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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:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshinori Tazaki, Ichihara, JP;
Assignee:
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 1/700 ;
Abstract
Provided is a refrigerator oil composition comprising a refrigerant that comprises carbon dioxide (CO,) as the essential component, and an ester-based lubricating oil composition; wherein the ratio of refrigerant/lubricating oil composition falls between 99/1 and 10/90 by weight. The refrigerator oil composition has good lubricity and sealability and can be stably used for a long period of time in a compression refrigeration cycle in which is used a refrigerant comprising CO,as the essential component. Also provided is a method of using the composition for lubricating a compression refrigeration cycle equipped with an oil separator and/or a hot gas line.