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Title:
AIR CONDITIONER AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF AIR CONDITIONER REUSING EXISTING REFRIGERANT PIPING
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012017974
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To reuse existing refrigerant piping without impairing the reliability of an air conditioner.

The air conditioner 1 is constituted of: a compressor 7; an outdoor machine 2 having a four-way valve 8 and an outdoor heat exchanger 9; an indoor machine 3 having an indoor expansion valve 13 and an indoor heat exchanger 14; and liquid refrigerant piping 4 and gas refrigerant piping 5 which connect these items. Strainers 18, 19 collecting solid foreign matter which circulate in a refrigeration cycle together with a refrigerant are arranged at connecting ports of the outdoor machine 2, the liquid refrigerant piping 4 and the gas refrigerant piping 5, respectively. The minimum clearance between bearings of the compressor 7 is 1-20 μm, and the strainers 18, 19 can collect the solid foreign matter which are larger than the minimum clearance.


Inventors:
TSUBOE HIROAKI
NAKAYAMA SUSUMU
NAKAMURA KENICHI
TAKENAKA HIROSHI
Application Number:
JP2011186162A
Publication Date:
January 26, 2012
Filing Date:
August 29, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI APPLIANCES INC
International Classes:
F25B43/00; B01D35/02; B01D39/16; B01D39/20; B03C1/00; B03C1/02
Domestic Patent References:
JPH09303276A1997-11-25
JPH08309126A1996-11-26
JPH06174340A1994-06-24
JP2005249336A2005-09-15
JP2001255045A2001-09-21
JP2002180818A2002-06-26
JP2001201215A2001-07-27
JP3063863U1999-11-30
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hirotsugu Yoshioka