IP Library Patent Application 10547471
Patent Application
App. No. 10/547,471

Hermetic Compressor

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App. No.
10/547,471
Abstract

A hermetic compressor that has a pedestal of the valve plate to which a discharge reed equipped with an opening/closing part and discharge reed holding part, a spring reed equipped with a movable part and spring reed holding part, and a stopper equipped with a regulation part and stopper holding part, are fixed in this sequence, and also has a discharge valve device in which the spring reed is shaped in a substantially crank-like form is provided. A space is formed between the movable part of the spring reed and the opening/closing part of the discharge reed, and both are not adsorbed each other, thus preventing a delay in closing of the discharge reed. This makeup suppresses a decrease in freezing capacity of a fridge-freezer device and the like, thus implementing higher efficiency.

Claims (18)

1 . A hermetic compressor comprising:

a compression mechanism;

an electromotive element for rotarily driving the compression mechanism; and

a hermetic container for housing the compression mechanism and the electromotive element, and also for storing oil, wherein the compression mechanism includes:

a piston;

a cylinder in which the piston reciprocably moves; and

a valve plate that seals an open end of the cylinder and also has a discharge valve device on a side opposite to the cylinder, wherein the discharge valve device has the valve plate formed with:

a discharge hole communicating with an inside of the cylinder;

a valve sheet provided outside the discharge hole; and

a pedestal formed on a substantially same plane as the valve sheet, wherein the pedestal has:

a discharge reed made of a leaf-spring member, having an opening/closing part for opening and closing the discharge hole, and a discharge reed holding part fixed to the pedestal;

a spring reed made of a leaf-spring member, having a movable part, and a spring reed holding part fixed to the pedestal; and

a stopper having a regulation part and a stopper holding part fixed to the pedestal, each fixed in this sequence, and wherein a side of the spring reed is shaped in a substantially crank-like form, and clearance is formed between the spring reed, and both the discharge reed and the stopper, at a position corresponding to the discharge reed opening/closing part.

2 . A hermetic compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the discharge reed is bent at a bending part of the discharge reed close to the opening/closing part, to a side of the valve sheet.

3 . A hermetic compressor as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the discharge reed bending part is positioned at an undercut part formed between the valve sheet and the pedestal.

4 . A hermetic compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a regulation part of the stopper is formed with a touch part that is bent and formed on a position close to the spring reed.

5 . A hermetic compressor as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a regulation part of the stopper is formed with a touch part that is bent and formed on a position close to the spring reed.

6 . A hermetic compressor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a regulation part of the stopper is formed with a touch part that is bent and formed on a position close to the spring reed.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0707 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2008
From: YAMAOKA, MASAKAZU; MATSUMOTO, TSUYOSHI; IDE, TERUMASA; MARUYAMA, TOMIO
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021078/0086 →