U.S. patent application number 11/266258 was filed with the patent office on 2006-03-16 for internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor, manufacturing method thereof and displacement ratio setting method.
This patent application is currently assigned to Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Satoshi Imai, Kenzo Matumoto, Kazuya Sato, Takashi Sato, Akira Sugawara, Masaya Tadano, Haruhisa Yamasaki.
Application Number | 20060056983 11/266258 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29554592 |
Filed Date | 2006-03-16 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060056983 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Matumoto; Kenzo ; et
al. |
March 16, 2006 |
Internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary
compressor, manufacturing method thereof and displacement ratio
setting method
Abstract
There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage
compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height
dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged
outside. An electric element and first and second rotary
compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the
electric element disposed under the electric element are provided
in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant
introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell
case over the electric element into the second rotary compression
element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is
provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging
oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper
end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is
provided such that apart of an inlet of the refrigerant
introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of
the electric element.
Inventors: |
Matumoto; Kenzo; (Ora-Gun,
JP) ; Yamasaki; Haruhisa; (Ora-Gun, JP) ;
Sato; Kazuya; (Ora-Gun, JP) ; Tadano; Masaya;
(Nitta-Gun, JP) ; Imai; Satoshi; (Ota-Shi, JP)
; Sugawara; Akira; (Kumagaya-Shi, JP) ; Sato;
Takashi; (Kumagaya-Shi, JP) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ARMSTRONG, KRATZ, QUINTOS, HANSON & BROOKS, LLP
1725 K STREET, NW
SUITE 1000
WASHINGTON
DC
20006
US
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Assignee: |
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
Moriguchi-shi
JP
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Family ID: |
29554592 |
Appl. No.: |
11/266258 |
Filed: |
November 4, 2005 |
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10454636 |
Jun 5, 2003 |
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11266258 |
Nov 4, 2005 |
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Current U.S.
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417/245 ;
417/244 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F04C 29/02 20130101;
F01C 21/0863 20130101; F04C 29/028 20130101; F04C 23/008 20130101;
F04C 2250/101 20130101; F04C 29/023 20130101; F04C 29/0092
20130101; F04C 18/356 20130101; F01C 21/10 20130101; F04C 29/045
20130101; F04C 23/001 20130101; F04C 2270/21 20130101 |
Class at
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417/245 ;
417/244 |
International
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F04B 3/00 20060101
F04B003/00; F04B 5/00 20060101 F04B005/00 |
Foreign Application Data
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Jun 5, 2002 |
JP |
2002-164735 |
Jun 18, 2002 |
JP |
2002-176494 |
Jun 7, 2002 |
JP |
2002-167253 |
Jun 7, 2002 |
JP |
2002-167271 |
Jun 7, 2002 |
JP |
2002-166410 |
Jun 19, 2002 |
JP |
2002-177941 |
Jun 26, 2002 |
JP |
2002-185802 |
Claims
1-15. (canceled)
16. An internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type
rotary compressor comprising an electric element in a hermetic
shell case, and first and second rotary compression elements being
driven by the electric element, wherein refrigerant which is
compressed by the first rotary compression element and discharged
is sucked in, compressed by and discharged into the second rotary
compression element: and wherein an upper cylinder constituting the
second rotary compression element is expanded outward from a
suction port to an extent of a predetermined angle in a direction
of rotation of an upper roller.
17. An internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type
rotary compressor comprising an electric element in a hermetic
shell case, and first and second rotary compression elements being
driven by the electric element, wherein refrigerant which is
compressed by the first rotary compression element and discharged
is sucked in, compressed by and discharged into the second rotary
compression element; and wherein an upper cylinder constituting the
second rotary compression element is expanded outward from a
suction port to an extent of a predetermined angle in a direction
of rotation of an upper roller from a suction port, and wherein a
ratio of the displacement of the first rotary compression element
relative to that of the second rotary compression element is set by
adjusting an angle for starting compression by the second rotary
compression element.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to an internal intermediate pressure
type multistage rotary compressor comprising an electric element in
a hermetic shell case, and first and second rotary compression
elements being positioned under the electric element and driven by
a rotary shaft of the electric element, wherein refrigerant
compressed and discharged by said first rotary compression element
is discharged into the hermetic shell case, and the thus discharged
intermediate pressure refrigerant is sucked in and compressed by
the second rotary compression element and discharged into hermetic
shell case, and a method of manufacturing method the internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
and a method of setting displacement ratio thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A conventional internal intermediate pressure type
multistage rotary compressor of this type is, for example,
disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Publication No. 2-294587
(F04C23/00). Such a rotary compressor is provided with an electric
element in a hermetic shell case and a rotary compression mechanism
which is positioned under the electric element and comprises first
and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary
shaft of the electric element. When the electric element is
actuated to rotate the rotary shaft, refrigerant is sucked into a
low pressure chamber of a cylinder through a suction port of the
first rotary compression element (first stage) provided under the
electric element, and the refrigerant is subjected to compression
of first stage by the operation of the roller and a vane and is
changed into intermediate pressure refrigerant, which is in turn
discharged from a high pressure chamber of a cylinder into the
hermetic shell case under the electric element through a discharge
port, a noise eliminating chamber, and an intermediate discharge
pipe.
[0003] Oil is separated from the intermediate pressure refrigerant
discharged into the hermetic shell case, and the refrigerant flows
into a refrigerant introduction pipe provided under the electric
element, and passes through the outside of the electric element,
then is sucked into the low pressure chamber of a cylinder 238
through a suction port 261 of the second rotary compression element
234 (second stage) as shown in the left side of FIG. 22, wherein it
is subjected to compression of second stage by the operation of the
roller 246 and the vane 250, which is in turn changed into high
temperature high pressure refrigerant. The high temperature high
pressure refrigerant passes through a discharge port 239, a noise
eliminating chamber, and is discharged into a refrigeration circuit
through the outside of the refrigerant discharge pipe. A cycle of
the thus discharged refrigerant is repeated such that the
discharged refrigerant flows into a radiator (gas cooler) and the
like of the refrigeration circuit, and radiates heats, then it is
throttled by an expansion valve and heat thereof is absorbed by an
evaporator, and it returns to the first rotary compression element
through the refrigerant introduction pipe and is sucked in the
first rotary compression element.
[0004] In this case, displacement of the second rotary compression
element is normally set to be smaller than that of the first rotary
compression element.
[0005] An oil path is provided in the rotary shaft of such a rotary
compressor, and oil stored in the oil reservoir provided at the
bottom of the hermetic shell case is pumped up in the oil path by
an oil pump (supply means) attached to the lower end of the rotary
shaft. The thus pumped up oil is supplied to the rotary shaft and
the sliding portions and bearings of the first and second rotary
compression elements so as to lubricate therein and seal them, and
it is discharged through an oil discharge port provided at the
upper end of the rotary shaft so as to cool the electric element in
the hermetic shell case and lubricate various sliding portions at
the periphery thereof.
[0006] In the internal intermediate pressure multistage compression
type rotary compressor, the refrigerant compressed by the second
rotary compression element is discharged outside as it is. However,
the foregoing oil which is supplied to the sliding portions of the
second rotary compression element is mixed in the refrigerant, and
hence the oil is discharged together with the refrigerant.
Accordingly, there arises a problem that a large amount of oil
flows in refrigeration circuit of the refrigerating cycle, thereby
deteriorating the performance of refrigerating cycle.
[0007] Further, with such a rotary compressor, since a pressure
(high pressure) in the cylinder of the second rotary compression
element is higher than a pressure (intermediate pressure) in the
hermetic shell case having the bottom serving as the oil reservoir,
it is difficult to supply oil to the second rotary compression
element utilizing the difference in these pressures.
[0008] Therefore, it is contemplated that the intermediate pressure
refrigerant discharged from the first rotary compression element is
not discharged into the hermetic shell case, but the high pressure
refrigerant discharged from the second rotary compression element
is discharged into the hermetic shell case, thereby rendering the
interior of the hermetic shell case to be high pressurized. That
is, with such an internal high pressure multistage compression type
rotary compressor, the refrigerant is sucked through the suction
port of the first rotary compression element in the low pressure
chamber of the cylinder, and it is subjected to compression by the
operation of the roller and the vane and is changed into the
intermediate pressure, which is in turn discharged from the high
pressure chamber of the cylinder into the discharge port and the
noise eliminating chamber. The refrigerant discharged into the
noise eliminating chamber passes through the refrigerant
introduction pipe, and it is sucked in the low pressure chamber of
the cylinder through the suction port of the second rotary
compression element, then it is subjected to compression of second
stage by the operation of the roller and vane and is changed into a
high temperature high pressure refrigerant, which is in turn
discharged from the high pressure chamber into the hermetic shell
case through the suction port and the noise eliminating
chamber.
[0009] Although it is configured that the high pressure refrigerant
in the hermetic shell case flows into a radiator through the
refrigerant discharge pipe, it is expected that the amount of oil
to flow outside can be reduced and the supply of oil to the sliding
portions can be easily performed.
[0010] With such a multistage compression type rotary compressor,
when the refrigerant introduction pipe relative to the second
rotary compression element is opened to the space under the
electric element, the distance between the first rotary compression
element and the intermediate discharge pipe for discharging the
refrigerant is short so that oil is not sufficiently separated from
the refrigerant, and hence excessive oil is sucked in the second
rotary compression element. In such a case, since the amount of oil
which is discharged from the second rotary compression element into
an external refrigeration circuit through the refrigerant discharge
pipe becomes large, the lubricating and sealing performance in the
hermetic shell case of the rotary compressor is deteriorated,
causing a problem of an adverse affect in the refrigeration circuit
by the oil.
[0011] If the refrigerant introduction pipe relative to the second
rotary compression element is opened to the space over the electric
element to solve the foregoing problem, there arises another
problem that a height dimension of the compressor is enlarged as a
whole. Further, there arises still another problem that the oil
discharged from the upper end of the rotary shaft is prone to flow
into the refrigerant introduction pipe, to induce inconvenience
like the foregoing problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0012] The invention has been developed to solve the conventional
technical problems and it is a first object of the invention to
provide an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression
type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while
reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside, and of
effectively avoiding such an inconvenience that an excessive oil is
sucked in the second rotary compression element and discharged
outside.
[0013] Although the hermetic shell case, the electric element, the
rotary compression mechanism or the like constituting the rotary
compressor are manufactured by cutting materials of components,
welding and the like, there was a case where a foreign matter such
as dust, a cut waste or the like remains in the hermetic shell
case. Further, if the rotary compressor is connected to an external
refrigerant pipe, there is a likelihood that a similar foreign
matter in the refrigeration circuit is sucked in the refrigerant
pipe.
[0014] With such a multistage compression type rotary compressor,
since the intermediate pressure refrigerant which is discharged
into the hermetic shell case from the first stage (first rotary
compression element) is introduced into the second stage (second
rotary compression element) through the refrigerant introduction
pipe which is directly connected to the hermetic shell case, if a
foreign matter such as dust, a cut waste or the like is present in
the hermetic shell case, the foreign matter is sucked in the second
stage together with the refrigerant through the refrigerant
introduction pipe, involving in the risk of the abrasion in the
second rotary compression element and the locking in the second
rotary compression element in the worst case.
[0015] The invention has been developed to solve such conventional
technical problems, and it is a second object of the invention to
provide a multistage compression type rotary compressor to solve
the problems of the occurrence of abrasion and locking in the
second rotary compression element by eliminating the foreign matter
in the rotary compressor.
[0016] With such a multistage compression type rotary compressor,
although the refrigerant which is compressed by the second rotary
compression element is discharged outside as it is, the oil
supplied to the sliding portions of the second rotary compression
element is mixed in the refrigerant, so that the oil is discharged
together with the refrigerant. Accordingly, there arises a problem
that a large amount of oil flows into the refrigeration circuit in
the refrigerating cycle, thereby deteriorating the performance of
refrigerating cycle.
[0017] Further, with such an internal intermediate pressure
multistage compression type rotary compressor, since a pressure
(high pressure) inside the cylinder of the second rotary
compression element is higher than that (intermediate pressure)
inside the hermetic shell case having the bottom serving as the oil
reservoir, it was difficult to supply oil to the second rotary
compression element utilizing the difference in pressure.
[0018] The invention has been developed to solve such technical
problems, and it is a third object of the invention to provide a
multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing
the amount of oil which is discharged into the outside of the
compressor, and of supplying oil to the second rotary compression
element smoothly without fail.
[0019] Still further, a vane attached to the multistage compression
type rotary compressor is movably inserted into grooves provided in
the radial direction of the cylinder. Such a vane is pressed by a
roller to partition the interior of the cylinder into a low
pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber, wherein there are
provided at the back side of the vane a spring and a back pressure
chamber for urging the vane to the roller. The back pressure
chamber normally communicates with the interior of the hermetic
shell case, and high pressure refrigerant which is compressed by
the second rotary compression element and discharged into the
hermetic shell case flows into the back pressure chamber so as to
urge the vane against the roller together with the spring.
[0020] However, if there is proposed an internal high pressure
multistage compression type rotary compressor as set forth above,
the pressure inside the hermetic shell case becomes very high so
that if the pressure (high pressure) in the hermetic shell case is
supplied to the back pressure chamber of the first rotary
compression element, the difference between the pressure (from the
lower pressure to the intermediate pressure) in the cylinder of the
first rotary compression element and that (high pressure) in the
back pressure chamber becomes too large, so that the pressure for
pressing the vane against the roller becomes high required more
than necessary. As a result, a contact pressure is heavily applied
to the sliding portions of the tip end of the vane and the outer
peripheral surface of the roller so that abrasion in the vane and
roller proceeds and there is a likelihood that the vane and roller
are damaged.
[0021] Since the difference in pressure between the pressure inside
the cylinder of the first rotary compression element and that of
the back pressure chamber becomes large (high pressure ranging from
the low pressure to the intermediate pressure), the high pressure
refrigerant in the hermetic shell case flows into the cylinder
through a clearance of the vane of the first rotary compression
element, thereby arising a problem of the lowering the compression
efficiency.
[0022] The invention has been developed to solve such a
conventional problem, and a fourth object of the invention can
provide a multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of
improving durability of the vane and the roller of the first rotary
compression element, and of improving the compression efficiency
even if the pressure in the internal of the hermetic shell case is
rendered high.
[0023] When such an internal intermediate pressure multistage
compression type rotary compressor is used at a district such as a
cold district where an ambient temperature is low, the discharge
pressure of the refrigerant which is compressed by the first rotary
compression element becomes low, and hence the stage pressure of
the second stage (the difference in pressure between the suction
pressure of the second rotary compression element and the discharge
pressure of the second rotary compression element) becomes large,
arising a problem that the compression load of the second rotary
compression element is increased while the durability and
reliability of the compressor is lowered. Accordingly, the stage
pressure of the second stage has been conventionally restrained by
rendering displacement of the second rotary compression element 234
smaller by changing many components such as eccentric portions of
the roller and the rotary shaft as shown at a right side in FIG.
5.
[0024] However, if the displacement ratio of the first rotary
compression element relative to that of the second rotary
compression element is set at an optimum value by changing many
components of the rollers and the like of the second rotary
compression element, there arises a problem that the cost
(including the cost involved in the change of material mold,
process facility and measuring equipment and the like)
increases.
[0025] Further, since the balance of the rotary shaft having the
eccentric portion is changed by changing each component of the
second rotary compression element, it is necessary to change a
balance weight attached to the electric element of the compressor
for adjusting the balance of the rotary shaft.
[0026] The invention has been developed to solve such a
conventional problem, and it is a fifth object of the invention to
provide a multistage rotary compressor capable of easily setting an
optimum displacement ratio while reducing the cost, and also
provide a method of setting the displacement ratio thereof.
[0027] That is, according to the internal intermediate pressure
multistage compression type rotary compressor of the first aspect
of the invention, since a refrigerant introduction pipe is provided
such that a part of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe
is positioned under the upper end of the stator of the electric
element, the amount of oil which is sucked in the refrigerant
introduction pipe and is discharged from the second rotary
compression element to the outside compared with a case where the
refrigerant introduction pipe is opened to the space under the
electric element.
[0028] According to the second aspect of the invention, since
adjusting means for adjusting the inner diameter of an oil
discharge port of an oil path is provided in addition to the
constituents of the first aspect of the invention, the amount of
oil to be sucked in the second rotary compression element can be
preferably adjusted while reducing the amount of oil discharged
outside.
[0029] According to the rotary compressor of the third aspect of
the invention, since a notch communicating with the interior of the
hermetic shell case is formed on the side surface of the stator of
the electric element, and the inlet of the refrigerant introduction
pipe corresponds to the notch of the stator, the amount of oil
which is sucked in the refrigerant introduction pipe and discharged
from the second rotary compression element to the outside can be
more reduced compared with a case where the refrigerant
introduction pipe is opened to the space under the electric
element.
[0030] According to the rotary compressor of the fourth aspect of
the invention, since a notch of the stator is provided in addition
to the constituents of the third aspect of the invention such that
the upper end thereof is opened to the interior of the hermetic
shell case over the electric element, and the lower end thereof is
closed so that the refrigerant over the electric element can
smoothly flow into the refrigerant introduction pipe, thereby
solving the problem of the lowering of oil separation performance
involved in the provision of the notch.
[0031] According to the rotary compressor of the fifth aspect of
the invention, since adjusting means for adjusting the inner
diameter of an oil discharge port of the oil path is provided in
addition to the constituents of the third and fourth aspects of the
invention, the amount of oil which is sucked in the second rotary
compression element can be preferably adjusted while reducing the
amount of oil discharged outside.
[0032] According to the rotary compressor of the sixth and seventh
aspects of the invention, since the refrigerant in the hermetic
shell case over the electric element is introduced into the second
rotary compression element, and the amount of oil which is
discharged through the oil discharge port of the oil path formed in
the rotary shaft and is positioned at the upper end of the rotary
shaft is adjusted by adjusting an inner diameter of the oil
discharge port, oil in the hermetic shell case can be smoothly
separated from the refrigerant and the amount of oil to be sucked
in the second rotary compression element can be preferably
adjusted.
[0033] Still further, according to the multistage compression type
rotary compressor of the eighth aspect of the invention, since the
refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing the refrigerant in
the hermetic shell case into the second rotary compression element
through the outside of the hermetic shell case and a filtering
means provided at the inlet side of the refrigerant introduction
pipe, a foreign matter which is sucked from the hermetic shell case
in the refrigerant introduction pipe can be caught and removed by
the filtering means. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the
rotary compressor having high reliability capable of avoiding the
problem of the occurrence of abrasion or locking which is caused by
the suction of the foreign matter in the second rotary compression
element in advance.
[0034] According to the multistage compression type rotary
compressor of the ninth aspect of the invention, since the
refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing the refrigerant in
the hermetic shell case into the second rotary compression element
through the outside of the hermetic shell case and a filtering
means provided at the outlet side of the refrigerant introduction
pipe, a foreign matter which is sucked from the hermetic shell case
in the second rotary compression element through the refrigerant
introduction pipe can be caught and removed by the filtering means.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide the rotary compressor having
high reliability capable of avoiding the problem of the occurrence
of abrasion or locking which is caused by the suction of the
foreign matter in the second rotary compression element in
advance.
[0035] According to the multistage compression type rotary
compressor of the tenth aspect of the invention, since the
refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing the refrigerant in
the hermetic shell case into the second rotary compression element
through the outside of the hermetic shell case and a filtering
means provided at the interior of the refrigerant introduction
pipe, a foreign matter which is sucked from the hermetic shell case
in the refrigerant introduction pipe can be caught and removed by
the filtering means. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the
rotary compressor having high reliability capable of avoiding the
problem of the occurrence of abrasion or locking which is caused by
the suction of the foreign matter in the second rotary compression
element in advance.
[0036] According to the multistage compression type rotary
compressor of the eleventh aspect of the invention, since the
refrigerant compressed by the second rotary compression element
having a pressure which becomes higher than the pressure of the
first rotary compression element is discharged into the hermetic
shell case and the high pressure refrigerant in the hermetic shell
case is discharged outside, oil contained in the refrigerant
discharged from the second rotary compression element can be
separated from the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case.
Accordingly, the oil separation performance is improved and the
amount of oil which flows outside from the compressor is reduced,
thereby restraining adverse affect exerted upon an external
refrigerating cycle.
[0037] According to the multistage compression type rotary
compressor of the twelfth aspect of the invention, since the
refrigerant compressed by the second rotary compression element
having a temperature which becomes higher than the temperature of
the first rotary compression element is discharged into the
hermetic shell case and the high pressure refrigerant in the
hermetic shell case is discharged outside, oil contained in the
refrigerant discharged from the second rotary compression element
can be separated from the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case.
Accordingly, the oil separation performance is improved and the
amount of oil which flows outside from the compressor is reduced,
thereby restraining adverse affect exerted upon an external
refrigerating cycle.
[0038] Particularly, since a cylinder constituting the first rotary
compression element, a back pressure chamber for applying a back
pressure to a vane which is brought into contact with a roller
eccentrically rotated in the cylinder and partitions the interior
of the cylinder into a high pressure chamber and low pressure
chamber, and a discharge side of the first rotary compression
element communicate with one another, the intermediate pressure
refrigerant which is compressed by the first rotary compression
element is supplied to the back pressure chamber of the vane of the
first rotary compression element so that the vane is urged toward
the roller.
[0039] According to the rotary compressor of the thirteenth aspect
of the invention, since a refrigerant introduction pipe for
introducing the refrigerant which is discharged from the first
rotary compression element into the second rotary compression
element through the outside of the hermetic shell case, the
temperature of the refrigerant which is sucked in the second rotary
compression element can be lowered.
[0040] According to the rotary compressor of the fourteenth aspect
of the invention, since the first and second rotary compression
elements are disposed under the electric element, and the first
rotary compression element is disposed under the second rotary
compression element, and the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case
is discharged outside from the space over the electric element, in
addition to the constituents of the foregoing aspects of the
invention, oil separation performance for separating oil from the
high pressure refrigerant in the hermetic shell case can be further
enhanced.
[0041] According to the rotary compressor of the fifteenth aspect
of the invention, carbon dioxide having a large difference in
pressure between high and low pressures is used as the
refrigerant.
[0042] According to the multistage compression type rotary
compressor of the sixteenth aspect of the invention, since an upper
cylinder constituting the second rotary compression element is
expanded outward from a suction port to an extent of a
predetermined angle in a direction of rotation of an upper roller,
the start of compression of the refrigerant in the cylinder of the
second rotary compression element is delayed.
[0043] According to a method of the seventeenth aspect of the
invention, since a ratio of the displacement of the first rotary
compression element relative to that of the second rotary
compression element is set by expanding the upper cylinder of the
second rotary compression element outward from a suction port to an
extent of a predetermined angle in a direction of rotation of an
upper roller to adjust an angle through which the compression by
the second rotary compression element starts, the start of
compression of the refrigerant in the cylinder of the second rotary
compression element is delayed, thereby reducing the displacement
of the second rotary compression element.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0044] FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a first embodiment of the invention;
[0045] FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cylinder of a first rotary
compression element of the rotary compressor in FIGS. 1, 6, 12 and
14;
[0046] FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the upper
portion of a rotary shaft of the rotary compressor in FIGS. 1, 6
and 12;
[0047] FIG. 4 is a plan view of a rotary shaft of the rotary
compressor in FIG. 1;
[0048] FIG. 5 are schematic longitudinal sectional views of the
rotary compressors showing the comparison between a height of the
rotary compressor in FIG. 1 and a height of the conventional rotary
compressor provided with an inlet of a refrigerant introduction
pipe under the electric element;
[0049] FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a second embodiment of the invention;
[0050] FIG. 7 is a sectional plan view of the rotary compressor in
FIG. 6;
[0051] FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view showing a notch of a
stator of the rotary compressor in FIG. 6;
[0052] FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional plane view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a modified embodiment of the invention;
[0053] FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view showing a plane
portion of a stator of the rotary compressor in FIG. 9;
[0054] FIG. 11 are schematic longitudinal sectional views showing
the comparison between a height of a rotary compressor in the case
where a refrigerant introduction pipe is opened to the upper end of
a stator of an electric element of a rotary compressor and a height
of the rotary compressor of the modified embodiment of the
invention;
[0055] FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to another modified embodiment of the invention;
[0056] FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the
internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary
compressor having a refrigerant introduction pipe connected to an
electric element which is a contrast example used for explaining
the invention of FIG. 12;
[0057] FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a third embodiment of the invention;
[0058] FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a still modified example of the invention;
[0059] FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a fourth embodiment of the invention;
[0060] FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a fifth embodiment of the invention;
[0061] FIG. 18 is a longitudinal sectional side view of an internal
intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor
according to a sixth embodiment of the invention;
[0062] FIG. 19 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a
refrigerating cycle of an oil supply unit of the rotary compressor
in FIG. 18;
[0063] FIGS. 20 is a longitudinal sectional view showing cylinders
of first and second rotary compression elements of the rotary
compressor in FIG. 18 to be used at a normal temperature;
[0064] FIG. 21 is longitudinal sectional view of showing cylinders
of first and second rotary compression elements of the rotary
compressor in FIG. 18 to be used in a cold district; and
[0065] FIG. 22 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a cylinder
of a second rotary compression element of a conventional rotary
compressor to be used at normal temperature and in a cold
district.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
[0066] An internal intermediate pressure multistage compression
type rotary compressor, a method of manufacturing thereof and a
method of setting displacement ratio thereof are described more in
detail with reference to the attached drawings. FIG. 1 is a
longitudinal sectional view showing the structure of an internal
intermediate pressure type multistage rotary compressor 10
according to a first embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 2 is a
plan view of a cylinder 40 of a first rotary compression element
32.
[0067] In these figures, the rotary compressor 10 is a vertical
internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary
compressor using, e.g., carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) as refrigerant,
and the rotary compressor 10 comprises a cylindrical hermetic shell
case 12 made of a steel plate, an electric element 14 which is
disposed and accommodated in the hermetic shell case 12 under the
internal space thereof, and a rotary compression mechanism 18
comprising a first rotary compression element 32 (first stage) and
a second rotary compression element 34 (second stage) which are
disposed under the electric element 14 and driven by a rotary shaft
16 of the electric element 14.
[0068] The hermetic shell case 12 has a bottom serving as an oil
reservoir 58 and comprises a shell case body 12A for accommodating
the electric element 14 and the rotary compression mechanism 18
therein, and a substantially bowl-shaped end cap (cover body) 12B
for closing the upper opening of the shell case body 12A, wherein a
circular attachment hole 12D is formed on the upper surface of the
end cap 12B at the center thereof, and a terminal 20 (wiring
thereof is omitted) for supplying a power to the electric element
14 is attached to the attachment hole 12D.
[0069] The electric element 14 comprises a stator 22 which is
annularly attached to the hermetic shell case 12 along the inner
peripheral surface of the upper space of the hermetic shell case
12, and a rotor 24 which is inserted into and installed in the
stator 22 with a slight clearance. The rotor 24 is fixed to the
rotary shaft 16 which pierces the center of the rotor 24 and
extends vertically.
[0070] The stator 22 comprises a laminated body 26 formed by
laminating doughnut-shaped electromagnetic steel plates and a
stator coil 28 which is wound around the teeth of the laminated
body 26 by a direct winding (concentrating winding) system. The
rotor 24 is also formed by a laminated body 30 made of
electromagnetic steel plates like the stator 22 and a permanent
magnet MG is embedded in the laminated body 30.
[0071] An intermediate partition plate 36 is sandwiched between the
first rotary compression element 32 and the second rotary
compression element 34. That is, both the first rotary compression
element 32 and the second rotary compression element 34 of the
rotary compression mechanism 18 comprise the intermediate partition
plate 36, upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 which are disposed over
and under the intermediate partition plate 36, upper and lower
rollers 46, 48 which are engaged in upper and lower eccentric
portions 42, 44 provided on the rotary shaft 16 with a 180.degree.
phase difference therebetween and eccentrically rotated in the
upper and lower cylinders 38, 40, upper and lower vanes 52 (a vane
at the cylinder 38 side is not shown but operates in the same
manner) which are urged by a coil spring 77 (a coil spring at the
cylinder 38 side is not shown but operates in the same manner) and
a back pressure to be brought into contact with the upper and lower
rollers 46, 48 at each tip end thereof so as to partition the
interior of the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 into a lower
pressure chamber LR and a high pressure chamber HR respectively,
and an upper support member 54 and a lower support member 56 as
supporting members also serving as bearings of the rotary shaft 16
by closing an upper opening face of the upper cylinder 38 and a
lower opening face of the lower cylinder 40.
[0072] Meanwhile, both the upper support member 54 and the lower
support member 56 have a suction path 60 (suction path at the upper
support member 54 side is not shown) communicating with the
interior of the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 by a suction port
55 (upper support member 54 is not shown in FIG. 2), and noise
eliminating chambers 62, 64 formed by recessing a part of the upper
and lower support members, 54, 56 and closing the recessed portions
by an upper cover 66 and a lower cover 68.
[0073] The noise eliminating chamber 64 and the interior of the
hermetic shell case 12 communicate with each other through a
communication port, not shown, which pierces the upper and lower
cylinders 38, 40, the intermediate partition plate 36 and the upper
and lower support members 54, 56, and an intermediate discharge
pipe 121 communicating with the communication path is provided
upright on the upper support member 54 which becomes an upper end
of the communication path. The intermediate pressure refrigerant
(oil is dissolved therein) which is compressed by the first rotary
compression element 32 is once discharged into the hermetic shell
case 12 under the electric element 14 through the intermediate
discharge pipe 121 (black arrows in FIG. 1).
[0074] At this time, although oil which lubricates and seals the
interior of the first rotary compression element 32 is dissolved in
the refrigerant which is discharged into the hermetic shell case 12
under intermediate pressure, this oil is separated from the
refrigerant and stuck to the inner surface of the hermetic shell
case 12, then transmitted along the inner surface of the hermetic
shell case 12 through a space between a plain portion 22C of the
stator 22, described later, and the hermetic shell case 12, and it
is returned to the oil reservoir 58 at the bottom of the hermetic
shell case 12.
[0075] Fixed onto the side surface of the shell case body 12A of
the hermetic shell case 12 through welding are the suction paths 60
(upper path is not shown) of the upper support member 54 and the
lower support member 56, sleeves 141, 143 at the position
corresponding to the noise eliminating chamber 62 and the upper
support member 54, a sleeve 142 at the position corresponding to
the lower support member 56, and a sleeve 144 at the position
corresponding to a notch 22A, described later, formed on the upper
end portion (upper end portion of the shell case body 12A
positioned under of the end cap 12B) of the stator 22 of the
electric element 14 and the stator 22.
[0076] One end of a refrigerant introduction pipe 92 for
introducing the refrigerant in the upper cylinder 38 is inserted
into and connected to the sleeve 141, and it communicates with a
suction path, not shown, of the upper cylinder 38. In this case,
the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is provided in the manner that
an inlet 92A (the other end) thereof is positioned in the vicinity
of the upper portion of the stator 22 of the electric element 14.
The refrigerant introduction pipe 92 which is fixed to the sleeve
141 through welding extends to the outside of the hermetic shell
case 12 and reaches the sleeve 144, and the other end thereof is
inserted into and connected to the interior of the sleeve 144,
while the inlet 92A is positioned at the interior of the sleeve 144
and communicates with and is opened to a space in the hermetic
shell case 12 over the electric element 14 at the portion
immediately above the upper portion of the stator 22 of the
electric element 14. Consequently, the intermediate pressure
refrigerant discharged into the hermetic shell case 12 flows from
the space over the electric element 14 into the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92, and passes through the outside of the
hermetic shell case 12 and it is sucked into the upper cylinder 38.
In this case, the sleeve 144 is fixed to the shell case body 12A of
the hermetic shell case 12 through welding in the manner that a
part of the lower side of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 (about one third of the lower side of the
inlet 92A in the first embodiment) is positioned under the upper
end of the stator 22 of the electric element 14, while most part of
the upper side of the inlet 92A (about two thirds) is positioned
over the upper end of the stator 22.
[0077] In order to attach the sleeve 144 to the shell case body 12A
such that the entire of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 is opened to the upper space of the hermetic
shell case 12 over the stator 22, the dimensions of the shell case
body 12A which positioned over the stator 22 needs be relatively
higher. However, since the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is
provided such that a part of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 is positioned under the upper end of the
stator 22 of the electric element 14, the position of the sleeve
144 (the position of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction
pipe 92) is lowered. As a result, a height dimension of the entire
rotary compressor 10 is reduced.
[0078] The inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 which
is fixed to the sleeve 144 through welding communicates with and is
opened to the space in the hermetic shell case 12 positioned over
the electric element 14, and the refrigerant introduction pipe 92
per se extends to the outside of the hermetic shell case 12, and it
is inserted into and connected to the interior of the sleeve 141.
As a result, the intermediate pressure refrigerant discharged into
the hermetic shell case 12 flows into the refrigerant introduction
pipe 92 from the space over the electric element 14, and passes
through the outside of the hermetic shell case 12 (it is cooled
under intermediate pressure during this period), then it is sucked
into the upper cylinder 38.
[0079] The sleeve 142 is fixed to the hermetic shell case 12
through welding at the side surface of the lower cylinder 40
corresponding to the first rotary compression element 32. An end of
a refrigerant introduction pipe 94 through which the refrigerant is
introduced into the lower cylinder 40 is inserted into and
connected to the sleeve 142, and it communicates with the suction
path 60 of the lower cylinder 40. The other end of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 94 is connected to an accumulator, not shown. A
refrigerant discharge pipe 96 is inserted into and connected to the
sleeve 143, and one end of the refrigerant discharge pipe 96
communicates with the noise eliminating chambers 62.
[0080] The operation of the first rotary compression element 32 is
now described with reference to FIG. 2. A discharge port 70 which
communicates with the noise eliminating chamber 64 via a discharge
valve, not shown, and the suction port 55 are formed in the lower
cylinder 40, wherein guide grooves 71 which extend in the radial
direction are formed in the lower cylinder 40 between the discharge
port 70 and the suction port 55. The vane 52 is slidably
accommodated in the guide grooves 71. The vane 52 partitions the
interior of the lower cylinder 40 into a lower pressure chamber LR
and a high pressure chamber HR by allowing the tip end thereof to
be brought into contact with the lower roller 48, as set forth
above. The suction port 55 is opened to the lower pressure chamber
LR while the discharge port 70 is opened to the high pressure
chamber HR.
[0081] An accommodation portion 78 which communicates with the
guide grooves 71 is positioned outside the guide groove 71
(hermetic shell case 12 side) and formed in the Lower cylinder 40.
The coil spring 77 is accommodated in the accommodation portion 78,
and a come off prevention member 80 is inserted into and fixed to
the accommodation portion 78. The tip end of the vane 52 is always
urged against the lower roller 48 by the urging force of the coil
spring 77. Although the structure of the second rotary compression
element 34 is basically the same as the foregoing first rotary
compression element 32, it is needless to say that the dimensions
of the each component are differentiated.
[0082] Meanwhile, an oil path 82 is provided in the rotary shaft 16
and extends vertically while piercing the center of the rotary
shaft 16, and the lower end of the oil path 82 communicates with an
oil pump (not shown) for pumping up the oil from the oil reservoir
58 provided at the bottom of the hermetic shell case 12, and the
upper end of the oil path 82 is opened to the upper sapce in the
hermetic shell case 12 over the stator 22 at an oil discharge port
82A. The oil path 82 also communicates with sliding portions of
both the first and second rotary compression elements 32, 34.
[0083] On the other hand, an auxiliary discharge member 84
(corresponding to adjusting means of the invention) is provided in
the oil discharge port 82A at the upper end of the oil path 82
(FIG. 3, FIG. 4). The auxiliary discharge member 84 is opened to
the upper space and cylindrical and has a bottom and it is fixed to
the oil discharge port 82A of the oil path 82 by pressing.
[0084] The auxiliary discharge member 84 has an oil discharge port
84A having a predetermined port diameter (inner diameter) at the
center of the bottom surface thereof by one spot. The auxiliary
discharge member 84 is positioned at the upper end of the rotary
shaft 16 and closes the oil discharge port 82A of the oil path 82,
thereby adjusting the amount of oil in a direction to narrow the
inner diameter of the oil path 82 of the rotary shaft 16 by the oil
discharge port 84A formed at the closed bottom. The inner diameter
of the oil discharge port 84A is set at a size such that the oil
can preferably lubricate the cooling and sliding portions of the
electric element 14 in the hermetic shell case 12 and the amount of
oil sucked by the second rotary compression element 34 via the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 becomes an appropriate value. As a
result, the amount of oil sucked by the second rotary compression
element 34 as it is and discharged outside can be reduced while
securing the circulation and sealing performance in the second
rotary compression element 34. Meanwhile, the size of the oil
discharge port 84A of the auxiliary discharge member 84 is
appropriately determined in conformity with the size of the rotary
compressor 10, and the amount of oil to be discharged can be
adjusted by inserting and disposing a plurality of auxiliary
discharge members 84 into the rotary shaft 16 in the manner that
the oil discharge ports 84A do not overlap with one another while
the oil discharge ports 84A are displaced from the central
position. The operation of the auxiliary discharge member 84 is
described later.
[0085] FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the
structure of internal intermediate pressure multistage compression
type rotary compressor 10 provided with first and second rotary
compression elements 32, 34 according to a second embodiment of the
invention. The constituents or components in FIG. 6 which are the
same as those in FIG. 1 are depicted by the same reference
numerals. The components in other embodiments except FIG. 6 which
are the same as those in FIG. 1 are also depicted by the same
reference numerals. An inlet 92A (other end) of a refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 in FIG. 6 is inserted into and connected to
the interior of a sleeve 144 and is opened thereto, and the sleeve
144 communicates with an interior of a notch 22A, described later,
formed in a stator 22 of an electric element 14.
[0086] The notch 22A is formed at the upper portion of the side
surface of the stator 22 and the upper end thereof communicates
with the interior of the hermetic shell case 12 over the electric
element 14, and the lower end thereof is closed (FIG. 7, FIG. 8).
The periphery of the stator 22 has engagement portions 22B which
engage in the inner surface of the shell case body 12A of the
hermetic shell case 12 at substantially the same distance, and
plane portions 22C formed by notching which do not contact the
inner surface of the shell case body 12A of the hermetic shell case
12 with a predetermined clearance (upper and lower portion thereof
are opened to the interior of the hermetic shell case 12) between
the shell case body 12A of the hermetic shell case 12 and the plane
portions 22C (FIG. 7). These engagement portions 22B and plane
portions 22C are alternately formed by twelve spots, and the notch
22A is formed in such a manner that one of the engagement portions
22B is notched in a direction from an end cap 12B at the upper
portion toward an oil reservoir 58 at the lower portion by a
predetermined dimension (reaching slightly lower side from the
center of the stator 22 according to the second embodiment)
[0087] The notch 22A is provided in correspondence with the sleeve
144 and is notched in width by the shape substantially the same or
slightly greater than the inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction
pipe 92, and it communicates with the interior of the hermetic
shell case 12 over the electric element 14 and also with the inlet
92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92. The notch 22A is
provided for sucking the refrigerant which is discharged into the
hermetic shell case 12 through an intermediate discharge pipe 121
and moved upward over the electric element 14.
[0088] A clearance between the plane portions 22C and inner surface
of the hermetic shell case 12 communicates with the interior of
hermetic shell case 12 over and lower the stator 22 for moving the
refrigerant which is discharged under the electric element 14
upward, and flowing oil which is stuck to the inner surface of the
hermetic shell case 12 downward toward the oil reservoir 58 at the
bottom of the hermetic shell case 12. An oil escape path through
which oil is escaped toward the other plane portions 22C or under
the electric element 14 may be provided at the position which is
located under the inlet 92A of the notch 22A. With such a
structure, the problem of introduction of oil, which flows downward
toward the interior of the notch 22A and flows into the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 is solved. The operation thereof is described
later.
[0089] FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the
structure of internal intermediate pressure multistage compression
type rotary compressor 10 provided with first and second rotary
compression elements 32, 34 according to a third embodiment of the
invention. A filter 130 (filtering means of the invention) is
provided in an inlet 92A of a refrigerant introduction pipe 92. The
filter 130 catches and filters a foreign matter such as dust and a
cut waste mixed in refrigerant which is circulated in a
refrigeration circuit including a hermetic shell case 12, and it
has an opening portion 130A formed at one end and a tip end portion
130B which is tapered from the opening portion 130A toward the
other end thereof, representing substantially conical shape. The
filter 130 partitions the interior of the inlet 92A of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 into an inner side of the hermetic
shell case 12 (upstream side) and an inner side of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 (downstream side) so that it is mounted in the
inlet 92A such that the opening portion 130A is brought into
intimate contact with the inner surface of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 so that all the foreign matters entering from
the hermetic shell case 12 into the refrigerant introduction pipe
92 can be filtered. As a result, the foreign matter such as a dust
and cut waste remaining in the hermetic shell case 12 can be
filtered by the filter 130. Although the filter 130 is attached to
the interior of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe
92 according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 14, it may be
attached to an interior of a sleeve 144 at the front portion of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 (inner side of the hermetic shell
case 12), and the like.
[0090] When the filter 130 catches the foreign matter, the opening
portion 130A is disposed in a direction of the upstream side of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 while the tip end portion 130B is
disposed in a direction of the downstream side of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 so that the path in the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 is not blocked off by the foreign matter. That
is, the filter 130 is mounted in the refrigerant introduction pipe
92 in the manner that the opening portion 130A is positioned at the
inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 (upstream side of
the refrigerant) and the tip end portion 130B is positioned at the
downstream side of the refrigerant gas. Further, the filter 130 is
formed of a wire mesh, a synthetic resin mesh, or a synthetic resin
which can filter the foreign matter such as a dust and a cut waste
remaining in the hermetic shell case 12, and is not easily
deteriorated by refrigerant which is sealed in the hermetic shell
case 12 or an oil which is dissolved into the refrigerant gas, and
is not easily broken when filtering the foreign matter such as a
dust and a cut waste.
[0091] There is a possibility that the foreign matter such as a
dust, welding waste and the like which are produced by cutting and
welding a material of components such as the hermetic shell case
12, the electric element 14 or the rotary compression mechanism 18
and the like remains in the hermetic shell case 12 constituting the
rotary compressor 10. In such a case, although the foreign matter
such as a dust, or a cut waste produced by cutting or welding the
material of the components when manufacturing the rotary compressor
10 is removed by cleaning, there is a possibility that such a
foreign matter is not cleaned but remains in the hermetic shell
case 12 and also the foreign matter can be sucked from an external
refrigeration circuit, and hence the filter 130 of the invention is
provided for filtering such the foreign matter.
[0092] FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the
structure of an internal intermediate pressure multistage
compression type rotary compressor 10 provided with first and
second rotary compression elements 32, 34 according to a fourth
embodiment of the invention. The rotary compressor 10 of the
invention is an internal high pressure type multistage rotary
compressor, described later.
[0093] In FIG. 17, the multistage compression type rotary
compressor 10 comprises a cylindrical hermetic shell case 12
comprised of a cylindrical shell case body 12A made of a steel
plate and a substantially bowl-shaped end cap (cover body) 12B for
closing the upper opening of the shell case body 12A, an electric
element 14 which is disposed and accommodated in the hermetic shell
case 12 at the upper side of the internal space thereof, and a
rotary compression mechanism 18 comprising first rotary compression
element 32 and a second rotary compression element 34 which are
disposed under the electric element 14 and driven by a rotary shaft
16 of the electric element 14.
[0094] The hermetic shell case 12 has a bottom serving as an oil
reservoir 58. A circular attachment hole 12D is formed on the upper
surface of the end cap 12B at the center thereof, and a terminal 20
(wiring thereof is omitted) for supplying a power to the electric
element 14 is attached to the attachment hole 12D. Since the
interior of the hermetic shell case 12 is rendered high pressure,
it assumes that the terminal 20 becomes internal high pressure
matching type, and it is not welded at the central pipe.
[0095] The electric element 14 comprises a stator 22 which is
annularly attached to the hermetic shell case 12 along the inner
surface of the shell case body 12A in the upper space of the
hermetic shell case 12, and a rotor 24 which is inserted into and
installed in the stator 22 with a slight clearance between the
rotor 24 and the inner side of the stator 22. The rotor 24 is fixed
to the rotary shaft 16 which extends vertically.
[0096] The stator 22 comprises a laminated body 26 formed by
laminating doughnut-shaped electromagnetic steel plates and a
stator coil 28 which is wound around the teeth of the laminated
body 26 by a direct winding (concentrating winding) system. The
rotor 24 is also formed by a laminated body 30 made of
electromagnetic steel plates like the stator 22 and a permanent
magnet MG is embedded in the laminated body 30. After the permanent
magnet MG is inserted into the laminated body 30, upper and lower
end faces of the laminated body 30 are covered with non-magnetic
end face members, and a balance weight 101 (a balance weight at the
lower side of the laminated body 30 is not shown) is attached to
the face of the end face member which does not-contact the
laminated body 30, and further an oil separation plate 102 is
attached to the upper side of the balance weight 101, positioned
over the laminated body 30 while overlapping therewith. These rotor
24, the balance weight 101, the oil separation plate 103 are
pierced by a rivet 104 and they are integrated with one
another.
[0097] An oil separation plate 103 is attached to the end portion
(upper end portion) of the electric element 14 side of the rotary
shaft 16 and positioned over the rotor 24. Meanwhile, an oil pump
102 serving as an oil supply means is formed at the end portion
(lower end portion) of the first rotary compression element 32 side
of the rotary shaft 16. The oil pump 102 is provided for pumping up
oil for lubrication from the oil reservoir provided on the bottom
of the hermetic shell case 12 and supplying the oil to sliding
portions of the rotary compression mechanism 18 and the like, and
preventing abrasion and effecting sealing, a lower end 103 of the
oil pump 102 is positioned in the oil reservoir.
[0098] A fifth embodiment of the invention is now described in
detail. An intermediate partition plate 36 is sandwiched between a
first rotary compression element 32 and a second rotary compression
element 34 in FIG. 17, and the first rotary compression element 32
is positioned under the intermediate partition plate 36 while the
second rotary compression element 34 is positioned over the
intermediate partition plate 36 (i.e. over the first rotary
compression element 32). That is, both the first and second rotary
compression elements 32, 34 comprise the intermediate partition
plate 36, upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 disposed over and under
the intermediate partition plate 36, upper and lower rollers 46, 48
which are engaged in upper and lower eccentric portions 42, 44
provided on the rotary shaft 16 with a 180.degree. phase difference
therebetween and eccentrically rotated in the upper and lower
cylinders 38, 40, vanes not shown, which is brought into contact
with the upper and lower rollers 46, 48 so as to partition the
interior of the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 into a lower
pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber respectively, and an
upper support member 54 and a lower support member 56 as supporting
members also serving as bearings of the rotary shaft 16 by closing
an upper opening face of the upper cylinder 38 and the lower
opening face of the lower cylinder 40.
[0099] Guide grooves 72 for accommodating the vane 52 are formed in
the lower cylinder 40 constituting the first rotary compression
element 32 and an accommodation portion 72A for accommodating a
spring 76 serving as a spring member is formed at the outside of
the guide grooves 72, namely, at the back side of the vane 52. The
spring 76 contacts the end portion of the back surface end of the
vane 52 to always urge the vane 52 against the lower roller 48. The
accommodation portion 72A is opened to the guide grooves 72 and the
hermetic shell case 12 (shell case body 12A), and a metallic plug
138 is provided at the hermetic shell case 12 side of the spring 76
which is accommodated in the accommodation portion 72A to prevent
the spring 76 from coming off. Further, an O-ring, not shown, for
sealing between the metallic plug 138 and the inner surface of the
accommodation portion 72A is attached to the peripheral surface of
the metallic plug 138.
[0100] Further, a back pressure chamber 52A for applying a
refrigerant discharge pressure of the first rotary compression
element 32 to the vane 52 is provided between the guide grooves 72
and the accommodation portion 72A for always urging the spring 76
and the vane 52 toward the lower roller 48. The lower surface of
the back pressure chamber 52A communicates with a communication
path 100, described later. Both the back pressure chamber 52A and
the interior of the hermetic shell case 12 are separated from each
other by the metallic plug 138.
[0101] There are provided, in the upper support member 54 and the
lower support member 56, suction paths 59, 60 which communicate
with interiors of the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 through a
suction port 161 (a suction port of the first rotary compression
element 32 is not shown), and noise eliminating chambers 62, 64
which are formed by closing recessed portions of the upper and
lower support members 54, 56 by covers serving as a wall. That is,
the noise eliminating chamber 62 is closed by an upper cover 66 as
a wall for forming the noise eliminating chamber 62 and the noise
eliminating chamber 64 is closed by a lower cover 68.
[0102] The communication path 100 is formed in the lower support
member 56. The communication path 100 is a path for allowing the
noise eliminating chamber 64 which communicates with a discharge
port, not shown, of the lower cylinder 40 of the first rotary
compression element 32 to communicate with the back pressure
chamber 52A. The communication path 100 communicates with the back
pressure chamber 52A at the upper side while communicating with the
noise eliminating chamber 64 at the lower side. Then, the vane 52
of the first rotary compression element 32 is urged against the
lower roller 48 by an intermediate pressure of refrigerant which is
compressed by the first rotary compression element 32, and
discharged into the noise eliminating chamber 64 through a
discharge port, not shown, then passes through the communication
path 100 and flows into the back pressure chamber 52A.
[0103] As a result, the difference in pressure between the interior
of the lower cylinder 40 of the first rotary compression element 32
and the back pressure chamber 52A can be reduced compared with the
case where a pressure inside the hermetic shell case 12 which
becomes high pressure is supplied to the vane 52 of the first
rotary compression element 32 as a back pressure, and hence the
load applied to the tip end of the vane 52 can be reduced while
preventing a so-called jumping of a vane. Accordingly, the
improvement of reliability of the rotary compressor 10 can be
enhanced.
[0104] Further, since the amount of refrigerant which leaks from
the guide grooves 72 of the vane 52 of the first rotary compression
element 32 to the interior of the lower cylinder 40 can be reduced,
the improvement of compression efficiency can be enhanced.
[0105] The lower cover 68 is formed of a doughnut-shaped circular
steel plate, and it is fixed to the lower support member 56 by main
bolts 129, at four spots of the periphery thereof from the lower
side thereof. Each tip end of the main bolts 129, is screwed with
the upper support member 54.
[0106] The noise eliminating chamber 64 of the first rotary
compression element 32 and the suction path 59 of the second rotary
compression element 34 communicate with each other by the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92. The refrigerant introduction pipe
92 is positioned outside the hermetic shell case 12, and the
refrigerant discharged into the noise eliminating chamber 64 passes
the outside of the hermetic shell case 12 through the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92, and is introduced into the second rotary
compression element 34.
[0107] Further, at this time, oil which is supplied to the first
rotary compression element 32 is mixed in the refrigerant which is
supplied to the second rotary compression element 34, and the
refrigerant including a large amount of this oil is directly sucked
in the second rotary compression element 34. Accordingly, a
sufficient amount of oil is supplied to the second rotary
compression element 34 without trouble.
[0108] In such a manner, oil rich refrigerant containing therein
oil which is supplied to the first rotary compression element 32
can be introduced into the second rotary compression element 34 as
it is by causing the refrigerant which is compressed by the first
rotary compression element 32 to be sucked in the second rotary
compression element 34 via the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 as
it is without being discharged into the hermetic shell case 12.
[0109] Accordingly, it is possible to supply oil to the second
rotary compression element 34 without using a special device for
supplying oil to the sliding portions of the second rotary
compression element 34, and hence it is possible to solve the
problem of short of oil to be supplied to the second rotary
compression element 34.
[0110] Further, an oil supply mechanism to supply oil to the second
rotary compression element 34 can be simplified, and hence the
manufacturing cost of the oil supply mechanism can be reduced.
[0111] Still further, since the refrigerant which is compressed by
the first rotary compression element 32 is introduced into the
second rotary compression element 34 via the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 which is provided outside the hermetic shell
case 12, the refrigerant which is compressed by the first rotary
compression element 32 can be cooled during the passage through the
outside of the hermetic shell case 12. As a result, it is possible
to lower the temperature of the refrigerant which is sucked in the
second rotary compression element 34, thereby enhancing the
improvement of compression efficiency.
[0112] The electric element 14 is provided over the upper cover 66
with a predetermined distance between the upper cover 66 and the
electric element 14. The upper cover 66 is fixed to the upper
support member 54 from the above by four main bolts 78, at the
periphery thereof. Each tip end of the main bolts 78, is screwed
with the lower support member 56.
[0113] The noise eliminating chamber 62 of the second rotary
compression element 34 and the interior of the hermetic shell case
12 communicate with each other by a discharge port 120 which
pierces the upper cover 66 and is opened to the electric element 14
inside the hermetic shell case 12, and a high pressure refrigerant
which is compressed by the second rotary compression element 34 is
discharged into the hermetic shell case 12 through the discharge
port 120. At this time, although oil to be supplied to the first
and second rotary compression elements 32, 34 is mixed in the
refrigerant, this oil is also discharged into the hermetic shell
case 12. Then, the oil is separated from the refrigerant during the
passage through the space inside the hermetic shell case 12, and
flows downward into the oil reservoir provided at the bottom of the
hermetic shell case 12 and reserved therein.
[0114] Carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) which is natural refrigerant is
used as refrigerant in this case considering earth consciousness,
inflammability, toxicity or the like, and an existing oil such as
mineral oil, alkylbenzene oil, ether oil, ester oil, PAG
(polyalkylglycol) or the like is used as the oil of the
lubricant.
[0115] Sleeves 141, 142, 143 and 144 are respectively fixed to the
side surface of the shell case body 12A of the hermetic shell case
12 through welding at the positions corresponding to the suction
paths 59, 60 of the upper support member 54 and the lower support
member 56, the noise eliminating chamber 64, and the upper portion
of the rotor 24 (immediately over the electric element 14). The
sleeves 141 and 142 adjoin vertically each other and the sleeve 143
is located substantially at a diagonal line of the sleeve 142.
Further, the sleeve 144 is positioned over the sleeve 141. One end
of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 through which the
refrigerant is introduced into the upper cylinder 38 is inserted
into and connected to the sleeve 141.
[0116] The refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is provided for
supplying the refrigerant which is compressed by the first rotary
compression element 32 to the second rotary compression element 34,
as set forth above, and one end of the refrigerant introduction
pipe 92 communicates with the suction path 59 of the upper cylinder
38. The refrigerant introduction pipe 92 extends to the outside of
the hermetic shell case 12 and reaches the sleeve 143 and the other
end thereof is inserted into and connected to the sleevel43 to
communicate with the noise eliminating chamber 64 of the first
rotary compression element 32.
[0117] One end of a refrigerant introduction pipe 94 for
introducing refrigerant into the lower cylinder 40 is inserted into
and connected to the sleeve 142, and it communicates with the
suction path 60 of the lower cylinder 40. The other end of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 94 is connected to an accumulator,
not shown, constituting the refrigeration circuit.
[0118] Further, the refrigerant discharge pipe 96 is inserted into
and connected to the interior of the sleeve 144 and one end of the
refrigerant discharge pipe 96 communicates with the interior of the
hermetic shell case 12 over the electric element 14. In such a
manner, since the refrigerant discharge pipe 96 is provided at the
space over the electric element 14, oil which is discharged into
the hermetic shell case 12 under the electric element 14 together
with the refrigerant compressed by the second rotary compression
element 34 passes through the electric element 14 and reaches the
space over the electric element 14 and it is discharged outside
through the refrigerant discharge pipe 96. In such a manner, since
the refrigerant discharged from the second rotary compression
element 34 moves in the space inside the hermetic shell case 12,
the oil dissolved in the refrigerant is smoothly separated from the
refrigerant. Further, since the refrigerant passes through an oil
separation plate 103 provided over the electric element 14 (upper
end of the rotary shaft 16), the separation of oil is further
accelerated. As a result, the amount of oil discharged outside the
rotary compressor 10 (in the refrigeration circuit of the
refrigerating cycle) together with the refrigerant can be
effectively reduced.
[0119] Further, since the oil rich refrigerant is sucked in the
second rotary compression element 34 as set forth above, the
increase of the temperature of the second rotary compression
element 34 can be restrained. Accordingly, the increase of
temperature of the electric element 14 is also restrained,
resulting in the improvement of the performance and reliability of
the rotary compressor 10.
[0120] FIG. 18 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the
internal intermediate pressure multistage (two stages) compression
type rotary compressor 10 provided with first and second rotary
compression elements 32, 34 according to a sixth embodiment of the
invention, FIG. 19 is a circuit diagram of a refrigeration circuit
in the case where the invention is applied to a hot water supply
unit 153, FIG. 20 is sectional views of upper and lower cylinders
38, 40 of the first and second rotary compression elements 32, 34
of the rotary compressor 10 used at a room temperature, and FIG. 21
is a sectional views of upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 of the
first and second rotary compression elements 32, 34 of the rotary
compressor 10 used at a cold district to which the invention is
applied.
[0121] In FIG. 18, the stator 22 comprises a laminated body 26
formed by laminating doughnut-shaped electromagnetic steel plates
and a stator coil 28 which is wound around the teeth of the
laminated body 26 by a direct winding (concentrating winding)
system. The rotor 24 is also formed by a laminated body 30 made of
electromagnetic steel plates like the stator 22 and a permanent
magnet MG is inserted into the laminated body 30. After the
permanent magnet MG is inserted into the laminated body 30, upper
and lower end faces of the laminated body 30 are covered with
non-magnetic end face members, not shown, and a balance weight 101
(a balance weight under the laminated body 30 is not shown) is
attached to the face which do not contact the laminated body 30 of
the end face member, and further an oil separation plate 102 is
attached to the upper side of the balance weight 101 positioned
over the laminated body 30 while overlapping therewith.
[0122] These rotor 24, the balance weight 101, the oil separation
plate 102 are pierced by a rivet 104 and they are integrated with
one another.
[0123] An intermediate partition plate 36 is sandwiched between the
first rotary compression element 32 and the second rotary
compression element 34. That is, both the first and second rotary
compression elements 32, 34 comprise the intermediate partition
plate 36, upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 disposed over and under
the intermediate partition plate 36, upper and lower rollers 46, 48
which are engaged in upper and lower eccentric portions 42, 44
provided on the rotary shaft 16 with a 180.degree. phase difference
therebetween and eccentrically rotated in the upper and lower
cylinders 38, 40, upper and lower vanes 50, 52 which are brought
into contact with the upper and lower rollers 46, 48 so as to
partition the interior of the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 into
a lower pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber respectively,
and an upper support member 54 and a lower support member 56 as
supporting members also serving as bearings of the rotary shaft 16
by closing an upper opening face of the upper cylinder 38 and the
lower opening face of the lower cylinder 40.
[0124] Although displacement of the second rotary compression
element 34 is smaller than that of the first rotary compression
element 32, the displacement of the second rotary compression
element 34 is assumed to be large, and it is designed to have 65%
of the displacement of the first rotary compression element 32 in
FIG. 20.
[0125] There are provided, in the upper and lower support members
54, 56 a suction path 60 (upper suction path is not shown) which
communicates with interiors of the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40
through suction ports 161, 162, and noise eliminating chambers 62,
64 which are formed by closing recessed portions of the upper and
lower support members 54, 56 by covers serving as a wall. That is,
the noise eliminating chamber 62 is closed by an upper cover 66 as
a wall for forming the noise eliminating chamber 62 and the noise
eliminating chamber 64 is closed by a lower cover 68.
[0126] In this case, a bearing 54A is formed upright on the center
of the upper support member 54. A bearing 56A are formed by
piercing the center of the lower support member 56, and the rotary
shaft 16 is retained by the bearing 54A of the upper support member
54 and the bearing 56A of the lower support member 56.
[0127] The lower cover 68 is formed of a doughnut-shaped circular
steel plate, and it is fixed to the lower support member 56 by main
bolts 129, . . . at four spots of the periphery thereof from the
lower side thereof, thereby forming the discharge noise eliminating
chamber 64 which communicates with the interior of the lower
cylinder 40 of the first rotary compression element 32 by the
discharge port 41. Each tip end of the main bolts 129, is screwed
with the upper support member 54.
[0128] A discharge valve 128 (this is shown in the same plane_in
FIGS. 20 and 21 as the cylinder for the brevity of explanation) for
closably closing the discharge port 41 is provided on the upper
surface of the noise eliminating chamber 64. The discharge valve
128 is formed of an elastic member made of a longitudinal
substantially rectangular metal plate, and one side of the
discharge valve 128 is brought into contact with the discharge port
41 to seal it while the other side thereof is fixed to an
attachment port, not shown, of the lower support member 56 by a
caulking pin with a predetermined interval relative to the
discharge port 41.
[0129] Further, a bucker valve 128A serving as a discharge valve
restraining plate is disposed under the discharge valve 128, and it
is attached to the lower support member 56 like the discharge valve
128.
[0130] The refrigerant which is compressed in the lower cylinder 40
and reaches a predetermined pressure pushes up the discharge valve
128 which closes the discharge port 41 to open the discharge port
41 so that it is discharged toward the noise eliminating chamber
64. At this time, since the discharge valve 128 is fixed to the
lower support member 56 at the other side, one side thereof which
is brought into contact with the discharge port 41 is warped up and
is brought into contact with a bucker valve 128A, which restricts
the amount of the opening of the discharge valve 128. When the
discharge of the refrigerant approaches an end time, the discharge
valve 128 is moved away from the bucker valve 128A to close the
discharge port 41.
[0131] The noise eliminating chamber 64 of the first rotary
compression element 32 and the interior of the hermetic shell case
12 communicate with each other through a communication port, and
the communication is a port, not shown, which pieces the upper
cover 66, the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40, and the
intermediate partition plate 36. In this case, an inter-mediate
discharge pipe 121 is provided upright on the upper end of the
communication path. The intermediate pressure refrigerant is
discharged into the hermetic shell case 12 through the intermediate
discharge pipe 121.
[0132] Further, the upper cover 66 forms a discharge noise
eliminating chamber 62 which communicates with the interior of the
upper cylinder 38 of the second rotary compression element 34
through the discharge port 39 and the electric element 14 is
provided over the upper cover 66 with a predetermined distance
relative to the upper cover 66. The upper cover 66 is formed of a
doughnut-shaped circular steel plate having a hole which the
bearing 54A of the upper support member 54 pierces, and it is fixed
to the upper support member 54 by main bolts 178, at four spots of
the periphery thereof from the above. Each tip end of the main
bolts 178, is screwed with the lower support member 56.
[0133] A discharge valve 127 (shown in the same plane in FIGS. 20
and 21 as the cylinder for the brevity of explanation) for closably
closing the discharge port 39 is provided on the lower surface of
the noise eliminating chamber 62. The discharge valve 127 is formed
of an elastic member made of a longitudinal substantially
rectangular metal plate, and one side of the discharge valve 127 is
brought into contact with the discharge port 39 to seal it while
the other side thereof is fixed to an attachment hole, not shown,
of the upper support member 54 by a caulking pin with a
predetermined interval relative to the discharge port 39.
[0134] Further, a bucker valve 127A serving as a discharge valve
restraining plate is disposed over the discharge valve 127, and it
is attached to the upper support member 54 like the discharge valve
127.
[0135] The refrigerant which is compressed in the upper cylinder 38
and reaches a predetermined pressure pushes up the discharge valve
127 (shown in the same plane in FIGS. 20 and 21 as the cylinder for
brevity of explanation) which closes the discharge port 39 to open
the discharge port 39 so that it is discharged toward the noise
eliminating chamber 62. At this time, since the discharge valve 127
is fixed to the upper support member 54 at the other side, one side
thereof which is brought into contact with the discharge port 39 is
warped up and is brought into contact with a bucker valve 127A
which restricts the amount of the opening of the discharge valve
127. When the discharge of the refrigerant approaches an end time,
the discharge valve 127 is moved away from the bucker valve 127A to
close the discharge port 39.
[0136] There are provided in the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40,
guide grooves, not shown, for accommodating the upper and lower
vanes 50, 52; and accommodation portions 70, 72 which are
positioned outside the guide grooves and accommodate springs 76, 78
serving as spring members. The accommodation portions 70, 72 are
opened to the guide grooves and the hermetic shell case 12 (shell
case body 12A). The springs 76, 78 are brought into contact with
outer end portions of the upper and lower vanes 50, 52 to always
urge the upper and lower vanes 50, 52 against the upper and lower
rollers 46, 48. Metal plugs 137, 140 are provided in the
accommodation portions 70, 72 of the springs 76, 78 at the side of
the hermetic shell case 12, and serve to prevent the springs 76, 78
from coming off.
[0137] Sleeves 141, 142, 143 and 144 are respectively fixed to the
side surface of the shell case body 12A of the hermetic shell case
12 through welding at the positions corresponding to the suction
path 60 (upper side is not shown) of the upper and lower support
members 54, 56, the noise eliminating chamber 62, and the upper
portion of the upper cover 66 (position substantially corresponding
to the lower end of the electric element 14). The sleeves 141 and
142 adjoin vertically each other and the sleeve 143 is located
substantially at a diagonal line of the sleeve 141. Further, the
sleeve 144 is positioned while displaced substantially 90.degree.
relative to the sleeve 141.
[0138] One end of a refrigerant introduction pipe 92 for
introducing the refrigerant into the upper cylinder 38 is inserted
into and connected to the sleeve 141, and it communicates with a
suction path, not shown, of the upper cylinder 38. The refrigerant
introduction pipe 92, passes over the hermetic shell case 12 and
reaches the sleeve 144, and the other end thereof is inserted into
and connected to the sleeve 144 to communicate with the hermetic
shell case 12.
[0139] One end of a refrigerant introduction pipe 94 for
introducing refrigerant into the lower cylinder 40 is inserted into
and connected to the sleeve 142, and it communicates with the
suction path 60 of the lower cylinder 40. The other end of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 94 is connected to a lower end of an
accumulator, not shown. A refrigerant discharge pipe 96 is inserted
into and connected to the sleeve 143, and one end of the
refrigerant discharge pipe 96 communicates with the noise
eliminating chamber 62.
[0140] Meanwhile, in the case where multistage compression type
rotary compressor shown in FIG. 20 is used at a district where an
ambient temperature is low such as a cold district or the like, a
ratio of displacement ratio of the first rotary compression element
32 relative to that of the second rotary compression element 34 has
to be changed. That is, the displacement ratio has to be changed
such that the displacement of the second rotary compression element
34 is further made small.
[0141] In this case, for example, in order to set the displacement
of the second rotary compression element 34 is set to be 55% of
that of the first rotary compression element 32, an expansion
portion 110 is formed in the upper cylinder 38 as shown in FIG. 21.
The expansion portion 110 is formed by expanding the upper cylinder
38 outward from a suction port 161 to an extent of a predetermined
angle in the direction of rotation of an upper roller 46. Owing to
the provision of the expansion portion 110, it is possible to delay
the angle through which compression of refrigerant is started by
the upper cylinder 38 to the end in the direction of the rotation
of upper roller 46 of the expansion portion 110. That is, the start
of compression of refrigerant by the upper cylinder 38 can be
delayed by the angle within which the expansion portion 110 of the
upper cylinder 38 is formed.
[0142] Accordingly, the amount of refrigerant compressed in the
upper cylinder 38 can be reduced, resulting in the reduction of
displacement of the second rotary compression element 34.
[0143] In the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. 21, the angle within
which the expansion portion 110 is formed is adjusted such that the
displacement of the second rotary compression element 34 becomes
55% of that of the first rotary compression element 32.
Accordingly, displacement of the second rotary compression element
34 can be reduced without changing the cylinder, the roller, the
eccentric portion and the like of the second rotary compression
element 34, and the increase of the pressure in the second stage
(the difference between the suction pressure of the second rotary
compression element 34 and the discharge pressure of the second
rotary compression element 34) can be prevented.
[0144] That is, since the displacement of the second rotary
compression element 34 can be reduced by merely forming the
expansion portion 110 in the upper cylinder 38, it is possible to
restrain the increase of cost caused by the change of
components.
[0145] Furthermore, since the balance weight 101 which is attached
to the end surface of the rotor 24 of the electric element 14 for
adjusting the balance of the rotary shaft 16 is not needed to be
changed, the cost can be further reduced.
[0146] The multistage compression type rotary compressor 10 shown
in FIG. 19 constitutes the refrigeration circuit system of a hot
water supply unit 153 shown in FIG. 19.
[0147] That is, the refrigerant discharge pipe 96 of the multistage
compression type rotary compressor 10 is connected to a gas cooler
154. The gas cooler 154 is provided in a hot water tank, not shown,
of the hot water supply unit 153 in order to heat water to produce
hot water. A piping extended from the gas cooler 154 reaches an
inlet of an evaporator 157 via an expansion valve 156 serving as a
pressure reducing device and connected to the evaporator 157. The
evaporator 157 is connected to the refrigerant introduction pipe 94
via the accumulator, not shown.
[0148] Operations in respective embodiments are now described. When
the stator coil 28 of the electric element 14 is energized via the
terminal 20 and wiring, not shown, in the multistage compression
type rotary compressor in FIG. 1, the electric element 14 is
actuated to rotate the rotor 24. When the rotor 24 is rotated, the
upper and lower rollers 46, 48 which are engaged in the upper and
lower eccentric portions 42, 44 integrally provided with the rotary
shaft 16 are eccentrically rotated in the upper and lower cylinders
38, 40.
[0149] As a result, low pressure (about 4 MpaG) refrigerant which
is sucked in the low pressure chamber LR of the lower cylinder 40
through the suction ports 55, 162 via the suction path 60 formed in
the refrigerant introduction pipe 94 and the lower support member
56 is subjected to compression of first stage by the operation of
the lower roller 48 and the lower vane 52 and changed into an
intermediate pressure (about 8 MpaG). The intermediate pressure
refrigerant is discharged into the hermetic shell case 12 under the
electric element 14 through the intermediate discharge pipe 121 via
the high pressure chamber HR, the noise eliminating chamber 64 and
the communication path. Consequently, the interior of the hermetic
shell case 12 becomes intermediate pressure. As a result, the
discharge valve 128 provided in the noise eliminating chamber 64 is
opened and the noise eliminating chamber 64 and the discharge port
41 communicate with each other, and hence the refrigerant passes
from the high pressure chamber HR of the lower cylinder 40 through
the interior of the discharge port 41 and is discharged into the
noise eliminating chamber 64 formed in the lower support member 56.
The refrigerant discharged into the noise eliminating chamber 64 is
discharged into the hermetic shell case 12 through the intermediate
discharge pipe 121 via a communication port, not shown.
[0150] The intermediate pressure refrigerant discharged into the
noise eliminating chamber 64 flows into the back pressure chamber
52A of the first rotary compression element 32 through the
communication path 100, thereby urging the vane 52 as well as the
spring 76 in a direction of the lower roller 48. On the other hand,
the other intermediate pressure refrigerant which is discharged
into the noise eliminating chamber 64 enters the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 and passes through the outside of the hermetic
shell case 12 and the suction path 59 of the second rotary
compression element 34, then it is sucked in the low pressure
chamber LR of the upper cylinder 38 through the suction port 161.
At this time, the refrigerant is cooled when it passes through the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 provided at the outside of the
hermetic shell case 12.
[0151] The refrigerant discharged through the intermediate
discharge pipe 121 passes through the electric element 14 and a
clearance between the electric element 14 (depicted by 22C in plan
view), and rises upward over the electric element 14, and passes
through the notch 22A, then it is sucked in the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 from the upper portion of two thirds of the
inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92. Oil which is
dissolved in the refrigerant which is discharged through the
intermediate discharge pipe 121 is separated from the refrigerant
during the rising of the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case 12,
and the separated oil is stuck to a wall surface of the shell case
body 12A and flows from the plane portions 22C and the like into
the oil reservoir 58. Further, the oil discharged through the oil
discharge port 84A of the auxiliary discharge member 84 provided at
the upper end of the rotary shaft 16 toward the space over the
electric element 14 flows along the inner surface of the hermetic
shell case 12 as shown by black arrows and flows into the oil
reservoir 58 while lubricating the electric element 14.
[0152] The refrigerant (containing oil, described later) sucked in
the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 passes through the interior
thereof and also suction path, not shown, formed in the upper
support member 54, and sucked into the low pressure chamber LR of
the upper cylinder 38 through a suction port, not shown. What is
sucked in the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 includes a part of
oil which is discharged through the intermediate discharge pipe 121
and not separated from the refrigerant and also a part of oil
discharged through the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary
discharge member 84 provided at the upper end of the rotary shaft
16 as well as the refrigerant.
[0153] The intermediate pressure refrigerant sucked in the low
pressure chamber LR of the upper cylinder 38 is subjected to
compressions of second stage by the operation of the upper roller
46 and vane, not shown, and is changed into high temperature and
high pressure refrigerant, which in turn passes from the high
pressure chamber HR through the discharge port, not shown, and also
passes through the noise eliminating chamber 62 formed in the upper
support member 54 and the refrigerant discharge pipe 96, then it is
discharged outside, and flows into a gas cooler, not shown.
[0154] The refrigerant discharged into the hermetic shell case 12
passes thorough the notch 22A and it is sucked in the second rotary
compression element 34 through the inlet 92A of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92. At this time, although a part of oil which is
discharged through the intermediate discharge pipe 121 and not
separated from the refrigerant and also a part of oil discharged
through the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary discharge
member 84 provided at the upper end of the rotary shaft 16 as well
as the refrigerant are sucked and flows into the second rotary
compression element 34 through the inlet 92A of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92, but the oil separation capacity in the
hermetic shell case 12 is improved compared with a case where the
inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is opened to the
interior of the hermetic shell case 12 under the electric element
14, as shown in the left side in FIG. 5 (respectively rotary
compressor 200).
[0155] Particularly, since the inner diameter of the oil discharge
port 84A is set at the size such that the electric element 14
inside the hermetic shell case 12 can be cooled and respective
sliding portions are preferably lubricated, and the amount of oil
sucked in the second rotary compression element 34 via the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 becomes a preferable amount, the
amount of oil enters the second rotary compression element 34 and
is discharged outside can be effectively reduced. As a result, the
amount of oil entering the second rotary compression element 34 is
adjusted to a preferable amount, thereby solving or restraining
adverse affect exerted upon the refrigeration circuit while
avoiding the lowering of the performance of the rotary compressor
10 in advance.
[0156] Since the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is provided such
that a part of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe
92 is positioned under the upper end of the stator 22 of the
electric element 14, the height dimension of the rotary compressor
10 can be reduced, thereby restraining the height dimension of the
rotary compressor 10 substantially the same to that shown in the
right side in FIG. 5 compared with that of the conventional
communication path 100 shown in the left side in FIG. 5. As a
result, the rotary compressor 10 is very suitable for use in an
automatic bending machine and a refrigerator which is small in
accommodation space and limited in size of the compressor.
[0157] Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the invention, the
invention is applied to the two stage compression type rotary
compressor 10, the invention is not limited thereto, but the
invention is effective for the multistage compression type rotary
compressor having more than two stages. Further, although the
auxiliary discharge member 84 having the oil discharge port 84A is
provided in the oil path 82 of the rotary shaft 16 as the adjusting
means, the oil adjusting means is not limited thereto but the inner
diameter of the oil discharge port 82A per se formed on the upper
end of the rotary shaft 16 may be narrowed as the oil adjusting
means.
[0158] The operation of the multistage_compression type rotary
compressor shown in FIG. 6 is described next. The refrigerant
discharged into the hermetic shell case 12 passes through the notch
22A and sucked in the second rotary compression element 34 through
the inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 in the same
manner as that shown in FIG. 1. At this time, although a part of
oil which is discharged through the intermediate discharge pipe 121
and not separated from the refrigerant and also a part of oil
discharged through the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary
discharge member 84 provided at the upper end of the rotary shaft
16 as well as the refrigerant are sucked and flow into the second
rotary compression element 34 through the inlet 92A of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92, but the oil separation capacity
in the hermetic shell case 12 is improved compared with a case
where the inlet 92A of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is
opened to the interior of the hermetic shell case 12 under the
electric element 14.
[0159] Particularly, since the inner diameter of the oil discharge
port 84A is set at the size such that the electric element 14
inside the hermetic shell case 12 can be cooled and respective
sliding portions are preferably lubricated, and the amount of oil
sucked in the second rotary compression element 34 via the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 becomes a preferable amount, the
amount of oil entering the second rotary compression element 34 and
discharged outside can be effectively reduced. As a result, the
amount of oil entering the second rotary compression element 34 is
adjusted to a preferable amount, thereby solving or restraining
adverse affect exerted upon the refrigeration circuit while
avoiding the lowering of the performance of the rotary compressor
10 in advance.
[0160] A rotary compressor 200 in which the inlet 92A of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is opened to the upper end of the
stator 22 is shown at the left side in FIG. 11, and the rotary
compressor 10 of the invention is shown in the right side in FIG.
11. As is evident from FIG. 11, since the sleeve 144 for fixing the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is lowered to the height of the
electric element 14 according to the rotary compressor 10 of the
invention, the height dimension of the compressor is significantly
reduced compared with that shown at the left side in FIG. 11. As a
result, the height dimension of the rotary compressor 10 can be
significantly reduced, and hence the rotary compressor 10 is very
suitable for use in an automatic bending machine and a refrigerator
which is small in accommodation space and limited in size of the
compressor.
[0161] The structure of the modified embodiment of the invention is
shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. In this embodiment, a sleeve 144 is fixed
to a shell case body 12A corresponding to a plane portions 22C
formed on the side surface of a stator 22, and an inlet 92A of a
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 is opened to the interior of the
plane portions 22C. That is, the plane portions 22C fulfill a role
of a notch of the invention. Meanwhile, it is assumed that the
width of each plane portions 22C is the same as or slightly larger
than the inlet 92A.
[0162] Even with such a structure, the height dimension of the
rotary compressor 10 can be reduced in the same manner as set forth
above. However, since the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case 12
under the electric element 14 can flow into the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92, it is considered that the oil separation
performance utilizing the space inside the hermetic shell case 12
is deteriorated in such a case that the refrigerant above the
electric element 14 alone flows into the refrigerant introduction
pipe 92. However, there is an advantage of the reduction of
manufacturing cost of the stator 22, since it is not necessary to
provide a particular notch 22A as set forth.
[0163] The operation of the multistage compression type rotary
compressor shown in FIG. 12 is described next. The intermediate
pressure refrigerant sucked in the low pressure chamber of the
upper cylinder 38 is subjected to compressions of second stage by
the operation of the roller 46 and the vane (not shown) and is
changed into high temperature and high pressure refrigerant, which
in turn passes from the high pressure chamber through the discharge
port, not shown, and also passes through the noise eliminating
chamber 62 formed in the upper support member 54 and the
refrigerant discharge pipe 96 , then it is discharged outside, and
flows into a gas cooler, not shown, in the same manner as that
shown in FIG. 1.
[0164] What is sucked in the refrigerant introduction pipe 92
includes a part of oil which is discharged through the intermediate
discharge pipe 121 and not separated from the refrigerant and also
a part of oil discharged through the oil discharge port 84A of the
auxiliary discharge member 84 provided at the upper end of the
rotary shaft 16 as well as the refrigerant. The invention is
structured such that the amount of discharge of oil is adjusted by
changing the size of the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary
discharge member 84.
[0165] The table 1 shows the inner diameter of the oil discharge
port 84A, the amount of oil to be sucked in the second rotary
compression element 34 and lubricating characteristics of the
second rotary compression element 34 (the amount of oil at the
second stage and lubricating characteristics at the second stage).
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Amount of lubri- oil at the cating second
character- Specification stage istics Testing Discharge of
intermediate 15% .largecircle. Specification pressure refrigerant
(under the electric element) Blocked off oil path: None Testing
Discharge of intermediate 10.about.15% .sup. .largecircle.
Specification pressure refrigerant (under {circle around (1)} the
electric element) Blocked off oil path: None Testing Discharge of
intermediate 7.about.10% .largecircle. Specification pressure
refrigerant (under {circle around (2)} the electric element)
Blocked off oil path: 4 mm diameter hole Testing Discharge of
intermediate 5% .largecircle. Specification pressure refrigerant
(under {circle around (3)} the electric element) Blocked off oil
path: 2 mm diameter hole Testing Discharge of intermediate 2%
.DELTA. Specification pressure refrigerant (under {circle around
(4)} the electric element) Blocked off oil path: 1 mm diameter
hole
[0166] The amount of oil at the second stage in Table 1 shows an
amount of oil which flows outside the hermetic shell case 12, is a
ratio of the amount of circulation of oil in the refrigeration
circuit and the amount of circulation refrigerant in the
refrigeration circuit adding to the amount of circulation of oil.
The test is performed under the same condition in respect of the
amount of oil from the oil pumped up from the reservoir 58, oil
viscosity, environment temperature, the capacity of rotary
compressor 10, the number of revolutions of the electric element
14.
[0167] The column of the Testing Specification in this table shows
cases where the intermediate pressure refrigerant in the hermetic
shell case 12 is discharged under the electric element 14, and it
is discharge from the space under the electric element 14 in the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 (the oil path 82 is not blocked
off by the auxiliary discharge member 84), and the amount of oil in
the second stage is large to the extent of 15%, which exhibits
excellent lubricating characteristics.
[0168] Testing Specification {circle around (1)} is the case, as
shown in FIG. 13 where the intermediate pressure refrigerant is
discharged under the electric element 14 of the hermetic shell case
12, and it is discharged from the space over the electric element
14 into the refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and the oil path 82
is not blocked off by the auxiliary discharge member 84. In this
case, the amount of oil in the second stage is relatively large to
the extent of 10 to 15%, which exhibits excellent lubricating
characteristics.
[0169] Testing Specification {circle around (2)} is the case where
the intermediate pressure refrigerant is discharged under the
electric element 14 of the hermetic shell case 12, and it is
discharged from the space over the electric element 14 into the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and the oil discharge port 82A
provided at the upper end of the oil path 82 is blocked off by the
auxiliary discharge member 84, and the oil discharge port 84A of
the auxiliary discharge member 84 is set at inner diameter of 4 mm.
In this case, the amount of oil at the second stage is relatively
small to the extent of 7 to 10%, which exhibits excellent
lubricating characteristics.
[0170] Testing Specification {circle around (3)} is the case where
the intermediate pressure refrigerant is discharged under the
electric element 14 of the hermetic shell case 12, and it is
discharged from the space over the electric element 14 into the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and the oil discharge port 82A of
the oil path 82 is blocked off by the auxiliary discharge member
84, and the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary discharge
member 84 is set at inner diameter of 2 mm. In this case, the
amount of oil at the second stage is small to the extent of 5%,
which exhibits excellent lubricating characteristics.
[0171] Testing Specification {circle around (4)} is the case where
the intermediate pressure refrigerant is discharged under the
electric element 14 of the hermetic shell case 12, and it is
discharged from the space over the electric element 14 into the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and the oil discharge port 82A of
the oil path 82 is blocked off by the auxiliary discharge member
84, and the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary discharge
member 84 is set at inner diameter of 1 mm. In this case, the
amount of oil in the second stage is significantly reduced to the
extent of 2%, which exhibits not excellent lubricating
characteristics.
[0172] It is found from the above results of the test that the
circulation of oil in the second rotary compression element 34 can
be secured while the amount of oil which flows out to the
refrigeration circuit is reduced in the case where the inner
diameter of the oil discharge port 84A of the auxiliary discharge
member 84 is not less than 1.5 mm diameter and not more than 3 mm
diameter. Accordingly, the oil discharge port 84A having the inner
diameter of 2 mm of the Testing Specification {circle around (3)}
wherein the amount of oil is small to the extent of 5% with
excellent lubricating characteristics is employed by this
embodiment.
[0173] That is, since the auxiliary discharge member 84 of the
Testing Specification {circle around (3)} is provided in the oil
discharge port 82A on the upper end of the oil path 82 for
adjusting the amount of oil to be discharged into the upper space
of the hermetic shell case 12, the oil pumped up by an oil pump P
from the oil reservoir 58 passes through the oil path 82 of the
rotary shaft 16 and it is discharged through the oil discharge port
84A into the upper space of the hermetic shell case 12 by a proper
quantity. A part of the oil discharged into the hermetic shell case
12 flows downward toward the oil reservoir 58 while cooling and
circulating the electric element 14 and the like, while the proper
quantity of remaining oil flows from the space over the electric
element 14 into the refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and the oil
is sucked in the upper cylinder 38 of the second rotary compression
element 34.
[0174] The oil discharge port 84A formed in the auxiliary discharge
member 84 may be provided not only at one spot but also at plural
spots. In the latter case, it is needless to say that a sectional
area of a plurality of oil discharge ports in total is equal to the
sectional area of the oil discharge port 84A of the present
embodiment.
[0175] As explained above, the rotary compressor having no
auxiliary discharge member 84 (shown in FIG. 13) on the oil
discharge port 82A positioned at the upper end of the oil path 82
provided in the rotary shaft 16 so as to adjust the inner diameter
of the oil discharge port 82A, the oil is discharged into the
interior of the hermetic shell case 12 through the oil discharge
port 82A positioned at the upper end of the oil path 82 (shown by
black arrows), but the amount of oil discharged through the oil
discharge port 82A is large, so that a large amount of oil
discharged from the oil discharge port 82A is sucked into the
interior of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92.
[0176] This oil is discharged outside the hermetic shell case 12
after it is compressed by the second rotary compression element 34,
resulting in the deterioration of lubricating and sealing
performance of the rotary compressor 10, thereby also affecting
adversely in the refrigeration circuit. However, since the
auxiliary discharge member 84 having the oil discharge port 84A for
adjusting the inner diameter of the oil discharge port 82A is
formed in the oil discharge port 82A of the oil path 82 provided in
the rotary shaft 16, and the amount of oil to be discharged through
the oil discharge port 84A is adjusted to a proper quality, the
amount of oil sucked in the second rotary compression element 34
through the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 can be set at an
optimum value.
[0177] Accordingly, lubrication in the second rotary compression
element 34 can be optimized while reducing the amount of oil
discharged outside from the second rotary compression element
34.
[0178] According to this embodiment, although the invention is
applied to two stage compression type rotary compressor, the
invention is not limited thereto but can be effectively applied to
the multistage compression type rotary compressor having more than
two stages. Further, although the auxiliary discharge member 84
having the oil discharge port 84A is provided in the oil path 82 of
the rotary shaft 16 as the adjusting means, the oil adjusting means
is not limited thereto but is provided by narrowing the inner
diameter of the oil discharge port 82A per se formed at the upper
end of the rotary shaft 16 as the adjusting means.
[0179] Still further, the operation of the multistage compression
type rotary compressor shown in FIG. 14 is described next. In the
same manner as the multistage compression type rotary compressor
shown in FIG. 1, oil discharged into the upper space over of the
electric element 14 through the oil discharge port 82A provided at
the upper end of the rotary shaft 16 also moves upward toward in
the hermetic shell case 12, and also flows downward into the oil
reservoir 58 while cooling and lubricating the electric element 14,
and a part of oil discharged into the upper space over the electric
element 14 through the oil discharge port 82A passes through the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 and a suction path, not shown,
formed in the upper support member 54, through the inlet 92A, then
it is sucked in the low pressure chamber of the upper cylinder 38
through the suction port, not shown, formed in the upper support
member 54.
[0180] Further, when the oil moves downward towards the hermetic
shell case 12 and flows downward into the oil reservoir 58, a
foreign matter remaining in the hermetic shell case 12 is
accumulated in the oil reservoir 58. Since the oil reserved in the
oil reservoir 58 is pumped up by the oil pump P and discharged, the
oil discharged through the oil discharge port 82A on the upper end
of the rotary shaft 16 is discharged together with the foreign
matter accumulating in the oil reservoir 58 through the oil
discharge port 82A on the upper end of the rotary shaft 16.
[0181] Although a part of oil discharged through the oil discharge
port 82A or a foreign matter mixed in the oil enters the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 through the inlet 92A, the foreign
matter such as dust or a cut waste which entered the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 through the inlet 92A is filtered by the
filter 130 because the filter 130 is provided in the inlet 92A of
the refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and hence only both oil
having no foreign matter therein and the refrigerant are sucked in
the low pressure chamber of the upper cylinder 38 through the
suction port.
[0182] The intermediate pressure refrigerant sucked in the low
pressure chamber of the upper cylinder 38 is subjected to
compression of second stage by the operation of the upper roller 46
and the vane (not shown), and it is changed into high temperature
and high pressure refrigerant, which in turn passes from the high
pressure chamber through the suction port, not shown, then also
passes through the discharge noise eliminating chamber 62 formed in
the upper support member 54 and the refrigerant discharge pipe 96,
and it is discharged outside, then it flows into a gas cooler, not
shown, and the like.
[0183] The refrigerant in the gas cooler radiates heat, then it is
depressurized by a pressure reducing device, not shown,
subsequently it flows into an evaporator, not shown. The
refrigerant in the evaporator is evaporated, then it passes through
an accumulator and is sucked in the first rotary compression
element 32 through the refrigerant introduction pipe 94, and this
cycle is repeated.
[0184] Since the filter 130 is provided in the inlet 92A of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 through which the refrigerant is
introduced, a foreign matter such as dust and a cut waste which
remains in the hermetic shell case 12 can be filtered by the filter
130. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of
abrasion and locking in the rotary compression mechanism 18,
thereby improving a reliability of the rotary compressor 10.
[0185] Next, FIG. 15 shows a rotary compressor according to the
third embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, a filter 130
is provided in a sleeve 141 at the side of an outlet 92C of a
refrigerant introduction pipe 92. The filter 130 is structured in
the same manner as previous embodiment, and it is mounted in the
outlet 92C of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 while being
brought into contact therewith in a state where an opening portion
130A is positioned at the upper stream side of the refrigerant and
a tip end portion 130B is positioned at the downstream side of the
refrigerant. As a result, the foreign matter such as dust and cut
waste which is produced when the rotary compressor 10 is
manufactured, and remains in the hermetic shell case 12 can be
caught and filtered by the filter 130 before it is sucked in the
second rotary compression element 34 through the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 in the same manner as the previous
embodiments. Meanwhile, although the filter 130 is attached to the
interior of the sleeve 144 in this example, it may be attached to
the interior of the outlet 92C of the refrigerant introduction pipe
92 (the outlet side of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 in the
foregoing both cases).
[0186] FIG. 16 shows an internal intermediate pressure multistage
compression type rotary compressor according to the modified
embodiment of the invention. In the third embodiment, a strainer
131 (filtering means) is attached between an inlet 92A of a
refrigerant introduction pipe 92 and an outlet 92C of the
refrigerant introduction pipe 92. The strainer 131 comprises a case
132 and a filter 130 attached to the interior of the case 132 in
the same manner as the previous embodiments. The filter 130 is
structured in the same manner as the previous embodiments wherein
an opening portion 130A thereof is positioned at the upper stream
side of refrigerant while a tip end portion 130B thereof is mounted
in the case 132 while brought into contact with the interior
thereof in a state where it is positioned at the downstream side of
the refrigerant. With such a structure, since the filtering means
is provided outside the hermetic shell case 12, assembling
workability is improved. Even with such a structure, if a foreign
matter such as dust and a cut waste, which is produced when
manufacturing the rotary compressor 10 in the same manner as the
previous embodiments, and which remains in the hermetic shell case
12, enters the refrigerant introduction pipe 92, it can be caught
and filtered by the filter 130. In this third embodiment, since the
case 132 is thicker than the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 and
the strainer 131 is provided in the case 132, the capacity for
receiving a foreign matter to be filtered by the filter 130
provided in the inlet 92A of the inlet 92A of the refrigerant
introduction pipe 92 and the outlet 92C thereof.
[0187] Although the invention is applied to the two stage
compression type rotary compressor but it is effectively applied to
the multistage compression type rotary compressor having more than
two stages.
[0188] The operation of the internal intermediate pressure
multistage compression type rotary compressor in FIG. 17 according
to the fourth embodiment is described next. The refrigerant sucked
in the low pressure chamber of the upper cylinder 38 is compressed
by the operation of the upper roller 46 and the vane, not shown, in
the same manner as that shown in FIG. 1, and it is changed into a
high pressure (about 10 to 12 MPaG) refrigerant, which in turn
discharged from the high pressure chamber of the upper cylinder 38
into the discharge noise eliminating chamber 62 through the
discharge port, not shown. The refrigerant discharged into the
discharge noise eliminating chamber 62 is discharged into the
hermetic shell case 12 under the electric element 14 through the
discharge port 120, and passes through the stator 22 of the
electric element 14, the interior of the rotor 24, the distance
therebetween and the distance between the stator 22 and the
hermetic shell case 12, then it moves upward and finally reaches
the space over the electric element 14. At this time, most of oil
mixed in the refrigerant is separated from the refrigerant in the
hermetic shell case 12 and flows downward along the inner surface
of the hermetic shell case 12, and is reserved in the oil reservoir
58 provided at the bottom of the hermetic shell case 12. Meanwhile,
the refrigerant is discharged into the refrigeration circuit
outside the rotary compressor 10 through the refrigerant discharge
pipe 96 which is opened to the space over of the electric element
14.
[0189] Since the refrigerant compressed by the second rotary
compression element 34 is discharged into the hermetic shell case
12 and the high pressure refrigerant in the hermetic shell case 12
is discharged outside in such a manner, oil contained in the
refrigerant discharged from the second rotary compression element
34 can be separated from the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case
12. Accordingly, the oil separation performance is improved and the
amount of oil which flows out to the refrigeration circuit provided
outside the rotary compressor 10 can be reduced, thereby
restraining adverse affect exerted upon the refrigeration circuit.
This is very advantageous in the case where the invention is
applied to a cooling system (car air conditioner and the like) in
which high pressure is reduced.
[0190] Further, since the interior of the hermetic shell case 12
becomes high pressure, the supply of oil to the first rotary
compression element 32 is effected by the difference in pressure,
and oil discharged from the first rotary compression element 32 is
directly supplied to the second rotary compression element 34
together with the refrigerant, so that the supply of oil to the
second rotary compression element 34 is effected without
trouble.
[0191] Still further, oil is sufficiently contained the refrigerant
which is sucked in the second rotary compression element 34, the
increase of the temperature in the second rotary compression
element 34 can be reduced. Accordingly, the increase of the
temperature in the electric element 14 under high compression
operation can be also prevented. As a result, the rotary compressor
10 having high performance and high reliability can be
provided.
[0192] Particularly, since the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 for
introducing the refrigerant discharged from the first rotary
compression element 32 into the second rotary compression element
34 through the outside of the hermetic shell case 12 is provided,
the temperature of the refrigerant to be sucked in the second
rotary compression element 34 can be reduced, thereby enhancing the
improvement of the compression efficiency and reliability of the
rotary compressor 10.
[0193] The operation of the internal intermediate pressure
multistage compression type rotary compressor of the fifth
embodiment is described next. Since the back pressure chamber 52A
for applying a back pressure to the vane 52 shown in FIG. 17 and
the discharge noise eliminating chamber 64 of the first rotary
compression element 32 are allowed to communicate with each other
by the communication path 100, the intermediate pressure
refrigerant which is compressed by the first rotary compression
element 32 is supplied to the back pressure chamber 52A of the vane
52 of the first rotary compression element 32, which in turn urges
the vane 52 against the lower roller 48.
[0194] Accordingly, the difference in pressure, i.e. between the
pressure in the lower cylinder 40 of the first rotary compression
element 32 and that in the back pressure chamber 52A, not shown, is
reduced compared with a case where a high pressure is applied to
the vane 52 of the first rotary compression element 32 as the back
pressure, and hence the load applied to the tip end of the vane 52
can be reduced. As a result, a reliability of the rotary compressor
10 can be improved. Further, the refrigerant which leaks from the
vane 52 of the first rotary compression element 32 to the interior
of the lower cylinder 40 can be reduced, and hence it is possible
to improve the compression efficiency.
[0195] Further, since the refrigerant compressed by the second
rotary compression element 34 is discharged into the hermetic shell
case 12 and the high pressure refrigerant in the hermetic shell
case 12 is discharged outside, oil contained in the refrigerant
discharged from the second rotary compression element 34 can be
separated from the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case 12.
Accordingly, oil separation performance is improved and the amount
of oil flowing into the external refrigeration circuit outside the
rotary compressor 10 can be reduced, thereby restraining adverse
affect exerted upon an external refrigerating cycle. This is very
advantageous in the case where the invention is applied to a
cooling system (car air conditioner and the like) in which high
pressure is reduced.
[0196] Still further, since the first and second rotary compression
elements 32, 34 are disposed under the electric element 14 and the
first rotary compression element 32 is disposed under the second
rotary compression element 34, and also the refrigerant in the
hermetic shell case 12 is discharged outside from the space over
the electric element 14, the separation performance of oil from the
high pressure refrigerant in the hermetic shell case 12 can be
further improved. And also the structure of the invention is
significantly effective in the case where carbon dioxide, which
becomes high in the difference in pressure, i.e. between high and
low pressures, is used as the refrigerant.
[0197] Although the invention is applied to the vertical type
rotary compressor 10, the invention is not limited to the vertical
type rotary compressor as set forth in the fourth, fifth and sixth
embodiments of the invention, and the invention is effectively
applied to a so-called lateral type multistage compression type
rotary compressor in which the electric element 14 and the rotary
compression mechanism 18 are disposed in parallel with each other
at the left and right in the oblong hermetic shell case 12.
[0198] Still further, the operation of the multistage compression
type rotary compressor shown in FIG. 18 is described next. The
intermediate pressure refrigerant in the hermetic shell case 12
passes through the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 and also passes
through the suction path, not shown, formed in the upper support
member 54 and it is sucked in the low pressure chamber of the upper
cylinder 38 through the suction port 161 in the same manner as that
in FIG. 1. The thus sucked intermediate pressure refrigerant is
subjected to compression of second stage by the upper roller 46 and
the upper vane 50, and it is changed into the high temperature high
pressure refrigerant. Accordingly, the discharge valve 127 provided
in the discharge noise eliminating chamber 62 is opened so that the
discharge noise eliminating chamber 62 and the discharge port 39
communicate with each other, and hence the refrigerant passes
through the high pressure chamber of the upper cylinder 38 and
discharge port 39, then it is discharged into the discharge noise
eliminating chamber 62 formed in the upper support member 54.
[0199] Then, the high pressure refrigerant discharged into the
discharge noise eliminating chamber 62 flows into the gas cooler
154 through the refrigerant discharge pipe 96. At this time, since
the temperature of refrigerant is increased up to substantially
+100.degree. C., and such high temperature and high pressure
refrigerant radiates heat through the gas cooler 154, thereby
heating water in a hot water storage tank, not shown, to produce
hot water of about +90.degree. C.
[0200] The refrigerant per se is cooled in the gas cooler 154 and
it flows out from the gas cooler 154. Then, the refrigerant is
depressurized by the expansion valve 156, and then it enters the
evaporator 157 where it is evaporated (at this time, heat is
absorbed from the periphery), and it passes through an accumulator,
not shown, and it is sucked in the first rotary compression element
32 through the refrigerant introduction pipe 94, and this cycle is
repeated.
[0201] In the case where the multistage compression type rotary
compressor to be used at a normal temperature is used at a cold
district, the cylinder constituting the second rotary compression
element 34 is expanded outward from the suction port 161 in the
direction of rotation of the upper roller 46 to an extent of a
predetermined angle to adjust an angle for starting compression by
the second rotary compression element 34, so that the start of
compression of the refrigerant in the upper cylinder 38 of the
second rotary compression element 34 is delayed, thereby reducing
displacement of the second rotary compression element 34.
[0202] As a result, since the displacement of the second rotary
compression element 34 can be set at an optimum value without
changing the components such as the upper cylinder 38 of the second
rotary compression element 34, the upper roller 46, the eccentric
portion 42 of the rotary shaft 16, the cost caused by the change of
the components can be reduced.
[0203] Although the sixth embodiment is explained with reference to
the multistage rotary compressor having the vertical type rotary
shaft 16, it is needless to say that the invention can be applied
to a multistage compression type rotary compressor having a lateral
type rotary shaft.
[0204] Still further, although the multistage compression type
rotary compressor of the embodiment is described with reference to
the two stage compression type rotary compressor provided with the
first and second rotary compression elements, the invention is not
limited thereto, and it is needless to say that the invention can
be applied to the multistage compression type rotary compressor
provided with the third, the fourth and more stage rotary
compression elements.
[0205] As described in detail, since the internal intermediate
pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor comprising
an electric element in a hermetic shell case, and first and second
rotary compression elements being positioned under the electric
element and driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element,
wherein refrigerant compressed by said first rotary compression
element is discharged into the hermetic shell case, and the
discharged intermediate pressure refrigerant is compressed by said
second rotary compression element, wherein it further comprises a
refrigerant introduction pipe which is opened to the interior of
the hermetic shell case over the electric element and introduces
the refrigerant in the hermetic shell case into the second rotary
compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case,
wherein a part of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is
positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element,
the amount of oil which is sucked in the refrigerant introduction
pipe and is discharged outside from the second rotary compression
element can be reduced compared with a case where the refrigerant
introduction pipe is opened to the space under the electric
element, so that the deterioration of lubricating and sealing
performance in the rotary compressor and the occurrence of an
adverse affect caused by the oil in the external refrigeration
circuit can be effectively solved. Further, the attachment position
of the refrigerant introduction pipe is lowered, the height
dimension of the rotary compressor is reduced, for example, thereby
providing the rotary compressor which is preferably adapted to an
automatic vending machine and the refrigerator and the like which
is small in accommodation space and limited in size of the rotary
compressor.
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