US 2009/0260391 A1 · SHUT-OFF VALVE MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AND OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING THE SAME

Abstract

A shut-off valve mounting structure is for holding shut-off valves in place in an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, and includes bases, and a fixing portion. The shut-off valves are connected to an indoor unit of the air conditioner via refrigerant communication pipes. The bases extend upwards from a bottom frame of the outdoor unit (2). The fixing portion is continuous with the bases, and holds the shut-off valves in place such that a space exists below the shut-off valves.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A shut-off valve mounting structure for holding a shut-off valve connected to an indoor unit of an air conditioner via a refrigerant communication pipe in place in an outdoor unit of the air conditioner (1), the shut-off valve mounting structure comprising:

a base configured to extend upwards from a bottom frame of the outdoor unit;
and
a fixing portion connected to the base, and configured to hold the shut-off valve in place, such that a space exists below the shut-off valve being held in place in the fixing portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/090,504Filed 27 Oct 2006

Priority

JP 2005-3189211 Nov 2005

Published

22 Oct 2009

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

F24F 1/30
Refrigerant piping: for use inside the separate outdoor units
F24F 1/32
Refrigerant piping: for connecting the separate outdoor units to indoor units
F24F 1/46
Separate outdoor units, e.g. outdoor unit to be linked to a separate room comprising a compressor and a heat exchanger: component arrangements in…
F25B 41/40
Fluid-circulation arrangements: fluid line arrangements

Shut-off valve mounting structure, and outdoor unit of air conditioner including the same

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Shut-off valve mounting structure, and outdoor unit of air conditioner including the same

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Abstract

Claims15