Silencer and air conditioner
AssigneesMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahito Watanabe, Yoshimasa Katsumi, Yasuki Fujii, Shotaro Ito, Masanori Tanigawa, Yasuhiro Asaida
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Abstract
A plurality of honeycomb pipes bundling a plurality of fine tubes are inserted and fixed at desired positions in a refrigerant piping at proper intervals to form a silencer, and noise is reduced by straightening and homogenizing the disturbance of refrigerant and attenuating transmission of pressure pulsations.
Claims36
A refrigeration system, comprising:
- refrigerant piping;
- and
- a silencer in said refrigerant piping, wherein said silencer includes axially spaced bundles of tubes.
A refrigeration system, comprising:
- refrigerant piping;
- and
- a silencer in said refrigerant piping, wherein said silencer includes axially spaced cylinders each having holes extending therethrough.
A refrigeration system, comprising:
- refrigerant piping;
- and
- a silencer in said refrigerant piping, wherein said silencer includes axially spaced porous bodies.
A silencer for use in a refrigeration system including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducer, an evaporator, and refrigerant piping interconnecting the compressor, condenser, pressure reducer and evaporator, the silencer comprising:
- axially spaced bundles of tubes.
A silencer for use in a refrigeration system including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducer, an evaporator, and refrigerant piping interconnecting the compressor, condenser, pressure reducer and evaporator, the silencer comprising:
- axially spaced cylinders each having holes extending therethrough.
A silencer for use in a refrigeration system including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducer, an evaporator, and refrigerant piping interconnecting the compressor, condenser, pressure reducer and evaporator, the silencer comprising:
- axially spaced porous bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.