A compressor in which a lubrication performance of a thrust surface is secured through an oil groove formed in a thrust surface of a fixed scroll.
Generally, a compressor is applied to a vapor compression type refrigeration cycle (hereinafter, referred to as a “refrigeration cycle”) used for a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, for example. Compressors may be classified into reciprocating compressors, rotary compressors, and scroll compressors, for example, according to a method of compressing a refrigerant.
The scroll compressor among the above-described compressors is a compressor which performs an orbiting movement by engaging an orbiting scroll with a fixed scroll fixed inside of a sealed container so that a compression chamber is formed between a fixed wrap of the fixed scroll and an orbiting wrap of the orbiting scroll. The scroll compressor is widely used for compressing a refrigerant in an air conditioner, for example, because the scroll compressor can obtain a relatively higher compression ratio than the other types of compressors and can obtain a stable torque because suction, compression, and discharge strokes of the refrigerant are smooth and continuous.
Such scroll compressors may be classified into upper compression type compressors or lower compression type compressors according to a location of a drive motor and a compression component. The compression component is located at a higher level than the drive motor in the upper compression type compressor, and the compression component is located at a lower level than the drive motor in the lower compression type compressor.
The lower compression scroll compressor is capable of relatively uniformly supplying oil because a distance between an oil storage chamber and the compression component is short, but supplying oil therewith can be structurally difficult. More particularly, mechanical loss is increased because oil cannot be smoothly supplied to a thrust surface of the fixed scroll such that wear of the fixed scroll or the orbiting scroll is promoted. Further, a compression efficiency of the lower compression scroll compressor is lowered because an overturn moment is generated by a repulsive force of the refrigerant, that is, a gas pressure, generated during compression, and the orbiting scroll is inclined or shaken in an axial direction.
Embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements, and wherein:
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, like or similar reference numerals in the drawings have been used to indicate like or similar elements, and repetitive disclosure has been omitted.
Hereinafter, a scroll compressor according to an embodiment will be described.
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The casing 210, for example, may have a cylindrical shape, and thus, the casing 210 may include a cylindrical shell 211. An upper shell or cover 212 may be installed or provided on or at an upper portion of the cylindrical shell 211, and a lower shell or cover 214 may be installed or provided on or at a lower portion of the cylindrical shell 211. The upper and lower shells 212 and 214, for example, may be coupled to the cylindrical shell 211 by welding, and may form an inner space thereof.
A refrigerant discharge pipe 216 may be installed or provided in the upper shell 212. The refrigerant discharge pipe 216 may form a path through which a compressed refrigerant discharged from the compression device 200 into the second space V2 and the first space V1 may be discharged to the outside. An oil separator (not shown) configured to separate oil mixed with the discharged refrigerant may be connected to the refrigerant discharge pipe 216.
The lower shell 214 may form the oil storage chamber V4 capable of storing oil therein. The oil storage chamber V4 may serve as an oil chamber from which the oil may be supplied to the compression chamber 200 so that the compressor may be smoothly operated.
A refrigerant suction pipe 218, which may form a path through which a refrigerant to be compressed may be introduced, may be installed in a side surface of the cylindrical shell 211. The refrigerant suction pipe 218 may be installed or provided to penetrate up to a compression chamber S1 along a side surface of a fixed scroll 250.
The drive motor 220 may be installed or provided in or at an upper portion inside of the casing 210. More specifically, the drive motor 220 may include a stator 222 and a rotor 224.
The stator 222, for example, may have a cylindrical shape, and may be fixed to the casing 210. A plurality of slots (not shown) may be formed in an inner circumferential surface of the stator 222 in a circumferential direction, and a coil 222a may be wound on the stator 222. Also, a refrigerant flow groove 212a may be cut in a D-cut shape and may be formed in an outer circumferential surface of the stator 222 so that a refrigerant or oil discharged from the compression device 200 may pass through the refrigerant flow groove 212a.
The rotor 224 may be coupled to an inside of the stator 222 and may generate rotational power. Also, the rotary shaft 226 may be press-fitted into a center of the rotor 224 so that the rotary shaft 226 may rotate with the rotor 224. The rotational power generated by the power rotor 224 may be transmitted to the compression device 200 through the rotary shaft 226.
The compression device 200 may include a main frame 230, the fixed scroll 250, an orbiting scroll 240, and the discharge cover 270. Although not shown in the drawings, the compression device 200 may be further provided with an Oldham's ring. The Oldham's ring may be installed between the orbiting scroll 240 and the main frame 230. The Oldham's ring may prevent rotation of the orbiting scroll 240 and allow an orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll 240 on the fixed scroll 250.
The main frame 230 may be provided under the drive motor 220 and may form an upper portion of the compression device 200. A frame end plate 232 (hereinafter, a “first end plate”) having a roughly circular shape, a frame bearing section 232a (hereinafter, a “first bearing section”) provided at a center of the first end plate 232 and with the rotary shaft 226 passing therethrough, and a frame sidewall 231 (hereinafter, “a first sidewall”) configured to protrude downward from an outer circumferential portion of the first end plate 232 may be provided on the main frame 230. An outer circumferential portion of the first sidewall 231 may be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical shell 211, and a lower end of the first sidewall 231 may be in contact with an upper end of a fixed scroll sidewall 255, which will be described hereinafter.
A frame discharge hole 231a (hereinafter, a “first discharge hole”) configured to pass through an inside of the first sidewall 231 in an axial direction and form a refrigerant path may be provided in the first sidewall 231. An entrance of the first discharge hole 231a may be connected to an exit of a discharge hole 256b of the fixed scroll 250, which will be described hereinafter, and an exit thereof may be connected to the second space V2.
The first bearing section 232a may protrude from an upper surface of the first end plate 232 toward the drive motor 220. A first bearing portion may be formed in the first bearing section 232a so that a main bearing portion 226c of the rotary shaft 226, which will be described hereinafter, may pass through and be supported. That is, the bearing section 232a, in which the main bearing portion 226c of the rotary shaft 226 configured to form the first bearing portion is rotatably inserted into a center of the main frame 230 and supported by the main frame 230, may be formed to pass in the axial direction.
An oil pocket 232b configured to collect oil discharged between the first bearing section 232a and the rotary shaft 226 may be formed in an upper surface of the first end plate 232. More specifically, the oil pocket 232b may be concavely formed in the upper surface of the first end plate 232 and may be formed in a ring shape along an outer circumferential surface of the first bearing section 232a.
A back pressure chamber S2 may be formed on a lower surface of the main frame 230 to form a space with the fixed scroll 250 and the orbiting scroll 240 so that the orbiting scroll 240 may be supported by a pressure of the space. For example, the back pressure chamber S2 may be a medium pressure area, that is, a “medium pressure chamber”, and a first oil supply path 226a provided in the rotary shaft 226 may have a higher pressure than the back pressure chamber S2. Also, a space surrounded by the rotary shaft 226, the main frame 230, and the orbiting scroll 240 may be a high pressure area S3 (see
A back pressure seal 280 may be provided between the main frame 230 and the orbiting scroll 240 to divide the high pressure area S3 (see
The main frame 230 may be coupled to the fixed scroll 250 to form a space in which the orbiting scroll 240 may be rotatably installed or provided. That is, such a structure may be a structure configured to cover the rotary shaft 226 so that the rotational power may be transmitted to the compression device 200 through the rotary shaft 226.
The fixed scroll 250 configured to form a first scroll may be coupled to a lower surface of the main frame 230. More specifically, the fixed scroll 250 may be provided under the main frame 230.
The fixed scroll 250 may be provided with an end plate 254 of the fixed scroll 250 (a “second end plate”) having a roughly circular shape, the fixed scroll sidewall 255 (hereinafter, a “second sidewall”) configured to protrude upward from an outer circumferential portion of the second end plate 254, a fixed wrap 251 configured to protrude from an upper surface of the second end plate 254 and be coupled with, that is, engaged with, an orbiting wrap 241 of the orbiting scroll 240, which will be described hereinafter, to form the compression chamber S1, and a bearing section 252 of the fixed scroll 250 (hereinafter, a “second bearing section”) formed at a center of a rear surface of the second end plate 254 and with the rotary shaft 226 passing therethrough.
A discharge path 253 configured to guide a compressed refrigerant from the compression chamber S1 to an inner space of the discharge cover 270 may be formed in the second end plate 254. A location of the discharge path 253 may be arbitrarily set in consideration of a desired discharge pressure, for example.
As the discharge path 253 is formed toward the lower shell 214, the discharge cover 270 for accommodating a discharged refrigerant and guiding the corresponding refrigerant to the discharge hole 256b of the fixed scroll 250, which will be described hereinafter, so as not to be mixed with oil may be coupled to a lower surface of the fixed scroll 250. The discharge cover 270 may be sealed from and coupled to the lower surface of the fixed scroll 250 to separate a discharge path of refrigerant from the oil storage chamber V4.
A through hole 276 may be formed in the discharge cover 270 so that an oil feeder 271 coupled to a bearing portion 226g of the rotary shaft 226 configured to form a second bearing portion and extend into the oil storage chamber V4 of the casing 210 may pass through the through hole 276.
An outer circumferential portion of the second sidewall 255 may be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical shell 211. An upper end of the second sidewall 255 may be in contact with a lower end of the first sidewall 231.
An oil groove 290 may be formed in a thrust surface of the second sidewall 255. More specifically, an upper surface of the second sidewall 255 may include the thrust surface, and the oil groove 290, for example, may be a groove in which oil may be accommodated. The thrust surface may refer to a surface of the upper surface of the second sidewall 255 which is in contact with a lower surface of an outer circumferential portion of an orbiting scroll end plate 245, which will be described hereinafter.
The oil groove 290 may include a first oil groove 290′ formed in the thrust surface along an outer circumferential surface of the second sidewall 255 and a second oil groove 290″ formed in the thrust surface between the first oil groove 290′ and the fixed wrap 251. The first oil groove 290′, for example, may be a ring shaped oil groove. Also, the second oil groove 290″ may be an auxiliary oil groove formed in the thrust surface adjacent to a starting point of the fixed wrap 251.
For example, the starting point of the fixed wrap 251 may be a point further away from the rotary shaft 226 in the radial direction than an ending point of the fixed wrap 251. Also, although not shown in the drawings, the first oil groove 290′ may include a plurality of ring shaped oil grooves, and the second oil groove 290″ may include a plurality of auxiliary oil grooves separated from each other.
Further, when the first oil grooves 290′ includes the plurality of ring shaped oil grooves and the second oil grooves 290″ includes the plurality of auxiliary oil grooves, the plurality of ring shaped oil grooves and the plurality of auxiliary oil grooves may be alternatively formed in the thrust surface of the second sidewall 255 so that the auxiliary oil grooves are disposed one by one between the ring shaped oil grooves. Also, when the first oil grooves 290′ includes the plurality of ring shaped oil grooves and the second oil grooves 290″ includes the plurality of auxiliary oil grooves, the ring shaped oil grooves may be continuously formed in the thrust surface of the second sidewall 255, and the auxiliary oil grooves may be formed in only the thrust surface adjacent to the starting point of the fixed wrap 251. However, in this embodiment, an example in which one first oil groove 290′ and one second oil groove 290″ are formed will be described for the sake of convenience of the description.
Oil guided upward through the first oil supply path 226a provided in the rotary shaft 226 may pass through the main frame 230 and the orbiting scroll 240 and may be guided to the oil groove 290. That is, the oil guided upward through the first oil supply path 226a may sequentially pass through the high pressure area S3 (see
The discharge hole 256b of the fixed scroll 250 (hereinafter, a “second discharge hole”) configured to pass through an inside of the second sidewall 255 in the axial direction and form the refrigerant path with the first discharge hole 231a may be provided in the second sidewall 255. The second discharge hole 256b may be formed to correspond to the first discharge hole 231a, an entrance thereof may be connected to the inner space of the discharge cover 270, and an exit thereof may be connected to the entrance of the first discharge hole 231a.
The second discharge hole 256b and the first discharge hole 231a may connect the second space V2 and the third space V3 so that a refrigerant discharged into the inner space of the discharge cover 270 from the compression chamber S1 may be guided to the second space V2. Further, the refrigerant suction pipe 218 may be installed or provided in the second sidewall 255 to be connected to a suction side of the compression chamber S1. The refrigerant suction pipe 218 may be installed or provided to be separated from the second discharge hole 256b.
The second bearing section 252 may protrude from a lower surface of the second end plate 254 toward the oil storage chamber V4. The second bearing portion may be provided in the second bearing section 252 so that the sub-bearing portion 226g of the rotary shaft 226 may be inserted thereinto and supported. The second bearing section 252 may be bent toward a center of the rotary shaft 266 so that a lower end thereof may support a lower end of the sub-bearing portion 226g of the rotary shaft 226 and form a thrust bearing surface.
The orbiting scroll 240 configured to form a second scroll may be installed between the main frame 230 and the fixed scroll 250. More specifically, the orbiting scroll 240 may form a pair of compression chambers S1 between the fixed scroll 250 and the orbiting scroll 240 while being coupled to the rotary shaft 226 and performing an orbiting movement. The orbiting scroll 240 may include the orbiting scroll end plate 245 (hereinafter, a “third end plate”) having a roughly circular shape, the orbiting wrap 241 configured to protrude from the third end plate 245 and engaged with the fixed wrap 251, and a rotary shaft coupler 242 provided at a center of the third end plate 245 and rotatably coupled to an eccentric part 226f of the rotary shaft 226.
In the orbiting scroll 240, an outer circumferential portion of the third end plate 245 may be located at the upper end of second sidewall 255 and a lower end of the orbiting wrap 241 may be in close contact with the upper surface of the second end plate 254 such that the orbiting scroll 240 may be supported by the fixed scroll 250. A second oil supply path 283 configured to guide oil, which is guided to the high pressure area S3 (see
For example, the oil flowing in the first oil supply path 226a may be guide to the high pressure area S3 (see
Further, a third oil supply path 285 (see
An outer circumferential portion of the rotary shaft coupler 242 may be connected to the orbiting wrap 241 and function to form the compression chamber S1 with the fixed wrap 251 during a compressing process. Although the fixed wrap 251 and the orbiting wrap 241 may be formed in an involute shape, the fixed wrap 251 and the orbiting wrap 241 may be formed in various shapes other than the involute shape. The involute shape means a curved line corresponding to a trajectory drawn by an end of a thread when the thread is wound around a base circle having an arbitrary radius and released.
The eccentric portion 226f of the rotary shaft 226 may be inserted into the rotary shaft coupler 242. The eccentric portion 226f inserted into the rotary shaft coupler 242 may overlap the orbiting wrap 241 or the fixed wrap 251 in the radial direction of the compressor. The term “radial direction” may refer to a direction, that is, a lateral direction, perpendicular to the axial direction, that is, a longitudinal direction, and more specifically, the radial direction may refer to a direction from an outside of the rotary shaft to an inside thereof.
As described above, when the eccentric portion 226f of the rotary shaft 226 passes through the orbiting scroll end plate 245 and overlaps the orbiting wrap 241 in the radial direction, a repulsive force, that is, gas pressure, and a compressive force, that is, back pressure of the refrigerant may be applied to a same plane on the basis of the orbiting scroll end plate 245 and be partially offset. However, an overturn moment is generated in the orbiting scroll 240 by the gas pressure so that the orbiting scroll 240 may be shaken or inclined.
However, in this embodiment, an injection pressure may be added by supplying the oil guided to the oil groove 290 to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll 250. As the overturn moment due to the gas pressure is offset by the added injection pressure, the orbiting scroll 240 may be prevented from being shaken in the axial direction or being inclined.
The above will be described hereinafter.
The rotary shaft 226 may be coupled to the drive motor 220 and may be provided with the first oil supply path 226a to guide oil accommodated in the oil storage chamber V4 of the casing 210 upward. More specifically, an upper portion of the rotary shaft 226 may be press-fitted into and coupled to the center of the rotor 224, and a lower portion thereof may be coupled to and supported in the radial direction by the compression device 200.
Accordingly, the rotary shaft 226 may transmit a rotational force of the drive motor 220 to the orbiting scroll 240 of the compression device 200. In addition, the orbiting scroll 240 eccentrically coupled to the rotary shaft 226 may use the rotational force to perform an orbiting movement with respect to the fixed scroll 250.
The main bearing portion 226c may be inserted into and supported in the radial direction by the first bearing section 232a of the main frame 230. The sub-bearing portion 226g may be formed under the main bearing portion 226c to be inserted into and supported in the radial direction by the second bearing section 252 of the fixed scroll 250.
Further, the eccentric portion 226f inserted into and coupled to the rotary shaft coupler 242 of the orbiting scroll 240 may be formed between the main bearing portion 226c and the sub-bearing portion 226g. The main bearing portion 226c and the sub-bearing portion 226g may be formed on a same axial line to have a same axial center, and the eccentric portion 226f may be formed to be radially eccentric with respect to the main bearing portion 226c or the sub-bearing portion 226g.
For example, the eccentric portion 226f may have an outer diameter formed to be smaller than an outer diameter of the main bearing portion 226c and larger than an outer diameter of the sub-bearing portion 226g. In this case, the rotary shaft 226 may pass through and be coupled to the bearing sections 232a and 252 and the rotary shaft coupler 242.
The eccentric portion 226f may be formed using a separate bearing without being integrally formed with the rotary shaft 226. In this case, the rotary shaft 226 may be inserted into and coupled to each of the bearing sections 232a and 252 and the rotary shaft coupler 242 even when the outer diameter of the sub-bearing portion 226g is not smaller than the outer diameter of the eccentric portion 226f.
Further, the first oil supply path 226a for supplying oil stored in the oil storage chamber V4 to outer circumferential surfaces of the bearing portions 226c and 226g and an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion 226f may be formed inside of the rotary shaft 226. Also, the oil holes 226b, 226d, and 226e configured to pass from the first oil supply path 226a to the outer circumferential surface may be formed in the bearing portions 226c and 226g and the eccentric portion 226f of the rotary shaft 226.
Further, the oil feeder 271 that pumps oil from the oil storage chamber V4 may be coupled to a lower end of the rotary shaft 226, that is, a lower end of the sub-bearing portion 226g. The oil feeder 271 may include an oil supply pipe 273 inserted into and coupled to the first oil supply path 226a of the rotary shaft 226, and an oil suction member 274 inserted into the oil supply pipe 273 oil and configured to suction oil. The oil supply pipe 273 may pass through the through hole 276 of the discharge cover 270 and extend into the oil storage chamber V4, and the oil suction member 274 may function like a propeller.
Although not shown in drawings, a trochoid pump (not shown) may be coupled to the sub-bearing portion 226g instead of the oil feeder 271 to forcibly pump the oil contained in the oil storage chamber V4 upward. Also, although not shown in drawings, the scroll compressor according to an embodiment may further include a first sealing member or seal (not shown) that seals a gap between an upper end of the main bearing portion 226c and an upper end of the main frame 230, and a second sealing member or seal (not shown) that seals a gap between the lower end of the sub-bearing portion 226g and a lower end of the fixed scroll 250. For example, leakage of oil to an outside of the compression device 200 along a bearing surface may be prevented by the first and second sealing members or seals, a differential pressure oil supplying structure may be implemented, and a backflow of a refrigerant may be prevented.
A balance weight 227 to suppress noise and vibration may be coupled to the rotor 224 or the rotary shaft 226. For example, the balance weight 227 may be provided between the drive motor 220 and the compression device 200, that is, in the second space V2.
Next, a process of operating the scroll compressor 1 according to an embodiment will be described hereinafter.
The rotary shaft 226 coupled to the rotor 224 of the drive motor 220 may rotate when power is applied to the drive motor 220, and a rotational force generated. Then, the orbiting scroll 240 eccentrically coupled to the rotary shaft 226 may perform an orbiting movement with respect to the fixed scroll 250 and form the compression chamber S1 between the orbiting wrap 241 and the fixed wrap 251. The compression chamber S1 may be continuously formed over several steps such that a volume thereof gradually decreases in a central direction.
A refrigerant supplied from outside of the casing 210 through the refrigerant suction pipe 218 may directly flow into the compression chamber S1. The refrigerant may be compressed while being moved in a direction of a discharge chamber of the compression chamber S1 by the orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll 240 to be discharged from the discharge chamber into the third space V3 through the discharge path 253 of the fixed scroll 250.
A series of processes of discharging the compressed refrigerant discharged into the third space V3 to an inside of the casing 210 through the second discharge hole 256b and the first discharge hole 231a and discharging the compressed refrigerant to the outside of the casing 210 through the refrigerant discharge pipe 216 may be repeated.
Next, a flow of oil in the scroll compressor 1 according to an embodiment will be described below with reference to
Oil stored in the oil storage chamber V4 (see
The oil guided to the high pressure area S3 may be guided to the medium pressure area S2 through the second oil supply path 283 provided in the orbiting scroll 240. The oil guided to the medium pressure area S2 may be guided to the oil groove 290 through the third oil supply path 285 or flow downward along an upper surface and side surfaces of the orbiting scroll 240 to be guided to the oil groove 290. The oil guided to the oil groove 290 may be supplied to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll 250 and may prevent wear due to friction between the fixed scroll 250 and the orbiting scroll 240 during the orbiting movement between the fixed scroll 250 and the orbiting scroll 240.
In the scroll compressor 1 of
First, referring to
The thrust reaction force may be a reaction force caused by friction between a thrust surface of a fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll 240, the medium back pressure may be a back pressure of a medium pressure area, and the discharge back pressure may be a back pressure generated when a refrigerant is discharged. That is, when a repulsive force, that is, a gas pressure, of a refrigerant acts on the orbiting scroll 240 in the upward direction in a compression chamber, a compressive force, that is, a back pressure, is applied in the downward direction to the orbiting scroll 240 in a back pressure chamber due to a reaction force opposing the repulsive force during a compression operation of the scroll compressor.
However, as illustrated in
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As described above, the scroll compressor 1 according to an embodiment may supply oil to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll 250 through the oil groove 290 to prevent over-wear of the fixed scroll 250 or the orbiting scroll 240. Further, mechanical loss and reduction of compression efficiency of the scroll compressor 1 due to over-wear of the fixed scroll 250 or the orbiting scroll 240 may be reduced.
Also, the scroll compressor 1 according to an embodiment may offset an overturn moment generated in the orbiting scroll 240 due to the gas pressure by supplying oil to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll 250. Further, the scroll compressor 1 may prevent the orbiting scroll 240 from being inclined or moving in the axial direction due to the overturn moment generated by the gas pressure, thereby a compression efficiency of the scroll compressor 1 may be improved.
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a scroll compressor capable of preventing over-wear of a fixed scroll or an orbiting scroll by smoothly supplying oil to a thrust surface of the fixed scroll. Embodiments disclosed herein are also directed to a scroll compressor capable of preventing an orbiting scroll from being inclined or moving in an axial direction by offsetting an overturn moment generated in the orbiting scroll due to a gas pressure.
A scroll compressor according to embodiments disclosed herein may smoothly supply oil to a thrust surface of a fixed scroll by including a fixed scroll having an oil groove formed in a thrust surface of a fixed scroll sidewall. The scroll compressor according to embodiments disclosed herein may add an injection pressure acting on an orbiting scroll in an upward direction by supplying oil guided to the oil groove to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll so that an overturn moment generated in an orbiting scroll may be offset.
This application relates to U.S. application Ser. No. 15/830,135, U.S. application Ser. No. 15/830,161, U.S. application Ser. No. 15/830,222, U.S. application Ser. No. 15/830,248, and U.S. application Ser. No. 15/830,290, all filed on Dec. 4, 2017, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. Further, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that features disclosed in these above-noted applications may be combined in any combination with features disclosed herein.
While embodiments have been described for those skilled in the art, it should be understood that embodiments may be replaced, modified, and changed without departing from the technical spirit, and thus, embodiments are not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
Any reference in this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “example embodiment,” etc., means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with any embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the purview of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other ones of the embodiments.
Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number of illustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art that will fall within the spirit and scope of the principles of this disclosure. More particularly, various variations and modifications are possible in the component parts and/or arrangements of the subject combination arrangement within the scope of the disclosure, the drawings and the appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications in the component parts and/or arrangements, alternative uses will also be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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10-2017-0079174 | Jun 2017 | KR | national |
This application is a Continuation Application of prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/830,184 filed on Dec. 4, 2017, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Korean Application No. 2017-0079174, filed in Korea on Jun. 22, 2017, whose entire disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference.
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Parent | 15830184 | Dec 2017 | US |
Child | 16914726 | US |