Air conditioner
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorsJunichi Hamadate, Fumiaki Koike, Naritaka Yakura, Asahi Ono, Ayumi Kubo, Masato Okuno
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Abstract
An air conditioner includes: a casing including a bottom plate; a refrigerant flow path unit housed inside the casing, and having an interior in which a refrigerant flow path is formed; a compressor installed on the bottom plate; and a shutoff valve that opens and closes to allow and block a flow of a refrigerant. The refrigerant flow path unit is supported at a distance from the bottom plate by a fixed-side member other than the compressor. The fixed-side member includes either one of: a mounting plate to which the shutoff valve is fixed, or a support plate to which the mounting plate is fixed.
Claims17
An air conditioner comprising:
- a casing comprising a bottom plate;
- a refrigerant flow path unit that:
- is housed inside the casing, and
- has an interior in which a refrigerant flow path is formed;
- a compressor installed on the bottom plate;
- and
- a refrigerant pipe that is connected to the refrigerant flow path unit, wherein
- the refrigerant flow path unit is supported at a distance from the bottom plate by a fixed-side member other than the compressor with the refrigerant pipe that fixes the refrigerant flow path unit to the fixed-side member.
An air conditioner comprising:
- a casing comprising a bottom plate;
- a refrigerant flow path unit that:
- is housed inside the casing, and
- has an interior in which a refrigerant flow path is formed;
- a compressor installed on the bottom plate;
- a refrigerant pipe having an end that is connected to the refrigerant flow path unit;
- and
- a shutoff valve that opens and closes to allow and block a flow of a refrigerant, the shutoff valve being connected to a portion of the refrigerant pipe leading toward the end,
- wherein
- the refrigerant flow path unit is supported at a distance from the bottom plate by a fixed-side member other than the compressor,
- the fixed-side member comprises either one of:
- a mounting plate to which the shutoff valve is fixed, or
- a support plate to which the mounting plate is fixed, and
- the refrigerant pipe connects the refrigerant flow path unit with the shutoff valve.
An air conditioner comprising:
- a casing comprising a bottom plate;
- a refrigerant flow path unit that:
- is housed inside the casing, and
- has an interior in which a refrigerant flow path is formed;
- a compressor installed on the bottom plate;
- and
- a shutoff valve that opens and closes to allow and block a flow of a refrigerant, wherein
- the refrigerant flow path unit is supported at a distance from the bottom plate by a fixed-side member other than the compressor,
- the fixed-side member comprises either one of:
- a mounting plate to which the shutoff valve is fixed, or
- a support plate to which the mounting plate is fixed, and
- the refrigerant flow path unit and the fixed-side member are formed from a material that suppresses electrolytic corrosion due to mutual contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.