Scroll-type fluid displacement machine
AssigneeAsuka Japan Co., Ltd.
InventorKimie Nakamura
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Abstract
A scroll-type fluid displacement machine includes first and second scroll bodies that rotate synchronously together, their rotation axes being offset from one another. A cylindrical partition wall is provided to extend axially in the center of the scroll bodies. A space is provided between scroll vanes of the scroll bodies and the cylindrical partition wall. The interior of the cylindrical partition wall is cooled by air ventilation, and a grease-lubricated Oldham coupling is disposed inside the cylindrical partition wall. Hence, the Oldham coupling that is made of a metal is prevented from wear and deformation thereof over a long time. The displacement machine requires neither a counterweight nor a pin-crank device. The machine may be oil-free in the fluid compression part of the scroll bodies.
Claims5
A scroll-type fluid displacement machine comprising:
- a housing, a side cover, a first scroll body, and a second scroll body,
- wherein said first scroll body rotates around a driving shaft center axis,
- said second scroll body rotates around an axis offset from said driving shaft center axis,
- said first and second scroll bodies are rotated synchronously with one another by a single prime mover,
- each of said first and second scroll bodies has an end plate and at least one circumferentially spirally extending scroll vane fitted on said end plate,
- said scroll vane of said first scroll body is disposed angularly deviated from said scroll vane of said second scroll body to define a compression chamber for displacing fluid from an outer periphery of said housing toward a center of the housing to compress the fluid,
- a cylindrical partition wall is provided to extend axially in the center of said housing,
- a space is provided between said scroll vanes and said cylindrical partition wall to define an end compression chamber, and
- an outlet port opened to said space is provided in one of said end plates of said first and second scroll bodies,
- wherein said first and second scroll bodies respectively have a central shaft, the central shafts being coupled to define an Oldham coupling such that the central shafts are offset from one another and rotate synchronously with each other.
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