Outdoor unit for refrigeration cycle apparatus, and refrigeration cycle apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Kono, Seiji Nakashima
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Abstract
An outdoor unit for a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an outdoor heat exchanger arranged around an axis on an upstream side of an airflow with respect to a propeller fan. Further, the outdoor heat exchanger includes a first flat surface portion, a second flat surface portion, and a curved portion connecting the first and second flat surface portions to each other. An airflow directing plate is opposed to an end portion of the outdoor heat exchanger on the propeller fan side from the axis side of the propeller fan. The airflow directing plate is opposed to at least any one of the first flat surface portion and the second flat surface portion without being opposed to the curved portion.
Claims9
An outdoor unit for a refrigeration cycle apparatus, comprising:
- an air-sending device comprising a propeller fan configured to generate an airflow by rotating about an axis of the propeller fan;
- an outdoor heat exchanger, which is arranged around the axis on an upstream side of the airflow with respect to the propeller fan, and comprises a first flat surface portion, a second flat surface portion, and a curved portion connecting the first flat surface portion and the second flat surface portion to each other;
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- an airflow directing plate arranged so as to be opposed to an end portion of the outdoor heat exchanger on the propeller fan side from the axis side,
- the airflow directing plate being arranged so as to be opposed to at least any one of the first flat surface portion and the second flat surface portion without being opposed to the curved portion,
- wherein, on a plane perpendicular to the axis, the airflow directing plate has a length that is larger at a position of an end portion of the airflow directing plate on a side close to the propeller fan than at a position of an end portion of the airflow directing plate on a side far from the propeller fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.