Air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJungmin Park, Hojin Seo, Byeongsu Kim
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner. The air conditioner according to the present disclosure includes: a heat exchanger including a first pipe module, a second pipe module connected in series or in parallel with the first pipe module, and a third pipe module disposed below the first pipe module and the second pipe module; a distribution tube including a first distribution tube connected to the first pipe module, and a second distribution tube extending from the first distribution tube and connected to each of the second pipe module and the third pipe module; and a first check valve disposed in the distribution tube and configured to block refrigerant in the first distribution tube from flowing to the second distribution tube.
Claims17
An air conditioner comprising:
- a heat exchanger including a first pipe module, a second pipe module connected in series or in parallel with the first pipe module, and a third pipe module disposed below the first pipe module and the second pipe module;
- a distribution tube including a first distribution tube connected to the first pipe module, and a second distribution tube extending from the first distribution tube and connected to each of the second pipe module and the third pipe module;
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- a first check valve disposed in the distribution tube and configured to block refrigerant in the first distribution tube from flowing to the second distribution tube.
An air conditioner comprising:
- a heat exchanger including a first pipe module, a 2-1 pipe module connected in series or in parallel with the first pipe module, a 2-2 pipe module connected in series or in parallel with the first pipe module, and a third pipe module disposed below the first pipe module and the second pipe module;
- a distribution tube including a first distribution tube connected to the first pipe module, and a second distribution tube extending from the first distribution tube and connected to each of the 2-1 pipe module, the 2-2 pipe module, and the third pipe module;
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- a first check valve disposed in the distribution tube and configured to block refrigerant in the first distribution tube from flowing to the second distribution tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.