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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2012
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Jindou, Sakai, JP;
Yoshio Oritani, Sakai, JP;
Takuya Kazusa, Sakai, JP;
Yasutaka Ohtani, Sakai, JP;
Junichi Hamadate, Sakai, JP;
Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Sakai, JP;
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A lower space of a first header collecting pipe of a heat exchanger is, by partitions, divided into three communication chambers and a single mixing chamber. The mixing chamber communicates with the communication chamber through a through-hole of a lower horizontal partition, communicates with the communication chamber through a through-hole of a vertical partition, and communicates with the communication chamber through a through-hole of an upper horizontal partition. Gas-liquid refrigerant flows into the mixing chamber, and is mixed in the mixing chamber. Then, the refrigerant is distributed to the communication chambers. Thus, the wetness of refrigerant flowing into a flat tube is uniformized among the flat tubes, and performance of the heat exchanger can be fully achieved.