US 4,787,829 AGranted

Turbomolecular pump

AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsMasayuki Miyazaki, Yoshihisa Kitora, Shin Sekiya, Kiyoshi Taketoh, Yoshiyuki Itaya

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Abstract

A turbomolecular pump is disclosed which has reduced axial length so as to provide a small-sized pump, and which also has improved stability during high-speed operation, is simple in construction, and is able to operate at much higher speeds than prior art devices. The turbomolecular pump comprises: a cylindrical housing having a plurality of stator vanes provided on the inner peripheral surface thereof, the cylindrical housing having inlet ports and an outlet port; a rotary shaft rotatably supported on the cylindrical casing through bearings; a rotary member fixedly mounted on the rotary shaft and having a plurality of rotor vanes provided on the radially outer peripheral surface thereof, the rotor vanes being interlaced with the stator vanes in a face-to-face relation with each other so that during rotation of the rotor, the rotor and stator vanes cooperate with each other to produce a undirectional flow of a fluid from the inlet ports toward the outlet port; and an electric motor disposed in the cylindrical housing for electromagnetically driving the rotary member to rotate relative to the housing, the motor including a rotor mounted on the rotary member and a stator mounted on the housing in an axially spaced face-to-face relation with the rotor.

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Dependent claims

A turbomolecular pump comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a plurality of stator vanes provided on the inner peripheral surface thereof, said cylindrical housing having inlet port means and outlet port means;
a rotary shaft having an upper end and a lower end and vertically supported on said cylindrical housing for rotation about a vertical axis;
an upper bearing rotatably supporting an upper end of said rotary shaft;
a lower bearing rotatably receiving said lower end of said rotary shaft and supporting said rotary shaft within said housing in a vertical position between said upper and lower bearings;
a rotary member fixedly mounted on said rotary shaft and having a plurality of rotor vanes provided on the radially outer peripheral surface thereof, said rotor vanes being interlaced with said stator vanes in face-to-face relation with each other so that during rotation of said rotary member, said rotor and stator vanes cooperate with each other to produce a undirectional flow of a fluid from said inlet port means toward said outlet port means;
and
an electric motor including a stator and a rotor disposed in said cylindrical housing about said axis and in a position which is radially inward of some of the vanes for electromagnetically driving said rotary member to rotate relative to said housing, said rotor comprising an annular disc-like member fixedly secured at its one side surface to one end surface of said rotary member and having a first operating surface formed at its other side, and said stator being mounted on said housing and having a second operating surface disposed in an axially face-to-face relation with said first operating surface of said motor, said first and second operating surfaces being disposed substantially perpendicular to said axis of said rotary shaft and being located within said housing between said upper and lower bearings.

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A turbomolecular pump comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a plurality of stator vanes provided on the inner peripheral surface thereof, said cylindrical housing having inlet port means and outlet port means;
a rotary shaft supported on said cylindrical housing for rotation about a vertical axis;
an upper bearing and a lower bearing, said upper bearing including a touch-down bearing mounted at an upper end wall of said cylindrical housing;
a rotary member fixedly mounted on said rotary shaft and having a plurality of rotor vanes provided on the radially outer peripheral surface thereof, said rotor vanes being interlaced with said stator vanes in face-to-face relation with each other so that during rotation of said rotary member, said rotor and stator vanes cooperate with each other to produce a unidirectional flow of a fluid from said inlet port means toward said outlet port means;
and
an electric motor including a stator and a rotor disposed in said rotary member, said rotor and stator vanes cooperate with each other to produce a unidirectional flow of a fluid from said inlet port means toward said outlet port means;
and
an electric motor including a stator and a rotor disposed in said cylindrical housing about said axis and in a position which is radially inward of some of the vanes for electromagnetically driving said rotary member to rotate relative to said housing, said rotor comprising an annular disc-like member fixedly secured at its one side surface to one end surface of said rotary member and having a first operating surface formed at its other side, and said stator being mounted on said housing and having a second operating surface disposed in an axially face-to-face relation with said first operating surface of said rotor, said first and second operating surfaces being disposed substantially perpendicular to said axis of said rotary shaft.

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A turbomolecular pump comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a plurality of stator vanes provided on the inner peripheral surface thereof, said cylindrical housing having inlet port means and outlet port means;
a rotary shaft supported on said cylindrical housing for rotation about a vertical axis;
an upper bearing and a lower bearing, said lower bearing including a spherical-type, spirally grooved bearing mounted at a lower end wall of said cylindrical housing;
a rotary member fixedly mounted on said rotary shaft and having a plurality of rotor vanes provided on the radially outer peripheral surface thereof, said rotor vanes being interlaced with said stator vanes in face-to-face relation with each other so that during rotation of said rotary member, said rotor and stator vanes cooperate with each other to produce a unidirectional flow of fluid from said inlet port means toward said outlet port means;
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an electric motor including a stator and a rotor disposed in said cylindrical housing about said axis and in a position which is radially inward of some of the vanes for electromagnetically driving said rotary member to rotate relative to said housing, said rotor comprising an annular disc-like member fixedly secured at its one side surface to one end surface of said rotary member and having a first operating surface formed at its other side, and said stator being mounted on said housing and having a second operating surface disposed in an axially face-to-face relation with said first operating surface of said rotor, said first and second operating surfaces being disposed substantially perpendicular to said axis of said rotary shaft.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/021,246Filed 3 Mar 1987
Priority: JP 61-1054258 May 1986
Granted: 29 Nov 1988
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

F04D 19/048
Specially adapted to the production of a high vacuum, e.g. molecular pumps: comprising magnetic bearings
F04D 19/042
Specially adapted to the production of a high vacuum, e.g. molecular pumps: turbomolecular vacuum pumps
F04D 25/0653
The electric motor being specially adapted for integration in the pump: the motor having a plane air gap, e.g. disc-type
F04D 29/056
Shafts or bearings, or assemblies thereof, specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps: bearings