Compressor and vacuum machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9670916-B2
Application number	US-201313894946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2013
Priority date	Jun 20, 2012
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A compressor including a motor, a piston reciprocating by the motor, a crankcase having a middle wall portion formed with a communication hole, the crankcase housing the piston, a cylinder body secured to an inner surface of the middle wall portion, the cylinder body and the wall portion defining a cylinder chamber, and reciprocation of the piston increasing or decreasing a capacity of the cylinder chamber, and a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the middle wall portion, the cylinder head and the middle wall portion defining an exhaust chamber communicated with the cylinder chamber through the communication hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor comprising:
a motor;
a piston reciprocating by the motor;
a crankcase including a middle wall portion having a first communication hole, and the crankcase housing the piston;
a printed circuit board arranged between the crankcase and the motor;
a cylinder body enclosed within the crankcase and secured to an inner surface of the middle wall portion, the cylinder body and the middle wall portion defining a cylinder chamber having a diameter, and reciprocation of the piston increasing or decreasing a capacity of the cylinder chamber; and
a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the middle wall portion, and the cylinder head and the middle wall portion defining an exhaust chamber having a diameter, the exhaust chamber communicating with the cylinder chamber through the first communication hole, wherein:
the outer surface of the middle wall portion to which the cylinder head is secured is flat, the cylinder head being smaller than the outer surface, the exhaust chamber diameter matching in size with the diameter of the cylinder chamber,
the crankcase includes an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion respectively holding first and second bearings,
the crankcase has a rectangular shape when viewed in an axial direction of the motor,
the upper middle wall portion and the wall portion are integrally formed with each other, and
the motor is an outer rotor type motor arranged outside of the crankcase.

2. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein an outer rotor of the motor is provided with a fan.

3. The compressor of claim 2 , wherein the fan is radially arranged about the outer rotor.

4. The compressor of claim 2 , 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.

5. The compressor of claim 2 , wherein the fan has a ring-shaped outer circumference.

6. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the piston includes a second communication hole that introduces fluid into the cylinder chamber.

7. A vacuum machine comprising:
a motor;
a piston reciprocating by the motor;
a crankcase including a middle wall portion having a first communication hole, and the crankcase housing the piston;
a printed circuit board arranged between the crankcase and the motor;
a cylinder body enclosed within the crankcase and secured to an inner surface of the middle wall portion, the cylinder body and the middle wall portion defining a cylinder chamber having a diameter, and reciprocation of the piston increasing or decreasing a capacity of the cylinder chamber; and
a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the middle wall portion, and the cylinder head and the middle wall portion defining an exhaust chamber having a diameter, the exhaust chamber communicating with the cylinder chamber through the first communication hole, wherein:
the outer surface of the middle wall portion to which the cylinder head is secured being flat, the cylinder head being smaller than the outer surface, the exhaust chamber diameter matching in size with the diameter of the cylinder chamber,
the crankcase includes an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion respectively holding first and second bearings,
the crankcase has a rectangular shape when viewed in an axial direction of the motor,
the upper middle wall portion and the wall portion are integrally formed with each other, and
the motor is an outer rotor type motor arranged outside of the crankcase.

8. The vacuum machine of claim 7 , wherein an outer rotor of the motor is provided with a fan.

9. The vacuum machine of claim 8 , wherein the fan is radially arranged about the outer rotor.

10. The vacuum machine of claim 8 , 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.

11. The vacuum machine of claim 8 , wherein the fan has a ring-shaped outer circumference.

12. The vacuum machine of claim 7 , wherein a distal end of the piston includes a second communication hole that introduces fluid into the cylinder chamber.

Assignees

• Shinano Kenshi Co

Inventors

• Ueda Kazuhiro

Classifications

• F04B39/121

  Casings · CPC title

• F04B17/03 Primary

  driven by electric motors · CPC title

• F04B37/04

  Selection of specific absorption or adsorption materials · CPC title

• F04B35/04

  the means being electric · CPC title

• F04B35/01 Primary

  the means being mechanical · CPC title