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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1987
Kaoru Okoma, Fujinomiya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A lateral type accumulator includes a hermetic container which is divided into an intake cell, a discharge cell and a storage chamber between the cells in a horizontal direction by an intake side plate and a discharge side plate, and intake pipe connected to the intake cell, a discharge pipe connected to the discharge cell, and a gas fluid passage from the intake cell to the discharge cell through the intake side and the discharge side plates. The mixture of a lubricating oil and a refrigerant including a gas element and a liquid element is drawn into the storage chamber through the intake pipe and the intake cell, and the mixture is separated into the gas element and a remaining mixture in the storage chamber, hereupon the gas element is discharged from the discharge pipe through the discharge cell along the gas fluid passage. The surface level of the lubricating oil and refrigerant is maintained greater than that in the intake and the discharge cells during the operation of an refrigerating circuit.