically nonconductive capillary block comprises a second base ring and a second protruding ring extending inwardly from the second base ring; the second protruding ring comprises a first end surface and a second end surface oppositely arranged in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; the second end surface of the second protruding ring is closer to the second pole shoe than the first end surface of the second protruding ring; the second pole shoe comprises a first end surface and a second end surface oppositely arranged in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; and the second end surface of the second pole shoe is closer to the second magnetically nonconductive capillary block than the first end surface of the second pole shoe, and
a distance between the second end surface of the second protruding ring and the second end surface of the second pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft gradually decreases from outside to inside in the radial direction of the rotating shaft.

2. The capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third magnetically nonconductive capillary block fitted over the rotating shaft and located between the first pole shoe and the second pole shoe, an outer peripheral surface of the third magnetically nonconductive capillary block being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the permanent magnet,
wherein a third capillary cavity is formed among the third magnetically nonconductive capillary block, the first pole shoe and the rotating shaft, and a fourth capillary cavity is formed among the third magnetically nonconductive capillary block, the second pole shoe and the rotating shaft.

3. The capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein the third magnetically nonconductive capillary block comprises a third base ring and a third protruding ring; the third protruding ring comprises a first end surface and a second end surface oppositely arranged in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; the first end surface of the third protruding ring is closer to the first pole shoe than the second end surface of the third protruding ring; and the second end surface of the third protruding ring is closer to the second pole shoe than the first end surface of the third protruding ring, and
a distance between the first end surface of the third protruding ring and the second end surface of the first pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft gradually decreases from outside to inside in the radial direction of the rotating shaft, and a distance between the second end surface of the third protruding ring and the first end surface of the second pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft gradually decreases from outside to inside in the radial direction of the rotating shaft.

4. The capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein the first sealing gap has a size of 0.1 to 0.3 mm in the radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the second sealing gap has a size of 0.1 to 0.3 mm in the radial direction of the rotating shaft.

5. The capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein a gap between the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block and the rotating shaft in the radial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than 0.1 mm; a gap between the second magnetically nonconductive capillary block and the rotating shaft in the radial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than 0.1 mm; and a gap between the third magnetically nonconductive capillary block and the rotating shaft in the radial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than 0.1 mm.

6. The capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device according to claim 3 , wherein a minimum distance between the second end surface of the first protruding ring and the first end surface of the first pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than a size of the first sealing gap in the radial direction of the rotating shaft; a minimum distance between the second end surface of the second protruding ring and the second end surface of the second pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than the size of the first sealing gap in the radial direction of the rotating shaft; a minimum distance between the first end surface of the third protruding ring and the second end surface of the first pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than the size of the first sealing gap in the radial direction of the rotating shaft; and a minimum distance between the second end surface of the third protruding ring and the first end surface of the second pole shoe in the axial direction of the rotating shaft is equal to or less than the size of the first sealing gap in the radial direction of the rotating shaft.

7. The capillary magnetic-liquid sealing device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first auxiliary sealing ring fitted over the rotating shaft and fixed between the first magnetically nonconductive capillary block and the rotating shaft;
a second auxiliary sealing ring fitted over the rotating shaft and fixe

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Li Decai
• Sun Rui
• Li Qian

Classifications

• F16J15/43 Primary

  kept in sealing position by magnetic force · CPC title