Compressor incorporated with oil separator
View Patent ↗A compressor incorporated with an oil separator having a separation chamber and communication holes. The separation chamber is placed adjacent to a discharge chamber, has a space formed in the entire inside of the separation chamber, separates oil-containing gas, which is introduced into the separation chamber, into gas and oil by centrifugal separation, allows the separated oil to drop downward, and upwardly extracts the separated gas. The communication holes interconnect the discharge chamber and the separation chamber and introduce the oil-containing gas, coming from the discharge chamber, into the separation chamber. The communication holes are arranged in the separation chamber, in a direction extending from a gas release side to an oil drop side. The structure of an oil separation section is simplified to improve productivity and reduce cost, and a high degree of design freedom of the position of a discharge port is obtained.
1. A compressor incorporated with an oil separator having a separation chamber, which is placed adjacent to a discharge chamber, has a space formed in the entire inside of said separation chamber, separates oil-containing gas being introduced into gas and oil by centrifugal separation, allows the separated oil to drop downward, and upwardly extracts the separated gas, and having communication holes provided between said discharge chamber and said separation chamber, which introduce the oil-containing gas, coming from said discharge chamber, into said separation chamber, wherein a plurality of said communication holes are arranged in a direction extending from a gas release side to an oil drop side, relative to said separation chamber.
2. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 1 , wherein a communication hole positioned at most gas release side among said plurality of communication holes is formed as a communication hole capable of giving a flow of oil-containing gas introduced from said communication hole into said separation chamber an air curtain function relative to a flow of oil-containing gas introduced from the other communication hole or communication holes into said separation chamber toward said gas release side.
3. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 1 , wherein said oil separator is formed by a joining structure of two compressor forming members.
4. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 1 , wherein said oil separator has said separation chamber, said plurality of communication holes and a lower hole introducing the oil separated in said separation chamber into an oil-storing chamber positioned below said separation chamber.
5. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 1 , wherein a passageway for gas having passed through said separation chamber is provided between said separation chamber and a discharge port connected to outside of said compressor.
6. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 1 , wherein said separation chamber is formed in a cylindrical shape whose generating line extends straightly.
7. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 1 , wherein said separation chamber is formed in a cylindrical shape whose generating line extends curvedly.
8. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 2 , wherein an opening direction to said separation chamber of said communication hole positioned at most gas release side is set at a direction different from an opening direction or opening directions to said separation chamber of the other communication hole or communication holes.
9. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 8 , wherein said opening direction or opening directions to said separation chamber of the other communication hole or communication holes is or are directed to more oil-storing chamber side as compared with said communication hole positioned at most gas release side.
10. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 5 , wherein a stepped portion or a dam portion is provided in said passageway for gas having passed through said separation chamber.
11. The compressor incorporated with an oil separator according to claim 3 , wherein said compressor is a scroll-type compressor, one of said two members is a fixed scroll forming member, and the other of said two members is a compressor casing.