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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Kazuo Takemasa, Gunma, JP;
Takayuki Shimizu, Saitama, JP;
Jiro Yuzawa, Gunma, JP;
Katsuhiko Inoue, Gunma, JP;
Fukuji Yoshida, Gunma, JP;
Yonezo Ikumi, Gunma, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus for easily recovering a refrigerant from a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration apparatus at a low cost. A refrigerant recovery apparatus A is provided with a pipeline for connection to the refrigerant circuit, a valve with a clamping/piercing function disposed on the tip end of this pipeline , and a refrigerant recovery main body A containing a solid adsorbent which can selectively adsorb the refrigerant, and the clamping/piercing function valve is attached to the refrigerant circuit to make a small hole in the refrigerant circuit so that the refrigerant is adsorbed/recovered to the solid adsorbent