Compressor and vacuum machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9303635-B2
Application number	US-201313895932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2013
Priority date	Jun 21, 2012
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A compressor includes a motor; a piston reciprocating by the motor; a crankcase comprising a wall portion formed with a communication hole, and the crankcase housing the piston; a cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the wall portion, the cylinder body and the wall portion defining a chamber, a capacity of the chamber increasing or decreasing by reciprocating the piston; and a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the wall portion, and the cylinder head and the wall portion defining a flow path communicated with the chamber through the communication hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor comprising:
a motor having a rotational shaft;
a piston reciprocating by the motor;
a crankcase comprising:
a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion that surround the rotational shaft, and
an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion that respectively hold first bearings and second bearings, the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion being formed with a first communication hole, a second communication hole, a third communication hole, a fourth communication hole, respectively, the crankcase housing the piston;

a printed circuit board between the motor and the crankcase exposed to an outside of the compressor;
a first cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the first wall portion, a second cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the second wall portion, a third cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the third wall portion, and a fourth cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the fourth wall portion, the first cylinder body, the second cylinder body, the third cylinder body, the fourth cylinder body, the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion defining a chamber, a capacity of the chamber increasing or decreasing by reciprocating the piston; and
a first cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the first wall portion, a second cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the second wall portion, a third cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the third wall portion and a fourth cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the fourth wall portion, the first cylinder head and the first wall portion defining a first flow path communicated with the chamber through the first communication hole, the second cylinder head and the second wall portion defining a second flow path communicated with the chamber through the second communication hole, the third cylinder head and the third wall portion defining a third flow path communicated with the chamber through the third communication hole, the fourth cylinder head and the fourth wall portion defining a fourth flow path communicated with the chamber through the fourth communication hole,
wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are adjacent to each other,
the piston does not enter any of the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path and the fourth flow path, and
the first flow path and the second flow path are directly connected to and communicate with each other.

2. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein
the crankcase is formed with a communication path communicating between the first and second flow paths, and
reciprocation of the piston permits air to flow from one of the first and second flow paths toward the other of the first and second flow paths through the communication path.

3. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a part of the first wall portion which is not provided with the first flow path is provided with an air hole communicating between inside and outside of the crankcase.

4. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the motor is an outer rotor type motor arranged outside of the crankcase.

5. The compressor of claim 4 , wherein an outer rotor of the motor is provided with a fan.

6. The compressor of claim 5 , wherein the fan is radially arranged about the outer rotor.

7. The compressor of claim 5 , wherein
the fan is secured to a yoke of the outer rotor, and
each of the fan and the yoke is provided with a hole permitting air to flow from the outside of the motor to the inside of the motor.

8. A vacuum machine comprising:
a motor having a rotational shaft;
a piston reciprocating by the motor;
a crankcase comprising:
a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion that surround the rotational shaft, and
an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion that respectively hold first bearings and second bearings, the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion being formed with a first communication hole, a second communication hole, a third communication hole, a fourth communication hole, respectively, the crankcase housing the piston;

a printed circuit board between the motor and the crankcase exposed to an outside of the vacuum machine;
a first cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the first wall portion, a second cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the second wall portion, a third cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the third wall portion, and a fourth cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the fourth wall portion, the first cylinder body, the second cylinder body, the third cylinder body, the fourth cylinder body, the first wall portion, the second wall portion, the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion defining a chamber, a capacity of the chamber increasing or decreasing by reciprocating the piston; and
a first cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the first wall portion, a second cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the second wall portion, a third cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the third wall portion and a fourth cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the fourth wall portion, the first cylinder head and the first wall portion defining a first flow path communicated with the chamber through the first communication hole, the second cylinder head and the second wall portion defining a second flow path communicated with the chamber through the second communication hole, the third cylinder head and the third wall portion defining a third flow path communicated with the chamber through the third communication hole, the fourth cylinder head and the fourth wall portion defining a fourth flow path communicated with the chamber through the fourth communication hole,
wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are adjacent to each other,
the piston does not enter any of the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path and the fourth flow path, and
the first flow path and the second flow path are directly connected to and communicate with each other.

9. The vacuum machine of claim 8 , wherein
the crankcase is formed with a communication path communicating between the first and second flow paths, and
reciprocation of the piston permits air to flow from one of the first and second flow paths toward the other of the first and second flow paths through the communication path.

10. The vacuum machine of claim 8 , wherein a part of the first wall portion which is not provided with the first flow path is provided with an air hole communicating between inside and outside of the crankcase.

11. The vacuum machine of claim 8 , wherein the motor is an outer rotor type motor arranged outside of the crankcase.

12. The vacuum machine of claim 11 , wherein an outer rotor of the motor is provided with a fan.

13. The vacuum machine of claim 12 , wherein the fan is radially arranged about the outer rotor.

14. The vacuum machine of claim 12 , wherein
the fan is secured to a yoke of the outer rotor, and
each of the fan and the yoke is provided with a hole permitting air to flow from the outside of the motor to the inside of the motor.

Assignees

• Shinano Kenshi Co

Inventors

• Ueda Kazuhiro

Classifications

• F04B39/121

  Casings · CPC title

• F04B37/04

  Selection of specific absorption or adsorption materials · CPC title

• F04B17/00 Primary

  Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors · CPC title

• F04B35/01 Primary

  the means being mechanical · CPC title

• F04B27/0404

  Details, component parts specially adapted for such pumps · CPC title