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Granted Patent B2
US 8,430,656 · App. 12/452,961 · Granted Apr 30, 2013

2 stage rotary compressor

Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun (Changwon-shi, KR); Seung-Jun Lee (Changwon-shi, KR); Yun-Hi Lee (Gimhae-shi, KR); Yoon-Sung Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,430,656
App. No.
12/452,961
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor including a hermetic container ( 101 ), an electric motor ( 110 ) composed of an stator ( 111 ), a rotor ( 112 ) and a rotation axis ( 113 ), a low pressure compression assembly ( 120 ) including a low pressure cylinder ( 121 ), a high pressure compression ( 130 ) assembly including a high pressure cylinder ( 131 ), a middle plate ( 140 ) for separating the low pressure cylinder ( 121 ) from the high pressure cylinder ( 131 ), middle pressure communication holes ( 161 a, 140 a ) formed in the low pressure cylinder ( 121 ) and the middle plate ( 140 ) to communicate with each other, and a middle pressure inflow groove ( 130 a ) formed in the high pressure cylinder ( 131 ) to communicate with the communication holes ( 161 a, 140 a ) of the low pressure cylinder ( 121 ) and the middle plate ( 140 ).

Claims (30)

1. A 2 stage rotary compressor, comprising:

a hermetic container;

a rotation shaft provided in the hermetic container to transfer a rotation force;

a low pressure compression assembly including a low pressure cylinder, a low pressure eccentric portion fixed to the rotation shaft and rotated together with the rotation shaft, a low pressure roller rotatably installed on the outside of the low pressure eccentric portion wherein the low pressure roller is rolled and rotated along an inner wall of the low pressure cylinder due to rotation of the rotation shaft and the low pressure eccentric portion, and a low pressure vane for partitioning off an inner space of the low pressure cylinder;

a high pressure compression assembly including a high pressure cylinder, a high pressure eccentric portion fixed to the rotation shaft and rotated together with the rotation shaft, a high pressure roller rotatably installed on the outside of the high pressure eccentric portion wherein the high pressure roller is rolled and rotated along an inner wall of the high pressure cylinder due to rotation of the rotation shaft and the high pressure eccentric portion, and a high pressure vane for partitioning off an inner space of the high pressure cylinder;

a middle plate for separating the low pressure cylinder from the high pressure cylinder; and

a middle pressure communication hole formed in the middle plate so that refrigerant can flow from the low pressure cylinder to the high pressure cylinder,

wherein the low pressure cylinder and the high pressure cylinder further comprise a middle pressure communication hole and a middle pressure inflow groove communicating with the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate, respectively, and the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder and the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder are formed in different positions in an axial direction of the compressor.

2. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the low pressure compression assembly, the middle plate and the high pressure compression assembly are successively stacked in the hermetic container from the bottom or the top, the 2 stage rotary compressor further comprising a middle pressure chamber positioned below or over the low pressure compression assembly.

3. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 2 , wherein the low pressure cylinder comprises a middle pressure communication hole communicating with the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate and the middle pressure chamber.

4. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder is spaced apart from the inner wall of the low pressure cylinder.

5. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder is spaced apart from the low pressure vane.

6. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , further comprising a refrigerant inflow tube connected to the low pressure cylinder, wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder and the refrigerant inflow tube do not overlap with each other.

7. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 6 , further comprising:

a refrigerant inflow tube connected to the low pressure cylinder; and

an injection tube connected to the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder, wherein the refrigerant inflow tube and the injection tube are inserted into the low pressure cylinder in different directions.

8. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein an end of the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder on the inner wall side of the cylinder is open toward the high pressure vane.

9. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder is formed closely to the high pressure vane.

10. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder inclines toward the inner wall of the high pressure cylinder.

11. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the low pressure vane and the high pressure vane are positioned on the same axis, the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder is spaced apart from the low pressure vane, and the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder is formed closely to the high pressure vane.

12. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate is elongated in an elliptical shape to connect the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder to the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder.

13. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder overlaps with the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate, and the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder and the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate define a spiral passage.

14. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder overlaps with the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate, and the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder and the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate define a circular arc-shaped passage.

15. The 2 stage rotary compressor of claim 13 , further comprising:

a fastening member for fastening the low pressure cylinder, the middle plate and the high pressure cylinder; and

fastening holes formed in the low pressure cylinder and the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate so that the fastening member can pass therethrough.

16. The 2 stage rotary compressor of either claim 11 , wherein the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate is elongated in an elliptical shape to connect the middle pressure communication hole of the low pressure cylinder to the middle pressure inflow groove of the high pressure cylinder.

17. The 2 stage rotary compressor of either claim 14 , further comprising:

a fastening member for fastening the low pressure cylinder, the middle plate and the high pressure cylinder; and

fastening holes formed in the low pressure cylinder and the middle pressure communication hole of the middle plate so that the fastening member can pass therethrough.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2010
From: BYUN, SANG-MYUNG; LEE, SEUNG-JUN; LEE, YUN-HI; CHOI, YOON-SUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (1)
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