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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Yoshiaki Takano, Kosai, JP;
Satoshi Izawa, Anjyo, JP;
Shun Kurata, Kariya, JP;
DENSO Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In the air conditioner of the present invention, both the normal cooling mode operation, in which refrigerant discharged from the compressoris made to flow in the condenser, and the heating mode operation conducted by the hot gas bypass, in which refrigerant is made to bypass the condenser and directly flow in the evaporatorvia the throttle, can be conducted. Before this heating mode operation, after the compressor is turned on for a predetermined period of time in the cooling mode, the compressor is turned off for a predetermined period of time, so that refrigerant residing in the condenser can be recovered into the hot gas cycle, and then a hot gas operation, which is the heating mode, is conducted.