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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry H. Chisnell, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Automotive Fluid Systems, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 4/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 4/300 ;
Abstract
A dome-shaped baffle for an accumulator molded from desiccant material, which baffle separates and dries liquid and vapor components of an incoming flow of refrigerant while preventing the liquid refrigerant from entering an outlet tube. The dome-shaped baffle forces all of the refrigerant to contact the desiccant and has a barrier layer attached underneath that prevents liquid refrigerant from flowing through the baffle and directly into an inlet end of the outlet tube.