Compressor with cooling pump
AssigneeCopeland Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Lee Berning, Robert C. Stover
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Abstract
A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a motor, a drive shaft, and a motor cooler. The compressor is configured to compress a working fluid. The motor dives the compression mechanism and is housed within a motor housing. The drive shaft is engaged with the motor and the compression mechanism and is configured to drive operation of the compression mechanism. The motor cooler is disposed adjacent the motor and is configured to pump a cooling working fluid around the motor. The motor cooler includes a pump that pumps the cooling working fluid into the motor housing based on a rotational speed of the drive shaft.
Claims18
A compressor comprising:
- a compression mechanism configured to compress a working fluid;
- a motor driving the compression mechanism, the motor being housed within a motor housing;
- a drive shaft engaged with the motor and the compression mechanism and being configured to drive operation of the compression mechanism;
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- a motor cooler disposed adjacent the motor and configured to pump a cooling working fluid,
- wherein the motor cooler includes a pump that pumps the cooling working fluid into the motor housing based on a rotational speed of the drive shaft, and
- wherein the pump is disposed between the motor and the compression mechanism.
A compressor motor cooler comprising:
- a cooling housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- a pump housing having a central aperture defining an inlet notch and an outlet notch;
- a pump disposed within the central aperture and moving about a circumference of the central aperture to pump a working fluid from the fluid inlet, through the inlet notch, about the central aperture, through the outlet notch, and to the fluid outlet;
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- an upper thrust plate disposed between the cooling housing and the pump housing, the upper thrust plate having an inlet aperture aligning with the fluid inlet of the cooling housing and the inlet notch of the pump housing and an outlet aperture aligning with the fluid outlet of the cooling housing and the outlet notch of the pump housing.
A compressor comprising:
- a compression mechanism configured to compress a first working fluid;
- a bearing housing engaged with the compression mechanism;
- a motor;
- a drive shaft engaging the motor and the compression mechanism and extending through the bearing housing;
- a motor cooler engaged with the bearing housing, the motor cooler including a pump configured to pump a second working fluid into a cavity surrounding the motor;
- an upper counterweight fixed for rotation with the drive shaft;
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- an eccentric drive mechanism fixed for rotation with the upper counterweight,
- wherein the eccentric drive mechanism includes an axial sleeve that engages an inner circumference of the pump,
- wherein rotation of the eccentric drive mechanism movement of the pump within the pump housing, and
- wherein rotation of the drive shaft drives the pump in the motor cooler to pump the second working fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.