EP2221483A2 - Sealed type rotary compressor - Google Patents
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- 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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- 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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- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- the present invention relates to a sealed type rotary compressor including an electromotive element and a rotary compression element in a sealed container. More particularly, it relates to a sealed type rotary compressor in which a rotary compression element is received in the lower part of a sealed container and in which an electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of a stator, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element.
- this type of sealed type rotary compressor is constituted of a rotary compression element received in the lower part of a sealed container and an electromotive element received above the rotary compression element.
- the electromotive element is constituted of a ring-shaped stator attached along the inner peripheral surface of the upper space of the sealed container, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element.
- the rotary compression element is constituted of a cylinder, a roller flitted into an eccentric portion formed in the rotary shaft to eccentrically rotate in the cylinder, and a vane which abuts on the cylinder to divide the inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side. Moreover, in the bottom part of the sealed container, oil for lubricating sliding portions such as the rotary compression element and the rotary shaft is stored.
- the refrigerant gas discharged to the discharge muffler is discharged into the sealed container through discharge holes which connect the discharge muffler to the sealed container and which are directed upwardly to the electromotive element.
- the oil supplied to the rotary compression element and having a mist state is mixed in the refrigerant gas, and the oil is discharged together with the refrigerant gas into the sealed container.
- the refrigerant gas discharged into the sealed container passes through a refrigerant passage formed in the electromotive element and is discharged to the outside of a discharge pipe provided above the electromotive element (see e.g., JP-A-9-151885 ).
- the present invention has been developed to solve such problems of the conventional technology, and an object thereof is to promote oil separation in the sealed container, thereby decreasing the amount of the oil discharged to the outside of the compressor.
- a sealed type rotary compressor in which a rotary compression element is received in the lower part of a sealed container and in which an electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of a stator, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element,
- the compressor comprising: a discharge hole provided at positions facing the end surface of the rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from the rotary compression element is discharged into the sealed container; and a refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of the stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression element side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side,
- the sealed type rotary compressor of a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the above aspect of the present invention, one of openings of the discharge pipe which guides the compressed refrigerant in the sealed container to the outside therefrom is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container.
- the sealed type rotary compressor of a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the second aspect of the present invention, a distance between the end surface of the rotor opposite to the rotary compression element side and the inner wall surface of the sealed container in the direction of the rotary shaft is 25 mm or more.
- the sealed type rotary compressor in which the rotary compression element is received in the lower part of the sealed container and in which the electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of the stator, and the rotor rotatably inserted into the magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to the rotary shaft which also serves as the crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element.
- the compressor comprises the discharge hole provided at the positions facing the end surface of the rotor and through which the compressed refrigerant from the rotary compression element is discharged into the sealed container; and the refrigerant flow path which is extended from the space surrounded with the coil end of the stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to the rotary compression element side to the space of the air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side, whereby the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole is caused to collide with the end surface of the rotating rotor, and can be stirred.
- This can promote oil separation in the space surrounded with the coil end of the stator.
- the compressed refrigerant guided through the space surrounded with the coil end of the stator is twisted by the wall surfaces of the stator and the rotating rotor, while passing through the space of the air gap between the stator and the rotor, whereby oil can further be separated.
- the outlet of this refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression element side faces the inner wall surface of the sealed container. Therefore, the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant flow path to reach the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side collides with the inner wall surface of the sealed container, diffuses in the space of the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side, and is then discharged to the outside of the sealed container. In this way, the diffusion in the space of the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side further enables separating the oil. In consequence, the oil separation is efficiently performed, and the oil discharged to the outside of the compressor can noticeably be decreased.
- one of the openings of the discharge pipe which guides the compressed refrigerant in the sealed container to the outside therefrom is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container, whereby the compressed refrigerant which has reached the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side through the refrigerant flow path can be inhibited from directly reaching the discharge pipe.
- an oil separation performance can be improved.
- the distance between the end surface of the rotor opposite to the rotary compression element side and the inner wall surface of the sealed container in the direction of the rotary shaft is 25 mm or more.
- the oil separation space of the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side is sufficiently secured, and the oil separation performance can further be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a vertically sectional side view schematically showing a sealed type rotary compressor of one embodiment to which the present invention is applied;
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of a discharge muffler having discharge holes in the sealed type rotary compressor of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of another discharge muffler having discharge holes
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of still another discharge muffler having discharge holes
- FIG. 5 is a plan view of a further discharge muffler having discharge holes.
- FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional discharge muffler having discharge holes.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the vertically sectional side surface of an internal high pressure type rotary compressor 1 including first and second rotary compression elements as one embodiment of the sealed type rotary compressor to which the present invention is applied.
- the rotary compressor 1 of the present embodiment is a two-cylinder sealed type rotary compressor in which a rotary compression mechanism 3 including first and second rotary compression elements 10, 20 is received in the lower part of the internal space of a vertically cylindrical sealed container 2 formed of a steel plate and in which an electromotive element 4 is received above the rotary compression mechanism.
- the sealed container 2 is constituted of a container main body 2A in which the electromotive element 4 and the first and second rotary compression elements 10, 20 (the rotary compression mechanism 3) are received; a substantially bowl-like end cap (a lid member) 2B which closes an upper opening of this container main body 2A; and a bottom part 2C which closes a lower opening of the container main body 2A.
- the upper surface of the end cap 2B is provided with a circular attachment hole (not shown), and in this attachment hole, a terminal (a wiring line is omitted) 35 for supplying a power to the electromotive element 4 positioned in the upper part of the sealed container 2 is attached. Furthermore, in the center of the end cap 2B, a refrigerant discharge pipe 9 described later is attached.
- a space in the bottom part of the sealed container 2 is an oil reservoir where oil for lubricating sliding portions such as the first and second rotary compression elements 10, 20 and a rotary shaft 8 is stored.
- a mounting base 70 is provided on the external bottom portion of the bottom part 2C.
- the rotary compression mechanism 3 is constituted of the first rotary compression element 10, the second rotary compression element 20, and an intermediate partition plate 30 sandwiched between both the rotary compression elements 10 and 20.
- the first rotary compression element 10 is provided under the intermediate partition plate 30, and the second rotary compression element 20 is provided above the intermediate partition plate.
- the first rotary compression element 10 and the second rotary compression element 20 are constituted of cylinders 12, 22 disposed under and above the intermediate partition plate 30; rollers 14, 24 which are fitted into eccentric portions 13, 23 provided in the rotary shaft 8 with a phase difference of 180 degrees in the cylinders 12, 22, to eccentrically rotate in the cylinders 12, 22, respectively; vanes (not shown) which abut on the rollers 14, 24 to divide the insides of the cylinders 12, 22 into low pressure chamber sides and high pressure chamber sides, respectively; and a lower support member 15 and an upper support member 25 as support members which close the lower open surface of the cylinder 12 and the upper open surface of the cylinder 22, respectively, and which also serve as bearings of the rotary shaft 8.
- the lower and upper cylinders 12, 22 are provided with suction passages 16, 26 which communicate with compression chambers in the cylinders 12, 22, respectively.
- the lower support member 15 opposite to an electromotive element 4 side (the downside) and an electromotive element 4 side (the upside) of the upper support member 25, discharge mufflers 17, 27 are provided, respectively.
- the discharge muffler 17 positioned under the lower support member 15 is formed by covering the lower surface of the lower support member 15 with a substantially bowl-like lower cup 17A having a center hole through which the rotary shaft 8 and a lower bearing 15A of the lower support member 15 extend.
- the discharge muffler 17 is connected to the cylinder 12 through a discharge passage 19, and a discharge valve 19V provided in an opening of the discharge passage 19 on a discharge muffler 17 side can closably be opened to connect the discharge muffler 17 to the cylinder 12 (on the high pressure chamber side of the cylinder 12).
- the discharge muffler 27 positioned above the upper support member 25 is formed by covering the upper surface of the upper support member 25 with a substantially bowl-like upper cup 27A having a center hole through which the rotary shaft 8 and an upper bearing 25A of the upper support member 25 extend.
- the discharge muffler 27 is connected to the cylinder 22 through a discharge passage 29, and a discharge valve 29V provided in an opening of the discharge passage 29 on a discharge muffler 27 side can closably be opened to connect the discharge muffler 27 to the cylinder 22 (on the high pressure chamber side of the cylinder 22).
- the discharge muffler 17 is connected to the discharge muffler 27 through a communication path (not shown) which extends through the lower support member 15, the lower cylinder 12, the intermediate partition plate 30, the upper cylinder 22 and the upper support member 25 in an axial center direction (a vertical direction).
- the upper cup 27A of the discharge muffler 27 is provided with a plurality of discharge holes 28 for discharging a compressed refrigerant from the respective rotary compression elements 10, 20 into the sealed container 2.
- the discharge holes 28 are circular holes extended through the upper cup 27A in the axial center direction (the vertical direction), and all the discharge holes 28 are formed in the vicinity of the rotary shaft 8 provided in the center of the upper cup 27A so as to face the end surface (the lower end surface) of a rotor 7 of the electromotive element 4. That is, the discharge holes 28 are directed to the end surface (the lower end surface) of the rotor 7.
- the refrigerant gas flows counterclockwise in the discharge muffler 27 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , and the hole diameters, number and arrangement of the discharge holes 28 are set so that the pulsation of the refrigerant gas can effectively be absorbed (decreased) in the discharge muffler 27.
- the discharge holes 28 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2 include a discharge hole 28a having an inner diameter of 10 mm, a discharge hole 28b disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the discharge hole 28a around the rotary shaft 8, and three discharge holes 28c each having an inner diameter of 6 mm.
- the discharge hole 28b is provided with a facing discharge valve (not shown).
- reference numeral 49 shown in FIG. 2 indicates slots formed in the upper cup 27A.
- a bolt 75 shown in FIG. 1 is a bolt which integrally fixes the upper support member 25, the upper cylinder 22, the intermediate partition plate 30, the lower cylinder 12 and the lower support member 15.
- the electromotive element 4 is constituted of a ring-shaped stator 5 fixedly welded along the inner peripheral surface of an upper space of the sealed container 2; and the rotor 7 rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by the stator 5.
- the stator 5 is constituted a stator iron core 36 having a constitution in which stator iron plates formed of substantially ring-shaped electromagnetic steel plates (silicon steel plates) are laminated, and a stator coil (a stator winding) 37 wound around the stator iron core 36.
- a coil end 37E of the stator coil 37 is provided so as to project from the end surface (the lower end surface) of the rotor 7 to a rotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), whereby in the end surface (the lower end surface) of the rotor 7 on the rotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), a space S1 surrounded with the coil end 37E is formed.
- a plurality of vertical grooves 39 are formed along the inner peripheral surface of the container main body 2A in the axial center direction, and the vertical grooves 39 are used as passages through which the oil returns as described later.
- the rotor 7 is constituted of a cylindrical rotor iron core 38 in which a permanent magnet (not shown) formed of an electromagnetic steel plate (a silicon steel plate) is embedded and whose upper and lower end surfaces are flat; and the rotary shaft 8 which is forced and fixedly inserted into a center through hole of the rotor iron core 38.
- the rotary shaft 8, which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the first and second rotary compression elements 10, 20, passes through the center of the sealed container to extend in the vertical direction, and the upper end of the rotary shaft 8 is positioned at the upper end of the rotor iron core 38.
- the lower end of the rotary shaft 8 is positioned in the oil reservoir under the rotary compression mechanism 3, and immersed into the oil stored in this oil reservoir.
- the lower portion (the lower end) of the rotary shaft 8 is provided with an oil pump 50 for sucking up the oil from the oil reservoir.
- the upper and lower end surfaces of the rotor 7 are provided with weight balance adjusting balancers 42, 43 which suppress vibration generated by the eccentric rotation of the rotary shaft 8 due to the weight differences between the eccentric portions 13 and 23 and between the rollers 14 and 24 in the first and second rotary compression elements 10, 20, to stabilize the rotation.
- weight balance adjusting balancers 42, 43 which suppress vibration generated by the eccentric rotation of the rotary shaft 8 due to the weight differences between the eccentric portions 13 and 23 and between the rollers 14 and 24 in the first and second rotary compression elements 10, 20, to stabilize the rotation.
- a stop plate 45 for the balancer is provided on the upper surface of the balancer 42.
- the members (the balancers 42, 43 and the stop plate 45) arranged on the end surface of the rotor iron core 38 are fixed to the rotor iron core 38 via a rivet 47.
- a distance D between the end surface of the rotor 7 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side and the inner wall surface of the sealed container 2 in the direction of the rotary shaft 8, that is, the distance D between the upper surface of the stop plate 45 provided on the upper end surface of the rotor 7 and the inner wall surface of the end cap 2B of the sealed container 2 corresponding to and disposed above the upper surface of the stop plate in the present embodiment is 25 mm or more.
- the electromotive element 4 is provided with a refrigerant flow path through which the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 (i.e., the discharge holes 28a, 28b and 28c) to a space A between the rotary compression mechanism 3 and the electromotive element 4 in the sealed container 2 is guided to the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side.
- This refrigerant flow path is constituted of the space S1 surrounded with the coil end of the stator 5 projecting from the end surface (the lower end surface) of the rotor 7 to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), and a space S2 of an air gap between the rotor 7 and the stator 5.
- the refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 to the space A between the rotary compression mechanism 3 and the electromotive element 4 in the sealed container 2 passes through the space S1 surrounded with the coil end of the stator 5 projecting from the end surface of the rotor 7 to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), passes through the space S2 of the ring-shaped air gap between the rotor 7 and the stator 5, and is discharged through an upper end opening (i.e., an outlet of the refrigerant flow path) to a space (i.e., the space of the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side in the sealed container 2) B between the inner wall surface of the sealed container 2 and the electromotive element.
- the outlet of the refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side i.e., the upper end opening of the space S2 of the air gap
- sleeves 60, 61 are welded and fixed to positions corresponding to the suction passages 16, 26 of the cylinders 12, 22, respectively. These sleeves 60, 61 are disposed so as to be vertically adjacent to each other.
- a refrigerant introduction pipe 40 for introducing the refrigerant gas into the lower cylinder 12 is inserted and connected, and one end of the refrigerant introduction pipe 40 communicates with the suction passage 16 of the lower cylinder 12.
- the other end of the refrigerant introduction pipe 40 opens in the upper part of an accumulator 65.
- a refrigerant introduction pipe 41 for introducing the refrigerant gas into the upper cylinder 22 is inserted and connected, and one end of the refrigerant introduction pipe 41 communicates with the suction passage 26 of the upper cylinder 22.
- the other end of the refrigerant introduction pipe 41 opens in the upper part of the accumulator 65 in the same manner as in the refrigerant introduction pipe 40.
- the accumulator 65 is a tank in which the gas-liquid separation of the sucked refrigerant is performed, and is attached to the side surface of the upper part of the container main body 2A of the sealed container 2 via a bracket 67. Moreover, the refrigerant introduction pipes 40 and 41 are inserted into the bottom part of the accumulator 65, and the other end opening of each refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned in the upper part of the accumulator 65. Furthermore, one end of a refrigerant pipe 68 is inserted into the upper end of the accumulator 65.
- the end cap 2B of the sealed container 2 is provided with a substantially circular center hole 62 at a position facing the rotary shaft 8.
- the refrigerant discharge tube 9 is inserted and connected, and one end of the refrigerant discharge tube 9 opens in the upper part of the sealed container 2.
- One end opening of the refrigerant discharge tube 9 is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path (i.e., the space S2 of the air gap between the stator 5 and the rotor 7).
- the low pressure refrigerant flows through the refrigerant pipe 68 of the compressor 1 into the accumulator 65.
- the low pressure refrigerant which has flowed into the accumulator 65 is subjected to the gas-liquid separation therein, and then the only refrigerant gas enters the refrigerant introduction pipes 40, 41 disposed in the accumulator 65.
- the low pressure refrigerant gas which has entered the refrigerant introduction pipe 40 passes through the suction passage 16, and is sucked into the low pressure chamber side of the cylinder 12 of the first rotary compression element 10.
- the refrigerant gas sucked into the low pressure chamber side of the cylinder 12 is compressed by the operations of the roller 14 and the vane (not shown) to have a high temperature and a high pressure, and the refrigerant gas passes from the high pressure chamber side of the cylinder 12 through the discharge passage 19, and is discharged to the discharge muffler 17.
- the refrigerant gas discharged to the discharge muffler 17 is discharged to the discharge muffler 27 through the communication path (not shown), and joins the refrigerant gas compressed by the second rotary compression element 20.
- the low pressure refrigerant gas which has entered the refrigerant introduction pipe 41 passes through the suction passage 26, and is sucked into the low pressure chamber side of the upper cylinder 22 of the second rotary compression element 20.
- the refrigerant gas sucked into the low pressure chamber side of the upper cylinder 22 is compressed by the operations of the roller 24 and the vane (not shown) to have a high temperature and a high pressure, and the refrigerant gas passes from the high pressure chamber side of the upper cylinder 22 through the discharge passage 29, and is discharged to the discharge muffler 27 to join the refrigerant gas discharged from the first rotary compression element 10.
- the joined refrigerant gas is discharged to the space A between the rotary compression mechanism 3 and the electromotive element 4 in the sealed container 2 through the discharge through holes 28 formed in the upper cup 27A.
- the oil supplied to the sliding portions of the rotary compression mechanism 3 in the form of mist is mixed in the refrigerant gas, and the oil is discharged together with the refrigerant gas through the discharge holes 28.
- arrows shown in FIG. 1 indicate the flow of the oil discharged together with the compressed refrigerant into the sealed container 2.
- the discharge holes 28 are provided at the positions facing the lower end surface of the rotor iron core 38 of the rotor 7, the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 collides with the lower end surface of the rotor iron core 38 of the rotating rotor 7, is stirred, and is diffused in the space S1 surrounded with the coil end 37E of the stator coil 37 of the stator 5.
- a discharge hole 128a has an inner diameter of 10 mm
- a discharge hole 128b has an inner diameter of 8 mm
- each of discharge holes 128c has an inner diameter of 6 mm.
- All the discharge holes are arranged in consideration of the effect of the refrigerant gas pulsation absorption in the discharge muffler 27.
- all the conventional discharge holes 128 shown in FIG. 6 are disposed away from the center of the upper cup 27A in the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge of the cup, and are positioned so as to face the space S2 of the air gap between the rotor 7 and the stator 5 in the electromotive element 4. That is, the compressed refrigerant discharged into the sealed container 2 through the discharge holes 128 directly flows into the space S2 of the air gap between the rotor 7 and the stator 5 because the discharge holes 128 are directed to the space.
- another refrigerant flow path for guiding the refrigerant to the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side is formed.
- the space A extended through the rotor 7 in the axial center direction (the vertical direction) between the rotary compression mechanism 3 and the electromotive element 4 is connected to the space B between the inner wall surface of the sealed container 2 and the electromotive element 4 to form the refrigerant passage, whereby the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes is guided to this refrigerant passage or the refrigerant passage and space S2 of the air gap.
- the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes is hardly subjected to the oil separation in the space A between the rotary compression mechanism 3 and the electromotive element 4, but directly flows into the refrigerant flow path for guiding the refrigerant to the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side.
- the discharge holes 28 are provided so as to face the end surface (the lower end surface) of the rotor iron core 38 of the rotor 7, whereby the compressed refrigerant discharged into the sealed container 2 through the discharge holes 28 can collide with the lower end surface of the rotor iron core 38 of the rotor 7 directed by the discharge holes 28.
- the oil can separated in the space A between the rotary compression mechanism 3 and the electromotive element 4 in the sealed container 2.
- the refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 when the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 is caused to collide with the lower end surface of the rotor iron core 38 of the rotating rotor 7, the refrigerant can be stirred by the rotation of the rotor iron core 38, and can broadly be diffused over the space S1 surrounded with the coil end 37E of the stator coil 37 of the stator 5. In consequence, the oil separation in the space S1 surrounded with the coil end 37E of the stator 5 can be promoted.
- the refrigerant discharged through the space S1 passes through the space S2 of the air gap between the stator 5 and the rotor 7.
- the space S2 of the air gap is a small gap formed between the stator 5 and the rotor 7.
- the rotor 7 positioned in the small gap rotates, whereby the refrigerant passing through the space S2 is influenced by the rotation of the rotor 7, and flows so as to rise through the space S2 while being twisted in the rotating direction of the rotor 7.
- the oil can further be separated from the refrigerant passing through the space S2.
- this outlet is provided so as to face the inner wall surface of the sealed container 2, the refrigerant discharged through the outlet collides with the inner wall surface of the sealed container 2 to diffuse in the space B. In this way, the diffusion in the space B of the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side enables further separating the oil.
- the one end opening of the refrigerant discharge tube 9 for guiding the compressed refrigerant diffused in the space B of the sealed container 2 to the outside of the sealed container 2 is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container 2 (i.e., the space S2 of the air gap), so that the compressed refrigerant which has reached the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side through the refrigerant flow path can be inhibited from directly reaching the refrigerant discharge tube 9. In consequence, an oil separation performance can be improved.
- the distance D between the upper surface of the stop plate 45 provided on the upper end surface of the rotor 7 and the inner wall surface of the end cap 2B of the sealed container 2 corresponding to and disposed above the stop plate is 25 mm or more, whereby an oil separation space of the electromotive element 4 opposite to the rotary compression mechanism 3 side is sufficiently secured, and the oil separation performance can further be improved.
- the refrigerant diffused in the space B enters the refrigerant discharge tube 9 through the opening directed to the inside of the refrigerant flow path (the space S2 of the air gap), and is discharged to the outside of the sealed container 2.
- the oil separated from the refrigerant in the space B flows downwardly along the vertical grooves 39 formed between the container main body 2A of the sealed container 2 and the stator 5, to return to the oil reservoir in the bottom part of the sealed container 2.
- the oil discharged together with the compressed refrigerant into the sealed container 2 can efficiently be separated in the sealed container 2, and the amount of the oil discharged to the outside of the rotary compressor 1 through the refrigerant discharge tube 9 can noticeably be decreased.
- the oil can smoothly be supplied to the sliding portions of the rotary compressor 1, the performance of the rotary compressor 1 is secured, and reliability can be improved.
- discharge holes 28 there is not any special restriction on the discharge holes as long as they are positioned so as to face the end surface of the rotor.
- the discharge holes can be provided so as to effectively absorb (decrease) the pulsation of the refrigerant gas in the discharge muffler 27, there is not any special restriction on the diameters, number, arrangement and the like of the discharge holes 28 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 .
- the discharge holes 28c each having an inner diameter of 6 mm may equally be spaced from one another and arranged around the rotary shaft 8. As shown in FIG.
- discharge holes 28b each having an inner diameter of 8 mm and one discharge hole 28c having an inner diameter of 6 mm may be provided in the vicinity of the rotary shaft 8.
- discharge holes may only include a discharge hole 28a having an inner diameter of 10 mm, and a discharge hole 28b having an inner diameter of 8 mm and disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the discharge hole 28a around the rotary shaft 8.
- the present invention applied to the two-cylinder sealed type rotary compressor has been described, but is not limited to the embodiment, and the present invention applied to, for example, a one-cylinder sealed type rotary compressor or a multistage compression type compressor is also effective.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to promote oil separation in a sealed container, thereby decreasing the amount of oil discharged to the outside of a compressor. The compressor comprises discharge hole provided at positions facing the end surface of a rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from first and second rotary compression elements is discharged into the sealed container; and a refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of a stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression mechanism side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to an electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression mechanism side, and the outlet of this refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression mechanism side faces the inner wall surface of the sealed container.
Description
- The present invention relates to a sealed type rotary compressor including an electromotive element and a rotary compression element in a sealed container. More particularly, it relates to a sealed type rotary compressor in which a rotary compression element is received in the lower part of a sealed container and in which an electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of a stator, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element.
- Heretofore, this type of sealed type rotary compressor is constituted of a rotary compression element received in the lower part of a sealed container and an electromotive element received above the rotary compression element. The electromotive element is constituted of a ring-shaped stator attached along the inner peripheral surface of the upper space of the sealed container, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element.
- The rotary compression element is constituted of a cylinder, a roller flitted into an eccentric portion formed in the rotary shaft to eccentrically rotate in the cylinder, and a vane which abuts on the cylinder to divide the inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side. Moreover, in the bottom part of the sealed container, oil for lubricating sliding portions such as the rotary compression element and the rotary shaft is stored.
- Moreover, when a stator winding of the stator of the electromotive element is electrically energized to generate a rotation magnetic field, the rotor provided in this magnetic field rotates. By this rotation, the roller fitted into the eccentric portion of the rotary shaft eccentrically rotates in the cylinder. In consequence, a low pressure refrigerant is sucked on the low pressure chamber side in the cylinder, and compressed by the operations of the roller and the vane. The refrigerant gas compressed in this cylinder to have a high temperature and a high pressure is discharged from the high pressure chamber side to a discharge muffler through a discharge port. The refrigerant gas discharged to the discharge muffler is discharged into the sealed container through discharge holes which connect the discharge muffler to the sealed container and which are directed upwardly to the electromotive element. At this time, the oil supplied to the rotary compression element and having a mist state is mixed in the refrigerant gas, and the oil is discharged together with the refrigerant gas into the sealed container.
- The refrigerant gas discharged into the sealed container passes through a refrigerant passage formed in the electromotive element and is discharged to the outside of a discharge pipe provided above the electromotive element (see e.g.,
JP-A-9-151885 - However, in such a conventional sealed type rotary compressor, the refrigerant gas and the oil cannot sufficiently be separated in the sealed container, and the amount of the oil discharged through the discharge pipe is large, which causes problems that performance deteriorates owing to the outflow of the oil to an external circuit and that the oil supplied to the sliding portions runs short.
- The present invention has been developed to solve such problems of the conventional technology, and an object thereof is to promote oil separation in the sealed container, thereby decreasing the amount of the oil discharged to the outside of the compressor.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sealed type rotary compressor in which a rotary compression element is received in the lower part of a sealed container and in which an electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of a stator, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element, the compressor comprising: a discharge hole provided at positions facing the end surface of the rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from the rotary compression element is discharged into the sealed container; and a refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of the stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression element side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side, characterized in that the outlet of this refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression element side faces the inner wall surface of the sealed container.
- The sealed type rotary compressor of a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the above aspect of the present invention, one of openings of the discharge pipe which guides the compressed refrigerant in the sealed container to the outside therefrom is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container.
- The sealed type rotary compressor of a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the second aspect of the present invention, a distance between the end surface of the rotor opposite to the rotary compression element side and the inner wall surface of the sealed container in the direction of the rotary shaft is 25 mm or more.
- According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided the sealed type rotary compressor in which the rotary compression element is received in the lower part of the sealed container and in which the electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of the stator, and the rotor rotatably inserted into the magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to the rotary shaft which also serves as the crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element. The compressor comprises the discharge hole provided at the positions facing the end surface of the rotor and through which the compressed refrigerant from the rotary compression element is discharged into the sealed container; and the refrigerant flow path which is extended from the space surrounded with the coil end of the stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to the rotary compression element side to the space of the air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side, whereby the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole is caused to collide with the end surface of the rotating rotor, and can be stirred. This can promote oil separation in the space surrounded with the coil end of the stator.
- Moreover, the compressed refrigerant guided through the space surrounded with the coil end of the stator is twisted by the wall surfaces of the stator and the rotating rotor, while passing through the space of the air gap between the stator and the rotor, whereby oil can further be separated.
- Furthermore, the outlet of this refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression element side faces the inner wall surface of the sealed container. Therefore, the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant flow path to reach the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side collides with the inner wall surface of the sealed container, diffuses in the space of the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side, and is then discharged to the outside of the sealed container. In this way, the diffusion in the space of the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side further enables separating the oil. In consequence, the oil separation is efficiently performed, and the oil discharged to the outside of the compressor can noticeably be decreased.
- According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, one of the openings of the discharge pipe which guides the compressed refrigerant in the sealed container to the outside therefrom is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container, whereby the compressed refrigerant which has reached the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side through the refrigerant flow path can be inhibited from directly reaching the discharge pipe. In consequence, an oil separation performance can be improved.
- According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the second aspect of the present invention, the distance between the end surface of the rotor opposite to the rotary compression element side and the inner wall surface of the sealed container in the direction of the rotary shaft is 25 mm or more. In consequence, the oil separation space of the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side is sufficiently secured, and the oil separation performance can further be improved.
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FIG. 1 is a vertically sectional side view schematically showing a sealed type rotary compressor of one embodiment to which the present invention is applied; -
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a discharge muffler having discharge holes in the sealed type rotary compressor ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a plan view of another discharge muffler having discharge holes; -
FIG. 4 is a plan view of still another discharge muffler having discharge holes; -
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a further discharge muffler having discharge holes; and -
FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional discharge muffler having discharge holes. - Hereinafter, an embodiment of a sealed type rotary compressor of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the vertically sectional side surface of an internal high pressure typerotary compressor 1 including first and second rotary compression elements as one embodiment of the sealed type rotary compressor to which the present invention is applied. - The
rotary compressor 1 of the present embodiment is a two-cylinder sealed type rotary compressor in which arotary compression mechanism 3 including first and secondrotary compression elements container 2 formed of a steel plate and in which anelectromotive element 4 is received above the rotary compression mechanism. - The sealed
container 2 is constituted of a containermain body 2A in which theelectromotive element 4 and the first and secondrotary compression elements 10, 20 (the rotary compression mechanism 3) are received; a substantially bowl-like end cap (a lid member) 2B which closes an upper opening of this containermain body 2A; and abottom part 2C which closes a lower opening of the containermain body 2A. The upper surface of theend cap 2B is provided with a circular attachment hole (not shown), and in this attachment hole, a terminal (a wiring line is omitted) 35 for supplying a power to theelectromotive element 4 positioned in the upper part of the sealedcontainer 2 is attached. Furthermore, in the center of theend cap 2B, arefrigerant discharge pipe 9 described later is attached. - A space in the bottom part of the sealed
container 2 is an oil reservoir where oil for lubricating sliding portions such as the first and secondrotary compression elements rotary shaft 8 is stored. Moreover, on the external bottom portion of thebottom part 2C, amounting base 70 is provided. - The
rotary compression mechanism 3 is constituted of the firstrotary compression element 10, the secondrotary compression element 20, and anintermediate partition plate 30 sandwiched between both therotary compression elements rotary compression mechanism 3 of the present embodiment, the firstrotary compression element 10 is provided under theintermediate partition plate 30, and the secondrotary compression element 20 is provided above the intermediate partition plate. The firstrotary compression element 10 and the secondrotary compression element 20 are constituted ofcylinders intermediate partition plate 30;rollers eccentric portions rotary shaft 8 with a phase difference of 180 degrees in thecylinders cylinders rollers cylinders lower support member 15 and anupper support member 25 as support members which close the lower open surface of thecylinder 12 and the upper open surface of thecylinder 22, respectively, and which also serve as bearings of therotary shaft 8. - The lower and
upper cylinders suction passages cylinders lower support member 15 opposite to anelectromotive element 4 side (the downside) and anelectromotive element 4 side (the upside) of theupper support member 25,discharge mufflers - The
discharge muffler 17 positioned under thelower support member 15 is formed by covering the lower surface of thelower support member 15 with a substantially bowl-likelower cup 17A having a center hole through which therotary shaft 8 and alower bearing 15A of thelower support member 15 extend. Thedischarge muffler 17 is connected to thecylinder 12 through adischarge passage 19, and adischarge valve 19V provided in an opening of thedischarge passage 19 on adischarge muffler 17 side can closably be opened to connect thedischarge muffler 17 to the cylinder 12 (on the high pressure chamber side of the cylinder 12). - Moreover, the
discharge muffler 27 positioned above theupper support member 25 is formed by covering the upper surface of theupper support member 25 with a substantially bowl-likeupper cup 27A having a center hole through which therotary shaft 8 and an upper bearing 25A of theupper support member 25 extend. Thedischarge muffler 27 is connected to thecylinder 22 through adischarge passage 29, and adischarge valve 29V provided in an opening of thedischarge passage 29 on adischarge muffler 27 side can closably be opened to connect thedischarge muffler 27 to the cylinder 22 (on the high pressure chamber side of the cylinder 22). - The
discharge muffler 17 is connected to thedischarge muffler 27 through a communication path (not shown) which extends through thelower support member 15, thelower cylinder 12, theintermediate partition plate 30, theupper cylinder 22 and theupper support member 25 in an axial center direction (a vertical direction). - As shown in
FIG. 2 , theupper cup 27A of thedischarge muffler 27 is provided with a plurality ofdischarge holes 28 for discharging a compressed refrigerant from the respectiverotary compression elements container 2. Thedischarge holes 28 are circular holes extended through theupper cup 27A in the axial center direction (the vertical direction), and all thedischarge holes 28 are formed in the vicinity of therotary shaft 8 provided in the center of theupper cup 27A so as to face the end surface (the lower end surface) of arotor 7 of theelectromotive element 4. That is, thedischarge holes 28 are directed to the end surface (the lower end surface) of therotor 7. - The refrigerant gas flows counterclockwise in the
discharge muffler 27 of the present embodiment shown inFIG. 2 , and the hole diameters, number and arrangement of thedischarge holes 28 are set so that the pulsation of the refrigerant gas can effectively be absorbed (decreased) in thedischarge muffler 27. Thedischarge holes 28 of the present embodiment shown inFIG. 2 include a discharge hole 28a having an inner diameter of 10 mm, adischarge hole 28b disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the discharge hole 28a around therotary shaft 8, and three discharge holes 28c each having an inner diameter of 6 mm. Moreover, thedischarge hole 28b is provided with a facing discharge valve (not shown). It is to be noted thatreference numeral 49 shown inFIG. 2 indicates slots formed in theupper cup 27A. - It is to be noted that a
bolt 75 shown inFIG. 1 is a bolt which integrally fixes theupper support member 25, theupper cylinder 22, theintermediate partition plate 30, thelower cylinder 12 and thelower support member 15. - On the other hand, the
electromotive element 4 is constituted of a ring-shapedstator 5 fixedly welded along the inner peripheral surface of an upper space of the sealedcontainer 2; and therotor 7 rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by thestator 5. - The
stator 5 is constituted astator iron core 36 having a constitution in which stator iron plates formed of substantially ring-shaped electromagnetic steel plates (silicon steel plates) are laminated, and a stator coil (a stator winding) 37 wound around thestator iron core 36. Acoil end 37E of thestator coil 37 is provided so as to project from the end surface (the lower end surface) of therotor 7 to arotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), whereby in the end surface (the lower end surface) of therotor 7 on therotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), a space S1 surrounded with thecoil end 37E is formed. Moreover, in the outer peripheral surface of thestator iron core 36, a plurality ofvertical grooves 39 are formed along the inner peripheral surface of the containermain body 2A in the axial center direction, and thevertical grooves 39 are used as passages through which the oil returns as described later. - The
rotor 7 is constituted of a cylindricalrotor iron core 38 in which a permanent magnet (not shown) formed of an electromagnetic steel plate (a silicon steel plate) is embedded and whose upper and lower end surfaces are flat; and therotary shaft 8 which is forced and fixedly inserted into a center through hole of therotor iron core 38. Therotary shaft 8, which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the first and secondrotary compression elements rotary shaft 8 is positioned at the upper end of therotor iron core 38. Moreover, the lower end of therotary shaft 8 is positioned in the oil reservoir under therotary compression mechanism 3, and immersed into the oil stored in this oil reservoir. The lower portion (the lower end) of therotary shaft 8 is provided with anoil pump 50 for sucking up the oil from the oil reservoir. - Furthermore, the upper and lower end surfaces of the rotor 7 (the rotor iron core 38) are provided with weight
balance adjusting balancers rotary shaft 8 due to the weight differences between theeccentric portions rollers rotary compression elements balancer 42, astop plate 45 for the balancer is provided. Moreover, the members (thebalancers rotor iron core 38 are fixed to therotor iron core 38 via arivet 47. - Furthermore, a distance D between the end surface of the
rotor 7 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side and the inner wall surface of the sealedcontainer 2 in the direction of therotary shaft 8, that is, the distance D between the upper surface of thestop plate 45 provided on the upper end surface of therotor 7 and the inner wall surface of theend cap 2B of the sealedcontainer 2 corresponding to and disposed above the upper surface of the stop plate in the present embodiment is 25 mm or more. - Additionally, the
electromotive element 4 is provided with a refrigerant flow path through which the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 (i.e., thedischarge holes 28a, 28b and 28c) to a space A between therotary compression mechanism 3 and theelectromotive element 4 in the sealedcontainer 2 is guided to theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side. This refrigerant flow path is constituted of the space S1 surrounded with the coil end of thestator 5 projecting from the end surface (the lower end surface) of therotor 7 to therotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), and a space S2 of an air gap between therotor 7 and thestator 5. - That is, the refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 to the space A between the
rotary compression mechanism 3 and theelectromotive element 4 in the sealedcontainer 2 passes through the space S1 surrounded with the coil end of thestator 5 projecting from the end surface of therotor 7 to therotary compression mechanism 3 side (the downside), passes through the space S2 of the ring-shaped air gap between therotor 7 and thestator 5, and is discharged through an upper end opening (i.e., an outlet of the refrigerant flow path) to a space (i.e., the space of theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side in the sealed container 2) B between the inner wall surface of the sealedcontainer 2 and the electromotive element. The outlet of the refrigerant flow path opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side (i.e., the upper end opening of the space S2 of the air gap) faces the inner wall surface of the sealedcontainer 2. - On the other hand, on the side surface of the container
main body 2A of the sealedcontainer 2,sleeves suction passages cylinders sleeves - Moreover, in the
sleeve 60, arefrigerant introduction pipe 40 for introducing the refrigerant gas into thelower cylinder 12 is inserted and connected, and one end of therefrigerant introduction pipe 40 communicates with thesuction passage 16 of thelower cylinder 12. The other end of therefrigerant introduction pipe 40 opens in the upper part of anaccumulator 65. - In the
sleeve 61, arefrigerant introduction pipe 41 for introducing the refrigerant gas into theupper cylinder 22 is inserted and connected, and one end of therefrigerant introduction pipe 41 communicates with thesuction passage 26 of theupper cylinder 22. The other end of therefrigerant introduction pipe 41 opens in the upper part of theaccumulator 65 in the same manner as in therefrigerant introduction pipe 40. - The
accumulator 65 is a tank in which the gas-liquid separation of the sucked refrigerant is performed, and is attached to the side surface of the upper part of the containermain body 2A of the sealedcontainer 2 via abracket 67. Moreover, therefrigerant introduction pipes accumulator 65, and the other end opening of each refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned in the upper part of theaccumulator 65. Furthermore, one end of arefrigerant pipe 68 is inserted into the upper end of theaccumulator 65. - On the other hand, the
end cap 2B of the sealedcontainer 2 is provided with a substantiallycircular center hole 62 at a position facing therotary shaft 8. In thehole 62, therefrigerant discharge tube 9 is inserted and connected, and one end of therefrigerant discharge tube 9 opens in the upper part of the sealedcontainer 2. One end opening of therefrigerant discharge tube 9 is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path (i.e., the space S2 of the air gap between thestator 5 and the rotor 7). - An operation of the
rotary compressor 1 of the present embodiment having the above constitution will be described. When thestator coil 37 of theelectromotive element 4 is electrically energized via the terminal 35 and the wiring line (not shown), theelectromotive element 4 starts up to rotate therotor 7. By this rotation, therollers eccentric portions rotary shaft 8 eccentrically rotate in thecylinders - In consequence, the low pressure refrigerant flows through the
refrigerant pipe 68 of thecompressor 1 into theaccumulator 65. The low pressure refrigerant which has flowed into theaccumulator 65 is subjected to the gas-liquid separation therein, and then the only refrigerant gas enters therefrigerant introduction pipes accumulator 65. The low pressure refrigerant gas which has entered therefrigerant introduction pipe 40 passes through thesuction passage 16, and is sucked into the low pressure chamber side of thecylinder 12 of the firstrotary compression element 10. - The refrigerant gas sucked into the low pressure chamber side of the
cylinder 12 is compressed by the operations of theroller 14 and the vane (not shown) to have a high temperature and a high pressure, and the refrigerant gas passes from the high pressure chamber side of thecylinder 12 through thedischarge passage 19, and is discharged to thedischarge muffler 17. The refrigerant gas discharged to thedischarge muffler 17 is discharged to thedischarge muffler 27 through the communication path (not shown), and joins the refrigerant gas compressed by the secondrotary compression element 20. - On the other hand, the low pressure refrigerant gas which has entered the
refrigerant introduction pipe 41 passes through thesuction passage 26, and is sucked into the low pressure chamber side of theupper cylinder 22 of the secondrotary compression element 20. The refrigerant gas sucked into the low pressure chamber side of theupper cylinder 22 is compressed by the operations of theroller 24 and the vane (not shown) to have a high temperature and a high pressure, and the refrigerant gas passes from the high pressure chamber side of theupper cylinder 22 through thedischarge passage 29, and is discharged to thedischarge muffler 27 to join the refrigerant gas discharged from the firstrotary compression element 10. - Moreover, the joined refrigerant gas is discharged to the space A between the
rotary compression mechanism 3 and theelectromotive element 4 in the sealedcontainer 2 through the discharge throughholes 28 formed in theupper cup 27A. At this time, the oil supplied to the sliding portions of therotary compression mechanism 3 in the form of mist is mixed in the refrigerant gas, and the oil is discharged together with the refrigerant gas through the discharge holes 28. It is to be noted that arrows shown inFIG. 1 indicate the flow of the oil discharged together with the compressed refrigerant into the sealedcontainer 2. - Here, since the discharge holes 28 are provided at the positions facing the lower end surface of the
rotor iron core 38 of therotor 7, the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 collides with the lower end surface of therotor iron core 38 of therotating rotor 7, is stirred, and is diffused in the space S1 surrounded with thecoil end 37E of thestator coil 37 of thestator 5. - Here, conventional discharge holes 128 provided in the
upper cup 27A will be described with reference toFIG. 6 . InFIG. 6 , a discharge hole 128a has an inner diameter of 10 mm, adischarge hole 128b has an inner diameter of 8 mm, and each of discharge holes 128c has an inner diameter of 6 mm. All the discharge holes are arranged in consideration of the effect of the refrigerant gas pulsation absorption in thedischarge muffler 27. However, all the conventional discharge holes 128 shown inFIG. 6 are disposed away from the center of theupper cup 27A in the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge of the cup, and are positioned so as to face the space S2 of the air gap between therotor 7 and thestator 5 in theelectromotive element 4. That is, the compressed refrigerant discharged into the sealedcontainer 2 through the discharge holes 128 directly flows into the space S2 of the air gap between therotor 7 and thestator 5 because the discharge holes 128 are directed to the space. - Moreover, in addition to the space S2 of the air gap, another refrigerant flow path for guiding the refrigerant to the
electromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side is formed. For example, the space A extended through therotor 7 in the axial center direction (the vertical direction) between therotary compression mechanism 3 and theelectromotive element 4 is connected to the space B between the inner wall surface of the sealedcontainer 2 and theelectromotive element 4 to form the refrigerant passage, whereby the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes is guided to this refrigerant passage or the refrigerant passage and space S2 of the air gap. - In this way, according to the conventional constitution, the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes is hardly subjected to the oil separation in the space A between the
rotary compression mechanism 3 and theelectromotive element 4, but directly flows into the refrigerant flow path for guiding the refrigerant to theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side. - On the other hand, according to the present invention, the discharge holes 28 are provided so as to face the end surface (the lower end surface) of the
rotor iron core 38 of therotor 7, whereby the compressed refrigerant discharged into the sealedcontainer 2 through the discharge holes 28 can collide with the lower end surface of therotor iron core 38 of therotor 7 directed by the discharge holes 28. In consequence, the oil can separated in the space A between therotary compression mechanism 3 and theelectromotive element 4 in the sealedcontainer 2. In particular, when the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge holes 28 is caused to collide with the lower end surface of therotor iron core 38 of therotating rotor 7, the refrigerant can be stirred by the rotation of therotor iron core 38, and can broadly be diffused over the space S1 surrounded with thecoil end 37E of thestator coil 37 of thestator 5. In consequence, the oil separation in the space S1 surrounded with thecoil end 37E of thestator 5 can be promoted. - Afterward, the refrigerant discharged through the space S1 passes through the space S2 of the air gap between the
stator 5 and therotor 7. The space S2 of the air gap is a small gap formed between thestator 5 and therotor 7. Moreover, therotor 7 positioned in the small gap rotates, whereby the refrigerant passing through the space S2 is influenced by the rotation of therotor 7, and flows so as to rise through the space S2 while being twisted in the rotating direction of therotor 7. In consequence, the oil can further be separated from the refrigerant passing through the space S2. - The refrigerant, from which the oil is separated while passing through the space S2 of the air gap between the
stator 5 and therotor 7, is discharged to the space B of theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side through the outlet of the space S2. At this time, since this outlet is provided so as to face the inner wall surface of the sealedcontainer 2, the refrigerant discharged through the outlet collides with the inner wall surface of the sealedcontainer 2 to diffuse in the space B. In this way, the diffusion in the space B of theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side enables further separating the oil. - In particular, the one end opening of the
refrigerant discharge tube 9 for guiding the compressed refrigerant diffused in the space B of the sealedcontainer 2 to the outside of the sealedcontainer 2 is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container 2 (i.e., the space S2 of the air gap), so that the compressed refrigerant which has reached theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side through the refrigerant flow path can be inhibited from directly reaching therefrigerant discharge tube 9. In consequence, an oil separation performance can be improved. - Furthermore, the distance D between the upper surface of the
stop plate 45 provided on the upper end surface of therotor 7 and the inner wall surface of theend cap 2B of the sealedcontainer 2 corresponding to and disposed above the stop plate is 25 mm or more, whereby an oil separation space of theelectromotive element 4 opposite to therotary compression mechanism 3 side is sufficiently secured, and the oil separation performance can further be improved. - Afterward, the refrigerant diffused in the space B enters the
refrigerant discharge tube 9 through the opening directed to the inside of the refrigerant flow path (the space S2 of the air gap), and is discharged to the outside of the sealedcontainer 2. - On the other hand, the oil separated from the refrigerant in the space B flows downwardly along the
vertical grooves 39 formed between the containermain body 2A of the sealedcontainer 2 and thestator 5, to return to the oil reservoir in the bottom part of the sealedcontainer 2. - As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the oil discharged together with the compressed refrigerant into the sealed
container 2 can efficiently be separated in the sealedcontainer 2, and the amount of the oil discharged to the outside of therotary compressor 1 through therefrigerant discharge tube 9 can noticeably be decreased. In consequence, the oil can smoothly be supplied to the sliding portions of therotary compressor 1, the performance of therotary compressor 1 is secured, and reliability can be improved. - Furthermore, since the amount of the oil discharged to the outside of the
rotary compressor 1 is decreased, the disadvantageously adverse effect of the oil on the external circuit can be suppressed. - It is to be noted that in the present invention, there is not any special restriction on the discharge holes as long as they are positioned so as to face the end surface of the rotor. As long as the discharge holes can be provided so as to effectively absorb (decrease) the pulsation of the refrigerant gas in the
discharge muffler 27, there is not any special restriction on the diameters, number, arrangement and the like of the discharge holes 28 of the embodiment shown inFIG. 2 . For example, as shown inFIG. 3 , six discharge holes 28c each having an inner diameter of 6 mm may equally be spaced from one another and arranged around therotary shaft 8. As shown inFIG. 4 , fourdischarge holes 28b each having an inner diameter of 8 mm and one discharge hole 28c having an inner diameter of 6 mm may be provided in the vicinity of therotary shaft 8. Alternatively, as shown inFIG. 5 , discharge holes may only include a discharge hole 28a having an inner diameter of 10 mm, and adischarge hole 28b having an inner diameter of 8 mm and disposed substantially symmetrically with respect to the discharge hole 28a around therotary shaft 8. - Moreover, in the present embodiment, the present invention applied to the two-cylinder sealed type rotary compressor has been described, but is not limited to the embodiment, and the present invention applied to, for example, a one-cylinder sealed type rotary compressor or a multistage compression type compressor is also effective.
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- A sealed type rotary compressor in which a rotary compression element is received in the lower part of a sealed container and in which an electromotive element is received above this rotary compression element, the electromotive element being constituted of a stator, and a rotor rotatably inserted into a magnetic field generated by this stator and fixed to a rotary shaft which also serves as a crank shaft to drive the rotary compression element, the compressor comprising:a discharge hole provided at position facing the end surface of the rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from the rotary compression element is discharged into the sealed container; anda refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of the stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression element side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to the electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression element side,wherein the outlet of this refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression element side faces the inner wall surface of the sealed container.
- The sealed type rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein one of openings of the discharge pipe which guides the compressed refrigerant in the sealed container to the outside therefrom is directed to the inside of the ring-shaped refrigerant flow path in the sealed container.
- The sealed type rotary compressor according to claim 2, wherein a distance between the end surface of the rotor opposite to the rotary compression element side and the inner wall surface of the sealed container in the direction of the rotary shaft is 25 mm or more.
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