Compressor including integrally formed separation tube and seal bolt
View Patent ↗A compressor includes an insertion hole which is formed separately from a discharge port in order to insert a separation tube for separating lubricating oil from compressed working fluid into a separation chamber, and a seal bolt which is screwed into the insertion hole to close the insertion hole, wherein the seal bolt and the separation tube are formed integrally with each other, and when the insertion hole is closed by the seal bolt, a flow path through which the separation tube and the discharge port communicate with each other is formed in the seal bolt.
1. A compressor, comprising:
a compression unit disposed within a housing for compressing a working fluid containing a lubricating oil; and
an oil separator for feeding the working fluid toward a discharge port provided in the housing after separating a part of the lubricating oil from the working fluid compressed by the compression unit, the oil separator having a cylindrical separation chamber into which the working fluid is introduced, and a separation tube provided within the separation chamber for introducing the working fluid introduced into the separation chamber toward the discharge port through its inside;
wherein an insertion hole through which the separation tube is inserted into the separation chamber is formed in the housing separately from the discharge port, and the insertion hole is closed by a seal bolt screwed into the insertion hole;
wherein the seal bolt and the separation tube are formed integrally with each other, and when the insertion hole is closed by the seal bolt, a flow path through which the separation tube and the discharge port communicate with each other is formed in the seal bolt,
wherein the seal bolt includes a head portion and an axis portion in which a screw ridge to be screwed into the insertion hole is formed, the separation tube has a center axis in common to the seal bolt and is extendedly provided integrally with an end portion of the axis portion of the seal bolt, and the flow path includes a first flow path which communicates with the inside of the separation tube and which is formed within the axis portion in parallel with the center axis of the seal bolt, and a second flow path which communicates with the first flow path, opens to the side of the seal bolt in an outer peripheral surface of the axis portion, and communicates with the discharge port when the seal bolt is screwed into the insertion hole,
wherein an annular chamber is formed in an inner wall of the housing through which the insertion hole is formed along the outer peripheral surface of the axis portion so that an opening of the second flow path is located in a position for communication with the annual chamber when the seal bolt is screwed into the insertion hole, and the annular chamber communicates with the discharge port.