Condenser for a motor vehicle air conditioning system

Abstract

A condenser (1) for a vehicle air conditioning system comprises a finned tube block (2) and laterally arranged header tubes (3, 4). The finned tube block (2) has horizontally running tubes forming a condensing section (P1 to P5) and a supercooling section (P6) arranged above the condensing section. A collector (5) arranged parallel to one of the header tubes accommodates a dryer-filter insert (10) and an ascending pipe (15). The collector is connected for refrigerant flow via a first overflow opening (8) to the condensing section (P5) and via a second overflow opening (9) to the supercooling section (P6). An inflow chamber (13) can be formed in the region of the first overflow opening (8) in the collector (5) and can be upwardly bounded by a stopper (11) and downwardly bounded by the dryer-filter insert (10), or a downward flow pipe 21 can transport refrigerant from the first overflow opening to the dryer-filter.

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