KR20100065923A - Rotary valve and swash pate type compressor having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A rotary valve and a swash plate type compressor including the same are provided to reduce the loss by refrigerant intake resistance by steadily inhaling refrigerant regardless of the torque of a driving shaft which rotates in high speed. CONSTITUTION: The rotary valve comprises: a case(R110) wherein an inlet(R111) and an outlet(R112) are formed and are communicated; a driving cam(R120) which is installed in the case and revolves; a valve body(R130) which opens and closes an outlet with the rotation of the driving cam; and an elastic member(R140) which opens the outlet. The valve body comprises a stopper which corresponds to the elastic member. A sealing member(R114) is formed between the outlet and the valve body.

Description

Rotary valve and swash plate compressor having same {Rotary valve and swash pate type compressor having the same}

The present invention relates to a rotary valve and a swash plate type compressor having the same, and more particularly, to a rotary valve configured to accurately open and close a refrigerant flowing into a swash plate chamber by a drive cam and a swash plate type compressor having the same.

In general, a vehicle air conditioner is a device that maintains a temperature inside a car lower than an external temperature by using a refrigerant, and includes a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator to configure a circulation cycle of the refrigerant.

The compressor is a device that compresses and pumps refrigerant, and is driven by engine power or a motor.

In the swash plate type compressor, which is a kind of reciprocating compressor, a disc shaped swash plate is installed on a drive shaft to which engine power is transmitted in a state in which the inclination angle is variable or fixed to the rotation of the drive shaft, and the circumference of the swash plate is rotated by the rotation of the swash plate. A plurality of pistons installed via a shoe along the structure is configured to suck, compress and discharge the refrigerant gas by linearly reciprocating the inside of the plurality of cylinder bores formed in the cylinder block.

In addition, in the process of inhaling, compressing, and discharging the refrigerant gas, a valve plate is disposed between the housing and the cylinder block to control the suction and discharge of the refrigerant gas.

Specifically, with reference to Figure 1 will be described in more detail the configuration of a conventional swash plate compressor.

As shown, the front housing (A10) is built in the front cylinder block (A20), the rear housing (A10a) is coupled to the front housing (A10) and built in the rear cylinder block (A20a), and the front and rear A plurality of pistons A50 reciprocating in the plurality of cylinder bores A21 formed in the cylinder blocks A20 and A20a, respectively, and a shoe A45 inclinedly coupled to the drive shaft A30 and installed on an outer circumference thereof. Valve plate (A60) installed between the swash plate (A40) and the front and rear housings (A10) (A10a) and the front and rear cylinder blocks (A20) (A20a) to be coupled to the piston (A50) via a). And an upper portion of the rear surface of the rear housing A10a to supply the refrigerant transferred from the evaporator during the suction stroke of the piston A50 into the compressor A1 and to compress the piston A50 during the compression stroke of the piston A50. ) Is composed of a muffler (A70) to discharge the refrigerant compressed inside the condenser .

A coolant discharge chamber A12 and a coolant suction chamber A11 are formed inside and outside the partition A13 in the front and rear housings A10 and A10a, respectively. Here, the coolant discharge chamber A12 is formed in the first discharge chamber A12a formed inside the partition A13 and outside the partition A13 and is partitioned from the coolant suction chamber A11 to form the first discharge chamber. It consists of the 2nd discharge chamber A12b which communicates with A12a and the discharge hole A12c. Accordingly, the refrigerant in the first discharge chamber A12a passes through the small diameter discharge hole A12c and moves to the second discharge chamber A12b. As a result, the pulsation pressure due to the periodic suction of the refrigerant is attenuated. This can reduce vibration and noise.

On the other hand, the front and rear cylinder block (A20) so that the refrigerant supplied to the swash plate chamber (A24) provided between the front and rear cylinder blocks (A20, A20a) can flow to each of the refrigerant suction chamber (A11). A plurality of suction passages A22 are formed in A20a, and the second discharge chamber A12b of the front and rear housings A10 and A10a passes through the front and rear cylinder blocks A20 and A20a. It communicates with each other by the formed connection path A23. Therefore, the suction and compression of the refrigerant may be simultaneously performed in the bore A21 of the front and rear cylinder blocks A20 and A20a according to the reciprocating motion of the piston A50.

The conventional swash plate compressor configured as described above compresses the refrigerant through the following process.

The refrigerant supplied from the evaporator is sucked into the suction part of the muffler A70 and then supplied to the swash plate chamber A24 between the front and rear cylinder blocks A20 and A20a through the refrigerant suction port A71, and the swash plate chamber The refrigerant supplied to A24 flows into the refrigerant suction chamber A11 of the front and rear housings A10 and A10a along the suction passage A22 formed in the front and rear cylinder blocks A20 and A20a. do.

Thereafter, the suction lead valve is opened during the suction stroke of the piston A50, so that the refrigerant in the refrigerant suction chamber A11 is sucked into the cylinder bore A21 through the refrigerant suction hole of the valve plate A60. . When the piston A50 is compressed, the refrigerant inside the cylinder bore A21 is compressed, and the discharge lead valve is opened, and the refrigerant flows through the refrigerant discharge hole of the valve plate A60. A10a flows to the first discharge chamber A12a. The refrigerant flowing into the first discharge chamber A12a is discharged to the discharge portion of the muffler A70 through the refrigerant discharge port A72 of the muffler A70 via the second discharge chamber A12b and then flows to the condenser. .

Meanwhile, the refrigerant compressed in the cylinder bore A21 of the front cylinder block A20 is discharged to the first discharge chamber A12a of the front housing A10 and then flows to the second discharge chamber A12b. Along the connection passage A23 formed in the front and rear cylinder blocks A20 and A20a, the second discharge chamber A12b of the rear housing A10a flows to the refrigerant discharge port A72 together with the refrigerant therein. Through the discharge portion of the muffler A70 is discharged.

However, in the conventional compressor A1, the suction of the refrigerant is caused by a loss due to a suction resistance caused by a complicated internal refrigerant flow path and a loss due to elastic resistance of the suction lead valve during opening and closing of the valve plate A60. There was a problem that the volumetric efficiency is reduced.

Meanwhile, Korean Patent Publication No. 2007-19564 (compressor, hereinafter referred to as 'prior art') discloses a technique for reducing the loss caused by the elastic resistance of the suction lead valve.

The prior art relates to a compressor employing a suction shaft integrated with a drive shaft without a suction lead valve, which allows a refrigerant to directly enter the cylinder bore through the inside of the drive shaft in order to reduce the loss caused by the suction resistance. will be.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the swash plate B160 is inclinedly coupled and a flow path B151 through which a refrigerant flows is formed, and the swash plate B160 is coupled to the flow plate B151 on the side of the swash plate hub. One or more suction ports B152 are formed to communicate with each other, and a drive shaft B150 having an outlet B153 formed at a position spaced apart from the suction ports B152, and the drive shaft B150 is rotatably installed, and the swash plate chamber B136. A plurality of cylinder bores B131 and B141 are provided at both sides, and the refrigerant sucked into the flow path B151 of the drive shaft B150 sequentially moves to each cylinder bore B131 and B141 when the drive shaft B150 rotates. Front and rear cylinder blocks (B130) (B140) and the swash plate formed with suction passages (B132) and (B142) for communicating the shaft support holes (B133) and (B143) and the respective cylinder bores (B131) and (B141) to be sucked. The cylinder bore (B131) (B141) mounted on the outer circumference of the (B160) via a shoe and linked to the rotational motion of the swash plate (B160) Compressor comprising a plurality of pistons (B170) for reciprocating inside and the front and rear housings (B110) (B120) coupled to both sides of the cylinder block (B130) (B140) and the discharge chamber is formed therein, respectively Is disclosed.

According to the conventional compressor, the refrigerant introduced through the suction port (not shown) flows into the drive shaft B150 through the suction port B152 formed on the hub side of the swash plate B160, and then the drive shaft B150. It is configured to flow into the cylinder bores B131 and B141 via the flow path B151 formed in the interior thereof.

However, since the suction port of the drive shaft is formed on the swash plate hub side and sucks the refrigerant in the swash plate chamber while the drive shaft rotates, the related art has a sufficient suction flow rate due to the flow resistance caused by the centrifugal force. There was a problem that can not be secured.

In addition, there is a problem that the additional process to process the inside of the drive shaft is additionally made, as well as the durability is greatly weakened by the shaft processing.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to allow the suction of the refrigerant in the swash plate chamber through the cylinder block and at the same time securely supplied with a sufficient amount of refrigerant suction rotary It is to provide a valve and a swash plate compressor having the same.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a rotary valve and a swash plate compressor having the same to reduce the suction loss and improve the volumetric efficiency by accurately opening and closing the communication hole communicated to the cylinder bore by the drive cam.

The rotary valve of the present invention for achieving the above object, the case is formed so that the inlet and outlet communication, the drive cam is installed and rotated in the case, the valve for opening and closing the outlet by the rotation of the drive cam It characterized in that it comprises a sieve and an elastic member for opening the outlet.

Here, the valve body is formed of a cylindrical body, it is preferable that the stopper corresponding to the elastic member is formed in the cylindrical body.

And, it is preferable that a sealing member is provided between the outlet and the valve body.

In addition, the valve body is preferably formed of a ball.

In addition, the case is preferably formed with a refrigerant bypass groove.

In addition, the case is formed in a front and rear partition structure, it is preferable that the inlet and outlet are formed in the divided boundary.

In addition, the swash plate compressor of the present invention includes a housing, a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores formed therein, coupled to the housing, a piston accommodated in the cylinder bore so as to reciprocate, and the housing and the cylinder block. A drive shaft rotatably installed, a swash plate rotated by the drive shaft and interlocked with the piston, a valve plate interposed between the housing and the cylinder block, and an inner surface of the coupling hole formed in the drive shaft and formed in the cylinder block. In the swash plate type compressor comprising a rotary valve installed in the circumferential surface of the coupling hole facing the outer circumferential surface of the rotary valve, a communication hole connected to each of the plurality of cylinder bores is formed and communicated from the swash plate chamber to the housing. A refrigerant suction groove is formed, and the rotary valve is connected to the refrigerant suction groove. A case having an inlet which is in communication with the inlet and having an outlet corresponding to the communication hole, a drive cam installed in the case and rotating in combination with the drive shaft, and opening and closing the outlet by rotation of the drive cam. And an elastic member for opening the valve body and the outlet.

Here, the valve body is preferably formed with a stopper corresponding to the elastic member.

Preferably, a sealing member is provided between the discharge port and the valve body or between the communication hole and the valve body.

In addition, the valve body is preferably formed of a ball.

In addition, the case is preferably formed with a refrigerant bypass groove.

In addition, the case is formed in a front and rear partition structure, it is preferable that the inlet and outlet are formed in the divided boundary.

According to the rotary valve and the swash plate type compressor including the rotary valve according to the present invention, the refrigerant suction groove for sucking the refrigerant in the swash plate chamber is formed in the coupling hole of the cylinder block so that the refrigerant is stably regardless of the rotational force of the driving shaft rotating at high speed. Since it can be sucked, there is an effect that can greatly reduce the loss caused by the refrigerant suction resistance.

In addition, by accurately opening and closing the communication hole communicating with the cylinder bore by the drive cam, the suction loss is reduced and the volumetric efficiency is improved.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to the description, the swash plate compressor 1000 according to the present invention is applied to an embodiment for a double headed piston compressor, but may also be applied to a conventional double headed piston compressor not necessarily limited to a double headed piston compressor.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the swash plate compressor 1000 according to the present invention includes a cylinder block 100 having a plurality of cylinder bores 110, and a cylinder bore 110 of the cylinder block 100. Piston 200 which is accommodated in the reciprocating motion respectively, the front and rear housings 310 and 320 to be hermetically coupled to the front and rear of the cylinder block 100, respectively, the front housing 310 and the cylinder block ( A drive shaft 400 rotatably installed with respect to 100, a swash plate 500 installed to interlock with the drive shaft 400 and the piston 200, and the front and rear housings 310 and 320 with the cylinder block 100; It consists of a valve plate 600 interposed between.

Since the configuration is the same as the prior art of FIG. 1A described above, description of the overlapping configuration will be omitted and only the configuration having a difference will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the cylinder block 100 is interposed between the front and rear housings 310 and 320, and a plurality of cylinder bores 110 reciprocating therein are formed therein. do.

In particular, the cylinder block 100 is provided with a coupling hole 120, the rotary valve (R) is provided in the coupling hole 120 is free to slide rotation. The rotary valve R is fixed to the drive shaft 400 and rotates with the rotation of the drive shaft 400.

In addition, the inner circumferential surface of the coupling hole 120 facing the outer circumferential surface of the rotary valve R is formed with a communication hole 130 for supplying refrigerant to each of the plurality of cylinder bores 110, and the swash plate chamber ( A refrigerant suction groove 140 communicating with the housing 310 and the housing 320 is formed.

The refrigerant suction groove 140 is disposed between the adjacent cylinder bores (110, 110) is effective for the refrigerant suction. Strictly, the refrigerant suction groove 140 may be disposed one by one between the neighboring communication holes (130, 130).

In addition, the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant suction groove 140 is delivered to the rotary valve (R).

In addition, the refrigerant suction groove 140 and the rotary valve R communicate with each other by the refrigerant storage chambers P1 formed in the front and rear housings 310 and 320.

Therefore, the refrigerant flows into the swash plate chamber 101, the refrigerant suction groove 140, the refrigerant storage chamber P1, the rotary valve R, the communication hole 130, and the cylinder bore 110 in sequence.

The configuration of the rotary valve (R) adopted in the embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

5 to 7, the rotary valve R of the present invention communicates with the inlet port R111 corresponding to the refrigerant suction groove 140 and the inlet port R111 and communicates with the communication hole 130. A case (R110) having an outlet (R112) corresponding to), a drive cam (R120) installed in the case (R110) and combined with the drive shaft (400) to rotate together, and the drive cam (R120) It consists of a valve body (R130) is installed to open and close the outlet (R112) by rotation and an elastic member (R140) such as a spring for applying an elastic force to the valve body (R1112) in the direction of opening the outlet (R130). do.

First, the case R110 is fixed to the coupling hole 120 of the cylinder block 100 such that the inlet port R111 and the outlet port R112 exactly match the refrigerant suction groove 140 and the communication hole 130. Is installed.

In addition, the case R110 is divided into front and rear cases.

In addition, a refrigerant bypass groove R113 is formed in the front case of the case R110, and the inner diameter of the refrigerant bypass groove R113 is larger than the outer diameter of the drive shaft 400 so as to be spaced apart from each other so that the discharge port R112 is provided. It is configured to communicate with).

The drive cam R120 opens and closes the outlet R112 by reciprocating the valve body R130 in a radial direction with respect to the center of the drive shaft 400 in association with the rotation of the drive shaft 400.

In addition, the cam curve of the outer circumferential surface of the drive cam (R120) is to accurately connect the opening and closing of the valve body (R130) and the movement of the piston 200 to reduce the suction loss and to improve the volume efficiency.

On the other hand, the drive cam (R120) may be composed of a separate unit coupled to the drive shaft 400 or may be integrally formed on the drive shaft (400).

The valve body R130 may be formed in a shape in which a cylindrical body is coupled to a ball or a partial ball shape as shown in FIG. 7, and the cylindrical body has a stopper R131 corresponding to the elastic member R140. Is formed is configured to receive the elastic force of the elastic member (R140).

In addition, the sealing member (R114) is provided between the outlet (R112) and the valve body (R130) to prevent the flow of the refrigerant to smoothly supply the refrigerant to the cylinder bore (110).

On the other hand, the sealing member (R114) may be installed in the communication hole 130, wherein the valve body (R130) is preferably installed so as to protrude to the outside of the outlet (R112).

According to this configuration, in the process of moving the refrigerant introduced through the refrigerant suction groove 140 of the cylinder block 100, a part of the communication hole through the inlet (R111) and outlet (R112) of the rotary valve (R) Discharged to the 130 and the cylinder bore 110, the remaining refrigerant is moved to the refrigerant storage chamber (P1) of the front and rear housings 310 and 320 along the longitudinal direction of the rotary valve (R). Thereafter, the refrigerant in the refrigerant storage chambers P1 of the front and rear housings 310 and 320 flows into the refrigerant bypass groove R113 of the rotary valve R, and the introduced refrigerant passes through the outlet R112 and the communication hole 130. Discharged into the cylinder bore 110.

As such, the rotary valve R may suck the refrigerant in a quick and stable state by a double suction method.

Hereinafter, the swash plate compressor according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

First, when the drive shaft 400 of the compressor 1000 is rotated by receiving power, the swash plate 500 is rotated, the plurality of pistons 200 in conjunction with the rotational movement of the swash plate 500 is the cylinder block ( The suction and compression of the refrigerant is repeatedly performed while reciprocating inside the cylinder bore 110 of 100).

Subsequently, looking at the suction structure of the refrigerant flowing into the cylinder bore 110 in detail, the refrigerant introduced into the swash plate chamber 101 from the evaporator (not shown) is the cylinder block by the suction stroke of the piston (200). It is introduced into the refrigerant suction groove 140 of (100). In this process, a part of the refrigerant moving in the axial direction through the refrigerant suction groove 140 is guided to the inlet port R111 of the rotary valve R.

In addition, the refrigerant guided to the inlet (R111) through the communication hole 130 by the valve body (R130) opens the outlet (R112) by the rotation of the drive cam (R120) axially coupled with the drive shaft (400). The refrigerant is sucked into the cylinder bore 110 and the remaining refrigerant flows into the refrigerant storage chamber P1 of the front and rear housings 310 and 320 through the refrigerant suction groove 140.

Thereafter, the refrigerant stored in the refrigerant storage chamber P1 passes through the refrigerant bypass groove R113 of the case R110 and is sucked into the cylinder bore 110 through the discharge port R112 and the communication hole 130.

That is, the rotary valve R has a structure in which the refrigerant is sucked in both directions, and not only maintains the suction amount of the refrigerant stably but also quickly discharges the cylinder bore 110.

Next, the refrigerant compressed in the cylinder bore 110 is discharged into the refrigerant discharge chamber P2 of the front and rear housings 310 and 320.

In addition, it is also possible to form a single suction structure by applying to the structure without the refrigerant storage chamber (P1) separately.

As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described in detail, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, It should be interpreted by the claim. At this time, those of ordinary skill in the art should consider that many modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a front sectional view and a side sectional view showing the configuration of a conventional swash plate type compressor.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing a swash plate compressor equipped with a rotary valve according to the prior art.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a swash plate compressor according to the present invention.

4 is a perspective view showing a cylinder block of the swash plate compressor according to the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 'a-a' of FIG. 3.

6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a rotary valve of the swash plate compressor according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a rotary valve of the swash plate compressor according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of symbols on main parts of the drawings *

100: cylinder block 110: cylinder bore

120: coupling hole 130: communication hole

140: refrigerant suction groove 180: connection euro groove

200: piston 310: front housing

320: rear housing 400: drive shaft

500: swash plate 600: valve plate

P1: refrigerant storage chamber P2: discharge chamber

R: Rotary Valve R110: Case

R111: Inlet R112: Outlet

R113: Refrigerant bypass groove R114: Sealing member

R120: Drive Cam R130: Valve Body

R131: Stopper R140: Elastic Member

Claims (12)

A case formed to communicate with the inlet and the outlet; A drive cam installed on the case and rotating; A valve body for opening and closing the outlet by rotation of the drive cam; And An elastic member for opening the outlet; Rotary valve comprising a. The method of claim 1, The valve body is a rotary valve, characterized in that the stopper corresponding to the elastic member is formed. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The sealing valve is provided between the outlet and the valve body. The method of claim 1, The valve body is a rotary valve, characterized in that formed by a ball. The method of claim 3, wherein And a refrigerant bypass groove is formed in the case. The method of claim 1, The case has a front and rear partition structure, the rotary valve, characterized in that the inlet and outlet is formed in the divided boundary. A housing, a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores formed therein, coupled to the housing, a piston accommodated reciprocally in the cylinder bore, a drive shaft rotatably installed with respect to the housing and the cylinder block, and the drive shaft A swash plate type compressor including a swash plate which is rotated by the piston and is installed to be linked to the piston, a valve plate interposed between the housing and the cylinder block, and a rotary valve formed on the driving shaft and installed on an inner surface of the coupling hole formed in the cylinder block. To The inner circumferential surface of the coupling hole facing the outer circumferential surface of the rotary valve is formed with a communication hole connected to each of the plurality of cylinder bores, and a refrigerant suction groove communicating from the swash chamber to the housing is formed. The rotary valve, A case having an inlet corresponding to the coolant suction groove and a discharge port communicating with the inlet and corresponding to the communication hole; A drive cam installed in the case and rotating in combination with the drive shaft; A valve body for opening and closing the outlet by rotation of the drive cam; And An elastic member for opening the outlet; Swash plate compressor comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The valve body is characterized in that the stopper corresponding to the elastic member is formed swash plate type compressor. The method according to claim 7 or 8, And a sealing member is provided between the outlet port and the valve body or between the communication hole and the valve body. The method of claim 7, wherein The swash plate-type compressor, characterized in that the valve body is formed of a ball. The method of claim 9, The swash plate compressor, characterized in that the refrigerant bypass groove is formed in the case. The method of claim 7, wherein The case is formed of a front and rear partition structure, characterized in that the inlet and outlet is formed on the divided boundary.

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