US20100284833A1 - Sealed type comprssor - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04C29/00—Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00
- F04C29/02—Lubrication; Lubricant separation
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F04C29/02—Lubrication; Lubricant separation
- F04C29/028—Means for improving or restricting lubricant flow
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04C18/00—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
- F04C18/30—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids having the characteristics covered by two or more of groups F04C18/02, F04C18/08, F04C18/22, F04C18/24, F04C18/48, or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members
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- F04C18/356—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids having the characteristics covered by two or more of groups F04C18/02, F04C18/08, F04C18/22, F04C18/24, F04C18/48, or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F04C18/08 or F04C18/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members with vanes reciprocating with respect to the outer member
- F04C18/3562—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids having the characteristics covered by two or more of groups F04C18/02, F04C18/08, F04C18/22, F04C18/24, F04C18/48, or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F04C18/08 or F04C18/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members with vanes reciprocating with respect to the outer member the inner and outer member being in contact along one line or continuous surfaces substantially parallel to the axis of rotation
- F04C18/3564—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids having the characteristics covered by two or more of groups F04C18/02, F04C18/08, F04C18/22, F04C18/24, F04C18/48, or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F04C18/08 or F04C18/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members with vanes reciprocating with respect to the outer member the inner and outer member being in contact along one line or continuous surfaces substantially parallel to the axis of rotation the surfaces of the inner and outer member, forming the working space, being surfaces of revolution
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- the present invention relates to a sealed type compressor, more particularly, an improvement in the structure of a sealed type compressor.
- FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view representing an overall arrangement of a rotary compressor.
- a compression element 7 corresponding to induction pipes 5 a and 5 b for compressing the input working fluid.
- a drive element 8 for driving compression element 7 is arranged thereabove, occupying substantially the entire region of the internal space.
- an oil reservoir 9 storing a lubricant O is formed at the internal space defined by a lower lid 4 at the lower end region of casing 1 .
- a storage space 10 for storing compressed working fluid is formed at another space.
- Compression element 7 is configured having a cylinder chamber at an upper stage and at a lower stage, i.e. two cylinder chambers.
- Compression element 7 includes an upper cylinder 12 a with a cylinder chamber 11 a having a circular transverse cross section, a lower cylinder 12 b with a cylinder chamber 11 b having a circular transverse cross section, and a middle plate 18 therebetween.
- On both upper and lower surfaces of upper cylinder 12 a and lower cylinder 12 b are provided an upper bearing 13 having a boss-shaped bearing portion 13 a at its center and a lower bearing 14 also having a boss-shaped bearing portion 14 a at its center, fastened by a plurality of bolts 15 to set cylinder chambers 11 a and 11 b at a sealed state.
- Upper cylinder 12 a and lower cylinder 12 b are supported at a horizontal state in casing 1 .
- An outlet 13 c is provided at upper bearing 13 .
- a front muffler 16 is secured to upper bearing 13 around bearing portion 13 a so as to form an annular gap with respect to bearing portion 13 a of upper bearing 13 .
- an outlet 14 c is provided at lower bearing 14 .
- a rear muffler 17 that partitions oil reservoir 9 from the discharge space is secured to lower bearing 14 around bearing portion 14 a of lower bearing 14 .
- An upper piston 19 a and a lower piston 19 b are arranged at cylinder chambers 11 a and 11 b of upper cylinder 12 a and lower cylinder 12 b, respectively.
- Upper and lower pistons 19 a and 19 b are arranged at the outer circumference of eccentric portions 20 a and 20 b of a crankshaft 26 .
- Drive element 8 includes an electric motor constituted of a stator 24 and a rotor 25 .
- Stator 24 is fixedly-supported to an inner wall of a middle cylindrical body 2 in a casing 1 .
- a rotor 25 is disposed concentrically with and at the inner side of stator 24 with a predetermined circumferential gap therebetween.
- the upper half portion of crankshaft 26 is mounted at the inner side of rotor 25 to rotate integrally about the shaft center.
- the lower half portion of crankshaft 26 is fit-supported rotatably by both bearing portions 13 a and 14 a of upper bearing 13 and lower bearing 14 .
- An oil channel 26 a extending along the shaft center direction is formed at crankshaft 26 .
- a centrifugal oil pump 27 is attached at the lower end of crankshaft 26 .
- Oil pump 27 is constantly immersed in lubricant O of oil reservoir 9 to draw up lubricant O into oil channel 26 a according to the rotation of crankshaft 26 .
- the lubricant is supplied through a plurality of lubricant supply holes 26 b provided at crankshaft 26 to each slidable site of compression element 7 and drive element 8 .
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of lower bearing 14 , viewed from the bearing portion 14 a side.
- FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view of lower bearing 14 .
- a communicating groove 14 c is provided at the inner circumferential face of bearing portion 14 a of lower bearing 14 , spanning from the upper end to the lower end in parallel with crankshaft 26 along the shaft center direction.
- the lubricant output from lubricant supply opening 26 b provided at crankshaft 26 runs along the outer surface of crankshaft 26 (F 1 ) via communicating groove 14 c to be supplied to the region between bearing portion 14 a and the sliding face of crankshaft 26 (F 2 ).
- communicating groove 14 c has both the upper and lower ends open as shown in FIG. 8 , not all the lubricant (F 1 ) output from lubricant supply hole 26 b is supplied to the region between bearing portion 14 a and the sliding face of crankshaft 26 . A portion of the lubricant (F 3 ) is discharged to oil reservoir 9 without being used as the lubricant.
- Patent Document 1 set forth below can be cited as a document disclosing a rotary compressor such as that shown in FIG. 4 .
- Non-Patent Document 1 can be cited as a document disclosing the art of a rotary compressor oil supply system.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-324652
- Non-Patent Document 1 Takahide Ito et al. “Study On Oil Supply System for Rotary Compressors”, Mitsubishi Juko Giho, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. September 1992, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 458-462
- the problem to be solved by the invention arises from the fact that the oil supply groove provided at the lower bearing employed in a sealed type compressor is a communicating groove with both the upper and lower ends open. Futile pump loss occurs since the oil pump must draw up the lubricant that is merely to be output to the oil reservoir without being supplied to the lower bearing even though there is sufficient lubricant to be discharged to the oil reservoir.
- the present invention is directed to solving the above-described problem, and provides a sealed type compressor allowing improvement in the oil supply capability of the oil pump to suppress occurrence of pump loss by reducing futile induction of lubricant at the oil pump.
- a sealed type compressor has a compression element and a drive element accommodated in a sealed vessel, and includes a crankshaft, a piston disposed at an outer circumference of an eccentric portion of the crankshaft, a cylinder defining a cylinder chamber where the piston is disposed, and an upper bearing and a lower bearing having a bearing portion to support the crankshaft axially, and sandwiching the cylinder and the piston from respective axial sides of the crankshaft.
- the sealed type compressor includes an oil pump provided at a lower end of the crankshaft to draw up a lubricant stored in an oil reservoir at the lower end portion of the sealed vessel into an oil channel provided extending along a shaft center direction of the crankshaft to provide lubrication to each sliding site of the compression element and drive element, and an oil supply groove provided at a sliding face of the bearing portion of the lower bearing, extending along an axial direction of the crankshaft to supply the lubricant to the outer surface of the crankshaft.
- the oil supply groove has one end side open at an end face of the cylinder side, and the other end side closed at a lower end side of the crankshaft.
- the oil supply groove provided at the lower bearing is not a communicating groove open at the upper and lower ends, and is closed at the lower end side of the crankshaft.
- the lubricant supplied to the lower bearing is entirely applied to the lower bearing without a portion being discharged to the oil reservoir.
- the oil supply capability of the oil pump can be improved to suppress occurrence of pump loss.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of only a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention, viewed from the bearing portion side.
- FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 represents the oil supply rate to each sliding site when the lower bearing of background art is employed, and the oil supply rate to each sliding site when the lower bearing of the present embodiment is employed.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view representing the dimensional relationship of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 represents the relationship of X/L and the bearing temperature increase (° C.) of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view representing an overall arrangement of a rotary compressor according to background art.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of only a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to background art, viewed from the bearing portion side.
- FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to background art.
- the rotary compressor of the present embodiment has the same basic arrangement as the rotary compressor with a cylinder chamber at an upper stage and at a lower stage, i.e. two cylinder chambers, described with reference to FIG. 6 .
- a compression element 7 and a drive element 8 are accommodated in a casing 1 that is a sealed vessel.
- the rotary compressor includes a crankshaft 26 , an upper piston 19 a and a lower piston 19 b arranged at the outer circumference of eccentric portions 20 a and 20 b of crankshaft 26 , an upper cylinder 12 a and a lower cylinder 12 b defining cylinder chambers 11 a and 11 b where upper piston 19 a and lower piston 19 b are disposed, and bearing portions 13 a and 14 a to axial-support crankshaft 26 .
- crankshaft 26 There are further provided an upper bearing 13 and a lower bearing 14 sandwiching upper cylinder 12 a, upper piston 19 a, lower cylinder 12 b and lower piston 19 b from respective axial sides of crankshaft 26 .
- crankshaft 26 At the lower end of crankshaft 26 is provided an oil pump 27 to draw up a lubricant O stored in an oil reservoir 9 at the lower end portion of casing 1 into an oil channel 26 a provided so as to extend along the shaft center direction of crankshaft 26 to, provide lubrication to each sliding site of compression element 7 and drive element 8 , according to the rotation of crankshaft 26 .
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of only lower bearing 14 A employed in the rotary compressor of the present embodiment, viewed from the bearing portion 14 a side.
- FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of lower bearing 14 A.
- an oil supply groove 14 b is provided at the inner circumferential face of bearing portion 14 a of lower bearing 14 A.
- Oil supply groove 14 b has one end side open at the end face of the cylinder 12 b side (refer to FIG. 6 ).
- the other end side of oil supply groove 14 b extends to a region partway of bearing portion 14 a at the lower end side of crankshaft 26 .
- the lubricant (F 1 ) discharged from lubricant supply opening 26 b provided at crankshaft 26 runs along the outer surface of crankshaft 26 via oil supply groove 14 b to be supplied to the region between bearing portion 14 a and the sliding face of crankshaft 26 (F 2 ).
- oil supply groove 14 b is not a communicating groove open at the lower end, and extends to a region only as far as partway of bearing portion. 14 a at the lower end side of crankshaft 26 . Since oil supply groove 14 b takes a closed state at the lower end side of crankshaft 26 , the lubricant supplied to lower bearing 14 A is entirely applied to lower bearing 14 A without a portion being discharged to oil reservoir 9 (refer to FIG. 6 ).
- FIG. 1 represents a configuration in which oil supply groove 14 b extends to a region only as far as partway of bearing portion 14 a at the lower end side of crankshaft 26 .
- a structure of closing the lower end side of the oil supply groove can be adapted by providing another member such as a plate member at the lower end of the groove.
- FIG. 3 represents the oil supply rate (cc/min) of the lubricant to each sliding site corresponding to the case where lower bearing 14 of the background art shown in FIG. 8 is employed, and the oil supply rate (cc/min) to each sliding site corresponding to the case where lower bearing 14 A of the present embodiment is employed.
- the oil supply rate (cc/min) of the lubricant supplied to the upper bearing (A 1 ), upper piston 19 a (A 2 ), and lower piston 19 b (A 3 ) does not vary between the background art and the present embodiment.
- oil supply rate (cc/min) of lubricant to the lower bearing (A 4 ) is greatly reduced in the present embodiment, as compared to that of the background art. This is because the lubricant supplied to lower bearing 14 A of the present embodiment is entirely applied to lower bearing 14 without being partially discharged to oil reservoir 9 (refer to FIG. 6 ), as described before, avoiding unnecessary drawing up of lubricant by oil pump 27 .
- the bearing friction loss W can be expressed by equation 1 set forth below, where L is the overall bearing length, r the bearing radius, ⁇ the oil viscosity, u the sliding rate, C the clearance, and ⁇ the oil film clearance. Assuming that overall bearing length L, bearing radius r, oil viscosity ⁇ and sliding rate u are constants in equation 1, bearing friction loss W will rapidly increase when the oil film clearance ⁇ approaches zero.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view representing the dimensional relationship of lower bearing 14 A.
- FIG. 5 represents the relationship between X/L and the bearing temperature increase (° C.).
- the bearing temperature is maintained below approximately 20 degrees when the X/L is from 0.4 to 1.
- the bearing temperature is also below approximately 40 degrees when the X/L is from 0.2 to 0.4.
- the oil film clearance becomes small to cause increase of the bearing friction loss. As a result, the cooling performance is greatly degraded. It is therefore desirable that the X/L is in the range from 0.2 to 0.8, preferably from 0.6 to 0.8.
- the present invention is also applicable to a rotary compressor having a cylinder at one stage.
- the structure based on the present invention is widely applicable, not only to rotary compressors, but to other sealed type compressors having a similar compression element structure.
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A sealed type compressor includes a sealed vessel, compression and drive elements disposed in the sealed vessel, an oil pump and an oil supply groove. Upper and lower bearings sandwich the cylinder and piston of the compression element from respective axial sides. The drive element drives the compression element via a crank shaft. The lower bearing has an axially extending bearing portion to support the crankshaft. The oil pump draws up a lubricant into an oil channel extending in a shaft center direction of the crankshaft to provide lubrication to the compression and drive elements. The oil supply groove is provided at a sliding face of the bearing portion, and extends along the crankshaft to supply the lubricant to an outer surface of the crankshaft. The oil supply groove has a first open end side and a second closed end side at a lower end side of the crankshaft.
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- The present invention relates to a sealed type compressor, more particularly, an improvement in the structure of a sealed type compressor.
- <Overall Arrangement of Rotary Compressor>
- An overall arrangement of a rotary compressor will be described with reference to
FIG. 6 .FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view representing an overall arrangement of a rotary compressor. At the lower end side of acasing 1 is arranged acompression element 7 corresponding toinduction pipes drive element 8 fordriving compression element 7 is arranged thereabove, occupying substantially the entire region of the internal space. At the internal space defined by alower lid 4 at the lower end region ofcasing 1, anoil reservoir 9 storing a lubricant O is formed. Astorage space 10 for storing compressed working fluid is formed at another space. - <
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Compression element 7 is configured having a cylinder chamber at an upper stage and at a lower stage, i.e. two cylinder chambers.Compression element 7 includes anupper cylinder 12 a with acylinder chamber 11 a having a circular transverse cross section, alower cylinder 12 b with acylinder chamber 11 b having a circular transverse cross section, and amiddle plate 18 therebetween. On both upper and lower surfaces ofupper cylinder 12 a andlower cylinder 12 b are provided an upper bearing 13 having a boss-shaped bearing portion 13 a at its center and alower bearing 14 also having a boss-shaped bearing portion 14 a at its center, fastened by a plurality ofbolts 15 to setcylinder chambers -
Upper cylinder 12 a andlower cylinder 12 b are supported at a horizontal state incasing 1. Anoutlet 13 c is provided at upper bearing 13. Afront muffler 16 is secured to upper bearing 13 around bearingportion 13 a so as to form an annular gap with respect to bearingportion 13 a of upper bearing 13. Furthermore, anoutlet 14 c is provided at lower bearing 14. In addition, arear muffler 17 thatpartitions oil reservoir 9 from the discharge space is secured to lower bearing 14 around bearingportion 14 a oflower bearing 14. - An
upper piston 19 a and alower piston 19 b are arranged atcylinder chambers upper cylinder 12 a andlower cylinder 12 b, respectively. Upper andlower pistons eccentric portions crankshaft 26. - <Drive
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Drive element 8 includes an electric motor constituted of astator 24 and arotor 25.Stator 24 is fixedly-supported to an inner wall of a middlecylindrical body 2 in acasing 1. Arotor 25 is disposed concentrically with and at the inner side ofstator 24 with a predetermined circumferential gap therebetween. The upper half portion ofcrankshaft 26 is mounted at the inner side ofrotor 25 to rotate integrally about the shaft center. The lower half portion ofcrankshaft 26 is fit-supported rotatably by both bearingportions lower bearing 14. - An
oil channel 26 a extending along the shaft center direction is formed atcrankshaft 26. Acentrifugal oil pump 27 is attached at the lower end ofcrankshaft 26.Oil pump 27 is constantly immersed in lubricant O ofoil reservoir 9 to draw up lubricant O intooil channel 26 a according to the rotation ofcrankshaft 26. The lubricant is supplied through a plurality oflubricant supply holes 26 b provided atcrankshaft 26 to each slidable site ofcompression element 7 anddrive element 8. - The supply of lubricant towards
bearing portion 14 a oflower bearing 14 will be described hereinafter with reference toFIGS. 7 and 8 .FIG. 7 is a perspective view oflower bearing 14, viewed from thebearing portion 14 a side.FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view oflower bearing 14. As shown inFIG. 7 , a communicatinggroove 14 c is provided at the inner circumferential face ofbearing portion 14 a oflower bearing 14, spanning from the upper end to the lower end in parallel withcrankshaft 26 along the shaft center direction. The lubricant output from lubricant supply opening 26 b provided atcrankshaft 26 runs along the outer surface of crankshaft 26 (F1) via communicatinggroove 14 c to be supplied to the region betweenbearing portion 14 a and the sliding face of crankshaft 26 (F2). - Since communicating
groove 14 c has both the upper and lower ends open as shown inFIG. 8 , not all the lubricant (F1) output fromlubricant supply hole 26 b is supplied to the region betweenbearing portion 14 a and the sliding face ofcrankshaft 26. A portion of the lubricant (F3) is discharged tooil reservoir 9 without being used as the lubricant. - It is to be noted that
oil pump 27 draws up an amount of lubricant, a portion that will discharged tooil reservoir 9 without being used for lubrication, in addition to the amount required for lubrication towards respective sliding sites, causing futile pump loss.Patent Document 1 set forth below can be cited as a document disclosing a rotary compressor such as that shown inFIG. 4 . In addition, Non-PatentDocument 1 can be cited as a document disclosing the art of a rotary compressor oil supply system. - Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-324652
- Non-Patent Document 1: Takahide Ito et al. “Study On Oil Supply System for Rotary Compressors”, Mitsubishi Juko Giho, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. September 1992, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 458-462
- The problem to be solved by the invention arises from the fact that the oil supply groove provided at the lower bearing employed in a sealed type compressor is a communicating groove with both the upper and lower ends open. Futile pump loss occurs since the oil pump must draw up the lubricant that is merely to be output to the oil reservoir without being supplied to the lower bearing even though there is sufficient lubricant to be discharged to the oil reservoir. Thus, the present invention is directed to solving the above-described problem, and provides a sealed type compressor allowing improvement in the oil supply capability of the oil pump to suppress occurrence of pump loss by reducing futile induction of lubricant at the oil pump.
- A sealed type compressor according to the present invention has a compression element and a drive element accommodated in a sealed vessel, and includes a crankshaft, a piston disposed at an outer circumference of an eccentric portion of the crankshaft, a cylinder defining a cylinder chamber where the piston is disposed, and an upper bearing and a lower bearing having a bearing portion to support the crankshaft axially, and sandwiching the cylinder and the piston from respective axial sides of the crankshaft.
- The sealed type compressor includes an oil pump provided at a lower end of the crankshaft to draw up a lubricant stored in an oil reservoir at the lower end portion of the sealed vessel into an oil channel provided extending along a shaft center direction of the crankshaft to provide lubrication to each sliding site of the compression element and drive element, and an oil supply groove provided at a sliding face of the bearing portion of the lower bearing, extending along an axial direction of the crankshaft to supply the lubricant to the outer surface of the crankshaft.
- The oil supply groove has one end side open at an end face of the cylinder side, and the other end side closed at a lower end side of the crankshaft.
- According to the sealed type compressor of the present invention, the oil supply groove provided at the lower bearing is not a communicating groove open at the upper and lower ends, and is closed at the lower end side of the crankshaft. As a result, the lubricant supplied to the lower bearing is entirely applied to the lower bearing without a portion being discharged to the oil reservoir.
- Thus, by reducing futile induction of lubricant at the oil pump, the oil supply capability of the oil pump can be improved to suppress occurrence of pump loss.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of only a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention, viewed from the bearing portion side. -
FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 represents the oil supply rate to each sliding site when the lower bearing of background art is employed, and the oil supply rate to each sliding site when the lower bearing of the present embodiment is employed. -
FIG. 4 is a sectional view representing the dimensional relationship of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 represents the relationship of X/L and the bearing temperature increase (° C.) of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view representing an overall arrangement of a rotary compressor according to background art. -
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of only a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to background art, viewed from the bearing portion side. -
FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view of a lower bearing employed in a rotary compressor according to background art. - 1 casing; 4 lower lid; 5 a, 5 b induction pipe; 7 compressor element; 8 drive element; 9 oil reservoir; 10 storage space; 11 a, 11 b cylinder chamber; 12 a upper cylinder; 12 b lower cylinder; 13 upper bearing; 13 a bearing portion; 13 c, 14 c outlet; 14A lower bearing; 14 a bearing portion; 14 b oil supply groove; 14 c communicating groove; 15 bolt; 16 front muffler; 17 rear muffler; 18 middle plate; 19 a upper piston; 19 b lower piston; 24 stator; 25 rotor; 26 a oil channel; 26 b lubricant supply hole; 27 oil pump; O lubricant.
- Each of the embodiments of a sealed type compressor according to the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the drawings. As an example of a sealed type compressor of the present embodiment, an application of the present invention to the rotary compressor set forth above in the background art will be described.
- The rotary compressor of the present embodiment has the same basic arrangement as the rotary compressor with a cylinder chamber at an upper stage and at a lower stage, i.e. two cylinder chambers, described with reference to
FIG. 6 . Acompression element 7 and adrive element 8 are accommodated in acasing 1 that is a sealed vessel. The rotary compressor includes acrankshaft 26, anupper piston 19 a and alower piston 19 b arranged at the outer circumference ofeccentric portions crankshaft 26, anupper cylinder 12 a and alower cylinder 12 b definingcylinder chambers upper piston 19 a andlower piston 19 b are disposed, and bearingportions support crankshaft 26. - There are further provided an
upper bearing 13 and alower bearing 14 sandwichingupper cylinder 12 a,upper piston 19 a,lower cylinder 12 b andlower piston 19 b from respective axial sides ofcrankshaft 26. - In addition, at the lower end of
crankshaft 26 is provided anoil pump 27 to draw up a lubricant O stored in anoil reservoir 9 at the lower end portion ofcasing 1 into anoil channel 26 a provided so as to extend along the shaft center direction ofcrankshaft 26 to, provide lubrication to each sliding site ofcompression element 7 and driveelement 8, according to the rotation ofcrankshaft 26. - In the following description, elements identical to or corresponding to those of the rotary compressor described with reference to
FIG. 6 have the same reference characters allotted, and description thereof will not be repeated. Only the characteristic features of the present invention will be described in detail hereinafter. - Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 2 , the characteristic portion of the rotary compressor of the present embodiment will be described.FIG. 1 is a perspective view of onlylower bearing 14A employed in the rotary compressor of the present embodiment, viewed from the bearingportion 14 a side.FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view oflower bearing 14A. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , anoil supply groove 14 b is provided at the inner circumferential face of bearingportion 14 a oflower bearing 14A.Oil supply groove 14 b has one end side open at the end face of thecylinder 12 b side (refer toFIG. 6 ). The other end side ofoil supply groove 14 b extends to a region partway of bearingportion 14 a at the lower end side ofcrankshaft 26. - The lubricant (F1) discharged from
lubricant supply opening 26 b provided at crankshaft 26 (refer toFIG. 6 ) runs along the outer surface ofcrankshaft 26 viaoil supply groove 14 b to be supplied to the region between bearingportion 14 a and the sliding face of crankshaft 26 (F2). - As shown in
FIG. 2 ,oil supply groove 14 b is not a communicating groove open at the lower end, and extends to a region only as far as partway of bearing portion. 14 a at the lower end side ofcrankshaft 26. Sinceoil supply groove 14 b takes a closed state at the lower end side ofcrankshaft 26, the lubricant supplied to lower bearing 14A is entirely applied tolower bearing 14A without a portion being discharged to oil reservoir 9 (refer toFIG. 6 ).FIG. 1 represents a configuration in whichoil supply groove 14 b extends to a region only as far as partway of bearingportion 14 a at the lower end side ofcrankshaft 26. In the case where the groove is provided extending from the upper end to the lower end ofcrankshaft 26, likewise of communicatinggroove 14 c shown inFIG. 7 , a structure of closing the lower end side of the oil supply groove can be adapted by providing another member such as a plate member at the lower end of the groove. -
FIG. 3 represents the oil supply rate (cc/min) of the lubricant to each sliding site corresponding to the case wherelower bearing 14 of the background art shown inFIG. 8 is employed, and the oil supply rate (cc/min) to each sliding site corresponding to the case wherelower bearing 14A of the present embodiment is employed. The oil supply rate (cc/min) of the lubricant supplied to the upper bearing (A1),upper piston 19 a (A2), andlower piston 19 b (A3) does not vary between the background art and the present embodiment. - However the oil supply rate (cc/min) of lubricant to the lower bearing (A4) is greatly reduced in the present embodiment, as compared to that of the background art. This is because the lubricant supplied to lower bearing 14A of the present embodiment is entirely applied to
lower bearing 14 without being partially discharged to oil reservoir 9 (refer toFIG. 6 ), as described before, avoiding unnecessary drawing up of lubricant byoil pump 27. - The effect on the bearing performance when
oil supply groove 14 b is closed at the lower end side of bearingportion 14 a will be studied from the standpoint of <bearing friction loss> and <cooling performance of bearing>. - <Bearing Friction Loss>
- The most critical factor in the issue of the oil supply rate involved in the reliability of a bearing is the cooling performance. It is possible to appraise the cooling performance by estimating how much the oil temperature rises by the generated bearing friction loss. The bearing friction loss W can be expressed by
equation 1 set forth below, where L is the overall bearing length, r the bearing radius, μ the oil viscosity, u the sliding rate, C the clearance, and δ the oil film clearance. Assuming that overall bearing length L, bearing radius r, oil viscosity μ and sliding rate u are constants inequation 1, bearing friction loss W will rapidly increase when the oil film clearance δ approaches zero. -
W=[2πLrμu 2]÷[C(1−δ2)1/2] (1) - (where λ=1−(δ/C))
- <Cooling Performance of Bearing>
- In the case where it is assumed that the oil supply rate to the bearing varies linearly when the length of the oil supply groove is shortened, and that the oil film clearance in such a case also varies linearly in proportion to the oil supply rate, a shorter length of the oil supply groove causes reduction in the oil supply rate, which in turn reduces the oil film clearance to increase the bearing friction loss. It is to be noted that the bearing friction loss tends to increase suddenly when the oil film clearance becomes small, as indicated by
equation 1 set forth above. Therefore, when the oil film clearance becomes small, the temperature of the bearing rises significantly since cooling is effected with a smaller amount of lubricant corresponding to the greater bearing friction loss. - The relationship between the ratio (X/L) of the length of the oil supply groove (X) to the entire length of the bearing (L) and the bearing temperature increase will be described with reference to
FIGS. 4 and 5 .FIG. 4 is a sectional view representing the dimensional relationship oflower bearing 14A.FIG. 5 represents the relationship between X/L and the bearing temperature increase (° C.). As shown inFIG. 5 , the bearing temperature is maintained below approximately 20 degrees when the X/L is from 0.4 to 1. The bearing temperature is also below approximately 40 degrees when the X/L is from 0.2 to 0.4. However, when the X/L becomes lower than 0.2, the oil film clearance becomes small to cause increase of the bearing friction loss. As a result, the cooling performance is greatly degraded. It is therefore desirable that the X/L is in the range from 0.2 to 0.8, preferably from 0.6 to 0.8. - Although the embodiment has been described based on the case where the present invention is applied to a rotary compressor having a cylinder at an upper stage and at a lower stage, i.e. two cylinders, the present invention is also applicable to a rotary compressor having a cylinder at one stage. Moreover, the structure based on the present invention is widely applicable, not only to rotary compressors, but to other sealed type compressors having a similar compression element structure.
- It should be understood that the embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes that fall within the limits and bounds of the claims, or equivalence thereof are intended to be embraced by the claims.
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1. A sealed type compressor having a compression element (7) and a drive element (8) accommodated in a sealed vessel (1), the sealed type compressor including a crankshaft (26), a piston (19 a, 19 b) disposed at an outer circumference of an eccentric portion (20 a, 20 b) of said crankshaft (26), a cylinder (12 a, 12 b) defining a cylinder chamber (11 a, 11 b) where said piston (19 a, 19 b) is disposed, and an upper bearing (13) and a lower bearing (14) having a bearing portion (13 a, 13 b) to support said crankshaft axially, and sandwiching said cylinder (12 a, 12 b) and said piston (19 a, 19 b) from respective axial sides of said crankshaft (26), said sealed type compressor comprising:
an oil pump (27) provided at a lower end of said crankshaft (26) to draw up a lubricant (O) stored in an oil reservoir (9) at a lower end portion of said sealed vessel (1) into an oil channel (26 a) provided extending in a shaft center direction of said crankshaft (26) to provide lubrication at each sliding site of the compression element (7) and drive element (8), according to rotation of said crankshaft (26), and
an oil supply groove (14 b) provided at a sliding face of said bearing portion (14 a) of said lower bearing (14), extending along an axial direction of said crankshaft (26) to supply the lubricant to an outer surface of said crankshaft (26),
said oil supply groove (14b) having one end side open at an end plane of said cylinder (12 b) side and an other end side of said oil supply groove (14 b) closed at a lower end side of said crankshaft (26).
2. The sealed type compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the other end side of said oil supply groove (14 b) extends to a region partway of said bearing portion (14 a).
3. The sealed type compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a value of X/L is set in a range from 0.2 to 1.0, where X is a length of said oil supply groove (14 b) and L is an overall bearing length L of said bearing portion (14 a).
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