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Evaporation pressure control device

US4129995A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1977
Grant dateDec 19, 1978
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7796
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a refrigeration cycle of an air conditioning system of the type, in which lubricating oil for lubricating a compressor circulates through the refrigeration cycle together with refrigerant, an evaporation pressure control device is provided between an evaporator and the compressor for not only controlling the amount of refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle in response to the pressure of the refrigerant out of the evaporator, but permitting the refrigerant to return to the compressor when the pressure of the refrigerant out of the evaporator is extremely decreased owing to the leakage of the refrigerant, whereby seizure of the compressor can be prevented.

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