Title:
FLOW PATH SWITCHING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/071723
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A flow path switching apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a case including a first nozzle through which a fluid is introduced from an indoor unit, a second nozzle through which the fluid is supplied to the indoor unit, a plurality of inner outflow pipes through which the fluid supplied from the first nozzle flows, a plurality of inner inlet pipes through which the fluid supplied from the second nozzle flows, and a flow path connection part which has formed therein a space communicating the plurality of inner outflow pipes with the first nozzle or communicating the plurality of inner inflow pipes with the second nozzle; and a valve which has formed therein a first chamber that is rotatably disposed in the space of the flow path connection part and connects one pipe of the plurality of inner inlet pipes to the first nozzle according to the disposition, and a second chamber that connects one pipe of the plurality of inner outflow pipes to the second nozzle, wherein the plurality of inner outflow pipes and the plurality of inner inflow pipes are disposed in the same one side of the flow path connection part, and are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the direction in which a rotation axis of the valve is formed.
Inventors:
MIN JUNHO (KR)
SONG SUNGBAE (KR)
CHUNG MOONKEE (KR)
SONG SUNGBAE (KR)
CHUNG MOONKEE (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2021/013253
Publication Date:
April 07, 2022
Filing Date:
September 28, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
F16K11/00; F25B41/20; F16K27/00; F16K31/04; F25B25/00
Foreign References:
| US20170191706A1 | 2017-07-06 | |||
| EP3517855A1 | 2019-07-31 | |||
| JP2017172773A | 2017-09-28 | |||
| JPH0979396A | 1997-03-25 | |||
| US20170191574A1 | 2017-07-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PARK, Byung Chang (KR)
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