Oil separation and bearing lubrication in a high side co-rotating scroll compressor
US5421708A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S418/01
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A high side co-rotating refrigerant scroll compressor includes a motor disposed vertically above its compression mechanism. The discharge of gas from the compression mechanism is through the drive shaft of the drive scroll member which is rotatably supported at its distal end in an upper bearing. Upper bearing lubrication is accomplished by the disentrainment of oil from the mixture of compressed refrigerant gas and oil discharged from the compression mechanism in the vicinity of the bearing and by the direction of such disentrained oil to the bearing.
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