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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Myers, Norwood, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 84 ; 62470 ; 233 11 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous separation of oil from the refrigerant in a vapor compression refrigeration apparatus. The separation is accomplished by centrifuging the liquid refrigerant, while cooling the refrigerant to facilitate the separation of the oil. There is also provided an oil still for removing and recovering any refrigerant remaining in the separated oil, and a heat exchanger is provided for initially cooling the refrigerant prior to being centrifuged, and heating the refrigerant after being centrifuged.