Integral With Working Member Patents (Class 418/66)
  • Patent number: 11668308
    Abstract: A compressor includes a drive shaft having a main shaft and an eccentric portion, and a compression mechanism having a fitted tubular portion into which a fitted shaft portion of the drive shaft is fitted. The fitted shaft portion and the fitted tubular portion slide relative to each other with an oil film interposed between. The fitted tubular portion has first and second sliding surfaces formed as portions of an inner peripheral surface of the fitted tubular portion in the circumferential direction. The second sliding surface has a smaller axial width than the first sliding surface. A sliding portion between the fitted shaft portion and the fitted tubular portion has a gap adjacent to the second sliding surface into which a lubricating oil flows, and an oil retainer to keep the lubricating oil in the gap from flowing out toward an end surface of the fitted tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11460028
    Abstract: A pump body assembly, a compressor and an air conditioner are provided. The pump body assembly has a crankshaft, a main bearing, and a cylinder body. The crankshaft has a main shaft part and an eccentric part connected with the main shaft part. The main bearing has a hub part. The main shaft part extends through a through hole in the hub part. A first oil guide groove is formed in the hole wall of the through hole. A sliding vane slot and a center hole are formed in the cylinder body. The crankshaft extends through the center hole. The main bearing is located at the one side of the cylinder body. The crankshaft and the main bearing are in uniform contact with oil films at all positions. The abnormal wear of the main shaft part of the crankshaft can be reduced, and the service life of the compressor can be prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ANHUI MEIZHI PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Licheng Zheng, Jin Li
  • Patent number: 8915725
    Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that forms an accumulating chamber in an internal space of a shell of the compressor, reducing a size and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. A center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration caused by the accumulator. An eccentric portion may be provided at the stationary shaft to secure a spacious compression space. Both ends of the stationary shaft may be supported by a frame to reduce vibration. A rotor and a cylinder may be coupled with a bearing to reduce cylinder deformation. An installation area of the compressor may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Bumdong Sa
  • Patent number: 8894388
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided that includes an electric motor that supplies electric power and a compression mechanism that compresses a refrigerant while first and second rotary members rotate upon receipt of the electric power from the electric motor. More particularly, the compressor has a compact design by forming a compression space within the compressor by a rotor of the electric motor that drives the compressor, maximizes compression efficiency by minimizing friction loss between rotating elements within the compressor, and has a structure that minimizes leakage of the refrigerant within the compression space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Jin-Ung Shin, Yongchol Kwon, Geun-Hyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 8876494
    Abstract: A compressor is provided that includes a stator, a cylinder type rotor rotated within the stator by a rotating electromagnetic field of the stator and that defines a compression chamber inside, a roller that rotates within the compression chamber of the cylinder type rotor by a rotational force transferred from the rotor and compresses a refrigerant during rotation, a vane that divides the compression chamber into a suction region, into which the refrigerant is sucked, and a compression region, in which the refrigerant is compressed and discharged from, and transfers the rotational force from the cylinder type rotor to the roller, an axis of rotation that integrally extends from the roller in an axial direction, and a suction passage, through which the refrigerant is sucked into the compression chamber, through the axis of rotation and the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Jin-Ung Shin, Yongchol Kwon, Geun-Hyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 8858205
    Abstract: A compressor is provided in which a rotary member suspended on a stationary member is rotated to compress a refrigerant. The rotary member is suspended on a first stationary member and rotatably supported on a second stationary member spaced apart from the first stationary member, which achieves the structural stability and allows the components to be easily centered and assembled. A refrigerant suction passage and a refrigerant discharge passage are such that the refrigerant may be sucked and discharged without a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Wook Lee, Bum-Dong Sa
  • Publication number: 20140219845
    Abstract: Rotary systems are described, which can include at least one of compressors and vacuum pumps. Each rotary system includes a corresponding piston that rotates in an orbital motion around a respective eccentric of a shaft in order to either compress fluid or function as a vacuum pump. Multiple rotary systems can be executed on parallel on a single shaft such that these rotary systems are powered by a single motor. Various components of the rotary systems are coated with an abradable coating, which minimizes friction when these components come in contact with each other. The minimized friction minimizes the wear and tear of these components. Each rotary system can be lubricated by only the fluid being processed (for example, compressed or vacuumed) by that rotary system. The use of the fluid being processed for lubrication and the abradable coatings eliminate a need for another lubricant for lubricating the rotary system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: CAIRE INC.
    Inventors: Jason James Hugenroth, David Phillip Winter, Raziel Alon
  • Publication number: 20120171065
    Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that forms an accumulating chamber in an internal space of a shell of the compressor, reducing a size of the compressor and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. Further, a center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration noise of the compressor caused by the accumulator. Furthermore, both ends of the stationary shaft may be supported by a frame to reduce compressor vibration without using a separate bearing. An installation area of the compressor including the accumulator may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components, thereby facilitating installation of the outdoor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Bumdong Sa
  • Publication number: 20120171066
    Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that may form an accumulating chamber at an internal space of a shell, thereby reducing a size of the compressor, and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. Further, a center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration noise of the compressor caused by the accumulator. Furthermore, an oil collecting plate may be installed at an upper end of an upper bearing to supply oil between a vein and vein slot, thereby preventing compression loss. Also, an installation area of the compressor including the accumulator may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components, thereby facilitating installation of the outdoor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jinung SHIN, Seseok SEOL
  • Publication number: 20120171064
    Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that forms an accumulating chamber in an internal space of a shell of the compressor, reducing a size and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. A center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration caused by the accumulator. An eccentric portion may be provided at the stationary shaft to secure a spacious compression space. Both ends of the stationary shaft may be supported by a frame to reduce vibration. A rotor and a cylinder may be coupled with a bearing to reduce cylinder deformation. An installation area of the compressor may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Kangwook LEE, Bumdong Sa
  • Publication number: 20120141312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor in which a rotary member is suspended on a stationary member and rotated to compress the refrigerant. In the stationary member, top and bottom ends of a stationary shaft are fixed to improve the structural stability and assembly property. Bearing covers are provided on a contact portion of the stationary member and the rotary member such that the rotary member can be rotated when suspended on the stationary member. This stabilizes the operation. In the rotary member, a vane is integrally formed with a roller and mounted on a vane mounting hole of a cylinder-type rotor. This reduces the vibration and prevents refrigerant leakage to improve the compression effect. Although the rotary member is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the stationary member, it is possible to perform the suction and discharge of the refrigerant in the axial direction. This can lower the product height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Kang-Wook Lee, Bum-Dong Sa, Se-Seok Seol, Seoung-Min Kang, Jin-Ung Shin
  • Publication number: 20120134864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor in which a rotary member suspended on a stationary member is rotated to compress the refrigerant. The rotary member is suspended on a first stationary member and rotatably supported on a second stationary member spaced apart from the first stationary member, which achieves the structural stability and allows the components to be easily centered and assembled. A refrigerant suction passage and a refrigerant discharge passage are improved such that the refrigerant can be sucked and discharged without a valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Kang-Wook Lee, Bum-Dong Sa
  • Publication number: 20120087819
    Abstract: A high pressure dome type rotary compressor including a casing and a compression mechanism disposed in the casing to compress gas in a cylinder chamber. The compression mechanism has a discharge port and a discharge valve. The discharge valve is opened in a discharge process and is closed during a period from when the discharge process is finished to when a next compression process is started. The compressor is arranged such that high pressure gas discharged from the discharge port in the discharge process is discharged outside the casing through space in the casing. An oil feed path is arranged to feed lubricant oil contained in a bottom of the casing to an inside of the discharge port in a period from a point in time in the discharge process to when the compression process is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Kazutaka Hori, Hirofumi Higashi
  • Patent number: 8075292
    Abstract: A rotary piston compressor comprises a cylinder block (100), an eccentric rotor group (200) being fitted in the chamber of the cylinder block, a shaft (2) and a separating means (40). The eccentric rotor group (200) comprises a cylindrical rotor (4) provided on the shaft (2) and rotatable therewith, and a collar (3) rotationally provided on the cylindrical rotor (4). The separating means (40) is used for separating the axially extended sealed chamber, which is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the eccentric rotor group (200) and the inner wall of the cylinder block (100), into an induction chamber (70) and an exhaustion chamber (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: Xiaoying Yun
  • Patent number: 7578660
    Abstract: A compression mechanism has a cylinder, a suction passage and a discharge passage. The suction passage of a cylinder is connected to a suction pipe. The discharge passage is open to an inner space of a sealed housing. A discharge gas is discharged through a discharge pipe. The cylinder is formed with a communicating passage extending from a suction passage to a suction pressure chamber to lead a suction gas in the suction passage into the suction pressure chamber and thereby allow a pressure of the suction gas in the suction passage to act on an outside surface of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Yoshitaka Shibamoto, Yoshinari Asano
  • Patent number: 7556484
    Abstract: A piston 4 has a generally cylindrical-shaped roller and a blade that is integrally formed with the roller. The piston 4 performs a swing motion while orbitally revolving within a cylinder chamber of a cylinder. A light-load side portion of an inner circumferential sliding surface of the roller is provided as a small-width portion which is smaller in width than a heavy-load side large-width portion. The small-width portion is formed over a range from a point A resulting from a 30° displacement to a point B resulting from a 180° displacement in a rotational direction of the drive shaft from a base point which is given by a joining point O of the roller with the blade. The piston 4 orbitally revolves within the horizontal plane, and the small-width portion of the roller serves as an oil sump in such a manner that upper side portion of the inner circumferential sliding surface is cut out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Doi, Hiroyuki Taniwa
  • Patent number: 7556485
    Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a cylinder body, end plate members fitted on both sides of the cylinder body, a roller placed in a cylinder chamber, a blade fitted to the roller, and a bushing for supporting the blade. A width of the bushing in a roller axis direction is larger than an axial width of the roller. A gap in the roller axis direction between the roller and the end plate members is larger than a gap in the roller axis direction between the bushing and the end plate members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Kanayama, Taisei Tamaoki, Keiji Komori, Hiroyuki Taniwa
  • Publication number: 20080240961
    Abstract: A piston has a generally cylindrical-shaped roller and a blade that is integrally formed with the roller. The piston 4 performs a swing motion while orbitally revolving within a cylinder chamber of a cylinder. A light-load side portion of an inner circumferential sliding surface of the roller is provided as a small-width portion which is smaller in width than a heavy-load side large-width portion. The small-width portion is formed over a range from a point A resulting from a 30° displacement to a point B resulting from a 180° displacement in a rotational direction of the drive shaft from a base point which is given by a joining point O of the roller with the blade. The piston 4 orbitally revolves within the horizontal plane, and the small-width portion of the roller serves as an oil sump in such a manner that upper side portion of the inner circumferential sliding surface is cut out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Doi, Hiroyuki Taniwa
  • Patent number: 7361004
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compression unit of an orbiting vane compressor. The compression unit comprises a circular operation space formed in a cylinder, the circular operation space having opposite ends, a circular vane disposed in the operation space for performing an orbiting movement, the circular vane having opposite ends, a linear slider disposed in the operation space for performing a linear reciprocating movement while one end of the linear slider is in contact with the end of the circular vane, and a pressurizing member disposed in the operation space adjacent to the other end of the linear slider for applying pressure to the linear slider such that the linear slider is brought into tight contact with the circular vane. Consequently, interference between the inner wall of the cylinder and the circular vane is prevented, and creation of dead volume in the operation space is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seon-woong Hwang, Dong-won Yoo, Myung-kyun Kiem
  • Patent number: 7029252
    Abstract: The outer peripheral surface of a swing piston is formed in a non-circular form. The inner peripheral surface of a cylinder chamber is formed on a basis of an envelope curve of the outer peripheral surface of the swing piston obtained at the time of its swing. The outer peripheral surface of the swing piston and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder chamber are formed in, e.g., an ovoid shape so that as compared to a rotary compressor in which such inner and outer peripheral surfaces are formed in a circular form, a shorter compression cycle and a longer discharge cycle is obtained during movement of the swing piston. As a result, an overcompression loss when a refrigerant is discharged in a swing compressor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Dakin Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Masanori Masuda, Katsumi Kato, Yoshitaka Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 7008199
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-stage compression type rotary compressor which can avoid the replacement of parts to be used as much as possible to reduce costs and also which enables easily setting an appropriate displacement volume ratio while preventing the compressor from being increased in size. The gist of the present invention is that an inner diameter of a lower cylinder is altered without altering its thickness (or height), and a displacement volume ratio between first and second rotary compression elements is set to an optimum value in accordance with the alteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Masaya Tadano, Kazuya Sato, Dai Matsuura, Takayasu Saito, Noriyuki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 6752608
    Abstract: A compressor assembly having a drive shaft supported by a main bearing and an outboard bearing located on opposite axial ends of a cylinder block. The main bearing has a bearing support formed therein in which first and second apertures are defined. The diameter of the first aperture is less than the diameter of the second aperture. The shaft extends through the first and second apertures with the diameter of the drive shaft having an outer diameter which is no greater than the diameter of the first aperture. A sleeve is mounted on the drive shaft and is at least partially disposed within the second aperture. A bearing is located in the second aperture and engages the sleeve and the main bearing to rotationally support the drive shaft. The sleeve can have a thickness which allows the bearing to be of a standard size rather than a custom size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventor: Zer Kai Yap
  • Patent number: 6478558
    Abstract: An oscillating piston type compressor has a piston formed integral with a blade. The compressor accommodates in a casing a compression mechanism section and a motor section, the mechanism including the piston having a plate-shaped blade integrally formed on a cylindrical portion is fitted onto an eccentric portion of a crankshaft to perform orbital motion relative to an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder, the plate-shaped blade being formed at its radial end surface with a recess or a protrusion, which serves as a reference of position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yamanaka, Yukio Maeda, Kazuya Kato, Fumitaka Nishioka, Nobuo Abe, Minoru Tateno, Tatsuo Horie
  • Publication number: 20020028152
    Abstract: An oscillating piston type compressor has a piston formed integral with a blade. The compressor accommodates in a casing a compression mechanism section and a motor section, the mechanism including the piston having a plate-shaped blade integrally formed on a cylindrical portion is fitted onto an eccentric portion of a crankshaft to perform orbital motion relative to an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder, the plate-shaped blade being formed at its radial end surface with a recess or a protrusion, which serves as a reference of position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Toshio Yamanaka, Yukio Maeda, Kazuya Kato, Fumitaka Nishioka, Nobuo Abe, Minoru Tateno, Tatsuo Horie
  • Patent number: 6336800
    Abstract: A rotary compressor of the low operational noise type is disclosed. This compressor consists of a casing, a rotating shaft set within the casing, a roller eccentrically fixed to the rotating shaft and eccentrically, rotatably set within a cylinder so as to form a variable suction chamber and a variable compression chamber within the cylinder. The compressor also has a bypass passage, which is formed on the internal surface of the cylinder at a position around the refrigerant exhaust stroke initiating point, thus allowing the compression and exhaust chambers to communicate with each other through the bypass passage and allowing highly compressed refrigerant to be fed from the compression chamber back into the suction chamber at the initial stage of each exhaust stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Dong Kim, Kwang Ha Suh
  • Patent number: 6270329
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided with a cylinder which defines a cylinder chamber and a piston disposed in the cylinder chamber. The piston includes a roller which performs a revolving motion within the cylinder chamber and a vane which partitions the interior of the cylinder chamber into a suction chamber and a compression chamber. A small space is provided so as to communicate with the compression chamber in only a predetermined section without communicating with the suction chamber so as to suppress noise generated by a pressure fluctuation in the interior of a compression chamber and, at the same time, can prevent the occurrence of a loss induced by re-expansion of a refrigerant remaining in a small space and a loss induced by return of the refrigerant to a suction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Hiatchi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Oshima, Minoru Ooki, Shigeya Kawaminami, Tatuya Wakana
  • Patent number: 6079965
    Abstract: A slit, spanning a distance across the top of the vane slot in a cylinder for a rolling piston compressor, safely distributes the stress which occurs in the vane slot. The slit opens onto the bore, in the cylinder, which is provided for a rotary shaft and rotary piston, and onto the vane slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventor: Scott J. Delmotte
  • Patent number: 6077058
    Abstract: When a driving shaft rotates, a piston (9) revolves around the driving shaft in a cylinder room (6a) with supported by a swing bush (32) as a supporting point through a blade (31). Discharge ports (22) are formed in a front head (7) and a rear head (8) respectively and are disposed to be located in the proximity of the blade (31) and to communicate with a high pressure room. A semicircular portion of the discharge port (22) overlaps with the swing bush (32) and the cylinder (6). A pair of upper and lower cut parts (41) are each formed by cutting away an outer peripheral edge of the swing bush (32) and an inner peripheral edge of the cylinder (6) which are overlapped with the discharge port (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitou, Masanori Masuda, Hiromichi Ueno, Tsuyoshi Fukunaga, Katsumi Katou, Katsumi Kawahara, Takeyoshi Ookawa, Takashi Hirouchi
  • Patent number: 6050794
    Abstract: A high-performance compressor is capable of preventing inadequate oil feed even if the compressor tilts or foams and it is also capable of reducing the amount of oil discharged. The compressor has a compression element and an electric element housed in a hermetically sealed vessel, the interior of the hermetically sealed vessel being divided into an oil reservoir chamber and a hermetically sealed chamber. Two oil pumps are mounted on one end of a rotary shaft and oil is sucked into one of the oil pumps from the oil reservoir chamber and fed to the compression element mounted on the other end of the rotary shaft; oil is sucked into the other oil pump from the hermetically sealed chamber and fed to the oil reservoir chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Noboru, Yasunori Kiyokawa, Katsuki Tsuchiya, Hideki Wadayama
  • Patent number: 5988998
    Abstract: A rotary diaphragm fluid pump includes a rigid tubular body with internal annular groove, a tubular flexible diaphragm whose central portion is caused to orbit by an eccentrically driven bearing. Preferably the diaphragm is a moulding which features an elastic fixed abutment between the inlet and outlet ports, and internal reinforcement to ensure that the full diaphragm stroke is achieved. Two such pumps may compliment each other to produce a pulsation free output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Charles Austin Pumps Ltd.
    Inventor: Brian Howard Glover
  • Patent number: 5950452
    Abstract: A blade 8 is integrally fixed to a roller 7 mounted around an eccentric section 22 of a drive shaft 21. The blade 8 extend radially outwardly of the roller 7, and partitions the inside of a cylinder chamber 41 into a compression chamber X and a suction chamber Y. A protruded end portion of the blade 8 is received in a reception groove 11a of a support member 11 which is pivotally supported by a stationary member 4. A substitute fleon refrigerant is used as a working fluid in the cylinder chamber 41, and an oil adapted to the substitute fleon refrigerant is used as a lubricating oil for a compressor CP. While using the substitute fleon refrigerant, the deterioration of the oil in the compressor is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Sakitani, Masanori Masuda, Takahiro Uematsu, Takekazu Obitani, Shigeharu Taira, Youichi Oonuma
  • Patent number: 5641279
    Abstract: In a swing type rotary compressor, a roller (2) is fitted on an eccentric portion (31) of a drive shaft (3) and installed within a cylinder chamber (11) so as to be able to orbit. On the roller (2), a blade (21) partitioning the cylinder chamber (11) into a compression chamber (X) and a suction chamber (Y) to which a suction port (13) is opened is integrally protruded. On the cylinder (1), a support body (4) swingably supporting the blade (21) is swingably supported. On an outer circumferential surface of the roller (2), a cutoff portion (22) extending forward in a rotation direction from near a blade protruding position on the roller (2) and shifting a suction shut-off point for suction gas sucked from the suction port (13) toward a side of the compression chamber (X) is formed on a side of the suction chamber (Y) with respect to the blade protruding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5616019
    Abstract: A rolling piston type expansion machine eliminates the need for an open-close valve mechanism and smoothens the timing of inflow of high-pressure gas. The machine includes a cylinder having a discharge port and a roller freely gyratable or orbital in the cylinder. A freely movable blade supported in the cylinder has its tip in contact with the circumferential surface of the roller to form an expansion chamber. A gas passage is freely rotatably supported by a main bearing member and a secondary bearing member. The gas passage is formed in a main shaft having a crank shaft portion that gyrates or orbits the roller. An inlet port is provided along a shaft center of the main shaft. An inflow timing control portion controls inflow timing of the suction gas toward the expansion chamber via the inlet port of the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hattori, Motonori Futamura, Kazuo Saito, Masao Ozu
  • Patent number: 5580231
    Abstract: In a rotary compressor, a roller (6) fitted around an eccentric portion (51) of a drive shaft (5) is provided in a cylinder chamber- (21) of a cylinder (2) in such a way that the roller (6) is revolvable around the drive shaft (5). A blade (61) provided integrally with and protruding from the roller (6) is swingably supported by a support member (62) rotatably provided in the cylinder (2). An oil groove (64) opened at axial end faces of the roller (6) is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the roller (6) on a counter loaded side and within a range from a position where the blade (61) is protrusively provided, to another position 180 degrees displaced therefrom in the rotating direction of the drive shaft (5), whereby oil can be positively fed from the oil groove (64) to sliding surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiki Yasui
  • Patent number: 5577903
    Abstract: A rotary compressor has a cylinder having a cylinder chamber formed therein, a roller fitted around an eccentric portion of a drive shaft and rotatably installed within the cylinder chamber, a blade integrally provided on the roller so as to protrude therefrom and dividing the cylinder chamber into a compression chamber and a suction chamber, and a support body swingably provided in the cylinder and having a receiving groove for receiving a tip portion of the blade in such a manner that the tip portion can move back and forth. On axial faces of the blade and a blade protrusion base portion of the roller, there are formed oil grooves one end of which is opened to an inner peripheral surface of the roller and the other end of which is opened to the tip portion of the blade. In addition, on the rear side of the blade at the receiving groove of the support body, a high pressure chamber closed to the outside of the cylinder is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5564916
    Abstract: A swinging type blade which allows compressor reliability to be improved by preventing a blade from being fracture-damaged at its joint portion while reducing the compressors ineffective volume. A rotary compressor that adopts a swinging type blade including a swelling portion formed at the joint portion of the blade with a roller. Further, a recessed portion for receiving the swelling portion is provided in a swing bushing. Further, the swelling portion may be symmetrical relative to the blade or asymmetrical with an associated notch provided on the opposite side of the blade with respect to the asymmetrical swelling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Yamamoto, Masanori Masuda, Takahiro Uematsu
  • Patent number: 5383774
    Abstract: A blade (8) partitioning a cylinder chamber (41) within a cylinder (4) into a compression chamber (X) and a suction chamber (Y) is integrated with a roller (7) so as to protrude radially outwardly of the roller (7). A circular support member (11) having a receiving recess (11a) for receiving the tip of the blade (8) is rotatably provided on the cylinder (4). The roller (7) is rotated with respect to an eccentric shaft portion of a driving shaft (22) to which the roller (7) is fitted and normally fed with lubricating oil. By this arrangement, relative movement between the blade (8) and the roller (7) is eliminated so that power loss due to friction which would be caused by the relative movement can be reduced. Besides, gas leak from the rear chamber of the blade (8) to the suction chamber (Y) and the compression chamber (X) can be eliminated. Also, gas leak from the compression chamber (X) to the suction chamber (Y) can be reduced. Thus, volume efficiency and indication efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Toyama, Yasushi Yamamoto, Takahiro Uematsu, Masanori Masuda
  • Patent number: 4836759
    Abstract: A reversible, self-priming rotary pump has a housing with a stator of elastomeric material which is softer than the elastomeric material of the rotor on a cam on shaft. The inlet and exhaust ports are separated by a lobe received in a recess in the stator. As the shaft is rotated, the rotor orbits within the stator to pump the fluid between the inlet and exhaust ports, the stator being at least partially compressed along the line of contact with the rotor to form an efficient seal therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Nautical Services Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian Lloyd
  • Patent number: 4342296
    Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder in a stator sealed between parallel end plates, a power shaft concentric with the cylinder bore and journaled in bearings in the end walls, an annular eccentric rotor fitted onto the shaft, and an annular piston concentric with and fitted over the rotor making sliding sealing engagement with both end plates. An abutment centered preferably between 10:00 and 10:30 o'clock on the stator seals the space between the cylinder and piston from endplate to endplate and forms the counterclockwise end of a combustion-expansion chamber. A second abutment, centered preferably between 1:30 and 2:00 o'clock, seals the space between the cylinder and piston from endplate to endplate and forms the clockwise end of the combustion-expansion chamber. The combustion chamber centered at 12:00 o'clock comprises a shallow arcuate cavity adjacent the path of the piston and opening into the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Inventor: Robert H. Williams
  • Patent number: 4242064
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary hydraulic pump comprising a housing defining a generally cylindrical pump chamber between axial end walls. The chamber is bounded radially by a mainly cylindrical wall interrupted by two recesses constituting inlet and outlet ducts of the chamber. A shaft passes axially through said end walls and the part of the shaft which is located within the chamber is constituted as a crank. A cylindrical pumping sleeve surrounds the crank and is adapted as the crank rotates to move eccentrically within the chamber and so that the external cylindrical surface of the pumping sleeve co-operates with the mainly cylindrical surface of the radial wall of the chamber whereby a crescent-shaped clearance between said surfaces rotates around the chamber and liquid introduced through the recess constituting the inlet duct is impelled around said chamber towards the recess constituting the outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Moulton Developments Limited
    Inventor: Philip B. Uncles