Patent Grant
8876503
The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in priority Korean Application No. 10-2012-0001122, filed on Jan. 4, 2012, which is herein expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure relates to a scroll compressor having a rotation shaft insertion hole and a fabrication method thereof, and more particularly, to a scroll compressor in a form that part of the rotation shaft is inserted into a fixed scroll in a penetrating manner and a fabrication method thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
Scroll compressor may include a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap and a circulating scroll having a circulating wrap, which is a compressor in the form of inhaling and compressing refrigerant through a continuous volume change of the compression chamber formed between the fixed wrap and the circulating wrap while the circulating scroll performs a circulating movement on the fixed scroll. The scroll compressor continuously performs inhalation, compression and discharge, and thus has excellent characteristics in the aspect of vibration and noise generated during its operational process compared to other types of compressors.
On the other hand, the circulating scroll is typically formed with a disk shaped end plate and the circulating wrap at the side of the end plate. Furthermore, a boss portion is formed at a rear surface on which the circulating wrap is not formed and connected to a rotation shaft for circulating the circulating scroll. Such a shape may form a circulating wrap over a substantially overall area of the end plate, thereby decreasing a diameter of the end plate portion for obtaining the same compression ratio. However, on the contrary, the operating point to which a repulsive force of refrigerant is applied and the operating point to which a reaction force for cancelling out the repulsive force is applied are separated from each other in the vertical direction during compression, thereby causing a problem of increasing vibration or noise while the circulating scroll is tilted during the operational process.
As a method for solving such problems, there has been disclosed a scroll compressor in the form that a position at which the rotation shaft and the circulating scroll are combined with each other is formed on the same surface as the circulating wrap. In such a type of compressor, the operating point of a repulsive force and the operating point of the reaction force are applied at the same position, thereby solving a problem that the circulating scroll is inclined. However, when the rotation shaft is extended up to the circulating wrap in this manner, an end portion of the rotation shaft should pass through the end plate portion, and thus a shaft insertion hole should be formed at the end plate portion of the circulating scroll to the extent corresponding to the diameter of the rotation shaft. Due to this, there has been a problem of deteriorating a strength of the end plate portion. Moreover, as increasing the diameter of the shaft insertion hole formed at the end plate portion, the possibility of leaking compressed refrigerant is increased.
In order to solve the foregoing problem, as disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0046492, there has been used a scheme in which a pin portion having a small diameter is formed at an end portion of the rotation shaft, and only the pin portion passes through the end plate portion of the circulating scroll, and an eccentric bush is inserted into the pin portion to form an eccentric portion. Through this, the diameter of the shaft insertion hole formed at the circulating scroll can be reduced, but a compression force may be applied to the pin portion having a small diameter, thereby reducing the strength as well as causing deformation due to this. Moreover, a processing deviation between the eccentric bush and pin portion may cause abrasion between the eccentric bush and pin portion when they are used for a long period of time, thereby deteriorating the bearing performance.
The present disclosure is contrived to overcome the foregoing drawbacks in the related art, and a technical task of the present disclosure is to provide a scroll compressor capable of allowing the rotation shaft to be stably combined therewith as well as enhancing the strength and reliability.
Furthermore, another technical task of the present disclosure is to provide a method of fabricating the foregoing scroll compressor.
In order to accomplish the foregoing technical task, according to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a scroll compressor including a casing; a fixed scroll fixed to an inner wall surface of the casing; a circulating scroll combined with the fixed scroll to form a compression chamber while performing a circulating movement against the fixed scroll; a rotation shaft in which a shaft portion inserted into the fixed scroll, an eccentric portion penetrating the fixed scroll to be combined with the circulating scroll, and a neck portion having a diameter less than that of the eccentric portion to connect the eccentric portion to the shaft portion are integrally formed; a fixed bush interposed between the fixed scroll and the shaft portion; and a driving unit configured to drive the rotation shaft, wherein a neck portion insertion hole into which the neck portion is inserted and a shaft portion insertion hole into which the shaft portion is movably inserted in the transverse direction are formed at the fixed scroll, and the fixed bush restricts the transverse directional movement of the shaft portion to maintain a state that an outer circumferential portion of the neck portion insertion hole is inserted into the neck portion.
According to the foregoing aspect of the present disclosure, the rotation shaft integrally formed with the eccentric portion can be inserted into the fixed scroll using a fixed bush interposed between the fixed scroll and the rotation shaft even in the state that the size of the insertion hole formed at the fixed scroll is minimized. In other words, the rotation shaft is initially inserted thereinto in the state that the fixed bush is not inserted thereinto to insert the incorporated eccentric portion into an inner portion of the fixed scroll, and then the fixed bush is inserted thereinto to fix the rotation shaft not to be released therefrom.
Here, the center of the eccentric portion and the center of the neck portion may be disposed to be crossed to each other. Furthermore, an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion and an outer circumferential surface of the neck portion may be disposed on a straight line in part. Through this, it may be possible to minimize the size of the insertion hole that should be formed at the fixed scroll.
Specifically, a neck portion insertion hole into which the neck portion is inserted and disposed concentrically to the shaft portion may be formed on the fixed scroll, and the neck portion may be eccentrically disposed at an inner portion of the neck portion insertion hole. Here, the neck portion insertion hole may be disposed concentrically to the shaft portion, thereby further increasing the available compression space. At this time, part of the neck portion may be disposed to be brought into contact with an inner wall of the neck portion insertion hole.
On the other hand, a slide bearing may be interposed between the fixed bush and the shaft portion, and a lubricant surface may be provided at an inner surface of the fixed bush, thereby allowing the fixed bush itself to be functioned as a bearing.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a scroll compressor including a rotation shaft comprising a shaft portion combined with a driving unit, a neck portion concentrically provided at one side end portion of the shaft portion to have a diameter less than the shaft portion, and an eccentric portion eccentrically provided at an end portion of the neck portion to have a diameter less than that of the shaft portion but greater than that of the neck portion; a fixed scroll formed with a neck portion insertion hole through which the eccentric portion passes and a shaft portion insertion hole into which the shaft portion is movably inserted in the transverse direction; a circulating scroll combined with the eccentric portion to perform a circulating movement against the fixed scroll; and a fixed bush into which the shaft portion insertion hole is inserted and to an inner portion of which the shaft portion is rotatably fixed.
According to the foregoing aspect of the present disclosure, the rotation shaft may move in the transverse direction within the shaft portion insertion hole, and thus the rotation shaft integrated with the eccentric portion may be provided to pass through the fixed scroll even when the neck portion insertion hole is formed with only a size to the extent that the eccentric portion can pass through the neck portion insertion hole.
Here, part of the bottom surface of the eccentric portion may be disposed at an outer side of the neck portion insertion hole, thereby increasing a contact area between a bottom surface of the eccentric portion and an upper surface of the fixed scroll as well as enhancing the airtightness.
According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of fabricating a scroll compressor comprising a rotation shaft comprising a shaft portion combined with a driving unit, a neck portion concentrically provided at one side end portion of the shaft portion to have a diameter less than the shaft portion, and an eccentric portion eccentrically provided at an end portion of the neck portion to have a diameter less than that of the shaft portion but greater than that of the neck portion; a fixed scroll formed with a neck portion insertion hole through which the eccentric portion passes and a shaft portion insertion hole into which the shaft portion is movably inserted in the transverse direction; a circulating scroll combined with the eccentric portion to perform a circulating movement against the fixed scroll; and a fixed bush into which the shaft portion insertion hole is inserted and to an inner portion of which the shaft portion is rotatably fixed, and the method may include inserting the eccentric portion into the neck portion insertion hole in a penetrating manner; moving the rotation shaft such that the inserted eccentric portion is eccentrically disposed within the neck portion insertion hole; and inserting the fixed bush into an inner portion of the shaft portion insertion hole.
According to yet still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided method of fabricating a scroll compressor comprising a driving unit, a rotation shaft rotatably driven by the driving unit, a fixed scroll having a shaft portion insertion hole into which the rotation shaft is inserted and a circulating scroll combined with the rotation shaft to perform a circulating movement against the fixed scroll, and the method may include inserting the rotation shaft into an inner portion of the fixed scroll; moving the rotation shaft to one side thereof along an end plate of the fixed scroll; and inserting a fixed bush into the shaft portion insertion hole to reduce a gap between the shaft portion insertion hole and the rotation shaft.
According to aspects of the present disclosure having the foregoing configuration, the rotation shaft integrated with the eccentric portion can be inserted into the fixed scroll using the fixed bush interposed between the fixed scroll and the rotation shaft even in the state that the size of the insertion hole formed at the fixed scroll is minimized. Through this, it may be possible to prevent a strength of the end plate portion of the fixed scroll from being deteriorated and prevent the airtightness thereof from being deteriorated.
Furthermore, the size of the insertion hole formed at the fixed scroll may be minimized to increase an available compression space that can be used on the fixed scroll, and due to this, it may be possible to obtain a higher compression ratio even without increasing the outer dimension of the compressor.
Furthermore, an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion and an outer circumferential surface of the neck portion may be disposed on a straight line in part, thereby further minimizing the size of the insertion hole that should be formed at the fixed scroll.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the drawings:
Hereinafter, a scroll compressor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Furthermore, a suction pipe 118 is provided at a lateral surface of the casing 110. As a path through which refrigerant to be compressed flows, the suction pipe 118 is disposed to communicate with a suction port 134 formed at the fixed scroll 130 which will be described later as illustrated in
A motor 120 as a driving unit may be provided at a substantially central portion of the inner portion of the casing 110. The motor 120 may include a stator 122 fixed to an inner surface of the casing 110 and a rotor 124 located at an inner portion of the stator 122 to be rotated by an interaction with the stator 122. A rotation shaft 126 is combined with the center of the rotor 124, and thus the discharge circuit 124 and rotation shaft 126 are rotated at the same time.
An oil passage 126a may be formed at an central portion of the rotation shaft 126 to be extended along a length direction of the rotation shaft 126, and an oil pump 126b for supplying oil stored in the lower shell 114 to the upper portion thereof may be provided at a lower end portion of the rotation shaft 126. The oil pump 126b may have a shape in which a spiral groove is formed or a separate impeller is provided at an inner portion of the oil passage, and a separate capacity type pump may be provided therein.
A shaft portion 126c inserted into an inner portion of the shaft portion insertion hole 136 formed on the fixed scroll 130 is disposed at an upper end portion of the rotation shaft 126. A neck portion 126e having a diameter less than the shaft portion is integrally formed at an end portion of the shaft portion. An eccentric portion 126d is integrally formed at an end portion of the neck portion 126e, and referring to
Specifically, the neck portion 126e is located eccentrically to the shaft portion 126c, and the eccentric portion 126d is also located eccentrically to the neck portion. Here, an eccentric amount of the eccentric portion 126d to the neck portion 126e may be set similarly to a diameter difference between the neck portion and eccentric portion. Due to this, the eccentric portion 126d and neck portion 126e are disposed on a straight line to each other in part (left end portion in
The fixed scroll 130 may be mounted within the casing 110. An outer circumferential surface of the fixed scroll 130 may be pushed and fixed to an inner wall of the casing 110 in a shrink fit manner or combined therewith by welding.
A shaft portion insertion hole 136 into which the shaft portion of the foregoing rotation shaft 126 is inserted is formed at a bottom surface of the fixed scroll 130. Here, an inner diameter of the shaft portion insertion hole 136 is formed to be greater than an outer diameter of the shaft portion 126c, and thus the shaft portion 126c can move in the transverse direction (left and right direction in
The fixed bush 180 may include a flange 182 in contact with a bottom surface of the fixed scroll 130 and a bush portion 184 to which the shaft portion 126c is fixed to an inner portion thereof. Furthermore, the flange 182 is bolt-fastened to the fixed scroll 130, and thus the fixed bush 180 is fixed to the fixed scroll 130. In other words, the fixed bush 180 is fixed to the fixed scroll in a detachable manner. Moreover, a slide bearing 185 allowing the shaft portion to be efficiently rotated within the bush portion is provided within the bush portion 184. Here, an example in which the slide bearing 185 may be omitted and an inner surface of the bush portion becomes a lubricant surface may be taken into consideration.
A neck portion insertion hole 132 in which the neck portion 126e is eccentrically disposed is formed at an upper portion of the shaft portion insertion hole 136. The neck portion insertion hole 132 is formed to penetrate the fixed scroll 130, thereby allowing the eccentric portion 126d to pass therethrough to the side of the circulating scroll which will be described later. Here, an inner diameter of the neck portion insertion hole 132 is formed to be slightly greater than an outer diameter of the eccentric portion 126d, thereby allowing the eccentric portion to pass therethrough. Moreover, the neck portion insertion hole 132 is disposed concentrically to the shaft portion. Of course, an example in which the neck portion insertion hole is located eccentrically to the shaft portion may be taken into consideration, but in this case, an area in which the fixed wrap can be formed on the fixed scroll may be reduced. It means the reduction of an area that can be used as a compression space, thus resulting in the deterioration of the compression ratio.
On the other hand, in the form illustrated in
When there is no fixed bush, the neck portion insertion hole should be further extended compared to the illustration of
On the other hand, the eccentric portion 126d is rotatably inserted into the eccentric portion combining portion 146, and thus the neck portion 126e of the rotation shaft 126 is inserted into an end plate portion of the fixed scroll in a penetrating manner, and the circulating wrap, fixed wrap, and eccentric portion 126d are provided to be overlapped in the lateral direction of the compressor. During compression, a repulsive force of refrigerant is applied to the fixed wrap and circulating wrap, and a compression force is applied between the eccentric portion combining portion and the eccentric portion 126d as a reaction force thereto. As described above, when part of the shaft is overlapped with the wrap in a radial direction through the end plate portion, the repulsive force and compression force of refrigerant are applied to the same surface based on the end plate, and thus they are cancelled out by each other. Due to this, it may be possible to prevent the inclination of the circulating scroll by the operation of the compression force and repulsive force. Furthermore, a discharge hole 143 is formed on the end plate portion 142 and thus compressed refrigerant may be discharged to an inner portion of the casing. The location of the discharge hole may be set at discretion by taking a required discharge pressure or the like into consideration.
Furthermore, an oldham ring 150 for preventing the rotation of the circulating scroll is provided at an upper side of the circulating scroll 140. The oldham ring 150 is key-combined between the circulating scroll 140 and fixed scroll 130, thereby preventing the circulating scroll from being rotated against the fixed scroll.
On the other hand, a lower bearing 162 for rotatably supporting a lower side of the rotation shaft 126 is provided at a lower portion of the casing 110, and a lower frame 160 for supporting the lower bearing 162 is fixed to an inner wall of the casing 110. Furthermore, an upper frame 170 for supporting the circulating scroll and the oldham ring 150, respectively, is provided at an upper portion of the circulating scroll. A hole 170a communicated with a discharge hole of the circulating scroll 140 to discharge compressed refrigerant to the side of the upper shell is formed at the center of the ice bank 170.
Moreover, a balance weight 116 for preventing vibration due to the circulating movement of the circulating scroll is fixed to the shaft portion and rotated along with the shaft portion.
Hereinafter, a fabrication process of the foregoing embodiment will be described with reference to
First, the rotation shaft 126 is inserted into the neck portion insertion hole 132 in the state that the fixed scroll 130 is reversely fixed to a jig (S). At this time, the rotation shaft 126 is inserted in an eccentric state to the right side in
Then, as illustrated in
Next, the balance weight 116 is fixed to the rotation shaft 126 (
Then, the lower bearing and lower frame are fixed to an upper end portion of the rotation shaft 126. The lower bearing is also fixed to the rotation shaft in the state of being fixed to the lower frame, and the lower frame is fixed to an inner wall of the casing 110 in a shrink fit manner (
In the configuration illustrated in
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