Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air conditioner having a bending tube which alters the flow of the refrigerant prior to entering the distributor
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Application No.: US14688246Application Date: 2015-04-16
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Publication No.: US10161656B2Publication Date: 2018-12-25
- Inventor: Eunjun Cho , Beomsoo Seo , Kiwoong Park
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0105770 20140814
- Main IPC: F25B41/06
- IPC: F25B41/06 ; F25B39/02 ; F25B21/02 ; F28F9/02 ; F24F1/14

Abstract:
An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger including a plurality of refrigerant tubes, a distributor disposed on one side of the heat exchanger to divide a refrigerant so that the refrigerant flows into a plurality of flow paths, a plurality of capillary tubes extending from the distributor toward the plurality of refrigerant tubes, a guide tube guiding an introduction of the refrigerant into the distributor, an inlet tube connected to an inlet-side of the distributor, and a bending part disposed between the guide tube and the inlet tube to switch a flow direction of the refrigerant. The inlet tube extends in a horizontal direction or an inclined direction to guide a liquid refrigerant of a two-phase liquid refrigerant so that the liquid refrigerant flows into a lower portion of the inlet tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160047580A1 AIR CONDITIONER Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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