US4375749A
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Multiple cylinder refrigeration apparatus
Assignee: Aisin Corp
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Filing: 1981-10-22
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Granted: 1983-03-08
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Expires: 2001-10-22
Abstract
Abstract A multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus includes four cylinders accommodating respective pistons and arranged within a cylindrical crank case on a circle concentric therewith. The four cylinders and their pistons are suitably dimensioned, the pistons reciprocated with a phase difference of 90° separating one piston from the next adjacent, and the cylinders suitably interconnected to produce a very low temperature station and a moderately low temperature station, the former disposed at the center of the crank case and surrounded by the latter to faciliate the extraction of two temperature levels and to provide particuarly low temperatures in the very low or cryogenic temperature region.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihiro Ishizaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 02:55
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25B; F25B9/00; F25B9/14; F02; F02G; F02G1/00; F02G1/04; F02G1/043; F02G1/044; F02G2270/00; F02G2270/20; F02G2270/50; F25B2309/00; F25B2309/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
A multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus housed in an approximately cylindrical crankcase, which comprises: first, second, third and fourth piston cylinders arranged within the crankcase on a circle concentric therewith, said first and third piston cylinders, and said second and fourth piston cylinders, opposing each other across the center of the crankcase, said first and third piston cylinders being adapted to produce very low temperatures, said second and fourth piston cylinders being adapted to produce moderately low temperatures, each piston cylinder having a large diameter portion and an elongated small diameter portion; first, second, third and fourth pistons adapted for reciprocation within respective ones of said first through fourth piston cylinders, each piston having a large diameter portion and an elongated small diameter portion corresponding to the large and small diameter portions of the respective piston cylinder; the small diameter portion of each piston cylinder and of the respective piston within said piston cylinder delimiting an expansion space, the large diameter portion of each piston cylinder and of the respective piston within said piston cylinder delimiting a compression space on the expansion side of the large diameter portion of said piston; means interconnecting the expansion space of one piston cylinder with the compression space of the next adjacent piston cylinder for extracting refrigerating temperatures; and means for reciprocating said first through fourth pistons within said first through fourth piston cylinders in such a manner that said first and third pistons in said first and third piston cylinders, and said second and fourth pistons in said second and fourth piston cylinders, are displaced in phase by 180°.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
266 words
A multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus housed in an approximately cylindrical crankcase, which comprises: first, second, third and fourth piston cylinders arranged within the crankcase on a circle concentric therewith, said first and third piston cylinders, and said second and fourth piston cylinders, opposing each other across the center of the crankcase, said first and third piston cylinders being adapted to produce very low temperatures, said second and fourth piston cylinders being adapted to produce moderately low temperatures, each piston cylinder having a large diameter portion and an elongated small diameter portion; first, second, third and fourth pistons adapted for reciprocation within respective ones of said first through fourth piston cylinders, each piston having a large diameter portion and an elongated small diameter portion corresponding to the large and small diameter portions of the respective piston cylinder; the small diameter portion of each piston cylinder and of the respective piston within said piston cylinder delimiting an expansion space, the large diameter portion of each piston cylinder and of the respective piston within said piston cylinder delimiting a compression space on the expansion side of the large diameter portion of said piston; means interconnecting the expansion space of one piston cylinder with the compression space of the next adjacent piston cylinder for extracting refrigerating temperatures; and means for reciprocating said first through fourth pistons within said first through fourth piston cylinders in such a manner that said first and third pistons in said first and third piston cylinders, and said second and fourth pistons in said second and fourth piston cylinders, are displaced in phase by 180°.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
160 words
The multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1, in which said means for interconnecting the expansion and compression spaces include: a heat exchanger having two ends of which one is connected to the expansion space; a hold-over device having two ends of which one is connected to the other end of said heat exchanger; and a heat exchanger having one end thereof connected to the other end of said hold-over device and the other end thereof connected to the compression space; said heat exchangers connected to the expansion spaces of said first and third piston cylinders being combined to form a very low temperature cold station disposed substantially at the center of the circle on which said first through fourth piston cylinders are arranged; said heat exchangers connected to the expansion spaces of said second and fourth piston cylinders being combined to form a moderately low temperature cold station disposed to surround said very low temperature cold station.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus according to claim 2, in which said first and third piston cylinders and said hold-over devices connected thereto are precooled by said hold-over devices connected to said second and fourth piston cylinders.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus according to claim 2, in which said first and third piston cylinders and said hold-over devices connected thereto are precooled by said cold station connected to said second and fourth piston cylinders.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1, in which the small diameter portions of the first and third piston cylinders and of their respective first and third pistons are smaller in diameter than the small diameter portions of the second and fourth piston cylinders and of their respective second and fourth pistons.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
105 words
The multiple-phase Stirling cycle refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1, in which at least said second and fourth piston cylinders are so interconnected that the compression space of said second piston cylinder is connected to the large diameter portion of said fourth piston cylinder on the non-expansion side of the respective fourth piston, and the compression space and said fourth piston cylinder is connected to the large diameter portion of said second piston cylinder on the non-expansion side of the respective second piston, thereby to form compression spaces in said second and fourth piston cylinders on the non-expansion sides of said second and fourth pistons.
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