Pulse tube refrigerator

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6467276
  • Patent Number
    6,467,276
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, January 2, 2001
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 22, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
A pulse tube refrigerator includes a compressor, an after-cooler, a regenerating unit, a pulse tube, an inertance tube, a reservoir, and a vibration absorbing unit which are structured such that vibrations during motor operation are minimized. The vibration absorbing unit is attached with the compressor and is positioned within the reservoir, and has a fixed shaft having one end attached with a housing of the compressor, a plurality of spring plates attached to another end of the fixed shaft, and a mass body attached with the spring plates.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a pulse tube refrigerator, and in particular, to a pulse tube refrigerator which is capable of minimizing vibration occurring during the operation, and having a simple overall structure.




2. Description of the Prior Art




In general, a pulse tube refrigerator is one type of cryogenic refrigerator having a low-vibration and high-reliability which is used for cooling small size electronic parts or super-conductors. A Stirling refrigerator and a GM refrigerator are widely used as the cryogenic refrigerator.




As depicted in

FIG. 1

, the conventional pulse tube refrigerator comprises a compressor


10


for compressing operating gas by generating a linear reciprocation operating force, a pulse tube


20


for releasing heat on the compressing part


21


and absorbing external heat on an expanding part


22


while the operating gas is compressed and expanded at both ends of the tube by the operation of the compressor


10


, an inertance tube


30


for generating phase difference between mass flow and pressure pulsation of the operating gas fluctuated by connecting to the pulse tube


20


and at the same time achieving the heat balance, a reservoir


40


connected to the end of the inertance tube


30


, a regenerating unit


50


connected between the pulse tube


20


and after-cooler


60


in order to store and release sensible heat of the operating gas passing the pulse tube


20


by being sucked and compressed at the compressor


10


, and an after-cooler


60


placed between the regenerating unit


50


and compressor


10


for cooling the operating gas pushed by the compressor


10


before it reaches the regenerating unit


50


.




The compressor


10


for compressing and sucking the operating gas while generating the linear reciprocation operating force comprises a sealed casing


11


having the inner area covering housings


11




b


,


11




c


, an upper housing


11




a


closely combined to the upper outer circumference of the sealed casing


11


having a cylinder unit on the center portion, a middle housing


11




b


which is placed inside of the sealed casing


11


and its upper surface is closely combined to the lower surface of the upper housing


11




a


, an elastic supporting member


15


is combined inside of it, an operating motor


12


having a piston


14


inserted into the cylinder unit


13


is fixedly installed on it, and a lower housing


11




c


which is placed inside of the sealed casing


11


and its upper surface is closely combined to the lower surface of the middle housing


11




b


, the elastic supporting member


15


is combined to it.




The operation of the conventional pulse tube refrigerator will now be described.




First, when the compressor


10


compresses and sucks the operating gas by being applied power, the operating gas flows into the pulse tube


20


after passing the after-cooler


60


and regenerating unit


50


, is discharged into the inertance tube


30


, repeats the reverse operation, while repeating the above operation, the phase difference is generated between the mass flow and pressure pulsation, according to this the compressing and expanding occur at the compressing part


21


and expanding part


22


of the pulse tube


20


, temperature on the expanding part


22


of the pulse tube


20


lowers drastically.




The inertance tube


30


and reservoir


40


accelerate the compressing and expanding of the operating gas at the pulse tube


20


, the after-cooler pre-cools the operating gas pushed from the compressor


10


, and the regenerating unit


50


stores/releases the sensible heat of the operating gas reciprocating between the compressor


10


and pulse tube


20


.




While repeating the above-mentioned process, the expanding part


22


of the pulse tube


20


is cooled continually, and accordingly the cryogenic refrigeration is obtained.




However, in the conventional pulse tube refrigerator, vibration occurs while the operating gas is compressed by the piston receiving the linear reciprocating motion of the operating motor installed in the compressor, and it causes the vibration noise.




In addition, because the reservoir constructed as the additional part is connected to the inertance tube having a certain length, the overall size of the pulse tube refrigerator is big, lots of manufacturing costs are required, it is difficult to transfer, and it requires lots of installation area.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The object of the present invention is to provide a pulse tube refrigerator which has a simple overall structure.




Another object of the present invention is to provide the pulse tube refrigerator having a vibration absorbing unit which efficiently reduces vibration occurring while compressing operating gas.




Another object of the present invention is to provide the pulse tube refrigerator having a combining structure of a sealing member which improves the efficiency of the vibration absorbing unit.




In order to achieve the objects, the pulse tube refrigerator according to the present invention comprises a compressor having a sealed casing with a cylinder and an opening at one end thereof, a motor mounted in the sealed casing, and a piston operatively attached with the motor to compress and expand an operating gas via the opening, an after-cooler connected with the compressor in order to cool the operating gas discharged from the compressor, a regenerating unit connected with the after-cooler in order to store and release latent heat of the operating gas reciprocating between the compressor and reservoir formed at an outer surface of the sealed casing and a cover integrally attached to the sealed casing, a pulse tube connected with the regenerating unit, the pulse tube having a cryogenic portion formed thereon, an inertance tube connected with the pulse tube in order to accelerate a formation of the cryogenic portion and connected with the cover, and a vibration absorbing unit which is placed inside of the reservoir and is fixedly attached to the sealed casing in order to reduce the vibration occurring due to the operation of the motor.




In addition, in order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the pulse tube refrigerator according to the present invention comprises a compressor having a sealed casing with a cylinder and an opening at one end thereof, a motor mounted in the sealed casing, and a piston operatively attached with the motor to compress and expand an operating gas via the opening, an after-cooler connected with the compressor in order to cool the operating gas discharged from the compressor, a regenerating unit connected with the after-cooler in order to store and release latent heat of the operating gas reciprocating between the compressor and a reservoir formed at an outer surface of the sealed casing a a cover attached to the sealed casing, a pulse tube connected with the regenerating unit, the pulse tube having a cryogenic portion formed thereon, an inertance tube connected with the pulse tube in order to accelerate a formation of the cryogenic portion and connected with the cover, a sealing member which is placed between the cover and casing in order to prevent leakage of the operating gas, and a vibration absorbing unit placed inside of the reservoir and fixedly attached to the sealing member in order to reduce the vibration occurring due to the operation of the motor.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a schematic sectional view illustrating the conventional pulse tube refrigerator.





FIG. 2

is a schematic sectional view illustrating a pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 3

is a partial sectional view illustrating the operation state of the pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a schematic front view illustrating a pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 5

is a sectional view illustrating a compressor of the pulse tube refrigerator of

FIG. 4

in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 6

is a partial sectional view illustrating a sealing member combination according to the embodiment of the present invention for constructing the compressor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 7

is a partial sectional view illustrating the sealing member combination according to the other embodiment of the present invention for constructing the compressor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 8

is a partial sectional view illustrating the sealing member combination according to the another embodiment of the present invention for constructing the compressor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Hereinafter, the embodiments of a pulse tube refrigerator according to the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.




As depicted in

FIG. 2

, the pulse tube refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises a compressor


100


for compressing and sucking operating gas by generating a linear reciprocation operating force, a pulse tube


20


for releasing heat on the compressing part


21


by the mass flow of the compressed and sucked operating gas on the compressor


200


and absorbing external heat on an expanding part


22


while the operating gas is separately compressed and expanded at both ends of the pulse tube


20


by the operation of the compressor


100


, an inertance tube


300


for generating phase difference between mass flow and pressure pulsation of the operating gas fluctuated by connecting to the pulse tube


20


and at the same time achieving the heat balance, a reservoir


400


connected to the end of the inertance tube


300


, and a regenerating unit


50


connected between the pulse tube


20


and an after-cooler


60


in order to release sensible heat of the operating gas passing the pulse tube


20


by being sucked and compressed at the compressor


100


, the after-cooler


60


being utilized for cooling the operating gas pushed by the compressor


100


before it reaches the regenerating unit


50


.




The compressor


100


comprises a sealed casing


110


having a cylinder shape including inner area covering housings


110




b


,


110




c


, an upper housing


110




a


closely combined to the upper outer circumference of the sealed casing


110


having a cylinder unit on the center portion, the middle housing


110




b


which is placed inside of the sealed casing


110


and its upper surface is closely combined to the lower surface of the upper housing


110




a


, an elastic supporting member


150


is combined inside of it, an operating motor


120


having an operating shaft


160


combined to a piston


140


inserted into the cylinder unit


130


is fixedly installed on it, and the lower housing


110




c


which is placed inside of the sealed casing


110


and its upper surface is closely combined to the lower surface of the middle housing


110




b


, the elastic supporting member


150


is combined to it.




The reservoir


400


having a predetermined sealed area is combined as one body to the outer bottom surface of the sealed casing


110


of the compressor


100


.




The reservoir


400


is formed by combining the cover


410


having a cup shape to the lower side surface of the sealed casing


110


so as to be formed on the lower side surface of the sealed casing


110


of the compressor


100


.




In addition, in the other embodiment of the reservoir


400


, the sealed casing


110


is formed longer, and a predetermined sealed area can be formed by blocking the inner side of the sealed casing


110


.




The sealed casing


110


and reservoir


400


can be combined by welding, or using bolts, nuts, pins and rivets, etc.




The inertance tube


300


is formed so as to coil around the outer circumference of the compressor


100


and reservoir


400


formed as one-body in order to minimize installation area of the pulse tube refrigerator. Herein, the inertance tube


300


coils around them as a spiral shape.




The vibration absorbing unit


170


for reducing the vibration occurring by the operation of the operating motor


120


is combined to the center lower side surface of the sealed casing


110


so as to be placed inside of the reservoir


400


.




The vibration absorbing unit


170


comprises a fixed shaft


171


fixedly attached to the sealed casing


110


so as to be placed on the same line of the vibration direction of the operating motor


120


, a plurality of plate springs


172


attached to the end of the fixed shaft


171


, and a mass body


173


fixedly secured between the plate springs


172


.




Hereinafter, the operation effect of the pulse tube refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention will now be described.




When the power is applied to the operating motor


120


installed inside of the compressor


100


, the operating motor


120


performs the linear reciprocating motion. The operating force is transmitted to the piston


140


, and the piston


140


performs the linear reciprocating motion inside of the cylinder unit


130


in order to compress and sucks the operating gas. The vibration occurs during the motion and is transmitted to the sealed casing


110


.




Herein, as depicted in

FIG. 3

, the vibration transmitted to the sealed casing


110


is transmitted to the vibration absorbing unit


170


installed inside of the sealed casing


110


. The vibration of the vibration absorbing unit


170


has a second mode opposing the vibration mode occurring from the sealed casing


110


, and the vibration of the sealed casing


110


is reduced. The vibration occurring during the operating can be reduced, and the vibration noise due to the vibration can be reduced also, and quietness in the operation can be improved.




In addition, in the pulse tube refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the reservoir


400


provided with the vibration absorbing unit


170


performs the same function as the conventional reservoir


40


, and is combined to the lower side surface of the sealed casing


110


. The inertance tube


300


is formed so as to coil around the outer circumference of the sealed casing and reservoir formed as one body. Accordingly the overall size of the pulse tube refrigerator can be reduced, the transferring of the pulse tube refrigerator is easy, and the required installation area can be reduced.




Hereinafter, the pulse tube refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail.




The construction of the pulse tube refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to accompanying

FIGS. 4 and 5

. The pulse tube refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention comprises a compressor


200


for compressing and sucking the operating gas by generating the linear reciprocation operating force, a pulse tube


20


for releasing the heat on the compressing part


21


by the mass flow of the compressed/sucked operating gas on the compressor


200


and phase difference of the pressure pulsation and absorbing the heat on the expanding part


22


, an inertance tube


300


for accelerating the mass flow and pressure pulsation on the pulse tube


20


and at the same time achieving the heat balance, a reservoir


500


formed on the lower end of the compressor


200


as one body, a regenerating unit


50


connected between the pulse tube


20


and compressor


200


in order to release sensible heat of the operating gas passing the pulse tube


20


by being sucked and compressed at the compressor


200


, and an after-cooler


60


for cooling the operating gas pushed by the compressor


200


.




The compressor


200


comprises a cylinder unit


230


on the side, an upper housing


210




a


having a fixedly installed elastic supporting member


250


, and the middle housing


210




b


having various construction parts.




Hereinafter, the construction of the middle housing


210




b


will now be described in detail.




The middle housing


210




b


comprises the operating motor


220


connected between the operator


280


of the operating motor


220


and piston


240


with the operating shaft


260


in order to transmit the linear reciprocation operating force of the operating motor


220


to the piston


240


inserted into the cylinder unit


230


, and the elastic supporting member


250


connected to the operating shaft


220


in order to guide the linear motion of the piston


240


.




A flange portion having the through hole is formed on the lower circumference of the middle housing


210




b


, a through hole corresponding to the through hole formed on the flange portion is formed on the outer circumference of each of a cup-shaped cover


510


and a circular plate-type sealing member


70


. The middle housing


210




b


, sealing member


70


, and cover


510


are fixedly combined by a predetermined combining member, and the reservoir


500


is formed by the combination.




The side of the inertance tube


300


is connected with the side of the cover


510


.




In addition, the inertance tube


300


can be formed so as to coil around the outer circumference of the upper housing


210




a


and middle housing


210




b


of the compressor


200


as the spiral shape in order to minimize the installation space, and it connects the pulse tube


20


to the reservoir


500


.




The combination of the upper housing


210




a


, middle housing


210




b


, sealing member


70


and cover are fixedly combined by welding, or using bolts, nuts, pins and rivets, etc.




The elastic supporting member


250


stores the linear reciprocating motion of the operating motor


220


as elastic energy, converts the stored elastic energy into the linear motion, induces a resonance motion of the piston


240


, and guides the linear reciprocating motion of the piston


240


combined to the operating shaft


260


.




Meanwhile, the motion of the moving mass constructed with the operator


280


of the operating motor


220


, operating shaft


260


, and piston


240


performing the linear reciprocating motion in the operation of the compressor


200


causes the axial direction vibration, and a vibration absorbing unit


600


is formed inside of the reservoir


500


in order to absorb and reduce the axial direction vibration.




A fixed shaft


610


is attached to the sealing member


70


in order to coincide with the center line of the operating shaft


260


of the operating motor


220


, a plurality of plate springs


620


are attached to the fixed shaft


610


, and a mass body


630


having a certain weight is attached to the plate springs


620


.




When the vibration occurs by the operation of the compressor


200


, the excitation frequency of the vibration absorbing unit


600


coincides with the inherent frequency of the plate springs


620


and mass body


630


, the vibration occurring on the compressor


200


is absorbed by the plate springs


620


and mass body


630


, and the plate springs


620


and mass body


630


vibrate.




Herein, it is advisable to coincide the axial direction vibration center of the moving mass with the vibration center of the vibration absorbing unit


600


for absorbing the vibration in order to improve the absorbing efficiency of the vibration absorbing unit


600


.




Hereinafter, the method for coinciding the axial direction vibration center of the moving mass with the vibration center of the vibration absorbing unit


600


will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.




As depicted in

FIG. 6

, a combining part


81


is protrusively formed on the upper surface of a position setting type sealing plate


80


having the disk shape which is attached to the inner circumference of the middle housing


210




b.






The fixed shaft


610


having a predetermined length is attached to the center of the sealing plate


80


on a side opposite to the side surface of the combining part


81


. The position setting type sealing plate


80


is inserted and secured to the lower portion of the middle housing


210




b


in order to locate the combining part


81


at the inner circumference of the middle housing


210




b.






Herein, the center of the operating shaft


260


placed inside of the housing


210




b


coincides with the center of the fixed shaft


610


, and the position setting type sealing plate


80


seals the middle housing


210




b.






The position setting type sealing plate


80


is fixedly combined to the middle housing


210




b


by a plurality of bolts


1


inserted into a plurality of through holes H formed on the flange portion


700


extended-formed on the end of the middle housing


210




b


and the position setting type sealing plate


80


.




The plurality of plate springs


620


are fixedly attached to the end of the fixed shaft


610


, and the mass body


630


having a predetermined weight is fixedly secured to the plate springs


620


. The cover


510


having the cup shape is fixedly formed on the position setting type sealing plate


80


in order to cover the plate springs


620


and the mass body


630


. The reservoir


500


having a predetermined sealed area is constructed by the position setting type sealing plate


80


and cover


510


, and the side of the inertance tube


300


is connected to the side of the cover


510


.




As depicted in

FIG. 7

, a position setting portion A is formed on the outer circumference of the middle housing


210




b


, and a sealing plate


90




a


secured to the fixed shaft


610


is secured to the middle housing


210




b


in order to set the position by the position setting portion A.




The position setting portion A comprises the flange portion


700


extended-formed on the lower end of the middle housing


210




b


so as to correspond to the outer diameter of the sealing plate


90




a


, and a position setting protrusion portion


710


, which is extended-bent downwardly from the end of the flange portion


700


.




The sealing plate


90




a


is inserted into a groove formed by the flange portion


700


and the position setting protrusion portion


710


, and accordingly, the center of the operating shaft


260


placed on the middle housing


210




b


coincides with the center of the fixed shaft


610


attached to the sealing plate


90




a


, and the middle housing


210




b


is sealed.




A plurality of through holes H are formed on the outer circumference of the flange portion


700


of the middle housing


210




b


and outer circumference of the sealing plate


90




a


in order to secure the sealing plate


90




a


to the middle housing


210




b


, and the sealing plate


90




a


is attached to the middle housing


210


by inserting and fastening a plurality of bolts


1


into the through holes H and securing them with nuts


2


.




The plurality of plate springs


620


are fixedly attached to the end portion of the fixed shaft


610


, and the mass body


630


having a predetermined weight is fixedly attached to the plate springs. The cover


510


having the cup shape is fixedly attached to the sealing plate


90




a


so as to cover the vibration absorbing unit


600


. The reservoir


500


is constructed by the sealing plate


90




a


and cover


510


, and the side of the inertance tube


300


is connected with the side of the cover


510


.




As depicted in

FIG. 8

, a plurality of position setting pins


3


are fixedly secured to the outer circumference of a flange portion


800


of the middle housing


210




b.






A plurality of pin holes


91


where the plurality of the position setting pins


3


are inserted are formed on the outer circumference of the sealing plate


90




b


, the fixed shaft


610


is attached to the lower center portion of the sealing plate


90




b


, and is attached to the flange portion of the middle housing


210




b.






The sealing plate


90




b


seals the middle housing


210




b


by coinciding the center of the operating shaft


260


with the center of the fixed shaft


610


by inserting the plurality of the position setting pins


3


into the plurality of the pin holes


91


.




The plurality of the position setting pins


3


are fixedly attached to the flange portion


800


extended-formed on the end portion of the middle housing


210




b


, and the plurality of the pin holes


91


are formed on the outer circumference of the sealing plate


90




b.






The middle housing


210




b


is secured to the sealing plate


90




b


by forming the plurality of through holes H on the edge of the flange portion of the middle housing


210




b


and sealing plate


90




b


, and inserting the plurality of bolts


1


inserted into the through holes H and securing them with the nuts


2


.




The plurality of plate springs


620


are fixedly formed on the end portion of the fixed shaft


610


, and the mass body


630


having a certain weight is fixedly attached to the plurality of plate springs


620


. The cover


510


having the cup shape is fixedly attached to the sealing plate


90




b


so as to cover the vibration absorbing unit


600


. The reservoir


500


having a predetermined sealed area is constructed by the sealing plate


90




b


and cover


510


, and the side of the cover


510


is connected to the side of the inertance tube


300


.




In addition, the plurality of the pin holes are formed on the flange portion


800


of the middle housing


210




b


, the plurality of the position setting pins


3


corresponding to the plurality of the pin holes are fixedly attached to the sealing plate


90




b


, and according to this, the center of the fixed shaft


610


fixedly combined to the sealing plate


90




b


coincides with the center of the operating shaft


260


placed inside of the middle housing


210




b.






Hereinafter, the operation effect of the pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention will now be described.




The pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the present invention is capable of preventing an eccentric vibration of the plate springs and mass body about the axial directional vibration of the compressor by performing the axial directional vibration in the operation of the compressor on the same line with the axial direction vibration of the plate springs and mass body of the vibration absorbing unit for absorbing the vibration.




Accordingly, the pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the present invention is capable of improving the quietness in the operation by reducing the vibration noise of the overall system by stabilizing the vibration of the plate springs and mass body. And, the pulse tube refrigerator in accordance with the present invention can be transported easily and requires a smaller installation area by reducing the size of the pulse tube refrigerator by placing the inertance tube at a proper position and forming the reservoir so as to be one-bodied to the housing.



Claims
  • 1. A pulse tube refrigerator, comprising:a compressor having a sealed casing with a cylinder and an opening at one end thereof, a motor mounted in the sealed casing, and a piston operatively attached with the motor to compress and expand an operating gas via the opening; an after-cooler connected with the compressor in order to cool the operating gas discharged from the compressor; a regenerating unit connected with the after-cooler in order to store and release latent heat of the operating gas reciprocating between the compressor and a reservoir formed at an outer surface of the sealed casing and a cover integrally attached to the sealed casing; a pulse tube connected with the regenerating unit, the pulse tube having a cryogenic portion formed thereon; an inertance tube connected with the pulse tube in order to accelerate a forming of the cryogenic portion and connected with the cover; and a vibration absorbing unit which is placed inside of the reservoir and is fixedly attached to the sealed casing in order to reduce vibration occurring due to the operation of the motor.
  • 2. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the inertance tube coils around an outer circumference of the compressor and the reservoir.
  • 3. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the vibration absorbing unit comprises:a fixed shaft combined to the center of the lower surface of the sealed casing; a plurality of plate spring combined to an outer circumference of the fixed shaft in order to generate a frequency of vibration coincided with a frequency of vibration of the motor; and a mass body fixedly combined to the plurality of plate springs.
  • 4. A pulse tube refrigerator, comprising:a compressor having a sealed case with a cylinder and an opening at one end thereof, a motor mounted in the sealed casing, and a piston operatively attached with the motor to compress and expand an operating gas via the opening; an after-cooler connected with the compressor in order to cool the operating gas discharged from the compressor; a regenerating unit connected with the after-cooler in order to store and release latent heat of the operating gas reciprocating between the compressor and a reservoir formed at an outer surface of the sealed casing and a cover attached to the sealed casing; a pulse tube connected with the regenerating unit, the pulse tube having a cryogenic portion formed thereon; an inertance tube connected with the pulse tube in order to accelerate a forming of the cryogenic portion and connected with the cover; a sealing member which is placed between the cover and the casing in order to prevent leakage of the operating gas; and a vibration absorbing unit placed inside of the reservoir in order to reduce vibration occurring due to the operation of the motor.
  • 5. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the inertance tube coils around an outer circumference of the compressor and the reservoir.
  • 6. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the vibration absorbing unit comprises:a fixed shaft combined to the center of the lower surface of the sealing member; a plurality of plate springs combined to the fixed shaft in order to generate a frequency of vibration coincided with a frequency of vibration of the motor; and a mass body fixedly combined to the plurality of plate springs.
  • 7. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein a protrusive combining portion is formed on an upper portion of the sealing member so as to be inserted and combined to the inner circumference of the casing in order to coincide a center line of an operating shaft of the motor with a center line of the fixed shaft.
  • 8. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the casing comprises a flange portion radially extended therefrom, and a position setting protrusion portion downwardly extended from the outline of the flange portion in order to coincide an operating shaft of the motor with a center line of the fixed shaft, an outer circumference of the sealing member is extended so as to correspond to an inner circumference of an inner groove of the position setting protrusion portion, and the cover is extended so as to correspond to an outer circumference of the flange portion.
  • 9. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein a position setting pin is fixedly combined to an outer circumference of the flange portion in order to coincide an operating shaft of the operating motor with the center line of the fixed shaft, and a pin hole is formed on an outer circumference of the sealing member so as to correspond to the position setting pin.
  • 10. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the position setting pin is fixedly combined to the outer circumference of the sealing member in order to coincide the operating shaft of the motor with the center line of the fixed shaft, and the pin hole is formed on the outer circumference of the flange portion.
  • 11. The pulse tube refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the casing, sealing member, and cover are sealed, combined with a combining member by forming a through hole on an outer circumference of the sealing member, and formed with a through hole on a flange portion of the lower circumference of the casing combined to the sealing member and upper outer circumference of the cover combined to the sealing member so as to correspond to the through hole formed on the sealing member.
Priority Claims (2)
Number Date Country Kind
7593/2000 Feb 2000 KR
48662/2000 Aug 2000 KR
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