JP6185297B2 - Scroll type fluid machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a double-rotating scroll fluid machine that can be applied to, for example, a compressor, a vacuum pump, an expander, and the like and can be reduced in size and cost.

  The scroll type fluid machine is composed of two scroll bodies each having an end plate and a spiral wrap portion standing on the end plate. The wrap portions of the two scroll bodies are engaged with each other to form a plurality of closed spaces. And by revolving the other scroll body relative to one scroll body, the compressor and the vacuum pump sequentially reduce and compress while moving the plurality of closed spaces along the lap part to the center part. Gas is discharged from the discharge port. The expander sequentially expands the plurality of closed spaces while moving from the center portion to the outside along the lap portion, and moves and expands the expansion gas from the discharge port to the outside.

  There are two types of scroll fluid machines. One type has a fixed scroll body fixed to the housing and a turning scroll body that performs a revolving motion with respect to the fixed scroll body. In this type, it is easy to attach the fixed scroll body, but the mechanism for revolving the orbiting scroll body is complicated.

  The other type is a type having a drive scroll body and a driven scroll body that rotate synchronously with each other. The rotational axes of the scroll bodies are eccentric to each other, and the scroll body is a double-rotation type scroll fluid machine that reduces or enlarges the closed space by synchronously rotating the scroll bodies. Compared with the former, both types of scrolls only have rotational movement (spinning movement), so both scroll bodies have a good weight balance, so that vibration can be reduced and the number of parts is reduced and the structure is reduced. It has the advantage that it can be simplified.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a double-rotating scroll compressor. Both scroll bodies of the scroll compressor are cantilevered by bearings. Since this support mechanism is cantilevered, it is not easy to ensure the positional accuracy of both scroll bodies, and in order to ensure the positional accuracy, it is necessary to widen the span between the bearings that support both scroll bodies. Therefore, the bearing mechanism is extended in the axial direction of both scroll bodies, and the size is increased.

  In the double-rotation type scroll compressor disclosed in Patent Document 2, the driving scroll body is supported at both ends by a bearing, and the driven scroll body is supported at the cantilever by a bearing. In this support mechanism, the drive scroll body can be supported at both ends, so that the position accuracy of the drive scroll body can be ensured. However, it is necessary to extend the support member of the drive scroll body to the back side of the end plate of the driven scroll body. The support mechanism becomes complicated.

Description and drawings of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 02-139388 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-126073

In the double-rotation type scroll compressor disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the scroll body is cantilevered, it is necessary to widen the span of the support point in the axial direction of the scroll body to ensure positional accuracy, and the support mechanism There is a problem of increasing the size. In addition, a synchronous rotation mechanism such as an Oldham ring must be disposed radially outside the lap portions of both scroll bodies, and thus there is a problem that the housing becomes large.
In the double-rotation type scroll compressor disclosed in Patent Document 2, as described above, there is a problem in that the support mechanism for supporting both ends of the scroll body is complicated, and the housing for accommodating the support mechanism is also enlarged. . Moreover, since a synchronous rotation mechanism such as an Oldham ring is disposed on the radially outer side of the lap portions of both scroll bodies, there is a problem that the housing is increased in size.

  In view of such problems, an object of the present invention is to achieve downsizing and cost reduction of a double-rotating scroll fluid machine while ensuring the positional accuracy of both scroll bodies.

  In the present invention, an output shaft is connected to a drive scroll body having an end plate and a spiral wrap portion standing on the end plate, and a drive shaft integrally formed on the back surface of the end plate. A driving device that rotates the driving scroll body about the axis of the first axis, an end plate and a spiral-shaped lap portion standing on the end plate, and is parallel to the first axis and eccentric. A driven scroll body rotatably supported around the axis of 2 and a synchronous rotation mechanism for rotating the driven scroll body synchronously with the driving scroll body, and forming a closed space between the driving scroll body and the driven scroll body, The present invention is applied to a double-rotating scroll fluid machine that performs suction and discharge by changing the volume of the closed space.

In order to achieve the above object, the scroll fluid machine of the present invention is arranged in series along the drive shaft on the back side of the end plate of the drive scroll body, and rotates the drive shaft around the first axis. A plurality of first bearings that are freely supported, a second bearing that is disposed on the back side of the end plate of the driven scroll body, and rotatably supports the driven scroll body about the second axis, and a driving scroll body And a structure that is rotatably supported by a third bearing about the second axis, and is interposed between the driven scroll body and the third bearing.

  In the above configuration, since the output shaft of the drive device is connected to the drive shaft, the place where the first bearing can be arranged can be expanded to the range of the output shaft. Therefore, since the span between the first bearings can be widened with sufficient margin, the position accuracy of the driving scroll body can be sufficiently secured. Further, even if the first bearing is arranged on the output shaft, the arrangement space of the entire apparatus is not expanded, and the entire apparatus is not enlarged.

In addition, since the driven scroll body is supported by the second bearing and is supported at both ends by the third bearing via the structure, the positional accuracy of the driven scroll body can be ensured. Further, unlike the cantilever support, there is no need to provide a plurality of second bearings with a wide span on the driven scroll body side, so that the second bearing can be simplified and reduced in cost.
With the above configuration, it is possible to reduce the cost by miniaturizing and simplifying the support mechanism of both scroll bodies while ensuring the positional accuracy of both scroll bodies.

As one aspect of the present invention, a synchronous rotation mechanism can be arranged between the rear surface of the end plate of the drive scroll body and the structure, and the drive scroll body and the structure can be linked via the synchronous rotation mechanism. . In this way, by arranging the synchronous rotation mechanism between the rear surface of the end plate of the drive scroll body and the structure body, an increase in the radial dimension of both scroll bodies can be suppressed, and the housing can be made compact.
In addition, as a synchronous rotation mechanism, an Oldham ring system, a pin crank system, etc. can be used, for example.

As one aspect of the present invention, the structure is connected to the hollow cylinder disposed around the drive shaft on the back side of the end plate of the drive scroll body, and to connect the outer peripheral end of the driven scroll body and the hollow cylinder. The hollow cylindrical body can be rotatably supported by the third bearing. Thereby, the structure of the structure can be made compact.
Furthermore, in the said structure, a connection part can be arrange | positioned facing the end plate back surface of a drive scroll body, and a drive scroll body and a connection part can be made to interlock | cooperate via a synchronous rotation mechanism. Thus, by arranging the connecting portion so as to face the back surface of the end plate of the drive scroll body, an increase in the radial dimension of both scroll bodies can be suppressed, and the housing can be made compact.

  As another aspect of the present invention, in a configuration in which the drive device is an electric motor and the drive shaft is connected to the rotor shaft of the electric motor, the first bearing can also be used as a bearing that rotatably supports the rotor shaft. it can. This eliminates the need for a bearing for supporting the rotor shaft, and simplifies the device configuration and reduces the cost.

  As still another aspect of the present invention, the driven scroll body and the structure body can be detachably connected. This facilitates disassembly and assembly of the device.

  According to the present invention, in a double-rotation type scroll fluid machine, it is possible to reduce the cost by reducing the size and simplification of the apparatus while ensuring the positional accuracy of both scroll bodies.

It is a longitudinal section of the scroll type compressor concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the scroll compressor. It is a perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the said scroll compressor. It is a perspective view which further decomposes | disassembles and shows the said scroll compressor.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the component parts described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to that unless otherwise specified.

  An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a scroll compressor will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, the scroll compressor 10 includes a cylindrical housing 12 and a housing receiver 14 connected to the housing 12 with a bolt 16. A casing 20 containing an electric motor 18 is connected to one surface of the housing receiver 14. A rotor shaft 22 is provided at the center of the electric motor 18, a rotor 24 is provided around the rotor shaft 22, and a stator 26 is provided outside the rotor 24.

  A driving scroll body 28 and a driven scroll body 30 are disposed inside the housing 12. The driving scroll body 28 is perpendicular to the end plate 32 at the center of the back surface of the end plate 32, the end plate 32 having a substantially circular outer shape, the spiral wrap portion 34 erected on the front surface of the end plate 32. It is comprised with the drive shaft 36 integrally formed toward the direction. The drive shaft 36 is disposed on the same axis as the axis a <b> 1 of the rotor shaft 22, and is coupled to the rotor shaft 22 with a bolt 38. The driving scroll body 28 rotates around the axis a <b> 1 along with the rotation of the rotor shaft 22.

  The driven scroll body 30 has a hollow cylindrical casing 40 having an end plate 40a having a substantially circular outer shape, a spiral-shaped wrap portion 42 erected on the front surface of the end plate 40a, and a rear central portion of the end plate 40a. A short cylindrical boss 44 is formed. A discharge hole 44 a is formed at the center of the boss portion 44. The driven scroll body 30 is disposed so as to be rotatable about an axis a2 that is parallel to the axis a1 and that is eccentric by t with respect to the axis a1. The drive scroll body 28 and the driven scroll body 30 form a plurality of closed spaces cs when the respective wrap portions 34 and 42 mesh with each other. A seal groove is formed at the tips of the wrap portions 34 and 42, and a chip seal 45 having a self-lubricating property such as a fluororesin is inserted into the seal groove.

A hollow cylindrical discharge cylinder 46 made of metal and having a discharge hole inside is screwed to a portion of the boss portion 44 where the discharge hole 44a is formed. A hollow cylindrical boss portion 50 that accommodates a discharge cylinder 46 and a ball bearing 56 described later is formed at the center of one surface of the housing 12. A discharge hole 50 a is formed at the center of the boss 50. The distal end surface of the discharge cylinder 46 presses the inner surface of the boss portion 50 through a seal plate 48 having a slightly larger diameter. The seal plate 48 is made of a material in which the sliding contact surface is hardened by quenching ceramic or steel, hardening plating on a metal, or the like, and is press-fitted into the boss portion 50, driven in, or driven as a highly wear-resistant sliding contact surface that is mirror-polished. It is fixed with an adhesive or the like.
The discharge passages for compressed gas formed inside the discharge holes 44 a and 50 a and the discharge cylinder 46 are blocked from the internal space of the housing 12 by the discharge cylinder 46 and the seal plate 48.

  Ball bearings 52 and 54 are provided between the casing 20 of the electric motor 18 and the rotor shaft 22, and the rotor shaft 22 is rotatably supported by the ball bearings 52 and 54. A ball bearing 56 is provided inside the boss portion 50, and supports the discharge cylinder 46, the seal plate 48, and the driven scroll body 30 so as to be rotatable about the axis a2.

Further, a small-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58 a is provided on the back side of the end plate 32 of the drive scroll body 28 so as to surround the drive shaft 36. The small-diameter hollow cylinder 58a is integrally formed with a connecting member 58b including a large-diameter hollow cylinder 58c having substantially the same outer diameter as the casing 40 and an annular body 58d having an opening into which the drive shaft 36 is inserted at the center. Is provided. The small-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58a and the connecting member 58b constitute a structural body 58.
A ball bearing 60 is provided between the small-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58 a and the housing 12, and the structure 58 is rotatably supported by the ball bearing 60.

  An Oldham ring 61 is provided between the end plate 32 of the drive scroll body 28 and the structure 58. By the Oldham ring 61, the driving scroll body 28, the structure 58, and the driven scroll body 30 coupled to the structure 58 rotate synchronously.

  2 to 4, in the peripheral region of the boss portion 50 on the end surface 12 a of the housing 12, three air guide ports 62 a to 62 c configured by arc-shaped long holes are formed so as to surround the boss portion 50. ing. In addition, an air discharge pipe 64 is provided on the outer peripheral surface 12b of the housing 12 in the vicinity of the end surface 12a. The air discharge pipe 64 is oriented in a tangential direction with respect to the outer peripheral surface 12b, and is arranged in the direction of rotation of the drive scroll body 28 and the driven scroll body 30 (the direction of the arrow b in FIGS. 3 and 4).

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a through hole 14 a is formed in the housing receiver 14. The housing 12 and the housing receiver 14 are coupled by a bolt 16 screwed into a bolt hole 12c (see FIG. 1) formed in the housing 12 through a through hole 14a.
A large number of centrifugal blades 66 are provided on the back surface of the end plate 40 a of the driven scroll body 30. The centrifugal blades 66 are disposed so as to surround the boss portion 44 in the outer region of the end plate 40a, and the centrifugal blades are disposed at substantially equal intervals and are directed radially outward. The centrifugal blade 66 is in a position facing the opening of the air discharge pipe 64 (see FIG. 1). An intake port 68 is formed between the centrifugal blades 66.

  Further, the housing 12, the housing receiver 14, the drive scroll body 28, and the driven scroll body 30 are made of an aluminum material having good thermal conductivity, and the centrifugal blade 66 is also made of an aluminum material. The centrifugal blade 66 projects outward from the rear surface of the end plate of the driven scroll body 30 and has a large projecting height h. A flow path for the cold air w flowing radially outward from the center of the end plate 40a is formed between the blades, and the centrifugal blade 66 has a sufficient surface area and a cross-sectional area of the cold air path to ensure good heat dissipation. Have.

  The driven scroll body 30 and the large-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58 c constituting a part of the structure 58 are coupled by four bolts 70. The end plate 40a and the large-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58c are formed with four through holes 72 dispersed in the circumferential direction. Bolts 70 are passed through the through-holes 72 and formed in the large-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58c. The driven scroll body 30 and the structure 58 can be coupled by screwing into the bolt hole 73.

  In such a configuration, when the rotor shaft 22 rotates, the drive scroll body 28 integrally connected via the rotor shaft 22 and the drive shaft 36 rotates about the axis line a1. The driven scroll body 30 rotates synchronously with the drive scroll body 28 about the axis a <b> 2 via the Oldham ring 61. The axis line a2 is eccentric with respect to the axis line a1, so that the driving scroll body 28 and the driven scroll body 30 relatively revolve. By this relative revolving motion, the compressed gas is sucked from the intake port 68 and is enclosed in a plurality of closed spaces cs formed between the wrap portions 34 and 42.

  Due to the relative revolving motion of the driving scroll body 28 and the driven scroll body 30, the closed space cs moves to the central portion in order along the lap portions 34 and 42 and shrinks while moving. Thereby, the gas to be compressed enclosed in each closed space cs is compressed and discharged to the discharge hole 44a. A discharge pipe 74 is connected to the boss portion 50, and the compressed gas discharged from the discharge hole 44 a is supplied to the customer through the discharge pipe 74.

  When the driven scroll body 30 rotates, outside air is sucked from the air inlets 62 a to 62 c by the suction action of the centrifugal blade 66. The outside air sucked into the housing 12 from the air inlets 62a to 62c passes between the centrifugal blades 66 and is discharged to the outside from the air discharge pipe 64. In this way, cold air (external airflow) w is formed which is introduced into the housing 12 from just outside the boss portion 50 and goes radially outward along the back surface of the end plate 40a.

  According to the present embodiment, the rotor shaft 22 and the drive shaft 36 are supported by the ball bearings 52 and 54, and the arrangement location of the ball bearings 52 and 54 can be expanded to the range of the rotor shaft end. Therefore, since the span between the ball bearings can be widened with sufficient margin, the positional accuracy of the drive scroll body 28 can be sufficiently secured. Further, since the space between the ball bearings is originally a space necessary for installing the electric motor 18, even if the span between the ball bearings is widened, the overall size of the apparatus is not increased.

Further, since the driven scroll body 30 is supported at both ends by the ball bearings 56 and 60, the positional accuracy of the driven scroll body 30 can be ensured. Further, unlike the cantilever support, it is not necessary to extend the ball bearing 56 in the axial direction of the driven scroll body 30, so that the ball bearing 56 can be made compact and low in cost. Further, since the small-diameter hollow cylinder 58a constituting the structure 58 is disposed so as to surround the drive shaft 36, and the ball bearing 60 is disposed radially outside the small-diameter hollow cylinder 58a, the axis of the drive shaft 36 Does not lead to an increase in direction.
With the above configuration, it is possible to reduce the cost by miniaturizing and simplifying the support mechanism of both scroll bodies while ensuring the positional accuracy of both scroll bodies.

Further, since the support of the rotor shaft 22 and the drive shaft 36 can be shared by the ball bearings 52 and 54, a bearing for separately supporting the rotor shaft 22 becomes unnecessary, and the bearing mechanism can be simplified and reduced in cost.
Moreover, since the driven scroll body 30 and the structure 58 are detachably connected by the bolt 70, the scroll compressor 10 can be easily disassembled and assembled.

  Further, since the Oldham ring 61 as a synchronous rotation mechanism is provided between the end plate 32 of the drive scroll body 28 and the structure 58, the housing 12 can be prevented from being enlarged in the radial direction, and the housing 12 can be made compact. it can.

Further, during the operation of the scroll compressor 10, the outside air is sucked from the air inlets 62 a to 62 c by the centrifugal blade 66, and cold air (external airflow) w is formed inside the housing 12, so that the compression heat of the compressed gas As a result, the vicinity of the discharge cylinder 46 having the highest temperature can be efficiently cooled by the outside air.
Further, since the cold air passage is formed on the radially outer side of the boss portion 50 and the discharge cylinder 46 is directly supported by the ball bearing 56, the boss portion 50 can be reduced in size and cost.

In addition, since the cold air passage is formed only on the driven scroll body 30 side forming the compressed gas discharge passage and the cold air passage is not provided on the drive scroll body side, the configuration of the compressor can be further reduced in size and cost.
Further, since a cold air passage is formed adjacent to the ball bearing 56, the temperature of the grease sealed in the ball bearing 56 can be lowered, and the ball bearing 56 can be prevented from being burned out. Therefore, the life of the ball bearing 56 can be extended.
Furthermore, since it is not necessary to provide a new duct or pipe to form the cold air passage, the configuration of the compressor can be simplified.

Moreover, since the centrifugal blade 66 is made of an aluminum material having good thermal conductivity and has a sufficient surface area to ensure good heat dissipation, the heat dissipation of the driven scroll body 30 can be improved. . Therefore, the centrifugal blade 66 can also be used as a heat radiating fin.
In addition, since the air inlets 62a to 62c are long holes formed in an arc shape along the outer peripheral surface of the boss portion 50, the cold air passage can be brought close to the ball bearing 56 to the maximum, The ball bearing 56 and the discharge cylinder 46 provided inside the ball bearing 56 can be effectively cooled.

Further, since the air discharge pipe 64 is arranged in the tangential direction with respect to the outer peripheral surface 12b of the housing and toward the downstream side in the rotational direction of the drive scroll body 28 and the driven scroll body 30, the cool air w is smoothly moved out of the housing. Can be released. Therefore, since the turbulent flow generation of the cold air w flowing through the cold air passage can be suppressed and the pressure loss can be reduced, the flow rate of the cold air w can be increased and the cooling effect can be improved.
Since the compressed gas discharge path is sealed by the seal plate 48, the compressed gas discharged from the discharge hole 44a is not likely to leak into the housing 12.

  In this embodiment, the Oldham ring is used as the synchronous rotation mechanism, but other synchronous rotation mechanisms such as a pin crank system, a system in which the pin is guided in the ring, and a system in which the roller is guided in the recess are synchronized. A rotation mechanism can be used.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the double rotation type scroll type fluid machine which can make a housing compact and cost-effective is realizable.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Scroll type compressor 12 Housing 12a End surface 12b Outer peripheral surface 12c Bolt hole 50 Boss part 50a Discharge hole 14 Housing receiver 14a Through hole 16, 38, 70 Bolt 18 Electric motor 20 Casing 22 Rotor shaft 24 Rotor 26 Stator 28 Drive scroll body 32 End plate 34 Lapping portion 36 Drive shaft 30 Driven scroll body 40 Casing 40a End plate 42 Lapping portion 44 Boss portion 44a Discharge hole 45 Tip seal 46 Discharge cylinder 48 Seal plate 50 Boss portion 50a Discharge hole 52, 54 Ball bearing (first bearing) bearing)
56 Ball bearing (second bearing)
60 Ball bearing (third bearing)
58 Structure 58a Small-diameter hollow cylinder (hollow cylinder)
58b Connecting member 58c Large-diameter hollow cylindrical body 58d Annular body 61 Oldham ring 62a, 62b, 62c Air inlet 64 Air vent pipe 66 Centrifugal blade 68 Air inlet 72 Through hole 73 Bolt hole 74 Discharge pipe a1 Axis (first axis)
a2 axis (second axis)
cs enclosed space w cold wind

Claims (6)

A drive scroll body having an end plate and a spiral-shaped lap portion standing on the end plate;
An output shaft connected to a drive shaft integrally formed on the back surface of the end plate, and a drive device that rotates the drive scroll body about a first axis of the drive shaft;
A driven scroll body having an end plate and a spiral wrap portion standing on the end plate, and supported rotatably about a second axis that is parallel to and eccentric from the first axis When,
A synchronous rotation mechanism that synchronously rotates the driven scroll body with the drive scroll body,
In the scroll fluid machine that forms a closed space with the drive scroll body and the driven scroll body, and performs suction and discharge by changing the volume of the closed space,
A plurality of first bearings arranged in series along the drive shaft on the back side of the end plate of the drive scroll body, and rotatably supporting the drive shaft around the first axis;
A second bearing disposed on the back side of the end plate of the driven scroll body, and rotatably supporting the driven scroll body about the second axis;
A structure that is rotatably supported by a third bearing around the second axis on the back side of the end plate of the drive scroll body and is interposed between the driven scroll body and the third bearing. And a scroll type fluid machine. A synchronous rotation mechanism is disposed between the back surface of the end plate of the drive scroll body and the structure,
2. The scroll fluid machine according to claim 1, wherein the drive scroll body and the structure body are configured to interlock with each other via the synchronous rotation mechanism. The structure is
A hollow cylinder disposed around the drive shaft on the back side of the end plate of the drive scroll body;
It is composed of an outer peripheral end of the driven scroll body and a connecting portion that connects the hollow cylindrical body,
2. The scroll fluid machine according to claim 1, wherein the hollow cylindrical body is rotatably supported by the third bearing. 3. The structure is
A hollow cylinder disposed around the drive shaft on the back side of the end plate of the drive scroll body;
It is composed of an outer peripheral end of the driven scroll body and a connecting portion that connects the hollow cylindrical body,
The hollow cylinder is rotatably supported by the third bearing,
The connecting portion is disposed to face a back surface of an end plate of the driving scroll body, and the driving scroll body and the connecting portion are configured to be interlocked via the synchronous rotation mechanism. Item 3. The scroll fluid machine according to Item 2. The drive device is an electric motor, and the output shaft is a rotor shaft of the electric motor,
The scroll fluid machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of first bearings are arranged in series along the drive shaft and the rotor shaft.   The scroll fluid machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the driven scroll body and the structure body are detachably connected.

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