Patents Assigned to Anest Iwata Corporation
  • Patent number: 7393390
    Abstract: Air is introduced from an intake chamber into a plurality of hollow fiber membranes in a casing. The casing is connected to a vacuum pump via a three-way valve and water vapor in air is evacuated through the membranes. Dehumidified or dried air is discharged from a discharge chamber at the ends of the membranes. The vacuum pump is connected to a detector/selector. If the vacuum pump is out of order, it is detected by the detector/selector and another dehumidifier including a depressurizing device is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20080152525
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprises a body having a driving shaft, an electric motor coupled to the driving shaft, and a blower. The blower cools the body, a connection between the body and motor, and the electric motor by wind from the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru TSUCHIYA, Youhei MIDORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080152528
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprises a driving shaft in a housing. An orbiting scroll is eccentrically revolved around an eccentric axial portion of the driving shaft via a bearing. Air is introduced from outside through an intake port of a circumferential wall of the housing and directed toward the bearing by a guide to cool the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi ISHIKAWA, Naohiro MINEKAWA
  • Patent number: 7387503
    Abstract: In a scroll fluid machine, a fixed scroll has a fixed wrap, and an orbiting scroll has an orbiting wrap which engages with the fixed wrap to form a compressing chamber between the orbiting and fixed wraps. The orbiting scroll is rotatably mounted around an eccentric axial portion of a driving shaft and revolved by the driving shaft. A gas introduced from the outer circumference of the fixed scroll is compressed in the compressing chamber as it flows towards the center. Parts near the center is heated by a compressed gas. On the other surface of the fixed scroll to the surface having the fixed wrap, a plurality of cooling fins are provided. Air is introduced between the cooling fins to cool the machine. Between the cooling fins, a heat-releasing projection is provided to improve cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Minako Toda, Masatomo Tanuma, Yuki Takada, Naohiro Minekawa
  • Publication number: 20080131302
    Abstract: An oil-free fluid machine unit is provided of which the fluid machine has two or more rotors and torque transmission between the rotors can be performed without a need of using lubrication oil thereby eliminating contamination induced by lubrication oil and without reduction of longevity of the synchronizing gears. The drive shaft 12 of the drive motor 11 is connected to the rotor shaft 14 of the fluid machine, synchronization gears 18 and 19 are attached to the rotor shafts 14 and 15 at the motor 11 side end of the rotor shafts respectively, and pulleys 16 and 17 are attached to the rotor shafts 14 and 15 at the other side ends respectively opposite to the motor 11 and a belt is looped over the pulleys so that the pulleys are rotated in counter direction to each other. At least one of the synchronization gears is made of plastic material. Thus, torque transmission between the rotors is done in two ways, via synchronization gear drive and belt drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shiro TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 7377759
    Abstract: In a scroll fluid machine, an orbiting scroll is revolved with respect to a fixed scroll in a housing. A self-rotation-preventing device is provided to prevent the orbiting scroll from rotating on its own axis. The device comprises a pair of holders, one of which is disposed in an orbiting side and the other is disposed in the housing. The holder in the orbiting side comprises a bearing, a holding plate for holding the bearing and a plurality of ears. At least one of the ears is disposed within a circle passing through the centers of the holders around the center of the orbiting scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Ishizuki
  • Patent number: 7357627
    Abstract: In a scroll fluid machine, a stationary scroll fixed to a housing engages with an orbiting scroll to form a sealed chamber between the orbiting and stationary scrolls. Fluid in the sealed chamber is compressed or decompressed with revolution of the orbiting scroll with respect to the stationary scroll. A plurality of self-rotation preventing devices are provided on the orbiting scroll to prevent the orbiting scroll from rotating on its own axis. The self-rotation preventing device comprises an eccentric tube connected to a main shaft fitting in the housing, and an eccentric shaft fitted in a bearing plate. The eccentric tube is eccentrically revolved with respect to the main shaft thereby allowing engagement of the orbiting scroll with the stationary scroll to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Sato
  • Patent number: 7353909
    Abstract: A piston is reciprocated axially at high speed at very small amplitude by an actuator in the larger-diameter base of an acoustic resonator. According to pressure fluctuation in the acoustic resonator involved by reciprocal motion of the piston, fluid is sucked into and discharged from the acoustic resonator via a valve device at the top end of the acoustic resonator. The acoustic resonator is contained in a gas guide. Fluid from the valve device is introduced into the gas guide to cool the valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawahashi, Tamotsu Fujioka, Mohammed Anwar Hossain, Masayuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20080080995
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a suction port, through which a working gas is taken into a cylinder volume, which is closed and opened by a suction valve, and a discharge port, through which the working gas compressed by a reciprocating piston is emitted toward an end use, which is closed and opened by a discharge valve, wherein the maximum discharge pressure determined by a compression ratio which is calculated by the ratio of the cylinder volume in a case where the piston is located at the bottom dead center position and the cylinder volume in a case where the piston is located at the top dead center position, is set so as to be compatible with the demand pressure of said gas end use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20080080982
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an evacuation apparatus including a mechanical booster pump 5, a back pump 3 placed at a down-stream side of the mechanical booster pump in series, the booster pump 5 having discharge openings 27a and 27b for discharging a low compression gas and a discharge opening 29 for discharging a high compression gas, and, in a stage where gas-discharging is started, the gas is discharged toward the ambient side through the discharge opening 29 for discharging a high compression gas with the operation of the mechanical booster pump and, in a stage where the discharged gas pressure reaches afterward a medium vacuum, the back pump starts operation and the gas is sent to the back pump through the discharge openings 27a and 27b for discharging a low compression gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20080080984
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an evacuation apparatus for evacuating a tank, a chamber, and the like; wherein a mechanical vacuum booster pump is provided at an up-stream side of an exterior side vacuum pump; wherein the mechanical booster pump has a discharge openings for low compression and a discharge opening for discharging a high compression gas; wherein, in case when the exterior side vacuum pump starts discharging a gas, the gas is sent to the exterior side vacuum pump through all of the discharge openings for low compression and the discharge opening for discharging a high compression gas and, in case when the discharged gas pressure reaches afterward an ultimate pressure (a medium vacuum) attainable by the exterior side vacuum pump, the gas is sent to the exterior side vacuum pump only through the discharge opening for discharging a high compression gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro TANIGAWA, Takamitsu NAKAYAMA, Ryusuke MUTO, Minako TODA
  • Publication number: 20080075614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device of fluid machinery including a stationary member; a orbiting member, a tip end surface of which slides on an inner face of the stationary member; and a sealing member to be fitted into a sealing groove engraved on the tip end surface along the ridge line of the tip end surface, a sliding contact surface of the sealing member being pressed onto an inner surface of the stationary member with a predetermined force to slide on the inner surface in order that fluid sealing is secured between the sliding contact surface of the sealing member and the inner surface of the stationary member, in which the sealing member divided into two parts of an upper ring and a lower ring, the upper ring contacting the sliding contact surface and the lower ring facing a bottom surface of the sealing groove; and a back-up ring made from elastic material is provided to be fitted into grooves for the back-up ring, which are engraved on the divided surfaces of the upper ring and the low
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tamotsu Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20080063534
    Abstract: An operation control devices and operation methods thereof so as to eliminates the difficulties in such a case of introduction of vacuum sensors and/or inverter control is disclosed. The disclosure relates to a control of plural sets of vacuum pumps. In order to comply with the subjects to overcome the difficulties, the disclosure proposes to utilize current detection approach instead of direct pressure detection approach, while showing how to estimate a vacuum degree achieved under the operation of the pumps as well as presenting a method on the control of the number of pumps. It is also described how organically a current detecting device, a vacuum degree estimating device, a working pump control device and related methods to satisfy the subjects are linked. The usefulness of the disclosure is also revealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamitsu Nakayama, Kazuaki Satoh
  • Patent number: 7341439
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprises a driving shaft having an eccentric axial portion at one end; a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll having an orbiting wrap and rotatably mounted to the eccentric axial portion of the driving shaft. A gas introduced through an inlet on the outer circumference of the fixed scroll is compressed by a compression chamber between the fixed and orbiting wraps towards the center and discharged through an outlet close to the center. Between the eccentric axial portion and the innermost winding portion of the fixed wrap, an adiabatic expansion chamber is formed thereby cooling the compressed gas right before discharging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Nakayama, Takashi Serita
  • Patent number: 7337990
    Abstract: There is provided an attachment for an air spray gun, to be connected to the bottom of a grip of the spray gun. It includes a control valve to adjust the air flow rate, a gun coupling disposed in the body of the control valve to communicate with an outlet-side passage and thus connect to the spray gun, and a rotary joint having a hose coupling fixed thereto and which is to be fitted rotatably into an inlet-side passage to allow the hose coupling to communicate with the inlet-side passage. The hose coupling is freely turned in relation to the gun coupling fixed to the spray gun for the angle formed between them to freely be variable. A pressure gauge is installed on the attachment to communicate with the outlet-side passage and indicate the pressure of air supplied through the passage. The display surface of the pressure gauge forms an obtuse angle in relation to the axis of the gun coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Kurosaka, Kunihisa Tomita
  • Publication number: 20080041658
    Abstract: In an acoustic resonator, an actuator allows a piston to reciprocate axially at very small amplitude at high speed. Owing to pressure fluctuation in the acoustic resonator involved by reciprocal motion of the piston, fluid is sucked into and discharged from the acoustic resonator via a valve device at the top end of the acoustic resonator. The acoustic resonator is covered with a gas guide with a space. The valve device is cooled by a fan at the top end of the gas guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawahashi, Tamotsu Fujioka, Mohammed Hossain, Masayuki Saito
  • Patent number: 7329108
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprises a housing having a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll revolved by a driving shaft which is driven by a motor behind the housing. A blowing fan is provided between the orbiting scroll and the motor. Rotation of the fan causes decompression in the housing to allow primary external air to be sucked from the outside into the housing through a primary sucking hole. Secondary external air is introduced from a secondary sucking hole and mixed with the primary external air of the scroll fluid machine to cool the parts of the scroll fluid machine in the housing and/or the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Tsuchiya, Hidetoshi Ishikawa, Youhei Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 7314358
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine comprises a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll and a self-rotation-preventing device for preventing the orbiting scroll from rotating on its own axis. The self-rotation-preventing device comprises a bearing in a support hole of the orbiting scroll, a crank pin which connects the orbiting scroll to the orbiting scroll, and an adjusting member interposed between the inner circumferential surface of the support hole and the outer circumferential surface of the bearing to correct an error in orbiting motion between the two scrolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 7306439
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine includes an orbiting scroll which has an orbiting end plate. The orbiting end plate has a plurality of extensions on the outer circumference. Each of the extensions has a boss in which a self-rotation-preventing eccentric shaft is pivotally supported. The extension has an easily-deformable portion to keep exact positional relationship between the extensions or to the center of the orbiting end plate of the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Unami, Tamotsu Fujioka
  • Patent number: 7299894
    Abstract: An acoustic fluid machine includes an acoustic resonator, a valve device, a piston, and an actuator. The acoustic resonator has a larger-diameter base and a smaller-diameter upper end. The valve device is provided on the upper end of the acoustic resonator and has a sucking hole and a discharge hole. The piston is provided in the base of the acoustic resonator and has a surface such that the distance between the upper end of the acoustic resonator and the upper surface of the piston is substantially constant over the whole surface of the piston. The actuator is connected to the piston and reciprocates the piston at high speed axially with a very small amplitude so that a gas is sucked into the acoustic resonator via the sucking hole and discharged via the discharge hole by virtue of pressure fluctuations within the acoustic resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawahashi, Tamotsu Fujioka, Masayuki Saito