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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Okazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The outdoor heat exchanger includes, on each of the three or more heat exchange sections, a liquid-side header pipe, a gas-side header pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange pipes, the three or more heat exchange sections are connected in parallel to one another, a plurality of the liquid-side header pipes are connected to a liquid-side collecting pipe through an intermediation of a branch section and at least one flow control section, each of the plurality of the liquid-side header pipes includes a perforated pipe, the refrigeration circuit further includes a bypass pipe for connecting a discharge side of the compressor and the liquid-side collecting pipe, and the bypass pipe includes an on-off valve to be closed during cooling and heating, and to be opened during defrosting.