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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products Llc, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Inventor:
Xi Sun, Snellville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 43/02 (2006.01); F25B 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 43/02 (2013.01); F25B 31/004 (2013.01); F25B 2400/02 (2013.01); F25B 2400/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An unconventional oil separator includes a vertical design. Generally, a refrigerant enters the vertical oil separator and spins downwards. The oil separator includes plates within the oil separator that either maintain the spin of the refrigerant or reverse the spin of the refrigerant, which causes oil in the refrigerant to separate from the refrigerant. A vertical outlet allows refrigerant that spins towards the bottom of the oil separator to travel back towards the top and out of the oil separator. Separated oil is collected at the bottom of the oil separator.