Counter-rotating motor and high-speed mixer

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The described embodiments relate to the field of high speed blenders, and in particular to a high speed blender comprising a counter-rotating motor.BACKGROUND

[0002] Currently, motors of most high speed blenders in the market each generally has only one output shaft with a stirring blade fitted on. As rotation speed of the stirring blade increases, noise produced during the operation of a high speed blender also increases.

[0003] During a long period of research and development, inventors of the present disclosure found that using a counter-rotating motor as a motor of the high speed blender can make stirring blades mounted to two output shafts counter-rotate relative to each other, thereby improving the stirring effect and producing less noise. At present, in a traditional counter-rotating motor, a brush and a slip ring are used to drive two rotating shafts to rotate in opposite directions. However, noise generated by the brush is high and wear to the brush is serious, thus affecting motor life. In a two-rotor permanent magnet motor, two inverters are used to control two sets of stator and rotor for counter-rotation. In this configuration, although the brush is eliminated, the inverters are costly, complicated to control, and take up a lot of space.

[0004] WO 2011 / 131416 A2 relates generally to electrical machines, such as asynchronous induction machines used in water turbines. US 2015 / 0318805 A1 relates generally to a motor driving apparatus. US 2013 / 0093276 A1 relates generally to a double-stator / double-rotor type motor and a direct drive apparatus for a washing machine using the double-stator / double-rotor type motor.SUMMARY

[0005] The present disclosure provides a high speed blender comprising a counter-rotating motor to solve technical problems of high noise made by the counter-rotating motor and complicated control in related art.

[0006] The counter-rotating motor includes a stator, an inverter, an inner rotor and an outer rotor.

[0007] The stator includes an outer winding and an inner winding. A phase sequence of the outer winding is reverse to a phase sequence of the inner winding.

[0008] The inverter is connected in parallel with the outer winding and the inner winding and configured to supply an excitation current to the outer winding and the inner winding synchronously.

[0009] The inner rotor is arranged at an inner side of the inner winding and configured to rotate in a first direction by an action of the inner winding.

[0010] The outer rotor is arranged at an outer side of the outer winding and configured to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction by an action of the outer winding.

[0011] The outer winding may include a three-phase winding. The inner winding may include a three-phase winding. A phase sequence of the three-phase winding in the outer winding may be reverse to a phase sequence of the three-phase winding in the inner winding.

[0012] The outer winding may include a plurality of three-phase windings. The inner winding may include a plurality of three-phase windings. Each three-phase winding of the outer winding may have a same phase sequence. Each three-phase winding of the inner winding may have a same phase sequence.

[0013] Each three-phase winding may include an A-phase winding, a B-phase winding, and a C-phase winding. The A-phase winding, B-phase winding, and C-phase winding of the inner winding may be sequentially arranged in a counterclockwise direction. The A-phase winding, B-phase winding, and C-phase winding of the outer winding may be sequentially arranged in a clockwise direction.

[0014] The inverter may include a first current output terminal, a second current output terminal, and a third current output terminal. The A-phase winding of the outer winding and the A-phase winding of the inner winding may be connected in parallel to the first current output terminal. The B-phase winding of the outer winding and the B-phase winding of the inner winding may be connected in parallel to the second current output terminal. The C-phase winding of the outer winding and the C-phase winding of the inner winding may be connected in parallel to the third current output terminal.

[0015] One of the inner rotor and the outer rotor may be a first squirrel cage rotor. The other of the inner rotor and the outer rotor may be a second squirrel cage rotor, a permanent magnet rotor, or a reluctance rotor.

[0016] The inverter may be configured to perform a closed-loop vector control of the second squirrel cage rotor, permanent magnet rotor, or reluctance rotor. The first squirrel cage rotor may be configured to automatically operate in a V / F open-loop control mode.

[0017] The stator may include an inner stator, and an outer stator that is disposed on a periphery of the inner stator. The inner winding may be arranged on the inner stator. The outer winding may be arranged on the outer stator.

[0018] The counter-rotating motor may further include a magnetic barrier. The magnetic barrier may be disposed between the outer stator and the inner stator and may be configured to magnetically isolate the outer winding from the inner winding.

[0019] The high speed blender may further include a first blade and a second blade. The first blade may be connected to the inner rotor. The second blade may be connected to the outer rotor such that the first blade and the second blade can counter-rotate relative to each other.

[0020] In the present disclosure, the counter-rotating motor may include an inner winding and an inner rotor matched with each other and an outer winding and an outer rotor matched with each other. In addition, one inverter may be configured to control the outer winding and the inner winding synchronously. In this way, the brush can be eliminated, the noise can be reduced, the motor life can be increased, and since two inverters are not required, the cost can be lower and the control can be simpler.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to make the technical solution described in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clear, the drawings used for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described. Apparently, the drawings described below are only for illustration but not for limitation. It should be understood that, one skilled in the art might acquire other drawings based on these drawings, without paying any creative efforts. FIG 1 is a structural view of a counter-rotating motor. FIG 2 is a structural view of a counter-rotating motor. FIG 3 is a structural view of a counter-rotating motor. FIG 4 is a structural view of a high speed blender according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] Technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be clearly and comprehensively described by referring to accompanying figures of the embodiments. Obviously, embodiments to be described are only a part of, but not all of, the embodiments of the present disclosure. Any ordinary skilled person in the art may obtain other embodiments based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without any creative work, and the other embodiments should be included in the scope of the present disclosure.

[0023] As shown in FIGS. 1-2, a counter-rotating motor includes a stator 100, an inverter 200, an inner rotor 300 and an outer rotor 400. The stator 100 may include an outer winding 110 and an inner winding 120. A phase sequence of the outer winding 110 is reverse to a phase sequence of the inner winding 120. The inverter 200 is connected in parallel with the outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 to supply an excitation current to the outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 synchronously. The inner rotor 300 is arranged at an inner side of the inner winding 120 and configured to rotate in a first direction by an action of the inner winding 120. The outer rotor 400 is arranged at an outer side of the outer winding 110 and configured to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction by an action of the outer winding 110.

[0024] The counter-rotating motor 10 may include an inner winding 120 and an inner rotor 300 matched with each other and an outer winding 110 and an outer rotor 400 matched with each other. In addition, one inverter 200 may be configured to control the outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 synchronously. In this way, the brush can be eliminated, the noise can be reduced, and the motor life can be increased, and since two inverters are not required, the cost can be lower and the control can be simpler.

[0025] One of the inner rotor 300 and the outer rotor 400 may be a first squirrel cage rotor, and the other of the inner rotor 300 and the outer rotor 400 may be a second squirrel cage rotor, a permanent magnet rotor, or a reluctance rotor. The inverter 200 may be configured to perform a closed-loop vector control of the second squirrel cage rotor, permanent magnet rotor, or reluctance rotor. The first squirrel cage rotor may be configured to automatically operate in a V / F open-loop control mode. Specifically, the closed-loop vector control means that rotation speed and torque of the motor may be controlled separately, and output voltages may be generated to match different loads in response to received feedback signals. A V / F open-loop control means that a ratio of output voltage V to operating frequency F may be a constant value, and a feedback signal may not be received, thus the output voltage may not be affected by the load.

[0026] For example, the outer rotor 400 may be a first squirrel cage rotor and the inner rotor 300 may be a permanent magnet rotor. A permanent magnet 310 may be embedded within or attached to a surface of the permanent magnet rotor. The inverter 200 may perform a closed-loop vector control of the permanent magnet rotor such that the first squirrel cage rotor can automatically operate in the V / F open-loop control mode. For example, in other examples, the inner rotor 300 may be a first squirrel cage rotor and the outer rotor 400 may be a second squirrel cage rotor. The inverter 200 may perform the closed-loop vector control of the second squirrel cage rotor such that the open-loop V / F control of the first squirrel cage rotor can be achieved.

[0027] One of the inner rotor 300 and the outer rotor 400 may be the first squirrel cage rotor, so as to overcome the disadvantage that two rotors in a dual rotor motor with dual permanent magnet rotors, dual reluctance rotors or a permanent magnet rotor and a reluctance rotor must be controlled separately by two inverters, thus realizing the control of the two rotors, the inner rotor 300 and the outer rotor 400, by one inverter 200.

[0028] The outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 may each include a three-phase winding. A phase sequence of the three-phase winding in the outer winding 110 may be reverse to a phase sequence of the three-phase winding in the inner winding 120, such that the inner rotor 300 corresponding to the inner winding 120 and the outer rotor 400 corresponding to the outer winding 110 may rotate in opposite directions.

[0029] The outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 may each include a plurality of three-phase windings. Each three-phase winding of the outer winding 110 may have a same phase sequence. Each three-phase winding of the inner winding 120 may have a same phase sequence. In this way, the inner rotor 300 corresponding to the inner winding 120 or the outer rotor 400 corresponding to the outer winding 110 can continuously rotate in a same direction.

[0030] Specifically, the three-phase winding may include an A-phase winding, a B-phase winding, and a C-phase winding. An A-phase winding 121, a B-phase winding 122, and a C-phase winding 123 in the inner winding 120 may be sequentially arranged in a counterclockwise direction, and an A-phase winding 111, a B-phase winding 112, and a C-phase winding 113 in the outer winding 110 may be sequentially arranged in a clockwise direction. In other examples, the A-phase winding 121, B-phase winding 122, and C-phase winding 123 in the inner winding 120 may also be sequentially arranged in a clockwise direction, and the A-phase winding 111, B-phase winding 112, and C-phase winding 113 in the outer winding 110 may be sequentially arranged in the counterclockwise direction, without limitation herein.

[0031] The inverter 200 may include a first current output terminal 210, a second current output terminal 220, and a third current output terminal 230. The A-phase winding of the outer winding 110 and the A-phase winding of the inner winding 120 may be connected in parallel to the first current output terminal 210, the B-phase winding of the outer winding 110 and the B-phase winding of the inner winding 120 may be connected in parallel to the second current output terminal 220, and the C-phase winding of the outer winding 110 and the C-phase winding of the inner winding 120 may be connected in parallel to the third current output terminal 230. In this way, the inverter 200 can precisely control each three-phase winding of the inner winding 120, and the control of the three-phase winding of the outer winding 110 can be automatically achieved at the same time.

[0032] The stator 100 may include an inner stator 130, and an outer stator 140 that is disposed on a periphery of the inner stator 130. The inner winding 120 may be arranged on the inner stator 130, and the outer winding 110 may be arranged on the outer stator 140. The counter-rotating motor 10 may further include a magnetic barrier 500. The magnetic barrier 500 may be disposed between the outer stator 140 and the inner stator 130 and may be configured to magnetically isolate the outer winding 110 from the inner winding 120. The magnetic barrier 500 can be configured to magnetically isolate the outer winding 110 from the inner winding 120, thus avoiding the magnetic field interference between the outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 that may affect normal operation of the counter-rotating motor 10.

[0033] Specifically, a power source (not shown) may supply power to the outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 through the inverter 200 at the same time. The inner winding 120 may generate a first magnetic field in response to the excitation current to drive the permanent magnet rotor to rotate in the first direction. For example, the first direction may be the clockwise direction, a voltage and frequency of the inner winding 120 may gradually increase, and a rotation speed of the permanent magnet rotor may gradually increase accordingly. The inverter 200 can precisely control a rotation speed or torque of the permanent magnet rotor by precisely controlling an output voltage, output current and output frequency of the inner winding 120, thereby achieving a closed-loop vector control of the inner winding 120. At the same time, the outer winding 110, which is connected to the inverter 200 in parallel with the inner winding 120, may also receive an excitation current to generate a second magnetic field. Since the phase sequence of the outer winding 110 is reverse to the phase sequence of the inner winding 120, the first squirrel cage rotor may be driven by the outer winding 110 to rotate in the second direction opposite to the first direction, for example, the second direction may be counterclockwise direction. A voltage and frequency of the outer winding 110 can gradually increase, and a rotation speed of the first squirrel cage rotor can gradually increase accordingly. Since a ratio of the output voltage to the output frequency is a constant when the closed-loop vector control of the inner winding 120 by the inverter 200 is achieved, the first squirrel cage rotor may automatically operate in the V / F open-loop control mode. When a load on the first squirrel cage rotor is larger, the first squirrel cage rotor may run at a lower rotation speed than a magnetic field synchronous speed through its own control, thereby generating a rotation difference. In this way, an asynchronous electromagnetic torque matching the load may be generated and risk of out of synchronization may be avoided.

[0034] With reference of FIG 3, in another example, the counter-rotating motor 10 may include a stator 100 structured as a single unit. The inner winding 120 may be arranged in an inner ring of the stator 100 and the outer winding 110 may be arranged on an outer ring of the stator 100. The inner winding 120 and the outer winding 110 may be precisely controlled to avoid the interference between the inner winding 120 and the outer winding 110. A control method in this example may be more complicated than the above example of a counter-rotating motor 10 with a magnetic barrier 550, but structure of the counter-rotating motor 10 may be simpler.

[0035] Referring to FIG 4, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a high speed blender may include a counter-rotating motor 10, a first blade 610, and a second blade 620. Structure of the counter-rotating motor 10 is described in the above embodiments and will not be described herein. The first blade 610 may be connected to the inner rotor 300, and the second blade 620 may be connected to the outer rotor 400. In this way, the first blade 610 and the second blade 620 can counter-rotate relative to each other.

[0036] In detail, the high speed blender may further include a base 700, a first output shaft 710, a second output shaft 720, and a cup 800. The cup 800 may be arranged on the base 700 and define a receiving chamber 810. The counter-rotating motor 10 may be arranged in the base 700. The first output shaft 710 and the second output shaft 720 may penetrate through the base 700. The second output shaft 720 may be nested in the first output shaft 710. The first output shaft 710 may be fixedly connected to the inner rotor 300 and the first blade 610. The second output shaft 720 may be fixedly connected to the outer rotor 400 and the second blade 620. In this way, the first blade 610 may rotate with the inner rotor 300 and the second blade 620 may rotate with the outer rotor 400 such that the first blade 610 and the second blade 620 may counter-rotate relative to each other, and a relative rotation speed between the first blade 610 and the second blade 620 can reach twice the speed of a single blade. In this way, food received in the receiving chamber 810 can be better processed. In other embodiments, a plurality of blades may be arranged on the first output shaft 710 and the second output shaft 720, without limitation herein.

[0037] The counter-rotating motor 10 of the high speed blender in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include an inner winding 120 and an inner rotor 300 matched with each other and an outer winding 110 and an outer rotor 400 matched with each other. In addition, one inverter 200 may be configured to control the outer winding 110 and the inner winding 120 synchronously. In this way, the brush can be eliminated, the noise can be reduced, the motor life can be increased, and since two inverters are not required, the cost can be lower and the control can be simpler. A blade 610 may be connected to the inner rotor 300 and another blade 620 to the outer rotor 400, such that a relative rotation speed between the two blades 610, 620 can reach twice the speed of a single blade, thereby processing efficiency can be improved without increasing noise.

[0038] The above are only embodiments of the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Any equivalent structural changes made under the scope of the apended claims or applied directly / indirectly in other related fields of technology are included in the scope of protection

Claims

1. A high speed blender comprising a counter-rotating motor (10), comprising: a stator (100), comprising an outer winding (110) and an inner winding (120), wherein a phase sequence of the outer winding (110) is reverse to a phase sequence of the inner winding (120); an inverter (200), connected in parallel with the outer winding (110) and the inner winding (120) and configured to supply an excitation current to the outer winding (110) and the inner winding (120) synchronously; an inner rotor (300), arranged at an inner side of the inner winding (120) and configured to rotate in a first direction by an action of the inner winding (120); an outer rotor (400), arranged at an outer side of the outer winding (110) and configured to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction by an action of the outer winding (110).

2. The high speed blender as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer winding (110) comprises a three-phase winding, the inner winding (120) comprises a three-phase winding, a phase sequence of the three-phase winding in the outer winding (110) is reverse to a phase sequence of the three-phase winding in the inner winding (120).

3. The high speed blender as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer winding (110) comprises a plurality of three-phase windings, the inner winding (120) comprises a plurality of three-phase windings, each three-phase winding of the outer winding (110) has a same phase sequence, each three-phase winding of the inner winding (120) has a same phase sequence.

4. The high speed blender as claimed in claim 2, wherein each three-phase winding comprises an A-phase winding, a B-phase winding, and a C-phase winding, wherein the A-phase winding, the B-phase winding, and the C-phase winding of the inner winding (120) are sequentially arranged in a counterclockwise direction, and wherein the A-phase winding, the B-phase winding, and the C-phase winding of the outer winding (110) are sequentially arranged in a clockwise direction.

5. The high speed blender as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inverter (200) comprises a first current output terminal (210), a second current output terminal (220), and a third current output terminal (230), and wherein the A-phase winding of the outer winding (110) and the A-phase winding of the inner winding (120) are connected in parallel to the first current output terminal (210), the B-phase winding of the outer winding (110) and the B-phase winding of the inner winding (120) are connected to the second current output terminal (220), and the C-phase winding of the outer winding (110) and the C-phase winding of the inner winding (120) are connected to the third current output terminal (230).

6. The high speed blender as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein one of the inner rotor (300) and the outer rotor (400) is a first squirrel cage rotor, and the other of the inner rotor (300) and the outer rotor (400) is a second squirrel cage rotor, a permanent magnet rotor or a reluctance rotor.

7. The high speed blender as claimed in claim 6, wherein the inverter (200) is configured to perform a closed-loop vector control of the second squirrel cage rotor, permanent magnet rotor, or reluctance rotor, and wherein the first squirrel cage rotor is configured to automatically operate in a V / F open-loop control mode.

8. The high speed blender as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the stator (100) comprises an inner stator (130) and an outer stator (140) disposed on a periphery of the inner stator (130), the inner winding (120) is arranged on the inner stator (130), and the outer winding (110) is arranged on the outer stator (140).

9. The high speed blender as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a magnetic barrier (500), wherein the magnetic barrier (500) is disposed between the outer stator (140) and the inner stator (130) and is configured to magnetically isolate the outer winding (110) from the inner winding (120).

10. The high speed blender according to any preceding claim, further comprising a first blade (610) and a second blade (620), wherein the first blade (610) is connected to the inner rotor (300), and the second blade (620) is connected to the outer rotor (400), such that the first blade (610) and the second blade (620) can counter-rotate relative to each other.