Rotary compressor and refrigerating cycle apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9879675-B2
Application number	US-201414553585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	Aug 9, 2012
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a rotary compressor accommodating an electric motor portion and a compression mechanism portion in a sealed case, wherein the compression mechanism portion comprises a cylinder, a roller, and a vane. The vane is disposed by stacking two divided vanes in a height direction of the cylinder, which is an axis direction of the rotation axis, and where a height dimension of one divided vane is H, and a minute gap between a height dimension of the cylinder and a height dimension of the two stacked divided vanes is L, a proportion of the minute gap L to the vane height dimension H per one divided vane is

0.001< L /number of divided vanes/ H <0.0015.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotary compressor comprising an electric motor portion and a compression mechanism portion joined to the electric motor portion through a rotation axis in a sealed case, wherein
the compression mechanism portion comprises a main bearing and an auxiliary bearing pivotally supporting the rotation axis, first and second cylinders between the main bearing and the auxiliary bearing, and an intermediate partition plate interposed between the first and second cylinders,
the first cylinder comprises a first cylinder chamber, a first roller moving eccentrically within the first cylinder chamber, and a first vane abutting the first roller and partitioning an inside of the first cylinder chamber into a first compression chamber and a first intake chamber,
the second cylinder comprises a second cylinder chamber, a second roller moving eccentrically within the second cylinder chamber, and a second vane abutting the second roller and partitioning an inside of the second cylinder chamber into a second compression chamber and a second intake chamber,
the main bearing includes a first ring groove,
the auxiliary bearing includes a second ring groove,
the first vane is disposed by stacking first and second divided vanes in a height direction of the first cylinder, which is an axis direction of the rotation axis,
the second vane is disposed by stacking third and fourth divided vanes in a height direction of the second cylinder, which is the axis direction of the rotation axis,
where a height dimension of the first divided vane is H, a height dimension of the second divided vane is H, and a minute gap between a height dimension of the first cylinder and a height dimension of the stacked first and second divided vanes is L, a proportion of the minute gap L to the height dimension H per one divided vane is set to satisfy an expression (1) below, and
where a height dimension of the third divided vane is H, a height dimension of the fourth divided vane is H, and a minute gap between a height dimension of the second cylinder and a height dimension of the stacked third and fourth divided vanes is L, a proportion of the minute gap L to the height dimension H per one divided vane is set to satisfy the expression (1) below,
0.001 <L /number of divided vanes/ H< 0.0015  (1).

2. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein first coil springs are provided for the first and second divided vanes constituting the first vane, respectively, to elastically press the first and second divided vanes against the first roller, and
second coil springs are provided for the third and fourth divided vanes constituting the second vane, respectively, to elastically press the third and fourth divided vanes against the second roller.

3. The rotary compressor of claim 2 , wherein the first cylinder is provided with: two first spring accommodation holes accommodating the respective first coil springs, the first spring accommodation holes being separated from each other in the height direction of the first cylinder; and a first hole for intake for leading a gas refrigerant to the first cylinder chamber, the first hole for intake forming a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the first cylinder with the first spring accommodation holes,
the second cylinder is provided with: two second spring accommodation holes accommodating the respective second coil springs, the second spring accommodation holes being separated from each other in the height direction of the second cylinder; and a second hole for intake for leading a gas refrigerant to the second cylinder chamber, the second hole for intake forming a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the second cylinder with the second spring accommodation holes,
where in the height direction of the first cylinder, a distance between one end surface of the first cylinder and an inner surface of the first spring accommodation hole amongst the two first spring accommodation holes that is closer to the one end surface is C1, a distance between inner surfaces of the two first spring accommodation holes is C2, and a distance between an other end surface of the cylinder and the inner surface of the first spring accommodation hole amongst the two first spring accommodation holes that is closer to the other end surface is C3, a length dimension of C2 is set larger than C1 or C3,
where in the height direction of the second cylinder, a distance between one end surface of the second cylinder and an inner surface of the second spring accommodation hole amongst the two second spring accommodation holes that is closer to the one end surface is C1, a distance between inner surfaces of the two second spring accommodation holes is C2, and a distance between an other end surface of the second cylinder and the inner surface of the second spring accommodation hole amongst the two second spring accommodation holes that is closer to the other end surface is C3, a length dimension of C2 is set larger than C1 or C3.

4. The rotary compressor of claim 3 , wherein cylinder opening ends of the first spring accommodation holes are provided with first stopper members stopping the first coil springs from slipping, and
cylinder opening ends of the second spring accommodation holes are provided with second stopper members stopping the second coil springs from slipping.

5. A refrigerating cycle apparatus constituting a refrigerating cycle circuit comprising the rotary compressor of claim 4 , a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected through a refrigerant pipe.

6. A refrigerating cycle apparatus constituting a refrigerating cycle circuit comprising the rotary compressor of claim 3 , a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected through a refrigerant pipe.

7. The rotary compressor of claim 2 , wherein where a mean diameter of the first coil springs is D, the height dimension of the first divided vane is H, the height dimension of the first cylinder is h, and the number of the first coil springs is M, an expression (2) below is satisfied, and
where a mean diameter of the second coil springs is D, the height dimension of the third divided vane is H, the height dimension of the fourth divided vane is H, the height dimension of the second cylinder is h, and the number of the second coil springs is M, the expression (2) below is satisfied:
D/H≧ 0.45, and D×M/h ≦0.55  (2).

8. A refrigerating cycle apparatus constituting a refrigerating cycle circuit comprising the rotary compressor of claim 7 , a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected through a refrigerant pipe.

9. A refrigerating cycle apparatus constituting a refrigerating cycle circuit comprising the rotary compressor of claim 2 , a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected through a refrigerant pipe.

10. A refrigerating cycle apparatus constituting a refrigerating cycle circuit comprising the rotary compressor of claim 1 , a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected through a refrigerant pipe.

Assignees

• Toshiba Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Takashima Kazu
• Kato Hisataka
• Hasegawa Keiichi
• Hatayama Masahiro

Classifications

• F04C23/001

  of similar working principle · CPC title

• F04C27/002

  of rigid material · CPC title

• F01C21/0845 Primary

  comprising elastic means, e.g. springs · CPC title

• F04C18/3564

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

• F01C21/0881

  the vanes consisting of two or more parts · CPC title