Plastic internal accumulator-dehydrator baffle

An accumulator-dehydrator for use in an air conditioning system having at least a first and a second evaporator and a compressor interconnected by refrigerant lines containing refrigerant, said accumulator-dehydrator comprising:

• a canister having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion being adapted to contain liquid refrigerant and oil from said refrigerant lines and said upper portion being adapted to contain vaporized refrigerant, said canister having first and second inlets adapted to be connected to said evaporators through said refrigerant lines and an outlet adapted to be connected to said compressor through said refrigerant lines;
• a delivery tube having first and second open ends, said first end being unobstructed and positioned within the upper portion of said canister to draw in vaporized refrigerant, said second end being connected to said outlet to deliver vaporized refrigerant and entrained oil to said compressor and an oil pickup for drawing in liquid oil from said lower portion for delivery to said outlet, said oil pickup being in operative communication with said delivery tube;
• a baffle mounted inside said canister at said first inlet, said baffle having a housing with an opening to allow liquid refrigerant and oil discharged from one of said evaporators to enter said canister, said housing preventing liquid refrigerant and oil from within said canister from re-entering said first inlet.