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US 8,328,510 · App. 12/528,509 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Sealing device for rotary fluid machine, and rotary fluid machine

Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,328,510
App. No.
12/528,509
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing device includes a housing that rotatably accommodates a rotary shaft, a plurality of guide parts that extend along at least one of a radial direction and an axial direction of the rotary shaft and that impart flow velocity components in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft to fluid passing through therebetween, a partition part that connects ends of the plurality of guide parts and that serves as a partition between spaces between the plurality of guide parts and an outside space, a first seal part that is an annular protrusion extending in the radial direction, that forms a first gap with respect to the rotary shaft or the housing, and that blocks fluid flowing toward the plurality of guide parts, and a second seal part that is an annular protrusion, that forms a second gap with respect to the rotary shaft or the partition part, and that blocks fluid flowing through the outside space.

Claims (22)

1. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, comprising:

a housing having an inner surface, and being configured to rotatably accommodate a rotary shaft having a plurality of impellers;

a plurality of guide parts mounted on said inner surface of said housing, between said plurality of impellers, said plurality of guide parts extending along at least one of a radial direction and an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and being configured to impart flow velocity components in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft to fluid passing through therebetween, said plurality of guide parts having first ends and second ends, said second ends being opposite said first ends;

a partition part connecting said first ends of said plurality of guide parts, said second ends of said plurality of guide parts being mounted on said housing, and said partition plate being a partition between spaces between said plurality of guide parts and an outside space;

a first seal part that is an annular protrusion extending in the radial direction, and being configured to form a first gap with respect to the rotary shaft or said housing, and being configured to block fluid flowing toward said plurality of guide parts;

a second seal part that is an annular protrusion, and being configured to form a second gap with respect to the rotary shaft or said partition part, and being configured to block fluid flowing through the outside space; and

wherein the sealing device for a rotary fluid machine is configured to permit the fluid to pass outward in the radial direction through the spaces between said plurality of guide parts.

2. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, according to claim 1 , wherein:

said first ends of said plurality of guide parts are configured and arranged to face one of the impellers extending from the rotary shaft outward in the radial direction; and

the partition part extends in the radial direction and is formed in a ring-plate shape to connect said first ends.

3. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, according to claim 2 , wherein:

said second seal part extends in the radial direction; and

said first seal part or said second seal part is configured and arranged so as to face a step part radially expanding the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.

4. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, according to claim 1 , wherein:

said first ends of the plurality of guide parts are configured and arranged to face an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft; and

said partition part extends in the axial direction, is formed in a cylindrical shape to connect said first ends, and is configured to cause the fluid to pass along the axial direction through the spaces between said plurality of guide parts.

5. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, according to claim 4 , wherein:

said second seal part extends in the radial direction; and

said first seal part or said second seal part is configured and arranged so as to face a step part radially expanding the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.

6. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, according to claim 1 , wherein said guide parts are plate members inclining in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft outward in the radial direction, or are plate members inclining in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft from said first seal part toward said second seal part along the axial direction.

7. A sealing device for a rotary fluid machine, according to claim 1 , wherein said guide parts are blade members extending along the radial direction or the axial direction and are curved in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft outward in the radial direction, or are curved in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft from said first seal part toward said second seal part along the axial direction.

8. A rotary fluid machine comprising a sealing device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047088/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2009
From: NAKANIWA, AKIHIRO; MASUTANI, JO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023143/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-150677 · Jun 6, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100028148A1 · Feb 4, 2010