IP Library Granted Patent US 7,484,945
Granted Patent B2
US 7,484,945 · App. 10/533,286 · Granted Feb 3, 2009

Compressor for refrigerator-freezer having a porous member

Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,484,945
App. No.
10/533,286
Granted
Feb 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection of an upper bearing member is provided with a porous member, and a lower space between a rotational motor and a compression mechanism is defined into a lower compression mechanism-side space and a lower rotational motor-side space. With this structure, stirring effect of working fluid flowing in the lower compression mechanism-side space caused by rotation of the rotor is suppressed, and oil drops mixed in the working fluid are prevented from being finely divided by the stirring effect, the oil drops are allowed to fall due to the gravity in the lower compression mechanism-side space, and oil separating effect from the working fluid is enhanced.

Claims (73)

1. A compressor comprising

a compression mechanism for compressing working fluid,

a rotational motor including a stator,

a rotor for driving said compression mechanism and

a container for accommodating said compression mechanism and said rotational motor, in which the compressed working fluid flows from said compression mechanism to said rotational motor,

wherein a space between said compression mechanism and said rotational motor is divided by a porous member through which the working fluid passes,and central portion of said porous member is thicker than an outer periphery of the porous member, and

further comprising a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side from the compression mechanism with respect to the porous member;

wherein the compressed working fluid is discharged into a lower compression mechanism side space which is defined between the porous member and the compression mechanism.

2. A compressor comprising

a compression mechanism for compressing working fluid,

a rotational motor including a stator,

a rotor for driving said compression mechanism and

a container for accommodating said compression mechanism and said rotational motor, in which said container includes a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side of said compression mechanism with respect to said rotational motor and on the opposite side from the compression mechanism with respect to the porous member, and

wherein the compressed working fluid flows from said rotational motor to said discharge pipe, wherein a space between said compression mechanism and said rotational motor is divided by a porous member through which the working fluid passes,and a central portion of said porous member is thicker than an outer periphery of the porous member, and

wherein the compressed working fluid is discharged into a lower compression mechanism side space which is defined between the porous member and the compression mechanism.

3. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said porous member is mounted on an element other than said rotor and a shaft fixed to said rotor.

4. A compressor according to claim 3 , wherein said compression mechanism includes a bearing member which supports said shaft, and said porous member is mounted on said bearing member.

5. A compressor according to claim 4 , wherein said bearing member includes a projection provided on a side of said rotational motor, and said porous member is mounted on a groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of said projection.

6. A compressor according to claim 3 , wherein said porous member is mounted on an inner wall of said container.

7. A compressor according to claim 3 , wherein said compression mechanism includes a bearing member which supports said shaft and an auxiliary bearing member which supports said shaft together with said bearing member from both sides of the shaft on the opposite side from the bearing member with respect to said rotor.

8. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said porous member is made of porous material selected from the group consisting of:porous metal and porous resin.

9. A compressor according to claim 8 , wherein said porous member is formed into a plate-like shape.

10. A compressor according to claim 8 , wherein a central portion of said porous member is thicker than an outer periphery of the porous member.

11. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said porous member is made of mesh selected from the group consisting of: metal thin wire, glass wool and ceramic wool.

12. A compressor according to claim 11 , wherein said mesh is enveloped by a plate member having an opening.

13. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said porous member is made of porous plate selected from the group consisting of: honeycomb, and punching metal.

14. A compressor according to claim 13 , wherein said porous plate comprises a plurality of porous plates laminated on one another.

15. A compressor according to claim 13 , wherein said porous plate has holes, and a diameter of a hole closer to a central portion of said porous plate is smaller than that of a hole closer to an outer periphery of the porous plate.

16. A compressor according to claims 1 or 2 , wherein said porous member is made of non-magnetic material.

17. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said porous member is made of insulative material.

18. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein carbon dioxide is used as the working fluid.

19. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said compression mechanism is of a rotary type.

20. A compressor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said compression mechanism is of a scroll type.

21. A compressor comprising

a compression mechanism for compresing working fluid,

a rotational motor including a stator,

a rotor for driving said compression mechanism and

a container for accommodating said compression mechanism and said rotational motor, in which the compressed working fluid flows from said compression mechanism to said rotational motor, wherein

a space between said compression mechanism and said rotational motor is divided by a porous member through which the working fluid passes,

said porous member is made of porous plate selected from the group consisting of: honeycomb and punching metal, and said porous plate has holes, a diameter of a hole closer to a central portion of said porous plate is smaller than that of a hole closer to an outer periphery of the porous plate, and

further comprising a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side from the compression mechanism with respect to the porous member;

wherein the compressed working fluid is discharged into a lower compression mechanism side space which is defined between the porous member and the compression mechanism.

22. A compressor according to claim 21 , wherein the porous member is mounted on an upper bearing member, said bearing member being said compression mechanism and said rotational motor.

23. A compressor comprising

a compression mechanism for compressing working fluid,

a rotational motor including a stator,

a rotor for driving said compression mechanism and

a container for accommodating said compression mechanism and said rotational motor, in which said container includes a discharge pipe on the opposite side of said compression mechanism with respect to said rotational motor, and

wherein the compressed working fluid flows from said rotational motor to said discharge pipe, wherein a space between said compression mechanism and said rotational motor is divided by a porous member through which the working fluid passes,

said porous member is made of porous plate selected from the group consisting of: honeycomb and punching metal, and said porous plate has holes, a diameter of a hole closer to a central portion of said porous plate is smaller than that of a hole closer to an outer periphery of the porous plate, and

further comprising a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side from the compression mechanism with respect to the porous member;

wherein the compressed working fluid is discharged into a lower compression mechanism side space which is defined between the porous member and the compression mechanism.

24. A compressor according to claim 23 , wherein the porous member is mounted on an upper bearing member, said bearing member being said compression mechanism and said rotational motor.

25. A compressor comprising

a compression mechanism for compressing working fluid,

a rotational motor including a stator,

a rotor for driving said compression mechanism and

a container for accommodating said compression mechanism and said rotational motor, in which the compressed working fluid flows from said compression mechanism to said rotational motor, wherein a space between said compression mechanism and said rotational motor is divided by a porous member through which the working fluid passes, and

a central portion of said porous member is thicker than an outer periphery of the porous member, and

further comprising a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side from the compression mechanism with respect to the porous member;

wherein the compressed working fluid is discharge into a lower compression mechanism side space which is defined between the porous member and the compression mechanism,

wherein said porous member made of mesh selected from the group consisting of: metal thin wire, glass wool and ceramic wool, and

wherein a central portion of said mesh is higher density than that of an outer periphery of the mesh.

26. A compressor comprising

a compression mechanism for compressing working fluid,

a rotational motor including a stator,

a rotor for driving said compression mechanism and

a container for accommodating said compression mechanism and said rotational motor, in which said container includes a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side of said compression mechanism with respect to said rotational motor, and the compressed working fluid flows from said rotational motor to said discharge pipe, wherein

a space between said compression mechanism and said rotational motor is divided by a porous member through which the working fluid passes, and a central portion of said porous member is thicker than an outer periphery of the porous member, and

further comprising a discharge pipe provided on the opposite side from the compression mechanism with respect to the porous member;

wherein the compressed working fluid is discharged into a lower compression mechanism side space which is defined between the porous member and the compression mechanism,

wherein said porous member is made of mesh selected from the group consisting of: metal thin wire, glass wool and ceramic wool, and

wherein a central portion of said mesh is higher density than that of an outer periphery of the mesh.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0653 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2005
From: OKAICHI, ATSUO; HASEGAWA, HIROSHI; NISHIWAKI, FUMITOSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017112/0343 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-335775 · Sep 26, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
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