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Discharging valve device for a compressor

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1984-05-22
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Granted: 1986-04-08
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Expires: 2004-05-22
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Abstract

Abstract A discharging valve device for a compressor discharges gas compressed in a compression chamber outside said chamber against an urging force of a discharging valve to a valve seat and resistance of breaking a film of a lubricating oil deposited at and near a cacting area formed between the valve seat and the discharging valve. The discharging valve device comprises a discharging port communicated with a compression chamber, a valve seat formed at the peripheral portion of said discharging port and having a curvature in cross section, and a discharging valve which is forcibly in contact with a part of said valve seat so as to open and close said discharging port depending on pressure in said compression chamber, wherein a contacting width of the sealing part formed by the contact through an oil film between said discharging valve and said valve seat is smaller than a contacting width of an oil film formed in case of combination of a flat discharging valve with a valve seat having a uniform curvature in cross section.

Inventors

  • 👤 Susumu Kawaguchi
  • 👤 Koji Ishijima
  • 👤 Osamu Iwabuchi
  • 👤 Takuho Hirahara
  • 👤 Kazuhiro Nakane
  • 👤 Fumiaki Sano

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04B; F04B39/00; F04B39/10; F04B39/1073; F16; F16K; F16K15/00; F16K15/14; F16K15/16; F16K15/162; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/7722; Y10T137/7837; Y10T137/7879; Y10T137/7888; Y10T137/7891; Y10T137/7892

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 190 words
A discharging valve device in a compressor which discharges gas compressed in a compression chamber outside said chamber against an urging force of a discharging valve pressing a valve seat and resistance of breaking the film of a lubricating oil deposited at and near a contacting area formed between the valve seat and the discharging valve, comprising: a discharging port communicated with a compression chamber, a valve seat formed at the peripheral portion of said discharging port and having a radius of curvature in cross section, and a discharging valve having means for forcibly bringing said discharging valve into contact with a part of said valve seat so as to open and close said discharging port depending on pressure in said compression chamber, wherein said discharging valve is not flat and is shaped such that a contacting width of a seal formed by the contact between said discharging valve and said valve seat and a surrounding oil film is smaller than a contacting width a seal formed by the contact between a discharging valve and a valve seat and a surrounding oil film in case of a flat discharging valve.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 190 words
A discharging valve device in a compressor which discharges gas compressed in a compression chamber outside said chamber against an urging force of a discharging valve pressing a valve seat and resistance of breaking the film of a lubricating oil deposited at and near a contacting area formed between the valve seat and the discharging valve, comprising: a discharging port communicated with a compression chamber, a valve seat formed at the peripheral portion of said discharging port and having a radius of curvature in cross section, and a discharging valve having means for forcibly bringing said discharging valve into contact with a part of said valve seat so as to open and close said discharging port depending on pressure in said compression chamber, wherein said discharging valve is not flat and is shaped such that a contacting width of a seal formed by the contact between said discharging valve and said valve seat and a surrounding oil film is smaller than a contacting width a seal formed by the contact between a discharging valve and a valve seat and a surrounding oil film in case of a flat discharging valve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
The discharging valve device according to claim 1, wherein said discharging valve is shaped such that the contact between said discharging valve and said valve seat of said seal is at a position spaced from the top portion of said valve seat.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
The discharging valve device according to claim 1, wherein said discharging valve has a corner at which the valve is brought to contact with said valve seat.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 48 words
The discharging valve device of claim 3 wherein said discharging valve comprises a first element having an opening at a position corresponding to said discharging port, and a second element covering said opening of said first element, wherein said corner is formed at an edge of said opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 27 words
The discharging valve device according to claim 1, wherein a part of said discharging valve forming said seal is formed by a curved surface having an anisotropy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 23 words
The discharging valve device according to claim 1, wherein a part of said discharging valve forming said seal is in substantially elliptical form.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
The discharging valve device according to claim 1, wherein the height of said valve seat in its circumferential direction is uniform.

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