EP0149471A2 - Rotary-vane type fluid machine - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F01C1/3441—Rotary-piston machines or engines having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F01C1/08 or F01C1/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members with vanes reciprocating with respect to the inner member the inner and outer member being in contact along one line or continuous surface substantially parallel to the axis of rotation
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- the present invention relates to a rotary-vane type fluid machine wherein a rotor is caused to rotate within a casing to increase or decrease the volume of a space created between the outer periphery of the rotor and the inner wall surface of the casing by vanes caused to rotate jointly with the rotor, to thereby transfer fluid by pressure in accordance with the variation in volume of the space.
- This type of fluid machine is well known, for example, as an internal combustion engine disclosed in the specification of the United States Patent No. 3, 121, 421, or as a fluid compressor disclosed in the specification of the United States Patent No. 2, 827, 226, or as a pump disclosed in the specification of the United States Patent No. 2, 816, 702.
- a principal object of the invention is to provide a rotary-vane type fluid machine which enables a substantially zero clearance to be established between the tip end of the vane and the inner wall surface of the cylinder without pressing the vane against the latter.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a rotary-vane type fluid machine which enables a force urging the vane radially outwardly of the rotor to be always kept constant.
- the characterizing feature of the present invention lies in the provision of vane structures each of which two vanes are located substantially symmetrically with respect to a shaft intended to rotate the rotor and are fixed such that they can not move relative to each other, and in the provision of a crank mechanism which causes the vane structures to radially advance and retreat in order to reciprocally vary the distance between a center of the shaft and a tip end of one vane and the distance between the center of the shaft and a tip end of the other vane in accordance with the rotation of the rotor.
- the characterizing feature of the present invention is directed to a rotary-vane type fluid machine which comprises
- Fig. 1 is a front sectional view and Fig. 2 is a side sectional view thereof.
- a reference numeral 1 denotes a rotor
- a reference numeral 2 denotes a casing
- reference numerals 3 and 4 denote side plates.
- reference numerals 5 to 10 respectively denote a slider, a shaft, a tip seal, a vane, a side plate cover, and a shaft seal.
- the rotor 1 is formed into a cylindrical shape and is formed with radially extending slits 16 at angular intervals of 90° in outer periphery.
- the rotor 1 is also formed, at its central part of its axis, with a disc-shaped portion la which is formed, at its central part, with a boss portion lb.
- a reference numeral lc is a space through which the vane 8 is moved.
- the casing 2 is formed with a suction port 2a and a discharge port 2b. This discharge port 2b is attached with a discharge valve 11 and a discharge-valve keeper 12, which are covered by a cover 13 for the discharge chamber.
- the rotor 1 is mounted by bearings 14 and 15 of the side plates 3 and 4 so that its outer periphery can be approached, at one place, to the inner wall surface of the casing 2.
- the side plates 3, 4 are respectively formed with slider-carrying bosses 3a, 4a in such a manner that these bosses are made eccentric, by a distance of 6, from the center of the bearings 14, 15 as shown in Fig. 1, and in a direction spaced apart 180° from the position at which the rotor 1 approaches the inner wall surface of the cylinder 2 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
- the slider-carrying bosses 3a, 4a constitute a part of a crank mechanism involved.
- the slider 5, which constitutes a part of the crank mechanism, comprises, as shown in Fig. 5, a fitting hole 5a which is rotatably fitted onto the slider-carrying boss 3a or 4a and flat surfaces 19, 19 provided at two opposed outer peripheral positions in which a corresponding guided-by-slider portions 18 of vane structures 17 shown in detail in Fig. 6 are guided as the rotor 1 is rotated.
- the flat surfaces 19 are provided, respectively, on four sides of the square slider 5 so as to guide two vane structures, or four vanes 8.
- the vane structure 17 comprises a pair of such vanes 8, 8 which are disposed at its two opposed positions spaced 180° from each other as shown in Fig.
- the connecting pieces 20 are intended to hold the vanes 8, 8 in the same plane and, in this embodiment, they are disposed in a manner that they are allowed substantially to oppose each other.
- the connecting pieces 20 are provided, therebetween, with an elliptical hole 21 so that the vanes may be kept out of contact with the shaft when the shaft is inserted therebetween.
- the vane structure 17 is substantially U-shaped in section and is provided with the vanes 8, 8 at the opposed portions of the U-shape, respectively.
- the vane structure 17 is also provided with guided-by-slider portions 18, 18 at the foot portion of the U - shape where the vanes 8, 8 are connected by means of the connecting pieces 20, 20, said guided-by-slider portions 18, 18 being guided by the flat surfaces 19, 19 of the slider 5 as stated above.
- the vane structure 17 is assembled into the rotor 1 and onto the sliders 5, 5 which are mounted onto the slider-carrying bosses 3a, 4a, the concaved portions of the two-U-shaped vane structures 17 are arranged to oppose each other in a state wherein one of the two is inclined at an angle of 90° with respect to the other, and in this state the vane structures 17 are assembled onto the sliders 5, 5.
- This compressor is assembled as follows.
- the casing 2 is fixed to the side plate 4 in a state wherein this side plate 4 is located at the lower side, and then the slider 5 is fitted onto the boss portion 4a of the side plate 4.
- the rotor 1 to which the shaft 6 is fixed as shown in Fig. 3c is held in a posture wherein the shaft 1 is erected vertically.
- the elliptical hole 21 of the vane structure 17 is fitted over the shaft 6 in a state wherein the A side shown in Fig. 6b is located at the lower side.
- the vanes 8, 8 are inserted into the slits 16, 16 of the rotor 1 while, on the other hand, the guided-by-slider portions 18, 18 are fitted onto the flat surfaces 19, 19 of the slider 5.
- the other vane structure 17 is assembled. Namely, the vane structure 17 is inclined at an angle of 90° with respect to the previous vane structure 17 and the A side shown in Fig. 6b is turned upside. In this state, similarly, the elliptical hole 21 is fitted over the shaft 6 and the vanes 8, 8 are inserted into the slits 16, 16. Then, the slider 5 is fitted into the guided-by-slider portions 18, 18 which are located upside of the vane structure 17. Thereafter, the slider-carrying boss portion 3a of the side plate 3 is fitted into the fitting hole 5a of the slider 5 and is fixed thereto.
- the rotor 1 When the members are assembled in the above-mentioned manner, the rotor 1 is caused to rotate by the shaft 6, so that the vanes 8 are also caused to rotate. At this time, the guided-by-slider portions 18 of the vane structure 17 are caused to slide, in the directions indicated in Fig. 1 by arrows, on the flat surfaces 19 of the sliders 5 which rotate about the axis of the slider-carrying bosses 3a, 4a of the side plates 3, 4, whereby the compression action of the compressor is performed.
- the compressor of Fig. 7 has only one vane structure 17 equipped with one pair of vanes 8.
- the point 0 is a center of the rotor 1, i.e., an axial center of the shaft 6. Accordingly, the center line l1 of the vanes 8 inserted into two opposed slits 16 of the rotor 1 unavoidably passes through the point 0 regardless of the rotational angle 8 of the rotor 1.
- the point A is a center of the slider-carrying bosses 3a, 4a of the side plates 3, 4.
- the slider 5 is formed, at its outer periphery, with four parallel flat surfaces 19, 19 centering the point A.
- the vane structure 17 is formed with the guided-by-slider portions 18, 18 extending in the direction perpendicular to center line l1.
- the vane structure 17 is slidably fitted onto the two flat surfaces 19, 19 of the slider 5. Accordingly, a center line between the guided-by-slider portions 18, 18 of the vane structure 17, i.e., a perpendicular bisector k2 of the vane structure 17 unavoidably passes through a rotational center of the slider 5 regardless of the rotational angle 6 of the rotor 1, or the point A.
- the angle ⁇ OBA which is formed by connecting the two fixed points 0 and A spaced by a distance of 6 from each other with the intersection B of the center line l1 of the vane structure 17 and the perpendicular bisector l2 of the vane structure 17, is 90°.
- the point B (the center of gravity of the vane structure 17) is located on the circumference of a circle of which center is a middle point C between the points O and A and the radius is 6/2, regardless of the rotational angle 6 of the rotor 1. Further, since the angle ⁇ BCA which is formed by the lines CB and CA and the angle ⁇ B O A which is formed by the lines OB and OA have a relation of the central angle and the angle of circumference with respect to the common circular arc AB, the following relationship is formed.
- the distance OB between the center 0 of the rotor 1 and the center B of gravity of the vane structure 17 is expressed as follows. This indicates that the vane structure 17 reciprocates within the slits 16 of the rotor 1 with a stroke of 26 and a cycle of which one rotation of the rotor 1 is one cycle.
- each of opposite outer ends of the vanes 8 is made an arc of a circle having a radius of r and the distance between the center B of gravity and the center D of E of . such arc is so set as to have the following value.
- the loci which are described by the centers D and E of the curved surfaces R of the outer ends of the vanes 8 are expressed in the form of a polar coordinate as follows.
- the curve which is expressed by the above formula (3) is indicated in Fig. 7 as a closed curve Cl.
- the locus which is described by the curved surface R of the outer end of the vane 8 is an envelope C2 formed when the circles whose radius is r are arranged on the closed curve Cl.
- a closed curve C3 which is outwardly displaced by a fixed amount of Ar from the closed curve C2 is used as the profile of the inner wall surface of the casing 2.
- the gap Ar created between the tip end of the vane 8 and the inner wall surface of the casing 2 is sealed by the tip seal 7.
- a curve (such as, for example, a true circle approximate to the closed curve C3) other than the closed curve C3 may be used as the profile of the inner wall surface of the casing 2.
- the gap between the tip end of the vane 8 and the inner wall surface of the cylinder 2 is periodically slightly varied with the rotation of the rotor 1.
- the tip seal 7 can be more or less advanced or retreated within a groove 8a at the tip end of the vane 8 in accordance with the variation in said gap, it will be possible to effect an always perfect sealing with respect to the gap.
- the space discharges fluid from the discharge port 2b and, in (c) and (d) of Fig. 8, it sucks fluid from the suction port 2a.
- the space compresses fluid in the stages of (g) and (h) of Fig. 8 and, in (a) of Fig. 8, starts discharging fluid.
- the space is repeatedly decreased and increased in volume, thereby repeatedly to discharge and suction fluid, thus to perform its compression action as the compressor.
- the vanes 8 are arranged to project at four places from the outer periphery of the rotor 1, four suctions and discharges are effected per rotation of the rotor 1.
- the vanes are mechanically brought into sliding contact with the inner wall surface of the casing unlike the fluid machine of prior art in which the former are brought into sliding contact with the latter by use of back pressure. Therefore, it is impossible that the vanes are radially inwardly retreated with an increase in pressure of the compression chamber and that, therefore, the chattering phenomena take place. Further, since it is unnecessary to apply the back pressure, it is also unnecessary to separate oil used to apply the back pressure in a high pressure chamber. Accordingly, the space which is intended to be used for oil separation as well as for oil reception becomes unnecessary. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the fluid machine in size as well as in weight.
- the fluid machine of this embodiment is high in durability as well as in working efficiency.
- two connecting pieces were used for connecting the vanes 8 in such a manner that they form an elliptic hole therebetween.
- a single connecting piece may be used to connect the pair of vanes 8.
- two sliders are used, but the invention permits the use of only one slider.
- the disc-shaped portion having the boss portion is provided at the central part of the rotor 1, but the invention permits the formation of it at the end portion thereof.
- the tip seal 7 was provided at the tip end of the vane. However, when the fluid machine is used as a pump, this tip seal 7 may be omitted. In this case, the discharge valve 11 which is provided with respect to the discharge port 2b may be omitted.
- the back surface of the tip seal may be urged by means of a spring.
- the spring may be a one which has an urging force much weaker than that of a spring used to urge the entire vane as in the prior art. Accordingly, the mechanical loss resulting from the sliding contact between the tip seal and the inner wall surface of the cylinder is decreased to a substantially ignorable value.
- the tip seal 7 is formed with a shoulder portion 7d in addition to merely urging by means of a spring 7a, which shoulder portion 7d is caused to oppose a shoulder portion 7c of a tip-seal insertion hole 7b.
- This construction offers the advantage that when the tip seal 7 is worn and as a result the shoulder portions 7d and 7c are allowed to contact with each other, the tip seal 7 is prevented from being further extruded outwards, with the result that a zero clearance is provided between the tip seal 7 and the inner wall surface of the cylinder.
- a pair of vanes are disposed within one plane which passes through the center of the shaft, but the vanes may define a specified angle with respect to this plane, or may be disposed symmetrically about the center of the shaft.
- the vanes are so arranged as to be radially advanced and retreated by means of a crank mechanism, it is impossible that the tip ends of the vanes are pressed against the inner wall surface of the cylinder. Accordingly, it is possible to make substantially zero clearance between the tip ends of the vanes and the inner wall surface of the cylinder.
- vanes By arranging the vanes as above, it is possible to decrease the mechanical loss which results from the sliding contact between the tip ends of the vanes and the inner wall surface of the cylinder, thereby to make it possible to obtain a highly efficient fluid machine.
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- The present invention relates to a rotary-vane type fluid machine wherein a rotor is caused to rotate within a casing to increase or decrease the volume of a space created between the outer periphery of the rotor and the inner wall surface of the casing by vanes caused to rotate jointly with the rotor, to thereby transfer fluid by pressure in accordance with the variation in volume of the space.
- This type of fluid machine is well known, for example, as an internal combustion engine disclosed in the specification of the United States Patent No. 3, 121, 421, or as a fluid compressor disclosed in the specification of the United States Patent No. 2, 827, 226, or as a pump disclosed in the specification of the United States Patent No. 2, 816, 702.
- However, in the above-mentioned prior art fluid machine, in order to prevent a fluid from reversely flowing through an interspace between a tip end of the vane and the inner wall surface of a cylinder, a hydraulic pressure, compression gas pressure, or spring force is caused to act on a rear end (radially inward end) of the vane, to thereby cause the tip end of the vane to be pressed against the inner wall surface of the cylinder. For this reason, the fluid machine suffers from a great mechanical loss. Besides, wear pieces produced from the vane and cylinder due to a sliding contact between both are carried into the discharged fluid, with the result that a secondary accident occurs.
- Further, since it is difficult at all times to keep the pressure acting on the rear end of the vane or the reaction force from the inner wall surface of the cylinder constant, there occurs a so-called "chattering phenomenon" that the vane repeates its rapid advancing and retreating movements in the radial directions, whereby noises are generated.
- A principal object of the invention is to provide a rotary-vane type fluid machine which enables a substantially zero clearance to be established between the tip end of the vane and the inner wall surface of the cylinder without pressing the vane against the latter.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a rotary-vane type fluid machine which enables a force urging the vane radially outwardly of the rotor to be always kept constant.
- The characterizing feature of the present invention lies in the provision of vane structures each of which two vanes are located substantially symmetrically with respect to a shaft intended to rotate the rotor and are fixed such that they can not move relative to each other, and in the provision of a crank mechanism which causes the vane structures to radially advance and retreat in order to reciprocally vary the distance between a center of the shaft and a tip end of one vane and the distance between the center of the shaft and a tip end of the other vane in accordance with the rotation of the rotor.
- In more detail, the characterizing feature of the present invention is directed to a rotary-vane type fluid machine which comprises
- a cylindrical rotor formed with at least one pair of slits at the mutually opposite 180°-spaced positions of its outer periphery including a boss portion at its disc-shaped portion formed in a part of the interior thereof, said boss portion having a shaft secured thereto,
- a cylindrical casing in which the rotor is received in such a manner that it approaches to the inner wall surface of the casing at one place, said casing including a suction port and a discharge port,
- side plates respectively attached to both end faces of the casing each including bearing for supporting the shaft and being provided with slider-carrying boss portion inwardly projectively of which center is eccentric from the center of the shaft in a direction opposite to the position at which the rotor approaches the inner wall surface of the casing,
- at least a slider fitted onto the slider-carrying boss portion of said side plate and rotatably supported thereby and including flat surfaces at its outer mutually opposite positions,
- vane structures each including two vanes inserted into the slits provided at the mutually opposite positions of the rotor and guided thereby, guided-by-slider portions guided by the flat surfaces of the slider and connecting pieces intended to fix the pair of vanes so as not to contact with the shaft.
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- Fig. 1 is a front sectional view of a fluid machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 shows a rotor of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3a is a front view, Fig. 3b is a sectional view taken along the line III-0-III of Fig. 3a, and Fig. 3c is a sectional view showing a state wherein a shaft is fixed to the rotor shown in Fig. 3a;
- Fig. 4a is a sectional view of a side plate of Fig. 2, in which a bearing receiving portion is omitted, and Fig. 4b is a right side view of Fig. 4a;
- Fig. 5a is a front view of a slider of Fig. 1 and
- Fig. 5b is a sectional view taken along the line V-0-V of Fig. 5a;
- Fig. 6a is a front view, as taken from the side of a guided-by-slider portion, of a vane structure shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 6b is a partially sectioned side view of Fig. 6a, and Fig. 6c is a right side view of Fig. 6b;
- Fig. 7 is a view for explaining the principle of the fluid machine shown in Fig. 1;
- Figs. 8 is views for explaining the action of the vane shown in Fig. 1; and
- Fig. 9 is a partial enlarged view of an improved tip seal portion.
- A fluid machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described by referring to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 is a front sectional view and Fig. 2 is a side sectional view thereof. In the Figures, a reference numeral 1 denotes a rotor, a
reference numeral 2 denotes a casing, andreference numerals reference numerals 5 to 10 respectively denote a slider, a shaft, a tip seal, a vane, a side plate cover, and a shaft seal. As shown in detail in Fig. 3, the rotor 1 is formed into a cylindrical shape and is formed with radially extendingslits 16 at angular intervals of 90° in outer periphery. The rotor 1 is also formed, at its central part of its axis, with a disc-shaped portion la which is formed, at its central part, with a boss portion lb. A reference numeral lc is a space through which thevane 8 is moved. Thecasing 2 is formed with asuction port 2a and adischarge port 2b. Thisdischarge port 2b is attached with a discharge valve 11 and a discharge-valve keeper 12, which are covered by acover 13 for the discharge chamber. Within thecasing 2, the rotor 1 is mounted bybearings side plates casing 2. Theside plates bosses 3a, 4a in such a manner that these bosses are made eccentric, by a distance of 6, from the center of thebearings cylinder 2 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The slider-carryingbosses 3a, 4a constitute a part of a crank mechanism involved. - The
slider 5, which constitutes a part of the crank mechanism, comprises, as shown in Fig. 5, afitting hole 5a which is rotatably fitted onto the slider-carryingboss 3a or 4a andflat surfaces slider portions 18 ofvane structures 17 shown in detail in Fig. 6 are guided as the rotor 1 is rotated. In this embodiment, theflat surfaces 19 are provided, respectively, on four sides of thesquare slider 5 so as to guide two vane structures, or fourvanes 8. Thevane structure 17 comprises a pair ofsuch vanes pieces vanes slider portions flat surfaces 19 of theslider 5. The connectingpieces 20 are intended to hold thevanes pieces 20 are provided, therebetween, with anelliptical hole 21 so that the vanes may be kept out of contact with the shaft when the shaft is inserted therebetween. Thevane structure 17 is substantially U-shaped in section and is provided with thevanes vane structure 17 is also provided with guided-by-slider portions vanes pieces slider portions flat surfaces slider 5 as stated above. When thevane structure 17 is assembled into the rotor 1 and onto thesliders bosses 3a, 4a, the concaved portions of the two-U-shaped vane structures 17 are arranged to oppose each other in a state wherein one of the two is inclined at an angle of 90° with respect to the other, and in this state thevane structures 17 are assembled onto thesliders - This compressor is assembled as follows. For example, the
casing 2 is fixed to theside plate 4 in a state wherein thisside plate 4 is located at the lower side, and then theslider 5 is fitted onto theboss portion 4a of theside plate 4. Next, the rotor 1 to which theshaft 6 is fixed as shown in Fig. 3c is held in a posture wherein the shaft 1 is erected vertically. Theelliptical hole 21 of thevane structure 17 is fitted over theshaft 6 in a state wherein the A side shown in Fig. 6b is located at the lower side. Thevanes slits slider portions flat surfaces slider 5. Thereafter, theother vane structure 17 is assembled. Namely, thevane structure 17 is inclined at an angle of 90° with respect to theprevious vane structure 17 and the A side shown in Fig. 6b is turned upside. In this state, similarly, theelliptical hole 21 is fitted over theshaft 6 and thevanes slits slider 5 is fitted into the guided-by-slider portions vane structure 17. Thereafter, the slider-carrying boss portion 3a of theside plate 3 is fitted into thefitting hole 5a of theslider 5 and is fixed thereto. When the members are assembled in the above-mentioned manner, the rotor 1 is caused to rotate by theshaft 6, so that thevanes 8 are also caused to rotate. At this time, the guided-by-slider portions 18 of thevane structure 17 are caused to slide, in the directions indicated in Fig. 1 by arrows, on theflat surfaces 19 of thesliders 5 which rotate about the axis of the slider-carryingbosses 3a, 4a of theside plates - Next, the operational principle of the compressor thus assembled with now be described in connection with Fig. 7. For clarifying the explanation, it is assumed that the compressor of Fig. 7 has only one
vane structure 17 equipped with one pair ofvanes 8. The point 0 is a center of the rotor 1, i.e., an axial center of theshaft 6. Accordingly, the center line l1 of thevanes 8 inserted into twoopposed slits 16 of the rotor 1 unavoidably passes through the point 0 regardless of therotational angle 8 of the rotor 1. The point A is a center of the slider-carryingbosses 3a, 4a of theside plates slider 5 is formed, at its outer periphery, with four parallelflat surfaces vane structure 17 is formed with the guided-by-slider portions slider portions vane structure 17 is slidably fitted onto the twoflat surfaces slider 5. Accordingly, a center line between the guided-by-slider portions vane structure 17, i.e., a perpendicular bisector k2 of thevane structure 17 unavoidably passes through a rotational center of theslider 5 regardless of therotational angle 6 of the rotor 1, or the point A. That is to say, the angle <OBA, which is formed by connecting the two fixed points 0 and A spaced by a distance of 6 from each other with the intersection B of the center line l1 of thevane structure 17 and the perpendicular bisector l2 of thevane structure 17, is 90°. - This indicates that the point B (the center of gravity of the vane structure 17) is located on the circumference of a circle of which center is a middle point C between the points O and A and the radius is 6/2, regardless of the
rotational angle 6 of the rotor 1. Further, since the angle <BCA which is formed by the lines CB and CA and the angle <BOA which is formed by the lines OB and OA have a relation of the central angle and the angle of circumference with respect to the common circular arc AB, the following relationship is formed. -
- From the above formula (1), it will be seen that, as the rotor 1 rotates, the center B of gravity of the
vane structure 17 moves, at an angular velocity as twice as that of the rotor 1, on the circumference of a circle of which center is the middle point C between the rotational center 0 of the rotor 1 and the rotational center A of theslider 5 and the radius is d/2 which is equal to a half of theamount 6 of eccentricity between the center O and the center A. - Reference will now be made to how the
vane structure 17 moves through theslits 16 of the rotor 1. The distance OB between the center 0 of the rotor 1 and the center B of gravity of thevane structure 17 is expressed as follows.vane structure 17 reciprocates within theslits 16 of the rotor 1 with a stroke of 26 and a cycle of which one rotation of the rotor 1 is one cycle. - In this embodiment, each of opposite outer ends of the
vanes 8 is made an arc of a circle having a radius of r and the distance between the center B of gravity and the center D of E of .such arc is so set as to have the following value.vanes 8 are expressed in the form of a polar coordinate as follows.vane 8 is an envelope C2 formed when the circles whose radius is r are arranged on the closed curve Cl. In this embodiment, a closed curve C3 which is outwardly displaced by a fixed amount of Ar from the closed curve C2 is used as the profile of the inner wall surface of thecasing 2. In this embodiment, the gap Ar created between the tip end of thevane 8 and the inner wall surface of thecasing 2 is sealed by thetip seal 7. - Note here the following. A curve (such as, for example, a true circle approximate to the closed curve C3) other than the closed curve C3 may be used as the profile of the inner wall surface of the
casing 2. In this case, the gap between the tip end of thevane 8 and the inner wall surface of thecylinder 2 is periodically slightly varied with the rotation of the rotor 1. However, if thetip seal 7 can be more or less advanced or retreated within a groove 8a at the tip end of thevane 8 in accordance with the variation in said gap, it will be possible to effect an always perfect sealing with respect to the gap. - Although the foregoing explanation has been made in connection with one
vane structure 17, the same can apply to anothervane structure 17 which have been slidably inserted into the other pair ofslits 16 provided in the rotor 1. Thisvane structure 17 is displaced from theprevious vane structure 17 by the rotational angle of 90° of the rotor 1 and, in this state, make their radial movements with respect to the rotor 1 in the same manner as in the foregoing explanation. - The space which is defined by the outer periphery of the rotor 1, the
vanes 8, the inner wall surface of thecylinder 2 and theside plates discharge port 2b and, in (c) and (d) of Fig. 8, it sucks fluid from thesuction port 2a. After passing through the stages of (e) and (f) of Fig. 8, the space compresses fluid in the stages of (g) and (h) of Fig. 8 and, in (a) of Fig. 8, starts discharging fluid. In this way, the space is repeatedly decreased and increased in volume, thereby repeatedly to discharge and suction fluid, thus to perform its compression action as the compressor. In this embodiment, since thevanes 8 are arranged to project at four places from the outer periphery of the rotor 1, four suctions and discharges are effected per rotation of the rotor 1. - In this way, according to the fluid machine of this embodiment, the vanes are mechanically brought into sliding contact with the inner wall surface of the casing unlike the fluid machine of prior art in which the former are brought into sliding contact with the latter by use of back pressure. Therefore, it is impossible that the vanes are radially inwardly retreated with an increase in pressure of the compression chamber and that, therefore, the chattering phenomena take place. Further, since it is unnecessary to apply the back pressure, it is also unnecessary to separate oil used to apply the back pressure in a high pressure chamber. Accordingly, the space which is intended to be used for oil separation as well as for oil reception becomes unnecessary. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the fluid machine in size as well as in weight. Further, there is produced no mechanical wear due to pressing the vanes against the inner wall surface of the casing by using the back pressure and, at the same time, the power for driving the rotor to rotate in such a condition is unnecessary. As a result, the fluid machine of this embodiment is high in durability as well as in working efficiency.
- In the above-mentioned embodiment, two connecting pieces were used for connecting the
vanes 8 in such a manner that they form an elliptic hole therebetween. However, a single connecting piece may be used to connect the pair ofvanes 8. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, two sliders are used, but the invention permits the use of only one slider. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the disc-shaped portion having the boss portion is provided at the central part of the rotor 1, but the invention permits the formation of it at the end portion thereof. - Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the description was made of the fluid machine wherein two vane structures are provided. According to the invention, however, even when one vane structure is used, the fluid machine can operate without any inconvenience. At this time, two suctions and discharges are performed per rotation of the rotor 1.
- Since the above-mentioned embodiment was described in particular connection with the compressor, the
tip seal 7 was provided at the tip end of the vane. However, when the fluid machine is used as a pump, thistip seal 7 may be omitted. In this case, the discharge valve 11 which is provided with respect to thedischarge port 2b may be omitted. - Further, according to the invention, the back surface of the tip seal may be urged by means of a spring. In this case, the spring may be a one which has an urging force much weaker than that of a spring used to urge the entire vane as in the prior art. Accordingly, the mechanical loss resulting from the sliding contact between the tip seal and the inner wall surface of the cylinder is decreased to a substantially ignorable value.
- Particularly, as shown in Fig. 9, the
tip seal 7 is formed with ashoulder portion 7d in addition to merely urging by means of a spring 7a, whichshoulder portion 7d is caused to oppose ashoulder portion 7c of a tip-seal insertion hole 7b. This construction offers the advantage that when thetip seal 7 is worn and as a result theshoulder portions tip seal 7 is prevented from being further extruded outwards, with the result that a zero clearance is provided between thetip seal 7 and the inner wall surface of the cylinder. - Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a pair of vanes are disposed within one plane which passes through the center of the shaft, but the vanes may define a specified angle with respect to this plane, or may be disposed symmetrically about the center of the shaft.
- According to the present invention, since the vanes are so arranged as to be radially advanced and retreated by means of a crank mechanism, it is impossible that the tip ends of the vanes are pressed against the inner wall surface of the cylinder. Accordingly, it is possible to make substantially zero clearance between the tip ends of the vanes and the inner wall surface of the cylinder.
- By arranging the vanes as above, it is possible to decrease the mechanical loss which results from the sliding contact between the tip ends of the vanes and the inner wall surface of the cylinder, thereby to make it possible to obtain a highly efficient fluid machine.
- Further, according to the present invention, no reaction force from the inner wall surface of the cylinder is allowed substantially to act on the vanes and, on the other hand, the radially outward advancement of the vanes is regulated by the crank mechanism. As a result, it is impossible that the vanes make their irregular advancing and retreating movements for themselves. As a result, no chattering which produces noises occurs.
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