Heat exchanger and air conditioner

Abstract

Provided are a heat exchanger and an air conditioner each of which can achieve an appropriate positional relationship between headers of the heat exchanger which headers are placed on one end sides of a plurality of heat-exchange units. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat-exchange units including a plurality of heat transfer pipes arranged at multiple stages in a column direction and that refrigerant paths formed therein. The plurality of heat-exchange units includes respective first headers to which one ends of the plurality of heat transfer pipes arranged in the column direction are connected. The respective first headers, are placed adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the column direction. The heat exchanger also includes a fitting member configured to be fitted into at least either upper ends or lower ends of the first headers placed adjacent to each other.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.