Condenser having a receiver tank formed integrally therewith

A condenser, comprising:

• a pair of opposed header tanks;
• a plurality of tubes interconnecting said pair of opposed header tanks;
• a plurality of fins, each of said fins being disposed between two adjacent ones of said tubes;
• a receiver tank integrally formed with one of said pair of header tanks;
• and
• a plurality of internal flow chambers defined in each of said header tanks, said internal flow chambers extending in a longitudinal direction of said header tanks, and said plurality of internal flow chambers of both said header tanks including a first said internal chamber and a final said internal chamber defined in said header tanks such that a refrigerant supplied to said condenser through the first said internal chamber flows to the final said internal chamber through said tubes by making a plurality of U-turns, each said U-turn being formed by a said internal chamber in a said header and a plurality of said tubes connected therewith;
• wherein said receiver tank has an upper portion communicating with the final said internal chamber through a communicating passage defined therebetween, the final said internal chamber being provided in an upper portion of one of said header tanks, and a refrigerant inlet being defined on one of said header tanks at a lower portion thereof.

A condenser, comprising:

• a pair of opposed header tanks;
• a plurality of tubes interconnecting said pair of opposed header tanks;
• a plurality of fins, each of said fins being disposed between two adjacent ones of said tubes;
• a receiver tank integrally formed with one of said pair of header tanks;
• and
• a plurality of internal flow chambers defined in each of said header tanks, said internal flow chambers extending in a longitudinal direction of said header tanks, and said plurality of internal flow chambers of both said header tanks including a first said internal chamber and a final said internal chamber defined in said header tanks such that a refrigerant supplied to said condenser through the first said internal chamber flows to the final said internal chamber through said tubes by making a plurality of U-turns, each said U-turn being formed by a said internal chamber in a said header and a plurality of said tubes connected therewith;
• wherein said receiver tank has an upper portion communicating with the final said internal chamber through a communicating passage defined therebetween;
• and
• wherein a heat insulating space is defined between said one of said pair of header tanks and said receiver tank, said heat insulating space extending longitudinally along said receiver tank.