Liquid receiver
AssigneeCalsonic Corporation
InventorYoshikazu Takamatsu
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Abstract
A liquid receiver arranged in such a manner that the upper portion of the tank body is arranged to have a large diameter, the lower portion of the same is arranged to have a small diameter, the overall body or the lower portion of the small-diameter portion is tapered off, and a desiccant charging portion is supported by a stepped portion created between the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion. Thus, the quantity of the storaged refrigerant can be reduced and the liquid level can be stabilized so that only the liquid refrigerant is allowed to flow and the work for assembling the desiccant charging portion can be performed easily.
Claims7
A liquid receiver arranged in such a manner that an upper end opening formed in a cylindrical tank body with a bottom is closed by a head portion, a refrigerant introduced through a refrigerant inlet portion formed in said head portion is passed through a desiccant charging portion disposed at an intermediate position of said tank body, and a liquid refrigerant storaged in a lower portion of said tank body is allowed to flow out from a refrigerant output pipe through a liquid outlet portion formed in said head portion, said liquid receiver comprising:
- a large-diameter portion which is formed by arranging the upper portion of said tank body;
- a small-diameter portion which is formed by arranging the lower portion of the same, said small-diameter portion being arranged in such a manner that the diameter of the overall body thereof or the lower portion of the same is tapered off;
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- a stepped portion formed between said large-diameter portion and said small-diameter portion, said stepped portion supporting said desiccant charging portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.