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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Toshiba Carrier Corporation, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION, Kawasaki-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An outdoor unit for a multi-type air conditioner includes a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, a liquid tank, an accumulator, a shutoff valve provided for the refrigerant pipe between a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port and the liquid tank in the outdoor unit, and a first bypass circuit provided in the refrigerant pipe for bypassing the shutoff valve through a capillary tube to connect a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port side to an upper side of the refrigerant pipe in a gravity direction. The outdoor unit further includes a second bypass circuit for connecting a bottom portion of the liquid tank to an inlet side of the accumulator via an electromagnetic valve.