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US 7,111,475 B2Granted
Pipe structure of air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsIn Hwa Jung, Jung Woo Lee, Seong Won Bae, Sim Won Chin
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Abstract
A pipe structure of an air conditioner, wherein the pipes inside the machinery room are concentrated on one side of the compressor to form long up-down direction so that the pipes inside the machinery room of the air conditioner may be formed in a compact manner, is provided.
Claims8
A pipe structure of an air conditioner, comprising:
- an outdoor unit of the air conditioner;
- a machinery compartment formed on either side inside the outdoor unit;
- a compressor provided inside of the machinery compartment to compress a refrigerant;
- and
- a plurality of pipes provided in parallel with each other, extending radially from the compressor to provide a flow path of the refrigerant passing through the compressor and extending generally vertically at an outer side of the compressor,
- wherein assuming that a distance between one pipe and an adjacent other pipe among the pipes, is a P-dist and a radius of the pipe is R, a condition of 4R<P-dist<10R is satisfied.
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A pipe structure of an air conditioner, comprising:
- a barrier that partitions an outdoor unit of the air conditioner to provide a machinery compartment;
- a compressor provided on one side of the barrier;
- and
- a plurality of pipes providing a flow path of a refrigerant passing through the compressor and extending generally vertically at an outer side of the compressor and concentrated on one side of the compressor, so that an inside of the machinery compartment may be formed in a compact manner,
- wherein the pipes include at least one absorption pipe through which a refrigerant is absorbed to a compressor side, a discharging pipe to which a refrigerant is discharged, an indoor-connection pipe to connect a four-way valve with a service valve, and an outdoor-connection pipe to connect the four-way valve with an outdoor heat exchanger.
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A pipe structure of an air conditioner, comprising:
- a compressor;
- and
- a plurality of pipes formed to extend generally vertically, in parallel with each other, with the compressor centered, the pipes providing a flow path of a refrigerant passing through the compressor and formed at an outer side of the compressor,
- wherein assuming that a distance between one pipe and an adjacent other pipe among the pipes, is a P-dist and a radius of the pipe is R, a condition of 4R<P-dist<10R is satisfied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.