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Title:
REFRIGERANT SWITCHING VALVE AND DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013256964
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a refrigerant switching valve having improved refrigerant switching performance, and to enable a refrigerant to be switched according to an actual use state of a device including the same.

A switching valve includes a valve element 74, valve element driving means 60 and 67 for driving the valve element 74, a case 59 in which the valve element 74 resides, a valve seat 64 disposed at one end of the case 59, a flow-in tube 65 having one end opened into and connected to the case 59 of the valve seat 64, a first communication tube 66b, a second communication tube 66c, and a third communication tube 66d. The valve element 74 switches a first state in which the flow-in tube 65 and the first communication tube 66b are communicated with each other and the second communication tube 66c and the third communication tube 66d are communicated with each other, a second state in which the first communication tube 66b and the second communication tube 66c are communicated with each other and the third communication tube 66d is closed, and a third state in which the flow-in tube 65 and the third communication tube 66d are communicated with each other and the first communication tube 66b and the second communication tube 66c are closed.


Inventors:
YAMASHITA TAICHIRO
NAGAMORI TOSHIHIKO
SHIONO KENJI
IWABUCHI SHINYA
ASHIDA MAKOTO
OHIRA AKIYOSHI
KAWAI RYOJI
OKADOME SHINICHIRO
Application Number:
JP2012131495A
Publication Date:
December 26, 2013
Filing Date:
June 11, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI APPLIANCES INC
International Classes:
F16K11/074; F16K31/04; F25B41/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Manabu Inoue
Yuji Toda
Shigemi Iwasaki