JP2003097478A - Rotary compressor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set the thickness dimension of a cover for blocking a discharge muffling chamber of a second rotary compression element to a proper value in an internal intermediate pressure type multistage compression system rotary compressor. SOLUTION: This rotary compressor has in a sealed vessel a motor-driven element and first and second rotary compression elements driven by the motor- driven element, and discharges gas compressed by the first rotary compression element in the sealed vessel, and compresses the discharged intermediate pressure gas by the second rotary compression element, and is provided with a cylinder for constituting the second rotary compression element, an upper support member 54 blocking the motor-driven element side opening surface of the cylinder, and having a bearing 54A of a rotary shaft rising in a central part, the discharge muffling chamber 62 formed in the bearing outside upper support member, and communicating with the cylinder inside, and the upper cover 66 installed on the upper support member, and blocking the opening part of the discharge muffling chamber. The thickness dimension of the upper cover is set to 2 mm to 10 mm.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides an electric element in a closed container and first and second rotary compression elements driven by the electric element, and a gas compressed by the first rotary compression element. To a rotary compressor for discharging the discharged intermediate-pressure gas by a second rotary compression element.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional rotary compressor of this type, in particular, an internal intermediate pressure type multi-stage compression type rotary compressor, a refrigerant gas is sucked into a low pressure chamber side of a cylinder from a suction port of a first rotary compression element, and a roller and a vane. Is compressed to an intermediate pressure and discharged from the high pressure chamber side of the cylinder into the closed container through the discharge port and the discharge muffling chamber.
Then, the intermediate pressure refrigerant gas in the closed container is sucked into the low pressure chamber side of the cylinder from the suction port of the second rotary compression element, and the second stage compression is performed by the operation of the roller and the vane, so that the high temperature and high pressure is achieved. It becomes refrigerant gas, flows into the radiator from the high pressure chamber side through the discharge port and the discharge muffling chamber, and after radiating heat,
The cycle of being squeezed by the expansion valve, absorbing heat by the evaporator, and being sucked into the first rotary compression element is repeated.

When a refrigerant having a large difference in high pressure and low pressure, for example, carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) as an example of carbon dioxide is used as the refrigerant in the rotary compressor, the refrigerant pressure reaches 12 MPaG in the second rotary compression element which becomes high pressure. ,on the other hand,
It becomes 8 MPaG (intermediate pressure) in the first rotary compression element on the low stage side.

In such an internal intermediate pressure type multi-stage compression type rotary compressor, the opening surface of the cylinder constituting the second rotary compression element is closed by a supporting member, and the discharge muffling chamber is formed in this supporting member. is doing. FIG. 19 shows a sectional view of a conventional supporting member 254. A bearing 254A for the rotary shaft is formed upright in the center of the support member 254, and the bush 22 is provided in the bearing 254A.
2 is attached. Discharge muffling chamber 262 is bearing 2
The discharge silencing chamber 262 was closed by a cover 266, which was formed in a recess in the support member 254 on the outer side of 54A. And
The peripheral portion of the cover 266 is fixed to the support member 254 by a plurality of bolts (not shown).

Here, since the inside of the discharge muffling chamber 262 of the second rotary compression element has a high pressure higher than that in the closed container of the intermediate pressure, the sealing property of the cover 266 becomes an important problem. Therefore, although the gasket 224 between the cover 226 supporting member 254 is sandwiched, the center bearing 254A side is just sealability for away from the bolt is deteriorated.
Therefore, in the past, the seal surface 2 was attached to the base of the bearing 254A.
54B is formed stepwise, and the gasket 224 is also sandwiched and sealed on this sealing surface 254B.
Attach ring 226 to bearing 254A to cover
The edge portion of bearing 6 on the side of bearing 254A was pressed to the side of support member 254.

[0006]

With respect to the strength of the cover, if the thickness is thin, the cover is deformed outward due to the pressure difference between the discharge muffling chamber and the closed container, and gas leak occurs. If the thickness is too thick, there is a problem that the insulation distance from the electric element cannot be secured and the height of the entire compressor is increased.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art, and in an internal intermediate pressure type multi-stage compression type rotary compressor, a cover for closing the discharge silencing chamber of the second rotary compression element is provided. The purpose is to make the thickness dimension an appropriate value.

[0008]

That is, a rotary compressor of the present invention comprises an electric element in a closed container and first and second rotary compression elements driven by the electric element.
The CO ₂ refrigerant gas compressed by the first rotary compression element is discharged into the closed container, and the discharged intermediate pressure refrigerant gas is further compressed by the second rotary compression element. A cylinder for forming a rotary compression element, a support member that closes an opening surface of the cylinder on the electric element side, has a bearing of a rotating shaft that is erected in a central portion, and a support member outside the bearing. The discharge muffling chamber communicates with the inside, and a cover that is attached to the support member and closes the opening of the discharge muffling chamber, and has a thickness dimension of 2
It is characterized in that it is not less than 10 mm and not more than 10 mm.

A rotary compressor according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the cover has a thickness of 6 mm.

According to the present invention, the closed container is provided with the electric element and the first and second rotary compression elements driven by the electric element, and CO ₂ compressed by the first rotary compression element is provided.
In a rotary compressor that discharges a refrigerant gas into a closed container and further compresses the discharged intermediate-pressure refrigerant gas by a second rotary compression element, a cylinder for forming a second rotary compression element, and a cylinder for this cylinder. And a discharge muffling chamber formed in the supporting member outside the bearing and communicating with the inside of the cylinder, and attached to the supporting member. And a cover for closing the opening of the discharge muffling chamber, the thickness dimension of the cover is 2 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and the cover has a thickness of 6 mm.
Therefore, it is possible to secure the strength of the cover itself, prevent the gas leak due to the deformation, secure the insulation distance between the cover and the electric element, and realize the downsizing of the compressor.

In the rotary compressor according to a third aspect of the present invention, in each of the above inventions, the peripheral portion of the cover is bolted to a supporting member, and a gasket is sandwiched between the cover and the supporting member to form an inner peripheral end surface of the cover and an outer bearing surface. An O-ring is provided between them.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the above inventions, the cover is bolted at its peripheral portion to a supporting member, and a gasket is sandwiched between the cover and the supporting member.
Since an O-ring is provided between the inner peripheral end surface of the cover and the outer bearing surface, the inner peripheral end surface of the cover is sufficiently sealed without forming a sealing surface on the bearing base to prevent gas leakage between the cover and the supporting member. You will be able to prevent it.

As a result, the volume of the discharge muffling chamber can be increased, and it is not necessary to fix the cover to the bearing by the C ring as in the conventional case, so that the processing cost and the component cost can be significantly reduced as a whole. It is a thing.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows, as an embodiment of the rotary compressor of the present invention, first and second rotary compression elements 32, 3
4 is a longitudinal sectional view of an internal intermediate pressure type multi-stage (two-stage) compression type rotary compressor 10, FIG. 2 is a front view of the rotary compressor 10, FIG. 3 is a side view of the rotary compressor 10, and FIG. One longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 5 is another longitudinal sectional view of the rotary compressor 10, FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view of the electric element 14 portion of the rotary compressor 10, and FIG. 7 is a rotary compression mechanism portion 18 of the rotary compressor 10. Each of the enlarged cross-sectional views is shown.

In each figure, 10 is carbon dioxide (C
This is an internal intermediate pressure type multi-stage compression type rotary compressor using O ₂ ) as a refrigerant.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a cylindrical hermetic container 12 made of a steel plate, and an electric element 14 arranged and housed above the inner space of the hermetic container 12.
And the electric element 14 disposed below the electric element 14.
First rotary compression element 32 driven by the rotary shaft 16 of
The rotary compression mechanism portion 18 includes the (first stage) and the second rotary compression element 34 (second stage). The height dimension of the rotary compressor 10 of the embodiment is 220 mm (outer diameter 120 mm), and the height dimension of the electric element 14 is about 80 mm.
(Outer diameter 110 mm), the height dimension of the rotary compression mechanism portion 18 is about 70 mm (outer diameter 110 mm), and the distance between the electric element 14 and the rotary compression mechanism portion 18 is about 5 mm. The excluded volume of the second rotary compression element 34 is set smaller than the excluded volume of the first rotary compression element 32.

The closed container 12 has a thickness of 4.5 mm in the embodiment.
It is composed of the steel plate of
4A and the container main body 12A that houses the rotary compression mechanism portion 18,
It is composed of a substantially bowl-shaped end cap (lid) 12B that closes the upper opening of the container body 12A, and a circular mounting hole 12D is formed in the center of the upper surface of the end cap 12B.
Is formed, and the electric element 14 is provided in the mounting hole 12D.
Terminal for supplying power to the unit (wiring omitted) 20
Is attached.

In this case, the end cap 12B around the terminal 20 is formed with a stepped portion 12C having a predetermined curvature in an annular shape by press forming. Also, Terminal 2
Reference numeral 0 denotes a circular glass portion 20A to which the electrical terminal 139 is attached and is attached, and a metal attaching portion 20 formed around the glass portion 20A and protruding obliquely outward and downward to form a brim.
It is composed of B and. The thickness of the mounting portion 20B is 2.4 ± 0.5 mm. Then, in the terminal 20, the glass portion 20A is inserted from the lower side into the mounting hole 12D so as to face the upper side, and the mounting portion 20B is brought into contact with the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 12D, and the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 12D of the end cap 12B. It is fixed to the end cap 12B by welding the mounting portion 20B to.

The electric element 14 is a stator 22 mounted in an annular shape along the inner peripheral surface of the upper space of the closed container 12.
And a rotor 24 inserted and arranged inside the stator 22 with a slight gap. The rotor 24 is fixed to the rotating shaft 16 that extends vertically through the center.

The stator 22 includes a laminated body 26 in which donut-shaped electromagnetic steel sheets are laminated, and a stator coil 2 wound around the teeth of the laminated body 26 by a direct winding (concentrated winding) method.
8 (FIG. 6). Like the stator 22, the rotor 24 is also formed of a laminated body 30 of electromagnetic steel plates, and a permanent magnet MG is inserted into the laminated body 30.

An intermediate partition plate 36 is sandwiched between the first rotary compression element 32 and the second rotary compression element 34. That is, the first rotary compression element 32 and the second rotary compression element 34 include an intermediate partition plate 36, cylinders 38 and cylinders 40 arranged above and below the intermediate partition plate 36, and inside the upper and lower cylinders 38 and 40. And the upper and lower rollers 46 and 48 which are fitted to the upper and lower eccentric portions 42 and 44 provided on the rotary shaft 16 with a phase difference of 180 degrees and rotate eccentrically.
Upper and lower vanes 5 to be described later, which abut against the upper and lower cylinders 38 and 40 to divide them into the low pressure chamber side and the high pressure chamber side, respectively.
0 (the lower vane is not shown) and an upper support member as a support member that also serves as a bearing for the rotary shaft 16 by closing the upper opening surface of the upper cylinder 38 and the lower opening surface of the lower cylinder 40. 54 and the lower support member 56.

Upper support member 54 and lower support member 56
The suction ports 161 and 162 at the upper and lower cylinders 3.
Suction passages 58, 60 communicating with the insides of 8, 40, respectively.
And the recessed discharge muffling chambers 62 and 64 are formed, and the cylinders 38 of both the discharge muffling chambers 62 and 64 are formed.
The openings on the opposite side to 40 are closed by covers. That is, the discharge muffling chamber 62 is an upper cover 66 as a cover, and the discharge muffling chamber 64 is a lower cover 6 as a cover.
It is closed at 8.

In this case, a bearing 54A is formed upright in the center of the upper support member 54, and a cylindrical bush 122 is attached to the inner surface of the bearing 54A. Also,
A bearing 56A is formed through the center of the lower support member 56, the lower surface of the lower support member 56 (the surface opposite to the lower cylinder 40) is a flat surface, and the inner surface of the bearing 56A is also cylindrical. The bush 123 is attached. These bushes 122 and 123 are made of a material having good slidability and wear resistance as described later, and the rotary shaft 16 is provided with the bearings 54A of the upper support member 54 and the lower support member 56 via the bushes 122 and 123. It is held by the bearing 56A.

In this case, the lower cover 68 is made of a donut-shaped circular steel plate, and is fixed to the lower support member 56 from the bottom at four peripheral portions by the main bolts 129. The lower surface opening of the discharge muffling chamber 64 that communicates with the inside of the lower cylinder 40 of the first rotary compression element 32 is closed. The tips of the main bolts 129 ... Are screwed into the upper support member 54. The inner peripheral edge of the lower cover 68 projects inward from the inner surface of the bearing 56A of the lower support member 56, whereby the lower end surface of the bush 123 (the end opposite to the lower cylinder 40) is held by the lower cover 68. , Is prevented from falling off (Fig. 9).

As a result, the bearing 5 of the lower support member 56
It is not necessary to form the retaining shape of the bush 123 at the lower end portion of 6A, the shape of the lower support member 56 is simplified, and the production cost can be reduced. Incidentally, FIG.
Shows the lower surface of the lower support member 56, and 128 is the discharge valve of the first rotary compression element 32 that opens and closes the discharge port 41 in the discharge muffling chamber 64.

Here, the lower support member 56 is made of an iron-based sintered material (a casting is also possible), and the lower cover 6
The surface on which 8 is attached (lower surface) is processed to have a flatness of 0.1 mm or less and then subjected to steam treatment. By this steam treatment, the surface on the side to which the lower cover 68 is attached becomes iron oxide, so that the holes inside the sintered material are closed and the sealing performance is improved. This eliminates the need to provide a gasket between the lower cover 68 and the lower support member 56.

The discharge muffler chamber 64 and the electric element 14 side of the upper cover 66 in the closed container 12 are communicated with each other by a communication passage 63 which is a hole penetrating the upper and lower cylinders 38, 40 and the intermediate partition plate 36. (Fig. 4). In this case, the communication passage 6
An intermediate discharge pipe 121 is erected at the upper end of the stator 3. The intermediate discharge pipe 121 is a stator 22 of the upper electric element 14.
It is directed to the gap between the adjacent stator coils 28, which are wound on each other (FIG. 6).

Further, the upper cover 66 closes the upper opening (the opening on the electric element 14 side) of the discharge muffling chamber 62 communicating with the inside of the upper cylinder 38 of the second rotary compression element 34 at the discharge port 39, The airtight container 12 is partitioned into the discharge muffling chamber 62 and the electric element 14 side. This upper cover 66 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the thickness is 2 mm or more and 10 mm or less (the most desirable value is 6 mm in the embodiment), and it is made of a substantially donut-shaped circular steel plate in which a hole through which the bearing 54A of the upper support member 54 passes is formed. In the state in which the beaded gasket 124 is sandwiched between the upper support member 54 and the upper support member 54, the peripheral portion is fixed to the upper support member 54 from above by the four main bolts 78 ... Has been done. The tips of the main bolts 78 ... Are screwed into the lower support member 56.

Here, the thickness dimension of the upper cover 66 is set to 2 m.
When the test was performed with the thickness thinner than m, there was a risk of deformation due to the internal pressure of the discharge muffling chamber 62. On the other hand, the upper cover 6
When the thickness dimension of 6 was made thicker than 10 mm, the upper surface of this time approached the stator 22 (stator coil 28), resulting in a fear of insulation. In the present invention, the upper cover 66 has a thickness within the above range, and the rotary compressor 10 itself can be miniaturized while sufficiently withstanding the pressure of the discharge muffling chamber 62, which is higher than that in the closed container 12. However, it becomes possible to secure an insulation distance from the electric element 14. Further, an O-ring 126 is provided between the inner peripheral end surface of the upper cover 66 and the outer surface of the bearing 54A (FIG. 12). By sealing the bearing 54A side by the O-ring 126, the inner peripheral end surface of the upper cover 66 can be sufficiently sealed to prevent gas leakage, and the volume of the discharge muffling chamber 62 can be increased. It is not necessary to fix the inner edge portion of the upper cover 66 to the bearing 54A with the C ring as in the conventional case. Here, in FIG. 11, 127 is a discharge valve of the second rotary compression element 34 that opens and closes the discharge port 39 in the discharge muffling chamber 62.

Next, the intermediate partition plate 3 for closing the lower opening surface of the upper cylinder 38 and the upper opening surface of the lower cylinder 40.
In FIG. 6, a position corresponding to the suction side in the upper cylinder 38 extends from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, and the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface communicate with each other to form an oil supply passage. The through hole 131 is formed by fine hole processing, and the sealing material (blanket pin) 132 on the outer peripheral surface side of the through passage 131 is press-fitted to seal the outer peripheral surface side opening. In addition, a communication hole (vertical hole) 13 extending upward is formed in the middle of the through hole 131.
3 is drilled.

On the other hand, the suction port 161 of the upper cylinder 38
A communication hole 134 for injection, which communicates with the communication hole 133 of the intermediate partition plate 36, is formed on the (suction side). Further, as shown in FIG. 7, an oil hole 80 extending in the vertical direction with respect to the shaft center and horizontal oil supply holes 82, 84 communicating with the oil hole 80 (upper and lower eccentric portions 42, 44) are also formed in the rotary shaft 16. Is formed, and the opening on the inner peripheral surface side of the through hole 131 of the intermediate partition plate 36 is provided with these oil supply holes 8
It communicates with the oil hole 80 via 2, 84.

As will be described later, since the inside pressure of the closed container 12 becomes an intermediate pressure, it becomes difficult to supply oil into the upper cylinder 38 which becomes a high pressure in the second stage. , Pumped up from the oil sump at the bottom of the closed container 12 to raise the oil hole 80,
The oil discharged from No. 4 enters the through hole 131 of the intermediate partition plate 36 and is supplied to the suction side (suction port 161) of the upper cylinder 38 from the communication holes 133 and 134.

In FIG. 16, L indicates the pressure fluctuation on the suction side in the upper cylinder 38, and P1 in the figure indicates the pressure on the inner peripheral surface of the intermediate partition plate 36. As indicated by L1 in this figure, the pressure on the suction side of the upper cylinder 38 (suction pressure) becomes lower than the pressure on the inner peripheral surface side of the intermediate partition plate 36 due to suction pressure loss during the suction process. During this period, oil is injected from the oil hole 80 of the rotary shaft 16 through the through hole 131 of the intermediate partition plate 36 and the communication hole 133 into the upper cylinder 38 through the communication hole 134 of the upper cylinder 38 to supply oil. Become.

As described above, the upper and lower cylinders 38 and 40, the intermediate partition plate 36, the upper and lower support members 54 and 56, and the upper and lower covers 6
6 and 68 are respectively fastened from above and below by four main bolts 78 ... And main bolts 129 ..., but further, upper and lower cylinders 38, 40, intermediate partition plate 36, and upper and lower support members 5
4, 56 are fastened by auxiliary bolts 136, 136 located outside these main bolts 78, 129 (FIG. 4). The auxiliary bolt 136 is inserted from the upper support member 54 side, and the tip end is screwed into the lower support member 56.

The auxiliary bolt 136 is located near a guide groove 70, which will be described later, of the vane 50 described above.
By thus adding the auxiliary bolts 136 and 136 to integrate the rotary compression mechanism portion 18, the sealing performance against the extremely high pressure inside is ensured and the vicinity of the guide groove 70 of the vane 50 is ensured. Since it is tightened, the back pressure gas leak from the guide groove 70 can be prevented.

On the other hand, a guide groove 70 for accommodating the vane 50 and an accommodating portion 70A for accommodating a spring 76 as a spring member are formed outside the guide groove 70 in the upper cylinder 38. The storage section 70A is open to the guide groove 70 side and the closed container 12 (container body 12A) side (FIG. 8). The spring 76 contacts the outer end of the vane 50 and constantly urges the vane 50 toward the roller 46. Further, a metal plug 137 is provided in the housing portion 70A of the spring 76 on the side of the closed container 12 and serves to prevent the spring 76 from coming off. Since the discharge pressure of the second rotary compression element 34 is applied as a back pressure to a back pressure chamber (not shown) that communicates with the guide groove 70, the spring 76 side of the plug 137 has a high pressure and the closed container 12 side has an intermediate pressure.

In this case, the outer size of the plug 137 is the storage portion 7.
The plug 137 is set to be smaller than the inner dimension of 0A, and is inserted into the accommodating portion 70A by a clearance fit. Further, an O-ring 138 for sealing between the plug 137 and the inner surface of the housing portion 70A is attached to the peripheral surface of the plug 137. The outer end of the upper cylinder 38, that is, the distance between the outer end of the storage portion 70A and the container body 12A of the closed container 12 is smaller than the distance from the O-ring 138 to the end of the plug 137 on the closed container 12 side. It is set.

Due to the above dimensional relationship, the plug 1
As in the case where 37 is press-fitted and fixed in the accommodating portion 70A, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the upper cylinder 38 is deformed and the sealing performance between the upper cylinder 38 and the upper support member 54 is deteriorated, resulting in deterioration of performance. become. Even with such a clearance fit, the distance between the upper cylinder 38 and the closed container 12 is set smaller than the distance from the O-ring 138 to the end of the plug 137 on the closed container 12 side. Even if the plug 138 is moved in the direction of being pushed out from the storage portion 70A, the O-ring 138 is still positioned and sealed inside the storage portion 70A at the time when the movement is blocked by coming into contact with the closed container 12, so that the function of the plug 138 is No problems arise.

By the way, the connecting portion 90 which connects the upper and lower eccentric portions 42 and 44 integrally formed with the rotating shaft 16 with a phase difference of 180 degrees has a sectional shape of the rotating shaft 16.
The non-circular shape, for example, a rugby ball shape, has a larger cross-sectional area than the circular cross-section and has rigidity (FIG. 17). That is, the vertical eccentric parts 42, 4 provided on the rotary shaft 16
The cross-sectional shape of the connecting portion 90 connecting the four is the vertical eccentric portion 42
The wall thickness is increased in the direction orthogonal to the eccentric direction of 44 (hatched portion in the figure).

As a result, the cross-sectional area of the connecting portion 90 that connects the vertical eccentric portions 42 and 44 integrally provided on the rotary shaft 16 is increased, and the second moment of area is increased to increase the strength (rigidity) and durability. It improves the reliability and reliability. Especially when two-stage compression of a refrigerant having a high working pressure is performed, the load applied to the rotating shaft 16 increases due to a large pressure difference between high pressure and low pressure, but the cross-sectional area of the connecting portion 90 is increased to increase its strength (rigidity).
Therefore, the rotation shaft 16 is prevented from being elastically deformed.

In this case, the center of the upper eccentric portion 42 is O1.
And the center of the lower eccentric portion 44 is O2, the center of the arc of the surface of the coupling portion 90 on the eccentric direction side of the eccentric portion 42 is O.
1, the center of the arc of the surface of the connecting portion 90 on the eccentric direction side of the eccentric portion 44 is O2. As a result, the rotary shaft 16 is chucked by the cutting machine and the vertical eccentric parts 42 and 44 and the connecting part 9 are attached.
When cutting 0, after processing the eccentric portion 42, only the radius is changed to process one surface of the connecting portion 90, the chuck position is changed to process the other surface of the connecting portion 90, and only the radius is changed. Then, the work of machining the eccentric portion 44 becomes possible. As a result, the number of times of re-chucking the rotary shaft 16 is reduced, and the productivity is remarkably improved.

In this case, as the refrigerant, carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) as an example of carbon dioxide which is a natural refrigerant is used in consideration of flammability and toxicity, and the oil as a lubricating oil is used. As the oil, existing oils such as mineral oil, alkylbenzene oil, ether oil and ester oil are used.

The suction passage 5 of the upper support member 54 and the lower support member 56 is provided on the side surface of the container body 12A of the closed container 12.
The sleeves 141, 142, 143, and 144 are welded and fixed to the positions corresponding to the upper side of the discharge silencer chamber 62 and the upper cover 66 (the position substantially corresponding to the lower end of the electric element 14). The sleeves 141 and 142 are vertically adjacent to each other, and the sleeve 143 is
1 is on a substantially diagonal line. Further, the sleeve 144 is located at a position displaced from the sleeve 141 by approximately 90 degrees.

Then, one end of a refrigerant introducing pipe 92 for introducing a refrigerant gas into the upper cylinder 38 is inserted and connected in the sleeve 141, and one end of the refrigerant introducing pipe 92 is communicated with the suction passage 58 of the upper cylinder 38. It This refrigerant introduction pipe 9
2 passes through the upper side of the closed container 12 to reach the sleeve 144, and the other end is inserted and connected in the sleeve 144 to communicate with the closed container 12.

In the sleeve 142, the lower cylinder 4
One end of a refrigerant introduction pipe 94 for introducing the refrigerant gas to 0 is inserted and connected, and one end of this refrigerant introduction pipe 94 is communicated with the suction passage 60 of the lower cylinder 40. This refrigerant introducing pipe 94
The other end of is connected to the lower end of the accumulator 146. Further, a refrigerant discharge pipe 96 is inserted and connected in the sleeve 143, and one end of the refrigerant discharge pipe 96 has a discharge muffling chamber 62.
Be communicated to.

The accumulator 146 is a tank for separating the suction refrigerant into gas and liquid, and the container body 1 of the closed container 12.
It is attached via a bracket 148 on the accumulator side to a bracket 147 on the closed container side welded and fixed to the upper side surface of 2A. The bracket 148 extends upward from the bracket 147 and holds the substantially central portion of the accumulator 146 in the vertical direction. In this state, the accumulator 146 is arranged along the side of the closed container 12. The refrigerant introduction pipe 92, after coming out of the sleeve 141, bends to the right in the embodiment and then rises, and the lower end of the accumulator 146 is in the form of being close to the refrigerant introduction pipe 92. Therefore, the refrigerant introduction pipe 94 that descends from the lower end of the accumulator 146 is routed so as to bypass the left side of the sleeve 141 opposite to the bending direction of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 and reach the sleeve 142 (FIG. 3). ).

That is, the upper support member 38 and the lower support member 4
Refrigerant introduction pipes 92 and 94 communicating with the suction passages 58 and 60 of 0 are bent in the opposite directions in the horizontal direction when viewed from the closed container 12, whereby the vertical dimension of the accumulator 146 is enlarged. Therefore, even if the volume is increased, consideration is given so that the refrigerant introduction pipes 92 and 94 do not interfere with each other.

Further, a flange portion 15 is formed around the outer surfaces of the sleeves 141, 143, 144 so that a coupler for pipe connection can be engaged.
1 is formed, and a thread groove 152 for pipe connection is formed on the inner surface of the sleeve 142. As a result, the sleeves 141, 143, 144 can be easily connected to the flange 151 while the coupler of the test pipe is easily connected to the sleeve 142 when the air tightness test is performed in the completion inspection in the manufacturing process of the rotary compressor 10. Screw groove 152
You can easily screw the test pipe with. In particular, the upper and lower sleeves 141 and 142 are
Since the flange 151 is formed on one sleeve 141 and the thread groove 152 is formed on the other sleeve 142, the test pipe can be connected to each sleeve 141, 142 in a narrow space.

The rotary compressor 1 of the embodiment
0 is used in the refrigerant circuit of the water heater 153 as shown in FIG. That is, the refrigerant discharge pipe 96 of the rotary compressor 10 is connected to the inlet of the gas cooler 154 for heating water. The gas cooler 154 is provided in a hot water storage tank (not shown) of the hot water supply device 153. The pipe exiting the gas cooler 154 is passed through an expansion valve 156 as a pressure reducing device and then an evaporator 157.
And the outlet of the evaporator 157 is connected to the refrigerant introduction pipe 94. Further, although not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a defrost pipe 158 constituting a defrosting circuit branches from the middle portion of the refrigerant introduction pipe 92, and the defrost pipe 158 of the gas cooler 154 is connected via an electromagnetic valve 159 as a flow path control device. It is connected to the refrigerant discharge pipe 96 leading to the inlet. The accumulator 146 is omitted in FIG.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. In the heating operation, the solenoid valve 159 is closed. Electric element 1 via terminal 20 and wiring not shown
When the stator coil 28 of No. 4 is energized, the electric element 14
Starts and the rotor 24 rotates. By this rotation, the upper and lower rollers 46 and 48 fitted in the upper and lower eccentric portions 42 and 44 integrally provided with the rotating shaft 16 eccentrically rotate in the upper and lower cylinders 38 and 40.

As a result, the low pressure (first stage suction pressure LP: 4 MPaG) sucked from the suction port 162 to the low pressure chamber side of the lower cylinder 40 via the suction passage 60 formed in the refrigerant introduction pipe 94 and the lower support member 56. ) The refrigerant gas is
The intermediate pressure (M
P1: 8 MPaG), and is discharged from the high pressure chamber side of the lower cylinder 40 into the closed container 12 from the discharge port 41, the discharge muffling chamber 64 formed in the lower support member 56, the communication passage 63, and the intermediate discharge pipe 121.

At this time, since the intermediate discharge pipe 121 is directed toward the gap between the adjacent stator coils 28, 28 wound around the stator 22 of the upper electric element 14, the refrigerant gas having a relatively low temperature is still present. Can be positively supplied in the direction of the electric element 14, and the temperature rise of the electric element 14 can be suppressed. Moreover, by this, the closed container 1
The inside of 2 becomes an intermediate pressure (MP1).

The intermediate pressure refrigerant gas in the closed container 12 is discharged from the sleeve 144 (the intermediate discharge pressure is equal to the MP
1) The refrigerant is introduced into the low pressure chamber side of the upper cylinder 38 from the suction port 161 through the refrigerant introduction pipe 92 and the suction passage 58 formed in the upper support member 54 (second-stage suction pressure MP
2). The sucked intermediate-pressure refrigerant gas is compressed in the second stage by the operation of the roller 46 and the vane 50 to become high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant gas (second-stage discharge pressure HP: 12 MPa.
G) From the high pressure chamber side, the gas flows into the gas cooler 154 through the discharge port 39, the discharge muffling chamber 62 formed in the upper support member 54, and the refrigerant discharge pipe 96. At this time, the refrigerant temperature has risen to approximately + 100 ° C., and the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas radiates heat to heat the water in the hot water storage tank to approximately +
It produces hot water at 90 ° C.

On the other hand, the refrigerant itself is cooled in the gas cooler 154 and exits the gas cooler 154. Then, after being decompressed by the expansion valve 156, it flows into the evaporator 157 and evaporates, and the accumulator 146 (not shown in FIG. 18).
After that, the cycle of being sucked into the first rotary compression element 32 from the refrigerant introduction pipe 94 is repeated.

In particular, in an environment of low outside temperature, such heating operation causes frost to grow on the evaporator 157. In that case, the solenoid valve 159 is opened, the expansion valve 156 is fully opened, and the evaporator 157 is defrosted. As a result, the medium-pressure refrigerant (including a small amount of high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the second rotary compression element 34) in the closed container 12 reaches the gas cooler 154 through the defrost pipe 158. The temperature of this refrigerant is about +50 to + 60 ° C., and the gas cooler 154 does not dissipate heat, but the refrigerant initially absorbs heat. The refrigerant discharged from the gas cooler 154 is the expansion valve 1
It passes through 56 and reaches the evaporator 157. That is,
The evaporator 157 is substantially directly supplied with the refrigerant having a substantially intermediate pressure and having a relatively high temperature without being decompressed, whereby the evaporator 157 is heated and defrosted.

As described above, since the intermediate pressure refrigerant gas discharged from the first rotary compression element 32 is taken out from the closed container 12 to defrost the evaporator 157, the second rotary compression element is used. It is possible to prevent the pressure reversal phenomenon between the discharge (high pressure) and the suction (intermediate pressure) of the second rotary compression element 34 which occurs when the high pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor 34 is supplied to the evaporator 157 without being decompressed. become able to.

In the embodiment, the rotary compressor 10
Although the present invention is used in the refrigerant circuit of the hot water supply device 153, the present invention is not limited to this and is also effective when used for heating the room.

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the electric element in the closed container and the first element driven by the electric element are provided.
And a second rotary compression element, the CO ₂ refrigerant gas compressed by the first rotary compression element is discharged into the closed container, and the discharged intermediate-pressure refrigerant gas is discharged by the second rotary compression element. In a rotary compressor for compression, a cylinder for constituting a second rotary compression element, a support member having a rotating shaft bearing standing upright in a central portion while closing an opening surface of the cylinder on the electric element side, and a bearing. The discharge silencing chamber is formed on the outer support member and communicates with the inside of the cylinder, and the cover is attached to the support member and closes the opening of the discharge silencing chamber. The thickness of the cover is 2 mm.
Since the cover has a thickness of 6 mm, the cover itself has a strength of 6 mm, so that the strength of the cover itself is ensured and the gas leakage due to deformation is prevented, and the insulation distance from the electric element is secured. The compressor can be made compact.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the above inventions, the cover is bolted at its peripheral portion to the supporting member, and a gasket is sandwiched between the cover and the supporting member.
Since an O-ring is provided between the inner peripheral end surface of the cover and the outer bearing surface, the inner peripheral end surface of the cover is sufficiently sealed without forming a sealing surface on the bearing base to prevent gas leakage between the cover and the supporting member. You will be able to prevent it.

As a result, the volume of the discharge muffling chamber can be increased, and it is not necessary to fix the cover to the bearing by the C ring as in the conventional case, so that the processing cost and the component cost can be significantly reduced as a whole. It is a thing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the rotary compressor of FIG.

3 is a side view of the rotary compressor of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is another vertical cross-sectional view of the rotary compressor of FIG.

FIG. 5 is another vertical cross-sectional view of the rotary compressor of FIG.

6 is a plan sectional view of an electric element portion of the rotary compressor of FIG. 1. FIG.

7 is an enlarged sectional view of a rotary compression mechanism portion of the rotary compressor of FIG.

8 is an enlarged sectional view of a vane portion of a second rotary compression element of the rotary compressor of FIG.

9 is a cross-sectional view of a lower support member and a lower cover of the rotary compressor of FIG.

10 is a bottom view of a lower support member of the rotary compressor of FIG. 1. FIG.

11 is a top view of an upper support member and an upper cover of the rotary compressor of FIG.

12 is a sectional view of an upper support member and an upper cover of the rotary compressor of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a top view of an intermediate partition plate of the rotary compressor of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

15 is a top view of the upper cylinder of the rotary compressor of FIG. 1. FIG.

16 is a diagram showing pressure fluctuations on the suction side of the upper cylinder of the rotary compressor of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the shape of the connecting portion of the rotary shaft of the rotary compressor of FIG.

18 is a refrigerant circuit diagram of a hot water supply device to which the rotary compressor of FIG. 1 is applied.

FIG. 19 is a sectional view of a support member and a cover of the second rotary compression element of the conventional rotary compressor.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Rotary compressor 12 airtight container 12A end cap 14 Electric elements 16 rotation axes 18 Rotary compression mechanism 20 terminals 32 First rotary compression element 34 Second rotary compression element 36 Intermediate partition plate 38, 40 cylinders 39, 41 Discharge port 42 Eccentric part 44 Eccentric part 46 Laura 48 Roller 50 vanes 54 Upper support member 56 Lower support member 62 Discharge silencer 64 discharge silencer 66 Top cover 68 Lower cover 70 Guide groove 70A storage 76 Spring (Spring member) 78,129 Main bolt 90 Connection 92,94 Refrigerant introduction pipe 96 Refrigerant discharge pipe 124 gasket 126 O-ring 131 Through hole (oil supply passage) 132 sealing material 133,134 communication holes 137 plug 138 O-ring 141, 142, 143, 144 Sleeves 146 Accumulator 147,148 Bracket 151 Tsuba 153 water heater 154 gas cooler 156 expansion valve 157 evaporator 158 Defrost Tube 159 Solenoid valve

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kenzo Matsumoto             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Dai Matsuura             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuya Sato             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takayasu Saito             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Ehara             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Satoru Imai             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Atsushi Oda             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takashi Sato             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Matsumori             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3H029 AA05 AA13 AB03 BB16 BB21                       BB44 CC02 CC04 CC54

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A hermetically sealed container comprising an electric element and first and second rotary compression elements driven by the electric element, wherein the CO ₂ refrigerant gas compressed by the first rotary compression element is stored in the closed container. A rotary compressor that discharges into a closed container and further compresses the discharged intermediate-pressure refrigerant gas by the second rotary compression element, in which a cylinder for constituting the second rotary compression element, While supporting the opening surface on the electric element side, a support member having a bearing for the rotating shaft standing upright in a central portion, a discharge muffling chamber formed in the support member outside the bearing and communicating with the inside of the cylinder, A rotary compressor, comprising: a cover attached to the support member to close an opening of the discharge muffling chamber, the thickness of the cover being 2 mm or more and 10 mm or less. 2. The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein the cover has a thickness of 6 mm. 3. The cover has a peripheral portion bolted to the support member, a gasket is sandwiched between the cover and the support member, and an O-ring is provided between an inner peripheral end surface of the cover and the bearing outer surface. The rotary compressor according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.