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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Takeo Komatsubara, Kiryu, JP;
Yasuki Takahashi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Takayuki Saitou, Ota, JP;
Miyuki Kawamura, Gunma-ken, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit. A refrigerant whose main component is a hydrocarbon having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a flammable hydrocarbon fluoride obtained when one or more hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon is substituted by fluorine atoms, the refrigerant containing a tetrahydrothiophene as an odorant, and a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated are provided.